MSNBC.com March 13, 2001 Beauty company Estee Lauder could be facing another ugly controversy. The cosmetics giant recently angered actors when Liz Hurley crossed Screen Actors Guild picket lines to do commercials. Now it seems the company was unwittingly using child labor. What’s more, the alleged young workers were apparently part of a group that…
Source: Cult News December 22, 2000 Rick Ross Since the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995 another band called the Phish seems to have filled the void that the Grateful Dead left behind. “Phish heads” have largely replaced the cult following of the “Dead heads” that once wandered nomadically from concert to concert devoted to…
“Shimon: “I want to repent for my dullness. I’m so thankful for the sensitivity and discernment Yoneq possesses. I know I am affected deeply by my past involvement in Christianity. I was blind in asking Grace to sing that song last night. It was an admixture. It is a wicked spirit that brings good feelings…
Does Spriggs really claim to be the Elijah? ___________________________ This is why Elijah must come to raise up the age-old foundation, restore the church to the Israel of YHWH. Mt. 17:11. The Roman, (Greek, and Protestant are completely off the foundation of Messiah). Apostasy, Apostate Israel today The Elijah will deal absolutely in the Spirit…
The Courier-Mail, September 5, 2000 A fundamentalist cult will provide catering at Sydney 2000 Olympic equestrian events. This is even though it was banned in Britain after distributing anti-Semitic literature. It was reported on 4 September 2000 that the leader of the Twelve Tribes, also known as the Messianic Communities, is American Elbert Spriggs. Spriggs…
Jeffrey Brown’s trail of deceit extends beyond a Taunton home to Middleboro and Lakeville where he had ties to the New England Institute of religious Research. The Enterprise Newspaper Terence J. Downing Sept. 2ooo Air Force veteran Jeffrey F. Brown is charming, witty, intelligent, a super chess player, can fix just about anything and is…
Source: Icsa article Marcia Rudin Abstract Although most reports concerning cults suggest that the majority of converts are young adults, there is growing documentation attesting to the negative impact of cults on elderly and children. In addition, special abuses of women in cults have become a cause of concern. This paper discusses reports on the…
Source: The Guardian Jeevan Vasagar July 5, 2000 The Twelve Tribes sect was banned from attending this year’s Reading Festival after the Guardian revealed that the cult was using rock events to distribute anti-Semitic literature. The festival organiser, Mean Fiddler, yesterday turned down an application from Twelve Tribes to bring its mobile cafe, The Common…
Source: The Guardian-4 July 2000 Christian fundamentalists are taking advantage of open air music gatherings to spread anti-semitic messages A Christian fundamentalist religious movement which describes Jews as “murderers” is using rock festivals, including Glastonbury and Reading, to recruit young people.Twelve Tribes, whose 24-hour cafe, The Common Ground, was a popular meeting point at this…
Source: The Burlington (Vermont) Free Press From The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, June 18, 2000 By Nancy Bazilchuk ISLAND POND — John Dodge, 23, looked a little out of place at the Twelve Tribes church’s community gathering Saturday. An Island Pond native, he grew up calling the church members “Moonies,” threw pennies on the roofs…