One of my pastimes is writing on Wikipedia. It's almost unavoidable since I use the encyclopedia daily and keep running into stuff to correct -- facts, spelling, stylistic mishaps. In the past, though, I've been really discouraged when trying to improve the articles about Falun Gong.
At 9:00 a.m. on July 20, 2009, heavy smoke rolled up from the window of Room 21-503 in Tiandajiayuan residential area in Hailing District, Taizhou City. When people looked up at the window, a man appeared and jumped off it, crashing to the ground heavily to death.
I've discovered that the Wikipedia entry about Falun Gong is heavily biased. Indeed, before I took it upon myself to insert a few words about the criticism the organization has met with, the article was entirely about how good FG is (and I disagree)
Polygamous leader Winston Blackmore will testify under oath for the first time about his ‘lifestyle’ during his 12-day trial in federal Tax Court begins Jan. 23, 2012.
At noon on September 17, 2006, I went to the apartment to collect the rent and just saw Liu Mingshu jumping off the window of the fifth floor with his head down. Then there was blood everywhere and lots of people gathered. Mr. Liang rushed down from downstairs like a shot and wailed bitterly with Li...
Falun Gong is a group of hate-mongering, anti-science, money-grabbing, lie-spreading fraudsters. They are the Chinese version of scientology. If we mistake them for a force representing China's hope for democracy, then we will simply lose our credibility in the minds of Chinese people.
Religious cults that make headlines for homicide are almost always well beyond the storefront stage - there is no better example than Jim Jones and his People's Temple in Guyana 33 years ago. Durham is awash in an exception.
I couldn’t believe my eyes. Karma removing and “protection” praying killed my father. We practiced Falun Gong heart and soul, and finally my father lost his life, while where is the Master’s Fashen? The cruel reality made me awaken from the dream. However, everything was too late.
The foundator of Buddhism is an Indian sage Siddhartha Gautama (623 – 544 BC). Practicing yoga, he attained enlightenment and in the end founded a doctrine – Buddhism, the basic principles of which are those of yoga. The Buddha doctrine spread in India in the VIth century BC.
The government must create comprehensive legislation to combat the phenomenon of cults in Israel and provide a clearer definition of what constitutes cult activity, a report published Monday by a special Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs task force has recommended.
On the evening of February 2, 2006, Li Huimin fell in a faint suddenly when practicing Falun Gong at home and was sent to a hospital by his family. He was diagnosed with brain stem hemorrhage, which was caused by high blood pressure. After the rescue, he died on February 5, 2006.
A SENIOR member of the Church of Scientology has been charged by police for intimidating a young girl who wanted to report sexual abuse allegations within the church. Jan Eastgate, the head of the church's "International Commission on Human Rights", has been charged by NSW Police with perverting the...
I believe some of you may have heard of Falun gong. I saw these people like asking for donations or awareness of some humanitarian problem against the Falun gong people who practice it. But let me make this clear: Falun gong is not a religious or spiritual ting: it's more of a cult.
Even brief analysis of the 'Falun Gong' activity gives solid grounds to believe that considerable quantity of suicides and crimes of violence, described in the mass media, is directly connected with the exercising the 'Falun Dafa' provisions by these people.
Taiwan's leading telecom firm on Wednesday denied discriminating against a Falun gong-controlled TV company as the movement said it suspected pressure from China was behind a move not to extend its satellite contract.