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Mark Smith here} Well, maybe if Christians would learn to mind their own business and stop trying to take over the entire world, the task I'm doing wouldn't be needed. But when you've got Christians making the newspaper almost daily with blowing up buildings, shooting people for Jesus, drowning their babies because god told them to, and trying to shove their religion down the throats of others on public land, yes, I do think I'll stand up and say something. Sorry you don't seem to care about these things that yes, indeed "matter".
Mark Smith here} You're welcome, and we still agree on more than we disagree on. Bottom line is that people shouldn't be brainwashing poor little kids. I would get just as upset if Atheists were plotting to do this as religionists.
Subject: Brainwashing is not just a Christian phenomena
Date: 8/26/2005 5:37:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time
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To: JCnot4me@aol.com
Dear JCnot4me@aol.com,
I read your website articles and realise the tactics your informing people of
are in fact TRUE, many times I felt the emotional tactics used but alas
this is not only a christian sect
mentality, and when I looked closely at other (exclusivist religions) I
found the us and them mentality, the superior and inferior mentality.
Mark Smith here} You are correct, this is not limited to Christianity, which is why I subtitled my essay "CHRISTIAN Brainwashing", to distinguish it from Communist Brainwashing, Buddhist Brainwashing, and any other kind that might be out there.
Its not just a Christian phenomena but
is something that is part of all groupings and can be seen not only in religions
but also in any group/s… please look at politics, sectarian attitudes,
race, creed, social class, monetary status and even further down to colour of
hair and eyes see fascism.
Mark Smith here} I strongly disagree. By saying that ALL groups have this, that ANY groups have this, you have just defined "it" out of existence. And having been in or visited plenty of groups over the years, I know from personal experience that not ALL groups practice this. I noticed you presented no evidence to back up your claim.
Anyway I think you should be more broadminded about your site concerning
brainwashing, its possible that all people become the victim of some sort of
perceptory deceit at some time.
If you have some kind of (only
Christians brainwash) then you leave yourself open to the criticism that your
anti-christian, the message is true, but people are always trying to
persuade others, this is sometimes due to what Christ himself said (If you be
not gatherers with me, then you scatter), the same kind of anti-group hatred can
lead to persecution as the Jews will tell you straitly.
Mark Smith here} I don't want to shock you, and I hope you are sitting down for this. Ready? This IS an ANTI-Christian web site. I don't take being anti-Christian an insult. Given this, why would an anti-Christian web site want to spend 10,000 web pages writing about non anti-Christian topics???
What happens when the oppressed become the oppressors, they are blind to their
actions as they only remember the oppression they experienced.
Brain washing happens to individuals whose power is based upon the human need to
be loved and for acceptance, as you may know acceptance is something that most
human beings need and want from others in society and respect, acceptance and
approval is what most children long for from their peers. When someone is
admired by the youth the leader wields the power and this can lead to self
deception by the youth, the attitude is “our leader can do no wrong”, later
people realise the humanity and flaws of such leaders.
A belief in GOD is not something I force upon you or anyone else. But I know
your pain, from the crusades that you mention, whereby first you are made to
feel worthless, then useless, then grateful. I feel that you have animosity
about those days from your youth, not all the Christians you will meet have the
same kind of mentality towards others who live in different faiths or beliefs. I
myself had to fight against this us and them mentality that I felt was being
imposed by fundamentalists, but if you open your eyes a little bit you will
realise that Jesus spoke out against
those same ideas that the Pharisees and the Saducees had about their own
exclusivism.
Mark Smith here} But Jesus is also the one that called non-Jews one of the biggest racist insults of his day- he called them dogs. And if you've been following the current Bush war in Iraq, you know the feelings of the middle east towards dogs. So please, don't get too mushy on Jesus. He wasn't the saint you might be imagining him to be.
Anyway I hope your having a good time, take it from me… this is not just a
Christian phenomena.
Thanks for the website.
James Hernon