TheSarge Wrote:
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> 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.
Good post, I have been thinking along these lines for some time. Particularly with regards to the documentation and its questionable authenticity. How could the god that created the universe be limited to communicate with his creation via 2000 year old documents without tractable provenance.
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> 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.
Good post, I have been thinking along these lines for some time. Particularly with regards to the documentation and its questionable authenticity. How could the god that created the universe be limited to communicate with his creation via 2000 year old documents without tractable provenance.