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Originally Posted by Freedom
Group pressure is one of the easiest ways to get someone to do something, so it isn't surprising that they utilize it. I remember this time there was a small training for the churches in the area, and the elders were having trouble getting people to register. So what they did was just register a bunch of people without asking them. Then, during a meeting, they said they needed payments from everyone who is signed up for the training. Yeah, nice try, but didn't work on me.
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I've heard stories of some of the Chinese saints exerting pressure on their "contacts" in a forceful manner to make them get baptized, even arguing with them until they cave. This is why I find it so concerning that offshoot groups like the EL exist. When the EL killed someone in McDonalds for refusing to comply, that is the same principle of pressuring someone. The difference is in the amount of pressure and whether or not consequences are imposed.
Most LC members know that declining to do something can potentially get someone a label of being "negative" or "opposing", so going along with the pressure seems like a no-brainer to most. Being labeled as "negative" can have a particularly damaging effect on someone. It is a defamation of character, and if someone has family/relatives in the LC, it makes it even worse. In the LC there are consequences for refusing pressure, that is made clear to most members. Until members strike up the courage to resist pressure, the LC will become an uglier and uglier monster.