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#6 IndoctrinNation (Rachel Bernstein)"Unlike so many creators in the cult and true crime podcast world, IndoctriNation's Rachel Bernstein isn't a comedian, journalist, or historian: She's a therapist who's worked with survivors of cults and emotional abuse for almost 30 years. Bernstein sits down with former cult members, intervention experts, and those who've left relationships with narcissists of all kinds, and offers practical takeaways based on experience."
"BBC News also had access to internal documents of the organization and spoke to four former elders who report that the orders they received were to deal with problems internally, avoiding seeking out authorities at all costs."
Skeptic: Ayurvedic Medicine
It's been around for a thousand years, but does it work?"Practitioners of an ancient Indian health care system claim to be able to treat cancer, epilepsy, schizophrenia, psoriasis, ulcers, asthma, malaria and many other diseases. They do this by balancing invisible vital forces that cannot be seen, touched, measured, or quantified in any way. In this week's eSkeptic, Marc Carrier discusses some of the scientific literature on Ayurveda as well as the harm that can come from the use of alternative medicine therapies."
"Police on Thursday arrested a pastor and two relatives after two nine-year-old girls were beaten to death in an attempt to cast out "evil spirits".Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said Nkandla police arrested three suspects aged between 31 and 35 at Ezimambeni, including the mother of one of the dead girls. The three face two counts of murder and will appear at the Nkandla Magistrate's Court on Monday.Mbele said police received an anonymous call on March 24, asking them to go to a house in Ezimambeni because they suspected something sinister was going on. "Upon arrival, the police were greeted with hostility by the family members before they encountered a gruesome scene. Two nine-year-old girls lay on the floor with bruises all over their bodies," she said.Mbele said one of the girls had already died and the other was unconscious. Police called for an ambulance and the second girl was rushed to hospital but died of her injuries a few days later."Upon questioning the family members on the girl's injuries, they alleged that the girls were attacked by evil spirits," Mbele said. 'The family alleged that the young girls had been complaining that evil spirits were beating them up and instructing them to drink blood. In response, the family also beat up the girls as a form of exorcism. A local pastor was called to pray for the girls and he also allegedly joined in the beating of the girls.'"
Armed extremists are showing up to protests and urging a "boogaloo" — code for civil war — online."Far-right extremists are showing up, with guns, to the protests against police brutality that have exploded across the country.Others are egging on the violence from behind their computers, urging followers to carry out acts of violence against black protesters with the goal of sparking a "race war."Their presence makes an uneasy addition to the escalating unrest, which was triggered by the death of George Floyd, a black man who was choked to death by a white Minneapolis police officer earlier this week.But there's a range of motivations that's driving far-right interest toward the protests, which are being led by community members and Black Lives Matter, and bolstered by antifascists.For example, the so-called Boogaloo Bois — a group of armed anti-government extremists made visible by their Hawaiian shirts — have reportedly shown up to some of the protests.The "boogaloo" is code for impending civil war or violent confrontation with law enforcement, and that's what they're hoping to get out of the protests. Their main reason for being there is their antipathy toward law enforcement, and so they're trying to position themselves as allies of Black Lives Matter protesters. They've made police brutality one of their central issues, which was explored at length in a Bellingcat article this week."
" ... I guess what I am still trying to figure out is whether white evangelicals are more susceptible to conspiracy theories than the next person or whether what bothers me more is the fact that Christianity is a religion that claims to know and seek truth, regardless of where it leads, and in this case you have people who are adherents of that religion … who are not only not seeking truth but are spreading falsehoods."
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