'Called to Be Free' - a Video

orthodoxymoron · 05-14-2009, 04:57 AM

'Called to Be Free' is a video about the upheaval and transformation in the Worldwide Church of God. Even if you are not interested in religion or spirituality...it is a case study in human behavior, group sociology...and how change occurs in a religious organization...or any organization. Please watch and comment. YouTube - Called To Be Free

orthodoxymoron · 05-14-2009, 08:07 PM

Ignore the principles and concepts in this video at your own peril. What happened to these people can happen to you or me. It's about leadership, abuse of power, gullibility, money, etc. Learn from other people's mistakes. People can dispense with one delusion...and accept another to replace the first. How about everything being up for grabs...all the time? Is this too emotionally upsetting? We desire certainty and peace...yet the world around us is constantly changing...and people and paradigms are in collision. Do we have to lie to ourselves and others...and live in a dreamworld...in order to find peace with ourselves and others? Can New Agers be just as deluded as the Old Agers? Can a very cool and hip new age guru take people for a ride just as easily as a Bible-thumping fundamentalist egomaniac in a megachruch? Comments?

orthodoxymoron · 05-15-2009, 04:26 AM

No comment? I'm beginning to despair regarding learning the lessons necessary to properly conduct business on Earth. To me...this is an important video. The propensity of humanity toward delusion is disillusioning...to say the least. The gravitation toward sensation...will sink us...

BROOK · 05-15-2009, 06:00 AM

That's a long video..but I will watch it and get back to you
That is probably the reason no reply....long one

orthodoxymoron · 08-23-2009, 08:29 PM

The lessons which one can learn from this video...can be applied to all religious and philosophical systems...especially where charismatic leaders and group peer-pressures are involved. One can think that they are right...and that there is no way that they could be wrong...yet in a few short months or years...they can find themselves drowning in disillusionment.

orthodoxymoron · 12-26-2009, 09:45 AM

I predict that there will be videos similar to this one regarding the New Age Movement. People have been burned over and over again...throughout the centuries. Please learn the lessons derived from the rude awakenings of the people in this video...and apply these lessons to the contemporary alternative thinking scene. I realize that we need to rethink everything...but that we need to rethink our rethinking...in most cases.

Namaste

05-14-2009, 04:57 AM	#1
orthodoxymoron Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lunar Base II Posts: 3,093	'Called to Be Free' - a Video 'Called to Be Free' is a video about the upheaval and transformation in the Worldwide Church of God. Even if you are not interested in religion or spirituality...it is a case study in human behavior, group sociology...and how change occurs in a religious organization...or any organization. Please watch and comment. YouTube - Called To Be Free Last edited by orthodoxymoron; 12-26-2009 at 09:40 AM.

05-14-2009, 08:07 PM	#2
orthodoxymoron Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lunar Base II Posts: 3,093	Re: 'Called to Be Free' - a Video Ignore the principles and concepts in this video at your own peril. What happened to these people can happen to you or me. It's about leadership, abuse of power, gullibility, money, etc. Learn from other people's mistakes. People can dispense with one delusion...and accept another to replace the first. How about everything being up for grabs...all the time? Is this too emotionally upsetting? We desire certainty and peace...yet the world around us is constantly changing...and people and paradigms are in collision. Do we have to lie to ourselves and others...and live in a dreamworld...in order to find peace with ourselves and others? Can New Agers be just as deluded as the Old Agers? Can a very cool and hip new age guru take people for a ride just as easily as a Bible-thumping fundamentalist egomaniac in a megachruch? Comments? Last edited by orthodoxymoron; 05-14-2009 at 09:39 PM.

05-15-2009, 04:26 AM	#3
orthodoxymoron Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lunar Base II Posts: 3,093	Re: 'Called to Be Free' - a Video No comment? I'm beginning to despair regarding learning the lessons necessary to properly conduct business on Earth. To me...this is an important video. The propensity of humanity toward delusion is disillusioning...to say the least. The gravitation toward sensation...will sink us...

05-15-2009, 06:00 AM	#4
BROOK Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,117	Re: 'Called to Be Free' - a Video That's a long video..but I will watch it and get back to you That is probably the reason no reply....long one

08-23-2009, 08:29 PM	#5
orthodoxymoron Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lunar Base II Posts: 3,093	Re: 'Called to Be Free' - a Video The lessons which one can learn from this video...can be applied to all religious and philosophical systems...especially where charismatic leaders and group peer-pressures are involved. One can think that they are right...and that there is no way that they could be wrong...yet in a few short months or years...they can find themselves drowning in disillusionment.

12-26-2009, 09:45 AM	#6
orthodoxymoron Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lunar Base II Posts: 3,093	Re: 'Called to Be Free' - a Video I predict that there will be videos similar to this one regarding the New Age Movement. People have been burned over and over again...throughout the centuries. Please learn the lessons derived from the rude awakenings of the people in this video...and apply these lessons to the contemporary alternative thinking scene. I realize that we need to rethink everything...but that we need to rethink our rethinking...in most cases. Namaste

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