ebrown42 wrote:Well, I may have just pissed off the very person who helped me, but I had to send her this email. I need her reassurance that this is safe. This is what I sent to her,
"Dear Mazzotta Sensee,
I'm sorry to trouble you, but a few worrisome articles have been brought to my attention and I would like some reassurance that this university is both safe and well respected in Japan. As you know, I would like to conduct business with other Japanese organizations, will this university help or hinder me? Also, I am Christian, will this be a problem while I am there? Please answer at your earliest convenience.
Articles references in the wiki entry on Soka Gakkai:
1. http://www.time.com/time/internation...120/japan.html
2. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/14/wo...-in-japan.html
3. http://www.rickross.com/reference/gakkai/gakkai39.html (more articles here: http://www.rickross.com/groups/gakkai.html )
From a site covering cults around the world:
4. http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?o...d=57&Itemid=11
From a blogger (both good & bad) but nevertheless insightful:
5. http://yellowpeep.blogspot.com/2006/...les-japan.html
6. http://yellowpeep.blogspot.com/2006/...-of-north.htmlReply With Quote"
What do you think?
Be careful how you approach this person, especially with the "c" word, as they are a member. I had a rather negative experience dealing with someone who was pushing $cientology as part of a class I was taking `0 years ago (Butch Read for anyone in the Osaka area), after I looked into it and started asking questions.
Ask your minister/priest and parents for some help.