quite a post for a grub. as to each of the following:chances of being true, beauty (poetry) of the story, the institution, the good and harm done in its name, the view of the founder- promulgators- a scammer, demented, not demented and truly believed, the life of the founder-promulgators, the history of the religion- how do you rate islam, christianity, buddhism, hinduism, confucianism, judaism, mooormons, jehovahs witnesses, nation of islam, scientology,charles manson, hare krishnahs, transcendental meditation, astrology, kabbalah, timothy leary, the rajneesh, communism, the cult that took kool aid? |