Comments on: Our Fuehrer, Who Art in Heaven: Part 2(Meet Your New Big Brother – Jesus Christ)

By: Enrique Palma

Enrique Palma — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 03:55:27 +0000

like to contact mr. sharlet.
iam a former resident at Ivanwald. need to contact them too.
I’m looking for a friend jason taylor, also resident.

By: makingchutney.com

makingchutney.com — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:33:07 +0000

America the theocracy
A scary story in the local alternative weekly focuses on the “Reconstructionist Movement,” a polito-religious group committed to turning the US into a fundamentalist theocracy reminiscent of The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s political wing is the Constitution …

By: phyllis

phyllis — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:12:29 +0000

I know my post is dated, but I had to respond.

Sidebar–I don’t know how it feels to have to defend a faith. Christians seem more plagued by this than other faiths.

I first came upon discussion of the “Foundation” thru a series of links (the abyss of the internet). The Sharlet expose was intriguing. A good piece of fiction or perhaps an eye opening look into a world unlike I’ve ever read. Lately anyway. Is it believable?…Hell yes. Just as believable that the two men who are vying for my presidential chad are alumni of the Yale society known as the “Skull and Bones” or Bones and Skull? Anyway, having a discussion about a faith-based group always seems to provoke emotional retort, defense and reaction, especially if their agenda is in question. Hey, we all have an agenda…to keep breathing. I’ll probably keep tabs on them as they pique my interest (also Opus Dei). To me there’s always an agenda when a large group exists under the radar.

Phyll

By: Robroy

Robroy — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:04:33 +0000

Having investigated the psuedo religious/political cult of Sun Myung Moon for 40 years, this Family group is too Moon-Like for my taste. There is too much control and mental manipulation. But most of all, like the Moonies, it focuses too much on political power.

Robroy

By: chutney

chutney — Sun, 06 Jul 2003 00:19:50 +0000

Jim,

1. Every politician wants public esteem: otherwise they wouldn’t be elected. I think you’ll agree that a politician who says otherwise is a liar.

2. I don’t think all politicians are bad. Probably, most are a little good and a little bad, depending on what day you run into them. My support for Howard Dean for President stems largely from my hunch that he’s a good politicans.

3. The Harper’s article does not “attack” the Family. I will grant, though, that it’s a bit of an expose. The challenge to the Family. then, is to provide verifiable facts that are contrary to the Harper’s article.

4. My own personal jury is still out on the Family; I have not made up my mind. However the jury comes ends up coming down on this one, however, I would still assume that the majority of those involved with the Family are good, caring people. But that is not the issue for me. Organization full of good people can be thwarted by leaders with evil intent.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 21:09:05 +0000

Religion and Politics make for good conversation and especially good readership for a writer. It is more so if you make all politicians evil, because surly there can’t be any good, caring politicians, can there? It is interesting how “rumors” abound, especially in this day of “high tech” and the internet. It seems to me that a wise saying, Proverbs 18:17 (from the Holy Bible) states there are two sides to a story. Fools only want to talk about and stand on the one side that divide and alienate others. It also seems that I recall reading about another group that people tried to bring false charges against. They were persecuted, beaten, talked about, and worse. Their leader was even murdered for crimes he didn’t even commit. Even with all of this, the persecuted group continued and turned the world upside down. (You can check this story out in the Holy Bible) I am so glad that I belong to this group of people called “Christian”. I would like to say one more thing about this “secretive” group the writer of the Harper’s article is bashing. Most of these men involved with this group are giving, caring, loving, servants of the living Christ. I know one of the men personally involved with this group you are falsely attacking and he is one of the most giving, caring, gentle, loving Christian men you would ever meet. It is so sad that you don’t see the “serving” side of these men, only what you call the “secretive” side. Most of the world are “takers” and want publicity of their “heroic” actions… they want what is good for themselves. It is sad that you can’t see the gentle, loving work of Jesus Christ through these Godly men that work with some of the most powerful leaders in the world… and if they were asked they would give credit for anything they were involved with, they would point out the credit belongs to “Christ”, not themselves. They don’t want to be publicly esteemed, they only want to esteem the living God and tell others how to have this spiritual relationship with Him. I will pray for the God of the universe to open this writers heart to His work, even in groups that may not be to his personal liking.
Serving Christ with them,
Jim Lowrey