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Date Posted: 06:17:55 09/06/04 Mon
Author: Mike K.
Subject: Common practice
In reply to: Chris 's message, "Role of music in UBF" on 10:44:54 09/05/04 Sun

Interestingly enough, it's not only in UBF but alo elsewhere where music is used to allure people.

I don't want to go into too many details but certain Christian cults also use music to make others "suck in" their doctrine (notice that also non-cultic groups use Gospel choirs as a means of spreading the Word, but cults use music for their purposes not for the Gospel's sake!).

Especially intellectual people favor harmonic music played on classical instruments or well-rehearsed choirs over pop music. And so, you feed these people some the best music of the world... at first, only tunes. Later, singing. Later, you'll ask them to join the singing. And when they join the singing, they'll read and sing whatever you want them to sing.
Next step could be if you use aberrant texts in the singing but the other doesn't realize is to tell them how "precious" the words of the song are, that they should meditate over them and sing them more often etc...
And without them knowing, you've got them hooked to your doctrine.

That's one strategy that I observed... elsewhere ;)

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Re: Role of music in UBF -- Joe, 12:49:41 09/09/04 Thu

Re: Role of music in UBF -- E, 13:42:12 09/09/04 Thu