(August 28, 2024 at 5:50 pm)h311inac311 Wrote: Take poison? I thought they were drinking Kool-Aid. Or have you never had a beer before? Would if someone handed it to you and it wasn't sealed?
When it comes to cults I think they start with a highly intelligent and manipulative person who wants to lure people away and create his own private club.
These people willingly volunteer because he doesn't show them anything that would scare them away.... at first. It starts off as just a group of people, maybe a book club, maybe a martial arts club, but one by one these people are lured away by their own desires.
Perhaps this Cult leader has a way with women, perhaps he has money to offer in exchange for his servants loyalty. Little by little he tells them his secrets, convincing them that he is in on something that they can barely understand.
And then, when they least expect it, he throws a party for them and offers them free drinks, on the house? Who could refuse such a generous offer?
There’s a difference between someone handing me a full glass and saying, ‘Wanna beer?’ and handing me a full glass and saying, ‘Wanna a beer with cyanide?’
The rest of your post pretty neatly describes the rise of early Christianity. Well done!
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
