Ivan Seeking
Sep14-04, 05:41 PM
...The scientific mainstream has not accepted any claims of alien abductions. And many who claim to have survived ritual abuse say they discovered the abuse through the recovery of long-repressed memories. The length of time between the alleged event and the recovery of the memory often makes it hard to investigate the claims.
The only connection between the UFO folks and the ritual abuse folks is that the two groups gained attention in the 1980s, as Bader was starting his academic career.
Sociologists such as Bader study small groups like these because they believe this is a way to understand how successful faiths develop. After all, the largest religions all started with a few people considered unusual by their neighbors.[continued]
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/living/9638560.htm
The only connection between the UFO folks and the ritual abuse folks is that the two groups gained attention in the 1980s, as Bader was starting his academic career.
Sociologists such as Bader study small groups like these because they believe this is a way to understand how successful faiths develop. After all, the largest religions all started with a few people considered unusual by their neighbors.[continued]
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/living/9638560.htm