Inside the Hell of Opus Dei

aged hippy · #1 (**permalink**) 4th November 2007, 11:06 AM

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A mother of nine has lifted the lid on Opus Dei, the controversial Catholic organisation featured in Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, which portrayed it as a mysterious and cult-like -institution.

Véronique Duborgel re-counts in a new book, Inside the Hell of Opus Dei, the 13 years she spent as a member of the group, which she describes as rigid, insensitive, sectarian and misogynistic.

The 44-year-old kindergarten teacher describes techniques of psychological isolation similar to those sometimes used by sects, and claims that Opus Dei intrudes into the most intimate areas of members' private lives, encourages them to inform on each other and drains their financial resources.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...opusdei104.xml

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Lightkeeper · #2 (**permalink**) 4th November 2007, 05:05 PM

Very interesting. It makes you wonder how anyone could get caught up and stay in a group like that.

wwwdlhow27 · #3 (**permalink**) 4th November 2007, 06:43 PM

Agreed LK, but I guess that's the case of any "devout" cult members and why we who can't understand the attraction will not submit.
Thanks AH

**angeleyes** · #4 (**permalink**) 5th November 2007, 12:57 AM

Interesting article - and she's brave to write about her experiences.

Isn't there something in the New Testament, a saying attributed to Jesus, that says "all will be brought into the light" or something like that? Could be that we're seeing alot of thing brought into the light these days....... Maybe that's a good thing, huh?

aged hippy · #5 (**permalink**) 5th November 2007, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by angeleyes

Interesting article - and she's brave to write about her experiences.

Isn't there something in the New Testament, a saying attributed to Jesus, that says "all will be brought into the light" or something like that? Could be that we're seeing alot of thing brought into the light these days....... Maybe that's a good thing, huh?

"5) Jesus said, "Recognize what is in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you. For there is nothing hidden which will not become manifest."

6) His disciples questioned Him and said to Him, "Do you want us to fast? How shall we pray? Shall we give alms? What diet shall we observe?"
Jesus said, "Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered.

108) Jesus said, "He who will drink from my mouth will become like Me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will become revealed to him." "
- The Gospel of Thomas

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**angeleyes** · #6 (**permalink**) 5th November 2007, 02:58 AM

Thanks for that, aged hippy.

**RevKathyV** · #7 (**permalink**) 5th November 2007, 01:03 PM

I just love the Gospel of Thomas!!

aged hippy · #8 (**permalink**) 5th November 2007, 01:08 PM

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