08/02/20 21:10:17 geupOU79
外国の創価学会についての記事。
「日本は他のセクト（カルト）宗教団体を恐れている。」
Japan Fears Another Religious Sect
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When police zeroed in on the Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) cult after the deadly nerve gas
attack on the Tokyo subway system this March, the bizarre group seemed to pose the ultimate
threat to Japanese society.
Aum's mission, after all, was to build an army, equipped with Russian tanks and biological
weapons, for an eventual Armageddon that would be preceded by a war between Japan and the
United States.
But the cult that dominated the airwaves only a few months ago now gets second billing to
another religious outfit.
Today the focus of alarm is Soka Gakkai (Value Creating Society) -- a much less sinister
but far more powerful organization that has been around for decades, has its own political
party and claims 8 million members in Japan and 300,000 in the United States.
Soka Gakkai, a lay Buddhist group with $100 billion in assets, has been accused of heavy-
handed fund raising and proselytizing, as well as intimidating its foes and trying to grab
political power.
It has recently made headlines by becoming the primary focus of a parliamentary debate over
revising Japan's law governing religions, an effort originally spurred by public outrage
over Aum's activities.