Refuting Deceptive 'News' About Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Released On Anti-Sai Websites
FEBRUARY 2002
A Visual Guide:
- The Article Is True Or Mostly True And Seems Sincere.
- The Article Has Truths And Untruths And Seems Insincere.
- The Article Is False And Has No Proof To Support It.
- The Article Is Fluff, Filler Stuff, Not Relevant.
SATHYA SAI BABA NEWS (With Updates And Comments):
Report of an anonymous ex-devotee
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/Report%20of%20an%20anonymous%20ex-dev,%20Feb%202002.htm
Comment: This article was written by an anonymous person. Anti-Sai Activists call Pro-Sai Activists (who write anonymously) "hypocrites", "faceless" and "cowardly creatures". Anti-Sai Activists refuse to follow their own standards about anonymity and openly disperse anonymous stories as the truth, as long as the articles argue in their favor. Self-serving hypocrisy in action.
An Essay on Brainwashing
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/essay.html
Comment: This is an article about brain-washing. Funny enough, it also applies directly to Anti-Sai Activists. This article cited 11 points that indicate brainwashing:
- Lack of information or even information control.
- Emotional investments.
- Cognitive dissonance.
- Intellectual inaccuracy.
- Group Thinking.
- Gullibility/Naivete.
- Wishful thinking.
- Attachment to the group and friendship with the group members.
- Subjective certainty increases faster than objective correctness.
- Devotion.
- Avoid doubts and uncertainties.
Needless to say, all of these brainwashing points apply directly to Anti-Sai Activists:
- Anti-Sai Activists control information and try to limit exposure to other sites that present valid refutations to their points of contention.
- Anti-Sai Activists have emotional investments in their crusade against Sathya Sai Baba. This is evidenced in Anti-Sai posts in Yahoo Forums where ex-devotees defend fellow ex-devotees even when they are caught telling lies (for examples, see: Tony O'Clery, Robert Priddy, Barry Pittard, Sanjay Dadlani, Reinier Van Der Sandt).
- Anti-Sai Activists have already shown that they are committed to their current position against Sathya Sai Baba without wanting or showing any openness in considering alternative viewpoints. This points directly to their cognitive dissonance.
- Anti-Sai Activists have often referenced vedic charts, astrological charts, elementals, astral beings, devils, demons, djinns, possessions and other such things in arguing against Sathya Sai Baba. This constitutes intellectual inaccuracies which are based on superstitions, rather than objective data.
- Anti-Sai Activists resort very strongly to group thinking. They resort to group thuggery tactics against those who dissent with them and formulate their attacks and responses as a group, pack or herd (sheep mentality).
- Anti-Sai Activists have shown that they are very gullible and naïve when they blindly believe unverifiable and unsupported anonymous allegations as the truth.
- Anti-Sai Activists have resorted to wishful thinking in the hopes that one day their conspiracy theories will be vindicated (second-coming mentality).
- Anti-Sai Activists have displayed deep attachments to their own group and will defend fellow group members even at the cost of personal integrity. For example (one out of many), not even one Anti-Sai Activist has reprimanded Reinier Van Der Sandt for using multiple, fake, online identities (even with a self-admission) and telling numerous lies on the SathyaSaiBaba2 Yahoo Forum. Instead, Anti-Sai Activists bite their tongue and continue to blather about others faults and failings and ignore the faults and failings of those who belong to their own group.
- It has adequately been shown that Anti-Sai Activists rely heavily on subjective certainty and care less for objective correctness.
- It is undeniable that Anti-Sai Activists display their own type of intense devotion to their Anti-Sai agenda.
- It is undeniable that Anti-Sai Activists avoid doubts and uncertainties and resort to character assassination instead of addressing pertinent doubts and valid uncertainties regarding their claims.
Enough said!
Excerpts from newspaper reports about the murders on 06-06-93
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/excerpts.html
Comment: These are newspaper articles that Basava Premanand and Robert Priddy used as "evidence" against Sathya Sai Baba. Indian newspapers are notorious for their lack of accuracy and their strong inclination towards sensationalism and totally unsubstantiated reports. Despite these facts, Premanand and Priddy think these newspaper clipping are more trustworthy than material witnesses who allegedly uncovered the evidence in the first place (something that would be laughed out of a court of law in any civilized country). It is clear that Basava Premanand and Robert Priddy have tabloid mentalities (as most tabloids make reference to anonymous and "highly informed" sources).
Fresh Light on Sai Baba's Discourses
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/freshlight.html
Comment: Brian Steel ranting and raving (again) about Sathya Sai Baba's English discourses being "packaged" and how these packaged discourses do not reflect Sathya Sai Baba's actual and literal words in Telugu. Despite Brian Steel's case against the integrity of the English translations, he flip-flopped and attributed factual errors directly to Sathya Sai Baba by using these very same flawed, edited and packaged English translations.
Understanding Devotees' Loyalty
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/loyalty.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
SB's Discourses. More Nonsense.
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/nonsense.html
Comment: More nonsense by Brian Steel. Click Here to view my article about Brian Steel and his nonsense about the English translations to Sathya Sai Baba's Telugu discourses.
More background information on 'Santa Claus in India'
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/santaclaus.html
Comment: Miscellaneous articles by the tabloid critic Basava Premanand and some letters from other people.
The Writ Petition on the Murders of 06-06-93 (B Premanand)
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/writpetition.html
Comment: This article contains Basava Premanand's writ petition and it's subsequent dismissal.
Message from Dave Lyons
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/letters/davelyons.html
Comment: This link is duplicated from the Letters Section.
Letter from Glen Meloy to all ex-devotees
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/letters/glen.html
Comment: This link is duplicated from the Letters Section.
Letter from Glen Meloy to all ex-devotees
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/letters/glen2.html
Comment: This link is duplicated from the Letters Section.
Sai Baba snubbed stood up by Tony Blair
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/blair.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
Broadcasting boring brainwashing Baba
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/boring.html
Comment: An anonymous email from XXX to YYY with a certified copy being sent to ZZZ and signed XXX XXX! And Anti-Sai Activists actually want people to believe this stuff!
Tentative Conclusions about the International Sathya Sai Organisation
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/conclusions.html
Comment: Robert Priddy repeating his main gripes about Sathya Sai Baba and the Sathya Sai Org. Click Here to view my articles about Robert Priddy.
Danish Documentary on video to be obtained!
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/danishvideo.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
Evil Cackles of Sai Baba's devotees
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/evil.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
Rumours, Gossip, Allegations, and Truth
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/gossip.html
Comment: Rumors and gossip form the basis to this article by Brian Steel.
Guru Bids for Catholic Church
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/gurubids.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
In the heat of the battle, we need to keep respect.
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/heat.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group. The title is amusing as no one seems to have practiced it.
Sai Baba expose in Denmark is heating up
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/heatingup.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
A humorous look at Sai Baba
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/humorous.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
Sai Baba's hypocrisy...
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/hypocrisy.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
Lies about Robert Priddy (ofcourse) not true
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/lies.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
New entry on Robert Priddy's website!
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/newentry.html
Comment: A link to Robert Priddy's site.
New Link
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/newlink.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
Expose Campaign runs not out of steam
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/notover.html
Comment:
A comment against The Sai Critic's comment that the Anti-Sai Expose has run out of steam. Oddly enough, Andries Krugers Dagneaux (an Anti-Sai Activist) felt the same way. Click Here to view an article that discussed this topic.
SB's Constant Exaggeration of Numbers
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/numbers.html
Comment: Robert Priddy repeating his same complaints against Sathya Sai Baba exaggerating numbers. Click Here to view my articles about Robert Priddy and his exaggeration of numbers to alleged affidavits and alleged victims.
A MAJOR new Internet publication by Robert Priddy!
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/priddy.html
Comment: Brian Steel soliciting Robert Priddy's site.
Some reactions in Denmark
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/reactions.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
Sai Baba Trickery goes on Air, keep away from the radio!
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/trickery.html
Comment: This article shows a picture of Sathya Sai Baba where Anti-Sai Activists put a black bar across Baba's eyes to prevent his energy from flowing out from them! ((laughs)) This article is about Radio Sai.
More updates sent to Hari Sampath from Danish CCG
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/updates.html
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
The Facts the Photographs reveal about the Murder
http://home.hetnet.nl/~r.v.d.sandt/murders/murders.html
Comment: Click Here to view my responses to this article.