I certainly understand your sentiments about 'meditation' after what some of us went through for hours on end with those very weird techniques. Knowledge is hardly representative of meditation as understood and practiced the world over. I know lots of premies who don't even practice the techniques - they just turn up to see the Lord at programs.Sure, some meditation can be damaging and cause disassociation and it may be appropriate to include knowledge in this catagory. It does not follow to include all meditations in the same catagory as knowledge however. Folks 'meditate' so many things - sometimes to an excessive and damaging degree - mindless TV or computer games for example.
IMO it's the cult membership itself that is rotting their brains. Independent thought is not encouraged so the few opportunities premies have for debate and sharpening their wits are probably on this forum!
Bunny 
