[Cz-religion] Article requiring urgent review

nik w boundaries9 at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Sep 23 04:54:48 CDT 2007


http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Prem_Rawat
   
  This article is reproduced from Wikipedia. It contains substantial inaccuracies and contradictions, uses an unrepresentative range of Sociological sources, and includes material that is essentially advertising.
   
  1. Inaccuracies – examples:
   
   Rawat established the U.S. Divine Light Mission (DLM) in September 1971-
                                                 
  Rawat, was 13 years old in 1971, he had no capacity to establish a legal entity.
                                              
  In the early 1980s, Rawat moved to disband the Divine Light Mission –
   
  Rawat had no legal standing within the Divine Light Mission and could not therefore be an ‘agent’ of its disbandment. DLM was never disbanded but simply renamed Elan Vital.
   
  2. Contradictions – example:
   
  Rawat appealed to premies to give up their beliefs and concepts
   
  his appearance in a Krishna costume at an event on December 20th, 1976 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, signaled a resurgence of Indian influence
   
  Practitioners describe Knowledge as internal and highly individual, without social structure, liturgy or articles of faith, and say that Rawat teaches no beliefs or ethical practices
   
  3. Unrepresentative sources: 
   
  A number of ‘critical’ scholars are described as ‘Christian’ in what appears to be an attempt to demonstrate bias. In contrast Geaves, who is quoted extensively, is not identified as a long time adherent of Rawat.
   
  4 Advertising:
                           A biography by Cagan is quoted extensively, this work is itself entirely unreferenced and is promoted on websites which support Rawat. 
   
  There are an excessive number of links to websites which promote Rawat.
   
  Subsequent to the posting of the Rawat article on Citizendium, a prominent author of the Wikiedia article has withdrawn from editing the article because of a conflict of interest.
   
  AC
   
   

       
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