WanderingProtagonist wrote: ↑March 16th, 2023, 12:00 amThat's what surprises me though, how do cult leaders even convince people to follow them? You can't just go out on the street and start talking, then people will follow you. I've always wondered how cult leaders successfully convinced millions or thousands to follow them
The most successful guy I know is Brother Mike in the Philippines, a real estate developer, also politician who created El Shaddai.
He is now 83, tried to become the president of the Philippines but lost against Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
This cult has now about 8 million followers and during his prime time he did not even go to the president's office - but the president came to him.
He is offering his followers a bottle of water and an egg-sandwich, he is promising to make the poor rich and healing the sick and this is now a million dollar business.
His teachings are deeply into Catholicism and even the Pope in Rome remains silent about him - no complaints... amazing...
Don't miss this video!
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Another crazy cult is the Unification Church Korea, the Moonies, where the leaders are collecting millions of dollars for themselves and in return they organize mass marriages for couples, who never met before, check out this video...
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I often think, I also should start to create a new church - to convert myself from atheist to cult-leader and ask people to give me money.....but I realize I am too stupid to do this. Honestly, I have no idea how to start such a 'religious' business.