Falun Gong Further Exposed

A newly published book claims that Li Hongzhi, founder of the Falun Gong cult, repeatedly preached his heretical ideas and fallacies at every possible occasion, to deceive his followers.

The book, entitled "Li Hongzhi and His Falun Gong - Deceiving the Public and Ruining Lives," was put out by New Star Publishers. It discloses that on many occasions Li Hongzhi told his audience: "Mankind on this earth faces inexorable doom. Our planet should have been totally destroyed last year, according to my calculations."

Li claimed to have, by his own power, postponed the destruction by 30 years.

Li called his Falun Dafa the "highest Law of Buddha" and the "orthodox law" superior to all religions.

In order to make the practitioners of Falun Gong have total faith in Falun Dafa and abide by the doctrines of his heretical cult, Li Hongzhi forbade practitioners to believe in any other religions.

He said: "The existing religions cannot save people from torment anymore. They cannot help you attain self-cultivation."

He also said: "Most of the existing religions are fake."

Leaders of China's religious circles pointed out that not only do Li Hongzhi and his Falun Dafa have nothing whatsoever to do with religion, their heretical ideas are directly opposed to religious doctrines, and are therefore anti-religious.

Li adopted all sorts of heretical means to control his practitioners, resulting in the deaths of many and serious damage to the health of others.

Incomplete statistics show that 1,404 people have died as a result of practising Falun Gong. Still more have been found to be suffering from mental disorders for the same reason, says the book. According to doctors at the Beijing University of Medical Science, the number of patients with psychiatric disorders caused by Falun Gong has increased markedly.

In 1992, patients who also practised Falun Gong accounted for 10.2 per cent of all patients suffering from mental disorders. In the first half of the year, the number soared to 42.1 per cent.

"While Li Hongzhi told others not to consult doctors or take medicine when they were sick, he did not himself practise what he preached," it notes.

Many bills for reimbursement, turned in by Li and his family members after consulting doctors and buying medicines, have been found.

Li Hongzhi and his Falun Gong organization seriously disrupted public order and encroached upon other people's freedom of speech and safety, according to the book.

Li would never allow others to hold views not in line with his preaching, says the book.

Whenever there was criticism of Li and his cult, they would instigate and organize Falun Gong practitioners to hold illegal gatherings to harass and attack those who voiced their criticisms, the book says.

Since 1996, there were several hundred occasions of Falun Gong people besieging schools, media and publishing institutions, government organs and even residences of individuals.

This culminated in April 1999, when organizers of Falun Gong instigated more than 10,000 people to besiege Zhongnanhai, the seat of the central government, in Beijing.

"Their aim was to muzzle public opinion and coerce the society in total disregard of law, so as to prevent other people as well as the media and publishing organizations from voicing any views that Falun Gong did not approve of," the book notes.

Li Hongzhi has illegally reaped a large amount of dirty money by using Falun Gong and committed crimes of tax evasion, according to the newly published book.