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In the cult I grew up in, we had a mind-control technique that& #39;s called "rainmaking." Collectively, we would say 10,000 prayers for something and when it happened, we took credit for it, used it as evidence we were god& #39;s true church.
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It& #39;s one of the reasons I believed I was on the right path, that I sacrificed food, sleep, time, health, and safety to put more work in.
The more we did it, the more I was convinced I was in the right. The more I was willing to do for them.
The more we did it, the more I was convinced I was in the right. The more I was willing to do for them.
I still see this behavior around, used to manipulate people. It& #39;s rampant in the entertainment industry. Political parties prey on the emotions of their members with it. People are in abusive relationships.
The worst part is, you can& #39;t really tell anyone who& #39;s going through it. They won& #39;t listen, they& #39;ll strike back in anger. They& #39;ll defend their con artist/abuser/manipulator.
There were literally people with signs outside my church saying it was a cult. I was like "oh, they& #39;re sent from Satan." Deprogrammers snatched kids I was evangelizing with off street corners, kidnapped them into vans, and I didn& #39;t get it. Still backed the church.
I had to evangelize on corners with all the other cults and weirdos and all of us were looking at each other thinking, how can they believe that shit?
Without naming specifics right now, there& #39;s a lot going on with the right, the left, and others where everyone& #39;s watching a documentary or reposting IG memes, so much finger-pointing, blaming, demonizing.
It bums me out. The lack of compassion for people who are "on the other side" ... The anti-semitic rants that have been redressed for today& #39;s culture are scary, and I hear them on the right, left, and the fringe ... The "us and them" mentality is dangerous.
When someone starts pointing the finger at a group and tells you that they are the reason you& #39;re not getting your end, that you& #39;re not happy, that they are ruining your lives, threatening your "way of life," stop listening. They don& #39;t care about you, they care about using you
The only way I can think to end this thread is to urge you to read "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo. If I have a political party, a country-view, it& #39;s that book.
