Bill S said (April 17, 2015):

My condolences to Tony for his loss. Having been a born-again Christian from 1978-2000 and having been married to a Filipina in the US from 1988-2000, I can relate. However, I was the one constantly "in the Word," attending conferences, attending church, listening to tapes, watching DVDs and reading books in order to sanctify myself from this wicked and perverse generation. My wife followed the leader - when it was convenient...

Tony stated: "I would occasionally listen to parts, but found the lessons very abstract. It was psycho babble nonsense about our creator, our purpose on the Earth, how man's ego is destroying the planet and on and on." Hmmm. This describes what it is like for a spiritually dead person to listen to ANY spiritual teaching. How can revelation of hidden truths about our Creator, our purpose on the Earth, how man's ego is destroying the planet be considered psycho babble nonsense? This would be like someone criticizing his/her spouse for pursuing their passion for Science or Medicine or Conspiracies or Fashion or Dancing or Swinging. It all seems like a foolish waste of time and energy. And it is! - to anyone who lacks the interest. I'll bet your wife felt the exact same way about YOUR passion for truth - which was aimed in another direction, amirite? She would write "Paranoia Destroyed My Marriage."

Rather than discounting all spiritual teachings simply because you are not interested in them, why not step back and analyze some of the other dynamics in play? You two were compatible in some areas, but not in others. Her spiritual and belonging needs were met when she found Kabbalah. Yours were met when you found Conspiracy truths. You grew apart. This is why marriage is so difficult and unrealistic IMO. People change and evolve. Be friends, if possible. If not, then don't. Do what is best for YOU, my friend. And let others do what is best for them. Peace.

Al Thompson said (April 17, 2015):

Here is another reason why I wouldn't touch any religious organization with a ten-foot pole. It is just too easy for a religious psycho to pull some stupid doctrines out of his butt and then say: "God said it." It doesn't matter which religion one is talking about,

So, Tony has lost his wife and all of the nice children that would have followed a happy marriage. I don't know what it is going to take for people to realize that all religions have problems. And the problem is that the results of these religions have produced failed lives. Tony might do well if he tries to get his wife back without the Kabbala nonsense. But I wouldn't take her back either if she wanted to continue in this sickening "religion."

Maybe the cause of the bad religions is that they all have some kind of root in Judaism and so they would naturally be destructive. No one can argue about the bad results.

http://verydumbgovernment.blogspot.com/2014/01/gods-world-order-new-world-order-part-1.html

Robert K said (April 17, 2015):

The usual psychological catalysts are at work in the belief system described here; namely, appeal to ego (deceptively characterized as a spiritual self-improvement journey) and social division in the form of encouragement of shunning of "the profane" (those not on the same trip, association with whom will contaminate you and impede your progress). The formula appears in a multitude of guises, from the "unfinished stone" of Freemasonry to the positivism of Amway conventions to following the pathway to perfection portrayed by the New Age movement (now hardly new, after many decades of propagation).

In the 1990s when I was working in the Canadian House of Commons staff were "given" seminars designed to encourage thinking along these lines. In one of them people were required to profess in a group setting what animal they believed they most closely resembled; most of the females in the group participated enthusiastically, but the two men present stated bluntly that they felt like humans.

Another series of talks (presented in recorded form--the company must have been raking in the dough) by a motivational speaker named Brian Tracy to which we were subjected painted a glorious future of multi-faceted fulfilment for all who would heed his advice. One point he stressed was that one must not consort with people of a "negative" (i.e., questioning) mindset--whom he described as inherent losers in the game of getting ahead. Again the women present appeared to lap the "guru's" message up. And sure enough, before long the House's established management, mostly males, was replaced by females, who thus presumably were given proof that the advice proffered by Tracy et al. really worked.

I perceived these seminars as probably being both brainwashing exercises and filters for selecting manipulable candidates for management positions. It struck me as very interesting that public SERVANTS should be deliberately imbued with an "us versus them" attitude. I don't know what name, if any, this organized subversive activity went by in Canada; its counterpart in the UK is called Common Purpose.