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Post by godlesspanther on Nov 19, 2010 9:04:59 GMT -5
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Nov 19, 2010 10:15:24 GMT -5
From that video, I went to this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQpsdGtPFs4&feature=relatedHow come people who make up batshit crazy shit every day can't even come up with convincing shit? How would "aliens took the Christians away" fool anyone? What the Hell does "spiritually evolved" even mean? Also looked up A Thief In The Night. It's interesting to me that the movie basically ends right where it began, basically saying, "This makes so much sense that it could be a dream & people would think it's real." |
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Post by godlesspanther on Nov 19, 2010 21:22:56 GMT -5
From that video, I went to this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQpsdGtPFs4&feature=relatedHow come people who make up batshit crazy shit every day can't even come up with convincing shit? How would "aliens took the Christians away" fool anyone? What the Hell does "spiritually evolved" even mean? Also looked up A Thief In The Night. It's interesting to me that the movie basically ends right where it began, basically saying, "This makes so much sense that it could be a dream & people would think it's real." The one who made that video is off his meds. I'm looking into conversion tales. The rapture people, Ray Comfort, Chick Tracts, Tim LeHaye, etc. all claim to have been successful in "bringing people to Christ." I suspect it "works" for those who already believe in the cult but are not fully immersed in it. Then they get totally into it and the proselytizer calls it a "winning of the soul." An analogy might be a billboard advertising raisins. It will never convince somebody who does not like raisins to begin with to go buy raisins. But for one who does like raisins, and would buy them anyway, it may convince them to buy THAT brand of raisins rather than one of the competing brands. There are some people who are going to join a cult because they have that kind of personality. The cult that gets to them at the right time will win that convert. The ones that go door-to-door are casting a big net. They know that 97% (WAG) of the people they talk to will reject them instantly. Of the small number who will invite them in and give them a listen only a few will take the next step and go to church, a few of those will come back again, a few of those will stick with it for a while -- life-long converts are rare. But they are getting them. The Mormon population has grown tremendously over the past 30 years but I have read that a majority of their converts don't stay with it for long. So they cast a huge net -- with a lot of holes in it. But it seems to be working. I'm now contemplating doing a project on conversion rates, methods, and retention rates. |
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