On 2005-02-06 16:17:00, Fran wrote:
My brother tried to get me to go to one of his cult religious meetings THE WAY many years ago and I made every excuse I could find never to attend...knowing that I never want to put myself in a position where I do not have control.
Anyone feel the same way?
Oh yeah! I knew about Amway cause my brothers or their friends or somebody had done that in the `70's. A few years after the Program, I went to a job interview and found, instead, a motivational rap session. I was amazed! I had NO intention of joining up, but I was fascinated that people were, evidently, buying into it. So I had to go along for the day just to see what happened. I wound up stranded on the beach, 10 miles or so from my car and calling a friend for a ride home. It was amazing! The guy who'd been tasked to "train" me for my first day almost cried, he was so afraid of what would happen if he couldn't get me to finish the day (which was already night... it was street level perfume sales)
What a hoot. Prior to that, my boyfriend's brother and his wife got into The Way. So we had to go to a few branch meetings. There was nothing for it, I just had to go or fight about it and I didn't want to fight. So, instead, I just argued what I remembered of scripture. Like, for example, that Mathew (their favorite apostle at the time) never had been a damned paid preacher. He made a living making tents and preached in his spare time to voluntary listeners. This rather pissed off the branch leader, as he was trying to convince us all that we could become wealthy selling branch programs and do it w/ a clear concience, as we would essentially be selling salvation.
Thankfully, that didn't last any longer than it took the boyfriend to realize they were trying to get him to spend his beer money on books.
O senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm and yet will make Gods by the dozen!
--Michel Eyqyem de Montaigne, French essayist
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