[Alex Murphy]

[Reuben Obermeister] came to America in 1949, at age 21, to lecture on diamonds. He legally changed his name to Roy Masters in 1954 (yet never acquired American citizenship) and eventually became a professional hypnotist claiming he could "save people by teaching them self-sufficiency meditative hypnosis." The American Medical Association pressed charges against him for practicing medicine without a license. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail. He likens this "persecution" to the persecution Jesus suffered....

....In lieu of dependence on Jesus Christ for salvation, Masters teaches dependence on his meditation techniques. He teaches that mankind is inherently good, thus there is no need for salvation or a savior. All problems man encounters can be resolved through self effort. "No form of outer assistance can substitute for inner direction. Direction must come always from within. Moved by the spirit of intuition, we move without excitement, effort or strain. The more we exercise our dependency upon the Within, the stronger this relationship becomes, and we know it to be Grace," (How To Keep Your Mind Well, p. 165, Foundation Press, 1971). Though he claims to have been saved by the blood of Christ, he states that "one of the biggest curses in Christendom is the false idea that Jesus is God"....

....Participants in his week-long seminars pay $1,200 and $50 for one-day seminars held across the country. Masters says he wants to be remembered in the same category as Moses, Jesus, the apostles, Buddha, Gandhi, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy.

[MSF BU]

What would Garner Ted Armstrong say?

[Colofornian]

From the article: Though he claims to have been saved by the blood of Christ, he states that "one of the biggest curses in Christendom is the false idea that Jesus is God." According to the late Dr. Walter Martin, the Foundation does not mention the Holy Spirit in any of its publications (The New Cults, p. 310).

Yup. Roy Masters. Cultist. A pied piper leading people to hell.

[nd76]

This guy used to buy time on a Washington, DC area radio station (AM 730). One of the creepiest radio programs I’ve ever heard.

[nuconvert]

” Masters says he wants to be remembered in the same category as Moses, Jesus, the apostles, Buddha, Gandhi, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy. “

lol. Is that all?

[ApplegateRanch]

From the constant domestic abuse & 'concubinage' type charges against both him and his son, and of the absolute control that kept emanating from the 'ranch', when were living about 30-40 miles from it; and from some of his locally broadcast radio shows, I have the impression he would more likely be remembered in the same category as Mohammed, Brigham Young, Warren Jeffs, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Jim Jones, David Koresh, and L. Ron Hubbard.

[daniel1212]

A few months ago an was posted on FR supporting Obermeister and which resulted in him being exposed as the deceiver he is, and how his disciples can be so devoted as to deny visible documentation against him.

See posts in thread here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2931985/posts?page=172#172

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2931985/posts?page=194#194