From reading all this on mind control, hypnotic worship, and ministerial oppression for power and wealth, I see how the continued deep-seeded damage for some who have been out for 20, 30 years is completely valid. Why? I figured it out. Jesus!
Think about it! He started the first effective cult. He convinced first a handful, then a hoard, then the Pharisees, then the Romans that he had a "relationship" with God, the only god. Mind control started when his mother convinced people she was impregnated by God. He said he had been fasting 40 days in the desert to be tested by Satan. Who saw him? Then he quoted Scriptures from tge Torah to his handful of followers saying he was the fulfillment of. They believed it! He did "healings" that gave him street cred and his followers swelled. Loaves and fishes? Sermons on the mount? More brainwashing! Rumors spread. He tossed tables, stood up to the Pharisees, he gets arrested. Once he is crucified, his followers say he was resurrected! They are now in control of the following. They say anything, including Jesus annointed them to lead, snd they're in cintrol. They splinter into sub groups. Then the Roman Jew Saul gets into the mix. He says he's blinded by God, is healed, and is now Paul. Peter knows he's a fraud, so Paul ministers to nob-Jews who know nothing of Judaism or Christ. He can aay and do anything!
This cult becomes a religion! The best con ever! It's lasted 2,000 years and is stronger than ever. Catholicism, Protestantism, then major cults like Mormanism, Jehovah Witnesses, then minor benign cults. And they learned their techniques and actions fron the most effective cult leader: Jesus. The came up wuth Satan and his minions possessing people, said Judas was a traitor because he questioned the cult teaching, he told disciples they had ti forsaked family and belongings to be with him, etc. John learned from the best. Gary and Marilyn learned from the disciples -- how to perpetuate the myth.
Think about it! He started the first effective cult. He convinced first a handful, then a hoard, then the Pharisees, then the Romans that he had a "relationship" with God, the only god. Mind control started when his mother convinced people she was impregnated by God. He said he had been fasting 40 days in the desert to be tested by Satan. Who saw him? Then he quoted Scriptures from tge Torah to his handful of followers saying he was the fulfillment of. They believed it! He did "healings" that gave him street cred and his followers swelled. Loaves and fishes? Sermons on the mount? More brainwashing! Rumors spread. He tossed tables, stood up to the Pharisees, he gets arrested. Once he is crucified, his followers say he was resurrected! They are now in control of the following. They say anything, including Jesus annointed them to lead, snd they're in cintrol. They splinter into sub groups. Then the Roman Jew Saul gets into the mix. He says he's blinded by God, is healed, and is now Paul. Peter knows he's a fraud, so Paul ministers to nob-Jews who know nothing of Judaism or Christ. He can aay and do anything!
This cult becomes a religion! The best con ever! It's lasted 2,000 years and is stronger than ever. Catholicism, Protestantism, then major cults like Mormanism, Jehovah Witnesses, then minor benign cults. And they learned their techniques and actions fron the most effective cult leader: Jesus. The came up wuth Satan and his minions possessing people, said Judas was a traitor because he questioned the cult teaching, he told disciples they had ti forsaked family and belongings to be with him, etc. John learned from the best. Gary and Marilyn learned from the disciples -- how to perpetuate the myth.