“Wild Wild Country,” a highly pleasurable new documentary series premiering …[March 23rd]… on Netflix, is a dippy tale of the early 1980s in which East meets West and, out of an attempt to build a paradise, all hell breaks loose.” “Directed by brothers Chapman and Maclain Way (“The Battered Bastards…
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Religious (Dis)Affiliation and Depressive Symptomatology
Matthew May Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA Sage Journals Society and Mental Health December 29, 2017 Abstract Religious affiliation is generally associated with better mental health. The nonreligious, however, currently constitute one of the fastest-growing religious categories in the United States. Since most of the nonreligious were raised in religious…
Does Faking Religion Lead to Depression?
According to a recent study, individuals who consider leaving a faith, but do not, tend to experience more depression than those who decide to leave. BRANDON WITHROW Daily beast March 3. 2018 At the recent National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump called the United States a “nation of believers.” The highly…
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Starting Out in Mainstream America
Starting Out in Mainstream America (Livia Bardin, M.S.W.), offers information about life in the USA today. Adjusting to any new culture can be slow, difficult, and painful. If you are entering or preparing for re-entry into mainstream American life after a long absence, or perhaps for the first time, you may…
Hindustan Times: Mind games: Inside the mysterious world of the mentalists
“While mentalism as a performing art– where the mentalist demonstrates highly evolved mental abilities or paranormal effects– has been quite popular in the West, it is fast picking up in India, all because of a new breed of young, suave mentalists.”
LDS, Undue Influence: Discovering Truth – Part 1
Author Luna Lindsey joins in for a discussion of the concepts of undue influence conveyed in a recent animated video released by the Mormon Church and Elder Uchtdorf. http://www.cultnews101.com/2018/02/lds-undue-influence-discovering-truth.html
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Editorial: Cast a wary eye on this swami scandal
The recent sex scandal involving Indian “godman” Swami Nithyananda, who has many followers in Greater Vancouver, and a Tamil actress has given one pause for thought.
The Hold: The psychology of how godmen come to control the minds of millions of devotees
If you for some reason decide to surrender in devotion to Swami Nithyananda, the following anecdote is likely to be part of your initial lessons. It’s one he keeps recounting to the multitudes at his ashram in Bidadi, near Bangalore