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...Wacky, perhaps. But is Falun Gong a cult? Not necessarily, if classic characteristics of cults are taken into account. A reckoning...
...Falun Gong's Record...
...What about politics? This is Washington after all. Each day, Falun Gong followers?mostly ethnic Chinese?can be found protesting across from the Beijing government's embassy. "Before the crackdown (in China)," says Feuerberg, "no one spoke about politics. There was no agenda. Yet those suffering in China are like 1st century Christian martyrs. We must stand by them." It's a lot easier to do so in America...
...much is known about Li Hongzhi, 48, the man who created Falun Gong in 1992. He worked as a grain clerk in northeast China's Liaoning province. He played trumpet in a troupe run by the forestry police in neighboring Jilin. And then he wrote a very odd book that affected millions...
...rambling dissertation, Zhuan Falun, has only added to accusations that Falun Gong is a cult. Li writes he can personally heal disease and that his followers can stop speeding cars using the powers of his teachings. He writes that the Falun Gong emblem exists in the bellies of practitioners, who can see through the celestial eyes in their foreheads. Li believes "humankind is degenerating and demons are everywhere"?extraterrestrials are everywhere, too?and that Africa boasts a 2-billion-year-old nuclear reactor. He also says...