A scandal has broken out at the Miss World contest, where Miss Indonesia has been exposed as a member of a Christian cult called The Family International that until 1986 was known for including its children in sexual activity.
The group was also known for a form of evangelistic religious prostitution that its members called ‘flirty fishing.’
The group claimed that the purposes of Flirty Fishing were for women to show God’s love to men, to win converts to the group, and to garner material and financial support for the group. As cult members usually live in communes, travel a lot and spend their time proselytizing rather than earning a regular income, the financial aspect soon became dominant. The cult also used Flirty Fishing to curry favours with local men of influence such as business men, politicians or police.
Rick Ross’s Cultwatch has more. The only quote you need to hear is the one that echoes the timeless refrain about religious extremists:
The official Family position is that a few individuals misused their authority and misapplied the law of love.
Or as one brother said to another about the Taliban:
Brother, don’t know you know they were merely misguided?
The Miss World contest is not allowing Miss Indonesia, Kerenina Sunny Halim, to talk to the media.
pi.info 3:11 pm on December 13, 2009 Permalink |
It should be noted that there are two Miss Indonesias that compete in two separate sets of contest. The pinnacle of one competition is the Miss World title, which Halim is competing for.
The other contest reaches its apex in the Miss Universe contest, where the Miss Indonesia contestant, 18-year-old Qori Sandioriva, is a moderate Muslim woman who represented Aceh province, sparking outrage among the conservative Muslim leaders there for not covering her hair in the contest.
Conrad Barwa 5:03 pm on December 13, 2009 Permalink |
“flirty fishing”
oh dear.
plimfix 5:50 pm on December 13, 2009 Permalink |
The Family. A New Religious Movement. Did an essay on NRMs for my sociology of religion module, many moons ago. The Family have been around since the 70s at least – we had one of their comics in our house when I was a kid. Used to be led by this dodgy dude called Moses David – dunno if he’s still alive. Last I heard, though, The Family had either ceased or been forced to desist from its more nefarious activities, but things are complicated by internal splits, with some Family folks rejecting Moses David on the grounds that he was a sleazy perving power mad creep – a not untypical NRM guru, in other words. Every so often, someone associated with The F finds themselves in the public eye for reasons totally unconnected to their membership, and whoops – it’s journos trawl up the dirt time!
shams 8:03 am on December 14, 2009 Permalink |
WECs.
shams 8:04 am on December 14, 2009 Permalink |
at least the C-street creeps in the US are.
shams 8:19 am on December 14, 2009 Permalink |
Yes Buzzkill, ALL evangelists are evil, whether they are black, brown, or athethist.