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The Reliability of Apostate Testimony, About New Religious Movements | Church of Scientology
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Reliability of Apostate Testimony About New Religious Movements
I am studying various religions in college and found the attached two
expertises by ProfessorsLonnie Kliever of Southern Methodist University
and Bryan Wilson from Oxford extremely interesting.I have noticed
that X members (refered to as apostates) of a religion seem to create
a lot of sensationalism in the media and are often listed as reliable
sources when in fact they are not and are often paid to say certain
things to stir up violence and hatred.
For example I have noticed this with former members
of the Church of Scientology, the Catholic Church, Judaism, Christianity
and other groups refered to as cults where incredible importance is put
on the former Scientologist, the disaffected monk, the Jewish person who
has turned to another faith and on and on.
Religious scholars have routinely found the testimony
and public statements of apostates to be unreliable. In researching
this area I found
a great book on the subject you might want to check out called
"The Politics of Religious Apostasy: The Role of
Apostates in the Transformation of Religious
Movement" by
professor David Bromley, Department
of Sociology and
Anthropology of Virginia Commonwealth
University. He explains
how individuals who elect to leave a
chosen faith must then
become critical of their religion in
order to justify their
departure. This then opens the
door to being recruited and
used by organizations which seek to
use their testimony as a
weapon against a minority religion..
Bromley discusses the problems faced by Hare Krishna, The Family, Children
of God
Scientology, Rosicrucianism and the Seventh Day Adventists.
You can find out more about
Bromley at http://saturn.vcu.edu/~dbromley/.
I think you will find his site and the attached expertises interesting
The
Reliability of Apostate Testimony About New Religious Movements
Lonnie D. Kliever, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
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