October 12, 2009
Cult Tweets
The organiser of a US spiritual retreat, during which two people died and another 19 had to be admitted to hospital, has been caught deleting potentially incriminating tweets he published during the event. The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
While attendees were falling ill at the retreat, he made several posts to Twitter that were later deleted but not completely removed from the site.
"The Spiritual Warrior has conquered death and therefore has no enemies, and no fear, in this life or the next," he wrote in one.
In another he wrote: "... for anything new to live something first must die. What needs to die in you so that new life can emerge?"
After deleting those tweets Ray published new Twitter messages saying he was "shocked & saddened by the tragedy occurring in Sedona".
His latest post: "I am spending the weekend in prayer and meditation for all involved in this difficult time; and I ask you to join me in doing the same."
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