Favorite Religious Demagogue?
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he didn't try hard enough. his beard needs trimming and it's tough being a demagogue carrying around all that excess weight.
i prefer jim jones; that man ran with it. the glasses said it all.
Ronald Kirsch wrote: I don't have any. They're dangerous evil people.
My sentiments exactly, Ronbo.
The Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, gotta be the choice for Oregonians. Took over a small town in Eastern Oregon, trying to control the politics there, and then went on to try some bio-terrorism in The Dalles to keep those who weren't members of his cult from voting.
The only proven incident of bioterrorism the United States has ever experienced, we learned, was a bizarre plot by the Rajneeshees, a religious cult, to steal a county election in Oregon in 1984. The Rajneeshees, followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, a self-proclaimed guru exiled from India, had moved into a ranch in rural Wasco County, taken political control of the small nearby town of Antelope, and changed its name to Rajneesh. Next, the cult sought to run the whole county by winning the local election in 1984.The amazing story of the Wasco County election scandal was revealed to the conference's riveted participants by Leslie L. Zaitz, an investigative reporter for The Oregonian, and Dr. John Livengood, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control. To win the county election, the Rajneeshees planned to sicken a good portion of the population in the town of The Dalles, where most Wasco County voters live. Their weapon of choice to keep local residents from voting was salmonella bacteria. Cult members decided to test the use of salmonella and, if successful, to contaminate the entire water system of The Dalles on Election Day. First, the Rajneeshees poisoned two visiting Wasco County commissioners on a hot day by plying them with refreshing drinks of cold water laced with salmonella. Then, on a shopping trip to The Dalles, cult members sprinkled salmonella on produce in grocery stores "just for fun." According to reporter Zaitz, that experiment didn't get the results they wanted so the Rajneeshees proceeded to clandestinely sprinkle salmonella at the town's restaurant salad bars. Ten restaurants were hit and more than 700 people got sick.
It just means I'm as innocent as a little baby....
But in reality, Comrade Shampanyov has his ways of knowing many things.
Comrade Shampanyov wrote: It just means I'm as innocent as a little baby....
But in reality, Comrade Shampanyov has his ways of knowing many things.
I'm to believe that?
Ronald Kirsch wrote:
Comrade Shampanyov wrote: It just means I'm as innocent as a little baby....
But in reality, Comrade Shampanyov has his ways of knowing many things.
I'm to believe that?
Which part? That that's all it means, or that I'm as innocent as a baby, or that Shampanyov has his ways of knowing many things?
Comrade Shampanyov wrote:
Ronald Kirsch wrote:
Comrade Shampanyov wrote: It just means I'm as innocent as a little baby....
But in reality, Comrade Shampanyov has his ways of knowing many things.
I'm to believe that?
Which part? That that's all it means, or that I'm as innocent as a baby, or that Shampanyov has his ways of knowing many things?
Ok you can call me anything you like. Not that its important really. Just what do you know Comrande?
I prefer to call you Kirschy. I hope you don't mind.
One thing I know is that French Champagne is very, very delicious. Especially with a nice French Brie, or maybe a Camembert. Throw in a French actress and...well!
[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: The Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, gotta be the choice for Oregonians.
my students always love the rajneeshi story. poisoning salad bars to win an election. that always gets attention.
pumped full of drugs wrote: does George W. Bush count?
I wanted to notice that ! Is "W." a religious demagogue ?
You gotta go with the original: long-ass beard, mystic sayings, living like a debauched bachelor with all sorts of women wanting to sleep with you.
That's right, I'm pickin' Rasputin! 
Taboo # 7 wrote: You gotta go with the original: long-ass beard, mystic sayings, living like a debauched bachelor with all sorts of women wanting to sleep with you.
That's right, I'm pickin' Rasputin!
not to mention, he was hung like a bear.
AgentWood wrote:
Taboo # 7 wrote: You gotta go with the original: long-ass beard, mystic sayings, living like a debauched bachelor with all sorts of women wanting to sleep with you.
That's right, I'm pickin' Rasputin!
not to mention, he was hung like a bear.
He was still only in his forties, and hadn't yet entered his prime years, so you'd expect him to be smaller than a man nearing his prime.
I don't believe in God.
And I don't care about religion at all.
But, I can see that most wars, killings etc, comes from religion and belives.
Rian wrote: I don't believe in God.
And I don't care about religion at all.
But, I can see that most wars, killings etc, comes from religion and belives.
so you only pick on people with egos of your own size?
has to be Oral Roberts for me
I remember in like 1986 he told his followers that unless he raised $4 million "God was going to call him home"
I was like DIE DIE DIE!!!!!
Elijah Muhammed, he started a whole religion (Black Islam) based on hating the white man, then had his most popular apostle (Malcolm X) whacked when X went to Mecca and realized how messed up the old man was. That's cold
AgentWood wrote:
Rian wrote: I don't believe in God.
And I don't care about religion at all.
But, I can see that most wars, killings etc, comes from religion and belives.
so you only pick on people with egos of your own size?
I don't pick on people at all.
And my ego isn't that big, if that's what you ment.
Rian wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
Rian wrote: I don't believe in God.
And I don't care about religion at all.
But, I can see that most wars, killings etc, comes from religion and belives.
so you only pick on people with egos of your own size?
I don't pick on people at all.
And my ego isn't that big, if that's what you ment.
what i meant is religious demagogues have enormous egos, not you.
we have a saying, 'pick on people your own size.' i was playing with that a little.
Taboo # 7 wrote: Elijah Muhammed, he started a whole religion (Black Islam) based on hating the white man, then had his most popular apostle (Malcolm X) whacked when X went to Mecca and realized how messed up the old man was. That's cold
wallace fard founded the nation of islam in detroit in 1930; he disappeared several years after founding the religion. elijah poole (later elijah muhammad) was one of his disciples.
fard was by some accounts half indian and half hawaiian or kiwi. he did serve time in san quentin, though. ;)
