“My guess would be, the hard core leadership, are not deceived. They know exactly what they are doing.”
Hmm. I think I would tend to agree absolutely with your statements, Mark. They’ve had many, many years of practice to discover what does or does not work to bring in the dollars. If I remember correctly, they DO go by the instructions that God gave to Israel concerning tithing. (Please correct me if I’m wrong on that point, Phil.)
They might do that, but the people probably give out of fear. It doesn’t matter what the cults may have right, if their plan of salvation comes from the pit of hell, and the SDA plan, comes from there.