by the way, the fed is the only agency powerful enough to bring really powerful cultic groups such as scientology to account. That is a really scary group. And very very powerful. But the fed is terrified of being seen as intolerant of religious freedom.Anyone else of our scholars want to weigh in on this? Where is the fed when it comes to regulating cult activities? Dant, NikW, JHB, Cynthia, Joe, Jim, Marianne, etc?
The point that's missed is that it is not freedom of religious expression thats at issue here, but CONDUCT within any philosophical or religious context.
To me, cults with deep pockets are the al capones these days - no one can challenge them because the legal resources to do so are so utterly outside their grasp.
