TET: With Great Power & All That Jazz

[Antibuda]

VIRGIL TEXAS IS BACK

When was he front?

[-Astoria-]

VIRGIL TEXAS IS BACK

Who?

[Lillorainen]

VIRGIL TEXAS IS BACK

Who?

I'm wondering, too, especially since there's Virgil, Illinois, Virgil, Kansas, Virgil, New York, Virgil, South Dakota, and Virgil, West Virginia - but apparently no Virgil, Texas.

[Rojava Free State]

VIRGIL TEXAS IS BACK

Where did the town go?

[The Huskar Social Union]

VIRGIL TEXAS IS BACK

Where did the town go?

The Quantum Realm.

[Dumb Ideologies]

VIRGIL TEXAS IS BACK

Where did the town go?

Annexed by Chad.

[Hurdergaryp]

Where did the town go?

The Quantum Realm.

We should be so lucky.

[Geneviev]

They generally are. I don't know how JWs get so many lovely people.

At a guess -- I'd go with love bombing. High-demand religious groups are generally lovely to everyone until they convert them.

That sounds extremely manipulative. I don't think JWs would actually do that, since they're not really a cult like that.

Also, definitely no touching. I would have remembered that.

[Hurdergaryp]

At a guess -- I'd go with love bombing. High-demand religious groups are generally lovely to everyone until they convert them.

That sounds extremely manipulative. I don't think JWs would actually do that, since they're not really a cult like that.

Also, definitely no touching. I would have remembered that.

The Jehovah's Witnesses, eh? Quite a bit of sexual abuse in that doomsday cult. It's not as if other Witnesses are going to call the police if they find out you've been raping their children, they tend to keep those things internal. This is why sects are such great hunting grounds for sexual predators, especially when they hold positions of power in said sects.

[Antibuda]

Where did the town go?

Annexed by Chad.

The virgin Texas VS the chad Chad.

[Grenartia]

At a guess -- I'd go with love bombing. High-demand religious groups are generally lovely to everyone until they convert them.

That sounds extremely manipulative. I don't think JWs would actually do that, since they're not really a cult like that.

Also, definitely no touching. I would have remembered that.

I mean, they pretty much are. They score high on every part of the BITE model.

That sounds extremely manipulative. I don't think JWs would actually do that, since they're not really a cult like that.

Also, definitely no touching. I would have remembered that.

The Jehovah's Witnesses, eh? Quite a bit of sexual abuse in that doomsday cult. It's not as if other Witnesses are going to call the police if they find out you've been raping their children, they tend to keep those things internal. This is why sects are such great hunting grounds for sexual predators, especially when they hold positions of power in said sects.

That and the 'two witness rule'.

[Geneviev]

That sounds extremely manipulative. I don't think JWs would actually do that, since they're not really a cult like that.

Also, definitely no touching. I would have remembered that.

The Jehovah's Witnesses, eh? Quite a bit of sexual abuse in that doomsday cult. It's not as if other Witnesses are going to call the police if they find out you've been raping their children, they tend to keep those things internal. This is why sects are such great hunting grounds for sexual predators, especially when they hold positions of power in said sects.

That's terrible.

That sounds extremely manipulative. I don't think JWs would actually do that, since they're not really a cult like that.

Also, definitely no touching. I would have remembered that.

I mean, they pretty much are. They score high on every part of the BITE model.

The BITE model isn't particularly accurate. It would make my church a cult, for example.

[Hurdergaryp]

The BITE model isn't particularly accurate. It would make my church a cult, for example.

In that case your church is a cult. Your elders appear to have failed when it comes to instill fear of thinking independently in you, though. Don't let them find out!

[Geneviev]

The BITE model isn't particularly accurate. It would make my church a cult, for example.

In that case your church is a cult. Your elders appear to have failed when it comes to instill fear of thinking independently in you, though. Don't let them find out!

Steven Hassan, who created the BITE model, isn't even particularly qualified and has lied about things pretty often. He's not a reliable source of information about cults and tries to expand the definition so that people are afraid of their "growing" influence and buy his books.

[Ethel mermania]

In that case your church is a cult. Your elders appear to have failed when it comes to instill fear of thinking independently in you, though. Don't let them find out!

Steven Hassan, who created the BITE model, isn't even particularly qualified and has lied about things pretty often. He's not a reliable source of information about cults and tries to expand the definition so that people are afraid of their "growing" influence and buy his books.

BITING isnt good?

[Geneviev]

Steven Hassan, who created the BITE model, isn't even particularly qualified and has lied about things pretty often. He's not a reliable source of information about cults and tries to expand the definition so that people are afraid of their "growing" influence and buy his books.

BITING isnt good?

That's what you have teeth for.

[Hurdergaryp]

In that case your church is a cult. Your elders appear to have failed when it comes to instill fear of thinking independently in you, though. Don't let them find out!

Steven Hassan, who created the BITE model, isn't even particularly qualified and has lied about things pretty often. He's not a reliable source of information about cults and tries to expand the definition so that people are afraid of their "growing" influence and buy his books.

So the users of the BITE model have adapted and now make sure to tell their thralls about the treacherous demon Steven Hassan, an unreliable liar and servant of the Mammon.

[Ethel mermania]

Steven Hassan, who created the BITE model, isn't even particularly qualified and has lied about things pretty often. He's not a reliable source of information about cults and tries to expand the definition so that people are afraid of their "growing" influence and buy his books.

So the users of the BITE model have adapted and now make sure to tell their thralls about the treacherous demon Steven Hassan, an unreliable liar and servant of the Mammon.

That is a lot to put on a business card

[Hurdergaryp]

So the users of the BITE model have adapted and now make sure to tell their thralls about the treacherous demon Steven Hassan, an unreliable liar and servant of the Mammon.

That is a lot to put on a business card

For is it not written that thou shalt demonize thine opponents, and slay their kinsmen mercilessly?

[Minskiev]

And this is Disney channel!

[Geneviev]

So the users of the BITE model have adapted and now make sure to tell their thralls about the treacherous demon Steven Hassan, an unreliable liar and servant of the Mammon.

That is a lot to put on a business card

If I can fit Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaftschefin, anything is possible.

[Ethel mermania]

That is a lot to put on a business card

For is it not written that thou shalt demonize thine opponents, and slay their kinsmen mercilessly?

It's a hell of a job title.

[Ethel mermania]

That is a lot to put on a business card

If I can fit Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaftschefin, anything is possible.

Job title for a fart sniffer?

[Minskiev]

Danube steam shipping electricity main plant construction sub-civil servant company boss, according to Google Translate. Hmm. Nice.

[Antibuda]

BITING isnt good?

That's what you have teeth for.

I mean, if we didn't have them, BITE wouldn't exist.