Satanic cult leader

[MacPhantom]

Thw whole thing was a fraud, designed to mak LeVay rich.

Heh heh heh... Imagine that... abusing peoples' faith or desire for a religious framework to guide their lives just to make a quick buck. I have never heard of such a thing!

[Rising Dead Man]

I just assumed he was some guy influenced by the devil.

[Pumpkin_Man]

The devil tempts us to sin, so he was probably both a fraud AND influenced by the devil. I very much do believe that the "church" he started is VERY MUCH influenced and even possessed by the devil.

Mike

[Rising Dead Man]

ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh.......mwahahahaha

[MacPhantom]

Sin is just a scam designed to take all the fun out of life, and Satan is a fictional character created so movies like The Exorcist and The Omen wouldn't seem cheesy. I'm having none of it!!

[iHaunt]

Oh, by the way... did anyone remember back in 1993 about the cult leader David Koresh's Waco Massacre in Texas? I've never forgotten about that one.

[Murfreesboro]

Oh, yes, of course. I'm not sure our government handled that correctly. I have heard since that that fellow Koresh was out and about in the community at times. He could have been picked up without the massacre.

[Pumpkin_Man]

MacPhantom, we'll have to agree to disagree on that one, but I don't want to turn this into a debate on religion.

Yes, I do remember what happened in Waco Texas, and while that might have been based on the Christian Bible, I certainly believe that satan had a hand in that horror, as I believe he had a hand in the Jonestown Massechre, and the Branch Dividians, and all other cults that glorify suicide.

Mike

[Murfreesboro]

Were the Branch Davidians the ones who killed themselves because of the Hale-Bopp comet? Or was that Koresh's group?

I'd have to agree that if these suicidal groups are not directly inspired by Satan, he must certainly rejoice over them, nevertheless.

[MacPhantom]

Fair enough, Mike.

The Davidians were the ones out of Waco, Murf. It was Heaven's Gate that were chasing the comet. What did they all have in common? A lack of critical examination of what they believed, and the desire to trust in unsubstantiated promises of a better afterlife from charismatic Leaders. People who are lost are easily taken advantage of, and the results are almost always tragic.

[Pumpkin_Man]

Religion is not the only "cult" that lost people can be conned into joining. Hitler's Nazi party was every bit as much a "cult" as was Jonestown, and the results were horrendous. Many Neo Nazies today look at Hitler as a "saviour," or even a "godhead." It's down right scary at times when you see the "shrines" set up to Hitler.

Mike

[iHaunt]

I heard the Charles Mason was returning back from the dead, and he's still hosting the party again! Just kidding.

[MacPhantom]

The Nazi party was a political movement that gained power in a country and forced it's citizens to join at gunpoint. I think you're right to say that Neo-nazis are drawn in the same way many cult members are, but I don't think it was quite the same situation in WWII Germany.

And iHaunt, I think Manson has to die first before he can return from the dead. Unless I've been misinformed....I may need more info....

[Andybev01]

Fair enough, Mike.

The Davidians were the ones out of Waco, Murf. It was Heaven's Gate that were chasing the comet. What did they all have in common? A lack of critical examination of what they believed, and the desire to trust in unsubstantiated promises of a better afterlife from charismatic Leaders. People who are lost are easily taken advantage of, and the results are almost always tragic.

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[MacPhantom]

The only ones who ever thought that was real were the ones who already voted for her.