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Quote by: Aussie  Really? I'll share the ones I've experience through Christianity
2) PEER GROUP PRESSURE - Suppressing doubt and resistance to new ideas by exploiting the need to belong. - the
3) "LOVE BOMBING" - Creating a sense of family through physical touch, thought & feeling sharing and emotional bonding. father, son, holy spirit
5) CONFUSING DOCTRINE - Encouraging blind acceptance and rejection of logic through complex lectures on an incomprehensible doctrine. - the Bible, full of contradictions people blindly ignore (saw a fellow blogger show through mathematical equations relating to water quantity, dissipation, etc how Noahs flood could not have happened, still refused cause the book said so)
6) METACOMMUNICATION - Implanting subliminal messages by stressing certain key words or phrases in long, confusing lectures. - many many examples of these sermons, rev falliwell, nile, etc
9) UNCOMPROMISING RULES - Inducing regression and disorientation by soliciting agreement to seemingly simple rules which regulate mealtimes, bathroom breaks and use of medications. - Many examples again
12) DRESS CODES - Removing individuality by demanding conformity to the group dress code. - clergy, nuns, preists, etc
13) CHANTING OR SINGING - Eliminating non-cult ideas through group repetition of mind-narrowing chants or phrases. Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name (that one got boring real quick, it was the real monotonous tone that got me with this one)
14) CONFESSION - Encouraging the destruction of individual ego through confession of personal weaknesses and innermost feelings of doubt. - Confession time, tell us your darkest sins
15) FINANCIAL COMMITMENT - Achieving increased dependence on the group by 'burning bridges' to the past, through the donation of assets. - visit Soloman Islands sometimes and see the Church get rich as the locals get poorer
16) FINGER POINTING - Creating a false sense of righteousness by pointing to the shortcomings of the outside world. - daily
18) CONTROLLED APPROVAL - Maintaining vulnerability and confusion by alternately rewarding and punishing similar actions. - who actually gets into heaven or hell?? It would seem by religious default that no one is going anyway!
21) NO QUESTIONS - Accomplishing automatic acceptance of beliefs by discouraging questions. - this happened anytime I questioned the bible in school, I just wanted to understand?
22) GUILT - Reinforcing the need for 'salvation' by exaggerating the sins of the former lifestyles. - the cornerstone of many religions
23) FEAR - Maintaining loyalty and obedience to the group by threatening soul, life or limb for the slightest 'negative' thought, word or deed. - well there's not much that wouldn't damn us to hell given the rule book.
Again, this isn't anything I've made up, its observations which lead me to ask why??
Does it not bother Christians the corrolations between their religious practices and commonly accepted techniques of brainwashing? |
It looks like you are talking about just one denomination within a much larger spectrum of Christian based faiths.
Most churches do not encourage dress codes, some of them you can come as is, although putting on your Sunday best is a common tridition with the mainstream Bible belt here in the USA.
I never attended a Christian church that attempted to regulate mealtimes, bathroom breaks, and such basic things like that. I suppose some religious schools might do that however, as do secular schools.
Many churchs encourage only a small donation when they pass the collection plate during a Sunday sermon. But most would offer any service free of charge.
But a few major religions that are more cult like would use those methods and no doubt that was the case with the one you experienced.
The rest of the things you mentioned are pretty much common place in most of the religions I have observed. In addition to mood music some churches also install lighting effects to create moods and to sway people to do the will of the sermon.
So I agree and think that people should be aware of those methods and should walk out if they see that kind of activity, and they should absolutly protect their underage children from such exposure. I am basically apposed to religious and governmental brainwashing methodologies and do not even like TV product sales trying to use that kind of promotion.
But it works because we are pack animals and want to belong to that group idenity even if we end up sacrificing our personal indentity. So it is somewhat natural as social animals to seek something to belong too in the way of a group or organization.
I have always been a kind of hermit who is aware of such things, and as a teen I stopped attending church for the very reasons you mentioned.