[MarkBsnr]

***If that were even remotely true, how do you explain Swaggart and Baker and Roberts and Osteen and Hagee and....

Easy, they are selling what people want to hear. Their theology is often more about “What God can do for you in this world!”. It is more pop culture than actually religion.***

Ever been to a new wave Christianity meeting? The swaying and cheering and the enrapted crowd and the other mob aspects do not differentiate them with any great distance from such as Santaria or the early Nazi meetings.

[redgolum]

I have seen the same at some relatives Catholic “mass” (not as bad as some of the head exploding nuttiness that some have posted around hear, but bad). I have also seen a Lutheran “service/liturgy” that was so bad I walked out before communion. Much to the dismay of my friend the pastor.

And yes, it does look like a concert or Nazi rally at times, for a reason. They are using the same sort of crowd control that many others have used. Get a good beat going, power words, and if you hit the cadence right you have the crowd eating out of your hand. To call it scary is an understatement.