Message #12845 - Metaphysical (Magicknet) Date : 28-Oct-90 22:18 From : Lucy Simmons To : All Subject : Xianity As A Cult 3 Of 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @EID:6f65 155cb244 @ 8- At every Christian service, donations from the membership is encouraged, and, as most such donations are done publically, "peer-pressure" to give large amounts of money is very high, and a feeling of guilt over * not * contributing could lead to psychotic episodes! The cult's attitude towards sexual feelings, that even * looking * at a person with even the tiniest feeling of "lust" is a "sin," is so rigid as to exclude at least 99 percent of the World's population from "Heaven" and thereby lead to irreconcilable guilt feelings on the part of the "sinners!" Could it be that many of the modern world's psychiatric problems can be traced to the beliefs of this cult? 9- The intolerant behaviour of Christianity is also well-documented in history, with its pogroms of Jews, burning of witches, Crusades against Islam, culture destruction and outright genocide in the Pacific islands and Central and South America, and hatred of anything that is not "Christian." This has even extended to disruption of non-Christian religious services, and violent behaviour that is touted as simple "civil disobedience." Can such past behaviour repeat itself? History shows it does. 10- Proselytization, or the "conversion" of new members to the cult, is carried on in any number of ways, both with subtle blandishments and by outright fear and threats. To watch and listen to some street-preachers is an education in the use of fear-inducing technique, and also of individual and mass hysteria similar to that induced by Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebells! Why do these preachers do their best to induce such mass hysteria? One could ask the same question about Hitler and Goebells, and maybe get the same answer! --------------------- If your child, or a member of your family, is involved with this cult, * please * seek help NOW! --------------------- The author wishes to thank the publishers of "File 18," and all the other cult-hunters and watchers out there, for their good and constant demonstrations of the techniques used in this article. --------------------- end ----------------------- --- QM v1.23 * Origin: Cults and Kinky Sects Inc., Wichita, Kansas (9:3981) --- * Origin: (Opus 1:114/29)