Posted by:
Breeze
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Date: September 11, 2017 02:21AM
Psychological studies show that fear is a stronger motivator than reward is. Hence, the fear tactics of the Mormon brainwashers. Highly paid Madison Avenue advertising executives give out good advice:
"First, convince people they have a problem, then offer them a solution--for a price."
Mormonism: "Scare people with threats, then ease their fears with false promises--for a price."
Many ex-Mormons on RFM, from time to time, have posted comments such as, "But what if it is true?" I know that I had nagging doubts, based on guilt and fear. When I resigned, the Mormon bishopric, stake presidency, my home teachers, the Sunday school teachers all threatened me. They overtly, blatantly threatened me with financial ruin if I didn't pay tithing, increased physical illness if I quit my calling as organist, and that my children would fail in life if I didn't force them to go to Mormon meetings. We were threatened that we would be separated in the afterlife, and would "pass by each other as strangers." We got tired of hearing that. Men in groups of two or three, banging on my door after 9:30 at night, and me and my children home alone, cowering in the back of the house, with the lights turned off--it was like Mafia movie, or something. The bullying was surreal. The whole cult seemed surreal and evil, during those months.
Ask your wife, what kind of "church" physically forces kids to attend meetings? What kind of church threatens and bullies its members into paying tithing money, cleaning and maintaining its real estate holdings, working for free?
The charities I'm part of now, I work for and donate to out of love, because I want to, because I like to see the direct result of my good deeds. No false promises to the needy.