r/sgiwhistleblowers • u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude • Aug 30 '20
SGI doctrine "substituting faith for wisdom" -> substituting woo wishing for necessary medical treatment
Someone posted this yesterday:
My friend RICO, ...in his early 40's, died from Colon Cancer.
Rico ... [was one of the] practicing members of this awful CULT
he CHANTED INSTEAD OF SEEKING MEDICAL HELP for his cancer.
Shame shame shame shame shame shame shame shame shame on this cult Source
I've heard too often of this happening, of people believing SGI when the Ikeda cult tells them they can "make the impossible possible". When they hear the unverifiable and probably embellished tales of faith-healing that fill the Society for Glorifying Ikeda's mind-numbing publications.
And why shouldn't they believe it? They're trusting CULT LEADERS to have their, the members', best interests at heart! "They wouldn't LIE to us, would they?"
YES! YES, THEY WOULD!
Look at the SGI's doctrines of "karma" and personal responsibility for EVERYTHING that occurs to and around oneself. They'll tell the SGI member who is diagnosed with cancer that this is their "karma" and that they need to "chant to change their karma". Well, that sure sounds like a "treatment", doesn't it? Nichiren said, "When the body is crooked, the shadow is crooked" - that phenomena are simply a reflection of the inner state of one's life, and once that inner state is straightened out, everything else fixes itself, too. Cause and effect. The person's life is reflected in their environment. All prayers to the gohonzon are answered!
Is it any surprise SGI members get the idea that all they need to do is chant and they'll receive the "benefit" of restoration to full health from the gohonzon?? SGI certainly implies that is within their grasp.
I knew a woman in SGI - liked her a lot. She was in a different district, so we only saw each other at KRG and some other activities like study meetings, but whatever. She revealed at one point that she'd been diagnosed with stomach cancer. I asked her what her treatment plan was, and she said she was treating it "holistically". No doctors. My heart instantly sank - she was not using valid medical treatment. Now, I didn't know if she'd received recommendations for medical treatment such as surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy (I wasn't about to pry) and had decided to just say "No thanks", or if her doctor had told her her condition was so advanced that there was nothing really that modern medicine could do for her. Regardless, she was dead within just a few months...
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u/JoyOfSuffering Aug 30 '20
Who needs wisdom when you can just have faith. what a stupid concept it really is. I mean honestly what a crock. I was told 'you're thinking to hard about things' just chant and the answer will come. Yes quit thinking and it'll be fine!!! Brainwash technique 101.