Case reopened.
Ben
information passed along to us would be greatly appreciated in our case.
povega
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> Does anyone know of any active cult within Puerto Rico? Any relevant
> information passed along to us would be greatly appreciated in our case.
Depends on what you call a "cult." If by "cult" you mean a bunch of
enthusiastic people who take their religion more seriously than you or I
take mine, Puerto Rico is crawling with cultists. But if you're looking for
something particularly idyosincratic, the MITA (pronounced "MEEH-tah")
church would be your thing.
"Several ministers have also set up their own congregations. The MITA
congregation, established over thirty years ago, owns and operates several
retail services -supermarket, department store, furniture store- mainly for
the benefit of church members who are numbered in the thousands."
http://click.hotbot.com/director.asp?id=2&target=http://www.dollarman.com/pu
ertorico/religion3.html&query=Mita+%22Puerto+Rico%22&rsource=LCOSADVF
If I remember correctly, MITA's founder was a Puerto Rican Pentecostal lady
who claimed she was the incarnation of the Holy Spirit. Before her passing
she passed the Spirit upon Aaron, her driver. He has been the leader of the
sect for several years now.
Members of MITA are not theologically educated people, with little idea of
what is historical Christianity. In fact, in their testimonials they vent
their contempt against formal theological education and proclaim their
allegiance to the "Primitive Christianity" they embody.
Otherwise, they are pretty upright, well-meaning if somewhat fanatical
people with lots of Public Relations and business saavy. They also prefer
loud, inspirational music and powerful PA systems. Must be a Puerto Rican
thing.
P.
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Raymond Falcon-Lugo
"povega" <pov...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> "Ben" <unco...@themutual.net> wrote in message
> news:39722f05$1...@news.telinco.net...
> > Does anyone know of any active cult within Puerto Rico? Any relevant
> > information passed along to us would be greatly appreciated in our case.
>
> Depends on what you call a "cult." If by "cult" you mean a bunch of
> enthusiastic people who take their religion more seriously than you or I
> take mine, Puerto Rico is crawling with cultists. But if you're looking
for
> something particularly idyosincratic, the MITA (pronounced "MEEH-tah")
> church would be your thing.
>
> "Several ministers have also set up their own congregations. The MITA
> congregation, established over thirty years ago, owns and operates several
> retail services -supermarket, department store, furniture store- mainly
for
> the benefit of church members who are numbered in the thousands."
>
>
http://click.hotbot.com/director.asp?id=2&target=http://www.dollarman.com/pu
> ertorico/religion3.html&query=Mita+%22Puerto+Rico%22&rsource=LCOSADVF
>
> If I remember correctly, MITA's founder was a Puerto Rican Pentecostal
lady
> who claimed she was the incarnation of the Holy Spirit. Before her passing
> she passed the Spirit upon Aaron, her driver. He has been the leader of
the
> sect for several years now.
"many years" is more correct than "several years"!
I would estimate on roughly 20 years.
>
> Members of MITA are not theologically educated people, with little idea of
> what is historical Christianity. In fact, in their testimonials they vent
> their contempt against formal theological education and proclaim their
> allegiance to the "Primitive Christianity" they embody.
>
> Otherwise, they are pretty upright, well-meaning if somewhat fanatical
> people with lots of Public Relations and business saavy. They also prefer
> loud, inspirational music and powerful PA systems. Must be a Puerto Rican
> thing.
They even "own" a little sector in "Cantera", PR. Members are concentrated
to that area.
When Aaron decides to use the TV it could probably rival Rodolfo Font and
his "Fuente de agua viva"
rs...@coqui.net
1. Frente Socialista
2. Congreso Nacional Hostosiano
3. Partido Nacionalista
4. Nuevo Movimiento Independentista
5. Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño
6. Federacion Universitarios Pro-Independencia
7. Union de Trabajadores de la Industria Electrica y Riego
The most interesting feature about these loonies is that they all share
the same members!
BUT the biggest cult in Puerto Rico is one that worships a 2,000 - year
old mummy, claiming that she has risen from the dead as the
reincarnation of Aprodite and Athena, that has come to "save" Puerto
Rico from the evil clutches of the USA and to bring heaven on Earth.
The Holy Mummy actually manages to walk around (a little), wrapped in
expensive silks and soaked in perfume to keep her from rotting away.
Also, it is rumoured that more than one Mummy exists, because she/they
contradict all the time when speaking in public...
Her sycophants also refuse to comment on the many (well, basically ALL
of them) prophecies of the Holy Mummy that have failed (such as "I will
not raise taxes", only to raise them by 600% a few months later; "I
will not run for governor", only to enter the race a few months
later; "I support transparency and clean politics", only to unleash the
dirtiest, muddiest campaign in HISTORY against detractors of HER OWN
cult, with fabricated evidence and Inquisitions made at midnight in
closed rooms...
Cult members have made a ferocious attempt to change recorded history,
which shows that in her previous resucitation, instead of bringing
Utopia, the Holy Mummy and her cult organization were responsible for
untold mischief, such as a 2x increase in violent crimes, horrible
unemployment (22%), economic collapse, crass ineptitude, and rampaging
corruption, to the point that 2 dozen of her cult's leaders ended up in
JAIL for all sorts of crimes. In the end, her cult organization was
found responsible for stealing / wasting/ "dissappearing" close to 6
BILLION US dollars from the US and PR taxpayer's pockets...
But, the Holy Mummy cult is still strong in Puerto Rico, and is seeking
power again... its name, in case you are interested, is PARTIDO POPULAR
DEMOCRATICO (Popular Democratic Party), and the Holy Mummy's name is
SILA MARIA CALDERON...
You can see pictures of the Holy Mummy at:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=667155&a=4888815
Regards,
Raul
In article <39722f05$1...@news.telinco.net>,
"Ben" <unco...@themutual.net> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any active cult within Puerto Rico? Any relevant
> information passed along to us would be greatly appreciated in our
case.
>
>
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Before you buy.
Jorge Franchi
>The most interesting feature about these loonies is that they all share
>the same members!
Juajajaja ... jejejeje ... jajajaja ... me meooooooooooooooooooooo!! :-))
Coño Raul me he reido tanto con tu mensaje, especialmente el comentario de
arriba, que por poco me caigo de la silla!!
Thank you so much for the laugh!! :-))
Saludos,
Jorge Franchi