WE DEMAND1. that journalists, scholars and social scientist contact critical ex-followers. Not only current followers. This alone warrants a balanced article on a group. Nowadays ex-followers can be easily traced on the internet
2. to be free of ad hominem attacks because of our criticism of the group.
3. that our testimonies are not subjected to excessive skepticism.
4. to be free of unfair generalizations about people from such diverse backgrounds who have nothing more in common than that they criticize their former faith
We will contact and name scholars, social scientist and journalists who have failed to provide a balanced picture of a cult/NRM because they did not follow these reasonable demands.
Andries