Talk:Living Enrichment Center
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[edit] Introduction
The introduction to this article was lifted straight out of this page, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/114JJRA30NQSQ/102-8099082-3172950
- Yes, I am the writer of that page, and I am the one who began this article about LEC. In other words, the "lifting" is completely with permission. Andrew Parodi 08:12, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Images
Can we ditch some of the images on this page? They are a bit excessive. Some of the captions are lengthy and should be cleaned up, too. – Mipadi July 3, 2005 15:03 (UTC)
Done! Aesculapius75 9 July 2005 16:23 (UTC)
[edit] Cult? Really?
Why is this in the Cult category? It seems to have appeared on 04:00, 7 October 2005 from 207.200.116.130.
Any objection to removing that? (unsigned comment by Sdpinpdx)
- I just removed it. The qualification of "cult" is very fuzzy and controversial. I think that the term "New Religious Movement" suffices, which is already listed at the bottom. -- Andrew Parodi 03:15, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
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- Good. I suppose a reasonable person could see parallels to cults in some of the LEC disfunction, but I think the conclusion is a bit extreme (to say the least). There are lots of disfunctional churches. We're human, after all. sdp 19:09, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm not too sure that the conclusion is that extreme, actually. Mary Morrissey ruled the inner circle of Living Enrichment Center the way a cult leader rules his/her cult. I do believe that on that level LEC was indeed a cult. Mary Morrissey held almost total control of LEC.
The thing about the "cult" label is that the term "cult" is very vague. I read somewhere that all mainstream religions would fall under the desciption of cult as well, and people just don't realize this because the major religions are old and established. I think this is why many people have abandoned the term "cult" for "new religion."
I have to be honest, though. Mary Morrissey was the main draw of Living Enrichment Center, and I did see people there who virtually worshipped her. On some levels it did indeed seem like a cult. But for the sake of this discussion, that's a moot point now because I have removed the "cult" category. -- Andrew Parodi 19:55, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External Links
I have removed the youtuibe links because they are suspection copy vios see WP:C. The youtibe page states the copyright will have expired when the LEC went bust. I don't agree. Surely the copyright will have been assigned to the creditors. As such I believe the links are a copy vio and have removed them. --Spartaz 20:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- If you would actually watch the videos you would see that they end with only one credit: "Copyright: Living Enrichment Center." No other names are given. Living Enrichment Center, as detailed at length in this article, no longer exists. This video is in the public domain now. 172.193.31.232 23:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
