Based on my own experience of Christianity and my observation of it in the lives of others, I’ve come up with the following list of coercion tactics regularly employed by believers upon others: 1. Implant the desired belief system in others from as young an age as possible, long before they are able to think critically. 2. Exploit the tendency of people to follow the herd. Surround them with like minds and encourage uniformity of thought. 3. Protect people from access to “dangerous” information that challenges the belief system, lest the hearers should be swayed and damn their souls. 4. Declare the belief system to be sacred, thus protecting it from examination and the potential of criticism. To think freely and depart from orthodoxy is to commit heresy. 5. Terrify unbelievers using threats of judgement, so that they will bend to your wishes. Encourage them to act immediately, rather than taking time to weigh the evidence. 6. Indulge in emotional blackmail to ensure that your loved ones don’t choose a different path. Let them be aware that it would break your heart if they went their own way. 7. When loved ones reject your belief system, bully them back into submission with insults, accusations, and threats of ostracism.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:12:57 +0000
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