*giggle*

[roseforhirex]

Now this is what I'm talkin about...yes, more Da Vincci Code stuff, but dang, if you're gonna make a statement about something you don't like without making it so taboo that everyone wants to see it...you take lessons from the head of the Opus Dei...

"The leader of Opus Dei, the conservative Catholic organization depicted in 'The Da Vinci Code' as a

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[lilgreenman]

I had a little somethin' on TV about them not too long ago when I was on the computer. I wasn't completely paying attention so take this info with a grain of salt.
The little bit I did pick up was
1) The founder instructed them to give up on explaining their ways to outsiders - he assumed they wouldn't understand.
2) Some members who joined the org were, "not allowed to contact their family members."
3) Books, TV shows, and movies had to be "approved."
4) Members kept lists on how many people they solicited (to join) and I think they had to give a moral "rating" if you will.

I don't give 3 shakes about their self-torture rituals but the way they recruit/retain got to me. At least one woman got out because her parents hired "deprogrammers." If what you have to say is good and just . . . why the "See no Evil, Read no Evil" retention techniques? Children may need to be kept away from R rated movies until they are old enough to make up their own minds. Opus Dei noobs (even if they are just 2 mins past 18) should not need to have their movies and literature screened. If they do, they're TOO DAMN YOUNG and should be thrown back - allowed to mature a little more. Blind, misguided devotion is not really devotion at all. And if the only way you can keep followers is to grow 'em on a strict diet of "do what I tell you" from youth . . .well, that does work pretty well but . . . it's about as honorable as shootin' fish in . . . a thing that is easy to shoot them in.

[roseforhirex]

Oh, they terrify me, don't doubt that. I just think they're smart...something that scares me more. All the priests and bishops and what~not who are getting their undies in a bunch and protesting are going about this wrong. The Opus Dei has the right idea. That's prolly why such a frighteningly cultish group has survived. Give credit where it's due, they're doing just the right thing to downplay the hype and stay off the radar.