(December 27, 2013 at 5:15 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Do not underestimate the power of an organized group of true believers to suck people in. They invented 'love bombing' and the 'slow reveal'. And they have perfected the art of getting nonbelievers to accept the burden of convincing themselves they are wrong to not believe. The main thing you need to remain a nonbeliever is sales resistance.
That explains cults that go out and proselytize. The more true believers there are, the more they think that the bullshit must be true. But then we look at groups like The Westboro baptist Church -- they do not and will not accept any converts anymore at all. Steve Drain was and will be the last outsider accepted into the fold. There are around 50 members now. They do not have the luxury of "safety in numbers." Yet, they keep on believing.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste -- don't pollute it with bullshit.
