Say what you will about the evil cult. One thing that can’t be denied is their understanding of media relations and their ability to catapult controversial and emotionally wrenching stories into the eye of the public around the world.
While beginning (and possibly, hopefully, completing) my holiday shopping at the mall last night, I bought a present for us, me and the Wizard, or more accurately, myself, two tickets to January's performance of Shen Yun. I'd just selected a couple of Aloha shirts at Macy's for him and his father.
The Epoch Times, the US Central Intelligence Agency's unofficial mouthpiece, is parroting the Tibetan independence movement party line. This is not surprising at all. Rebutting the Epoch Times would be like shooting fish in a barrel, and I have better use of my time.
A Falun Gong float, dancers and musicians defied a council ban and efforts to stop them taking part in Wellington's Chinese New Year Festival parade. Thousands of people two or three deep watched the parade in Courtenay Place yesterday. It finished at Frank Kitts Park.
Though perhaps no saint, Heather Kavan has done her share of suffering for religion. For 11 months, Kavan, constitutionally not a morning person, rose before 6am to join a group of Falun Gong practitioners for half an hour of silent exercises.
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.
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.
These are some comments about the article Falun Gong - harmless exercise fanatics or weird cult. An employee from Epoch Times raised an objection to the article, the author Udo Schuklenk and a student from Canada Ayesha retorted upon him.
Though proponents allege there is "no organization" and "no leader", there is an official website1, and the writings on that website come almost entirely from the group's founder and the origin of their beliefs, Li Hongzhi. These writings, along with Li's lectures, make it clear that the cult has ti...
MY sister in Taiwan went home to visit us.She talked to us about what she saw and heard in Taiwan.When we were all entranced by her stories, she turned to another topic and said in Taiwan, Falun Gong practitioners spreading propaganda materials made tourists lose interest in sight-seeing.
Li Hongzhi is founder and leader of the internationally known apocalyptic cult Falun Gong. Secreted away with his family in Queens, New York, under U.S. protection, he and his organization have orchestrated protests throughout the world and a media campaign to discredit the government.
I must admit, I find it highly disturbing when the 'creator' of Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi, claims that he has supernatural powers that allow him to levitate, become invisible, control people's thoughts, and teleport. He also claims that he has discovered the truth of the universe, and can see the futur...
The commentary below is based on the third edition of the English translation of Li Hongzhi's Zhuan falun. Its purpose is to highlight problematic points of internal incoherence. Falun Dafa cult is a haphazard pastiche of previous traditions of religious practice.
Who knew that this stage show would be connected to something so deeply political. Religion and politics, mixing it up again: Falun Dafa evangelism, despised by the Chinese government, with millions of followers, a prominent voice in the media and beautiful stage shows!
Falun Gong's popularity seems directly related to its claim to bring health and relieve stress while providing enlightenment. It is anti-science, anti-medical establishment, and anti-materialism; thus, Falun Gong is attractive to many people who are fed up with the world as it is and their position ...
As l am an advocate for Chi Gung l am sceptical about Falun Gong. I practice Chi Gung daily (Falun Gong is lapse on daily practice). I need to justify a little of Chi Gungs fascinating facts. Chi Gung is an ancient health care system based on breathing and exercise.