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Originally Posted by aron
Autocratic leadership, centralization of power under "God's man of the hour," special revelations, and proprietary salvation, or at least proprietary sanctification and reward... doesn't seem too far-fetched to make comparisons.
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And don't forget the masses of traumatized sheep who "couldn’t make it" in the system and were cut adrift with the programs still running in their heads. They are so trapped in the mindset and teachings that they can't conceive of reality except the one that's been denied them. Their bodies are out but their souls remain in the system.
I've met with people who struggled to identify Christ, but instead called themselves "lapsed Catholics", and read blogs by ex-Mormons who still acknowledged 'their sacred writings' even though they couldn't handle the contradictions of the system, and seen ex-Local Churchers who couldn't meet with any other Christians because "they weren't on the ground of oneness".
Even though the system was ruinous for them, they couldn't conceive of any other system. They thought somehow their own imperfections were the fault.