Who knows what the next faux "threat" will be -- I would never have never guessed cannibals...



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There are a handful of "sick puppies" around but I could never see this becoming a serious problem unless things become truly desperate like a nuclear winter. There are much easier ways to obtain food right now.

On the other hand, opposing anti-cannibalism laws is not a hill you would want to die on (and then be eaten).

The next "faux threat" as you put it is "misinformation" which will be bolstered by a number of scare stories. Watch as people fall over themselves to ensure we are exposed to an ever narrower range of viewpoints than the ones we are already exposed to.

All of this will be familiar to anyone involved in Mormonism or other charismatic cults.

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https://www.knoxnews.com/story/life/2019/07/30/book-review-religion-fear-evil-must-understood-avoided/1872073001/


"What are the limits of religious freedom? What differentiates a charismatic, fundamentalist religious sect from a cult? How can a faith community be rescued from its own leadership without falling apart? These are among the many questions provoked by David Cady’s "Religion of Fear: The True Story of the Church of God of the Union Assembly."


"Thus began the improbable rise of the Church of God of the Union Assembly, which at its height of power in 1995 included 54 churches spread across 19 states, with some 15,000 congregants who pledged absolute loyalty to the leadership of the Pratt family. That leadership devolved into a Shakespearian power struggle when Charlie Pratt’s fourth son, Jesse, wrested power from his brothers and excommunicated his parents.


"Upon Jesse’s death, his own son, Jesse Junior, seized control of the church, ushering in an era of bizarre, cult-like obedience in which congregants made offerings not to God, but to Jesse Junior, his dead father, and his mother, Irene: “Once,” Cady writes, “Jesse Junior told the membership that he wanted a new Corvette for either his birthday or Christmas, and the faithful raised the money and got him the new sports car.” Jesse Junior maintained control through intimidation and even physical violence, threatening followers both with the dangers of hell and the presence of evil in their midst, which, ironically, only he could discern and identify.

"Cady ably juxtaposes the bizarre tale of the Church of God of the Union Assembly with contemporaneous history, illustrating how easy it can be for a charismatic, power-mad leader to rise without anyone noticing anything out of the ordinary, particularly in a part of the world where Pentecostal churches are common, and no one finds anything particularly unusual in a preacher thundering about the perils of hell and the presence of demons in our midst. The depths and depravities of the Pratt family dynasty reach genuinely harrowing proportions before the inevitable fall.


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I asked for Ballerina Barbie.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0WlB-8YXj-A

Anything that oppresses women or female-dominated careers is pretty much a safe bet. It took me many years to see the misogyny, and now I can't unsee it.



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