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Milieu Control. This involves the control of information and communication both within the environment and, ultimately, within the individual, resulting in a significant degree of isolation from society at large.
• Mystical Manipulation. There is manipulation of experiences that appear spontaneous but in fact were planned and orchestrated by the group or its leaders in order to demonstrate divine authority or spiritual advancement or some special gift or talent that will then allow the leader to reinterpret events, scripture, and experiences as he or she wishes.
• Demand for Purity. The world is viewed as black and white and the members are constantly exhorted to conform to the ideology of the group and strive for perfection. The induction of guilt and/or shame is a powerful control device used here.
• Confession. Sins, as defined by the group, are to be confessed either to a personal monitor or publicly to the group. There is no confidentiality; members' "sins," "attitudes," and "faults" are discussed and exploited by the leaders.
• Sacred Science. The group's doctrine or ideology is considered to be the ultimate Truth, beyond all questioning or dispute. Truth is not to be found outside the group. The leader, as the spokesperson for God or for all humanity, is likewise above criticism.
• Loading the Language. The group interprets or uses words and phrases in new ways so that often the outside world does not understand. This jargon consists of thought-terminating clichés, which serve to alter members' thought processes to conform to the group's way of thinking.
• Doctrine over person. Member's personal experiences are subordinated to the sacred science and any contrary experiences must be denied or reinterpreted to fit the ideology of the group.
• Dispensing of existence. The group has the prerogative to decide who has the right to exist and who does not. This is usually not literal but means that those in the outside world are not saved, unenlightened, unconscious and they must be converted to the group's ideology. If they do not join the group or are critical of the group, then they must be rejected by the members. Thus, the outside world loses all credibility. In conjunction, should any member leave the group, he or she must be rejected also.
Mindcontrol
I'm not saying that all Evangelical Christians are bad, but as a group I think they are a very dangerous group.
Originally posted by MatrixProphet
reply to post by LDragonFire
I'm not saying that all Evangelical Christians are bad, but as a group I think they are a very dangerous group.
I question anything that is supported by the masses. How often are the masses fanatics? How often in history have the masses been swayed to a belief that turned ugly at some point? How often are the masses actually correct in their thinking?
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject!"
- Winston Churchill
e•van•gel•i•cal ˌi vænˈdʒɛl ɪ kəl, ˌɛv ən- - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ee-van-jel-i-kuh l, ev-uh n-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. Also, e•van•gel•ic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
2. belonging to or designating the Christian churches that emphasize the teachings and authority of the Scriptures, esp. of the New Testament, in opposition to the institutional authority of the church itself, and that stress as paramount the tenet that salvation is achieved by personal conversion to faith in the atonement of Christ.
3. designating Christians, esp. of the late 1970s, eschewing the designation of fundamentalist but holding to a conservative interpretation of the Bible.
4. pertaining to certain movements in the Protestant churches in the 18th and 19th centuries that stressed the importance of personal experience of guilt for sin, and of reconciliation to God through Christ.
5. marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause.
–noun
6. an adherent of evangelical doctrines or a person who belongs to an evangelical church or party.
[Origin: 1525–35; < LL evangelicus (< LGk euangelikós; see EVANGEL1, -IC) + -AL1 ]
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Originally posted by idle_rocker
YES! We had all better be on our toes. This coming election is probably one of the most important in history.
Originally posted by undo
Originally posted by idle_rocker
YES! We had all better be on our toes. This coming election is probably one of the most important in history.
I quit voting. To me it looks like the entire planet is locked, set and loaded. Our votes are just polls to see how well they did manipulating the mass mind, but the chosen leaders are decided upon way before any of us go to the polls pretending like we actually have a say in the matter. lol
do you sincerely believe we voted in Bush? i don't. no way were democrats going to take responsbility for the war in Iraq. the idea was to make it look like it was all the brainchild of christians who put the man in power (which we didn't), after which he goes about the world making the name of the USA and christianity, a mockery. it was quite devious and brilliantly planned. gotta hand it to the people manipulating all this: it really is the best snow job i've ever seen.
Not very hopeful, I know, but I do have one hope and it's the most important one of all, so I'm happy for that.
Originally posted by undo
do you sincerely believe we voted in Bush? i don't. no way were democrats going to take responsbility for the war in Iraq. the idea was to make it look like it was all the brainchild of christians who put the man in power (which we didn't), after which he goes about the world making the name of the USA and christianity, a mockery. it was quite devious and brilliantly planned. gotta hand it to the people manipulating all this: it really is the best snow job i've ever seen.
Originally posted by Dances With Angels
That's an interesting though that I have never heard before.
I am not religious but I totally tolerate other peoples beliefs. It's sad to see how many Christians in this country are being decieved by the very leaders they trust and vote in to office.