Interesting read Jim. Thanks

“we encounter a hidden world of madness and exploitation in a totalitarian, psychotic, group, whose reality is actually even worse than detractors' allegations.”

A fine sentence. So true of religions of all waters imo! But also…

“The real issue is how a community of brilliant scholars committed itself to this kind of NRM advocacy.”

My conclusion on that issue is that scholarship and the glamour of academia draw on exactly the same magical, elitist, superman mentality as NRMs do. Now they've finally noticed each other.

 Academics have been getting away with it for longer though.

Love Bryn