Theos-Talk Archives (April 2001 Message tt00133)

One thing that is obvious is that many older organizations which are used 
to contain all adverse info from reaching its followers, try every means to 
suppress the followers accessing the info that is available on the 
Internet. Usually it is done through the informal network -- in the 
"catholic" type of setup where the "Pope" or its equivalent discourages the 
followers from participating and perhaps even accessing info on the 
internet. Anyone who is perceptive enough and who follows the discussions 
on maillists and usenet groups can easily discern this and one does not 
need to be a brain surgeon to do it. On occasion, the directive or the 
"advise" to the followers is more direct. In either case, of course most of 
the mindless "sheep" follow the advise because of either the fear of being 
thrown out of the "spiritual" organization and the consequential fear of 
loss of spiritual progress in this life or in future life or lives or fear 
of other consequences of the reaction from the organizational setup or fear 
of either retribution or external progress being impeded by such 
independence of listening to the organizationally correct behaviour.
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