[quote]You gotta hand it to the Church. Brilliant marketers, simply beyond compare! Think about it.
First, take everything that has gone before it, all the pagan rituals, keep the same time of year, spin it into a new version, Christiandom 2.0. Sping Solstace, time of rebirth, risen from the dead, etc.
Create a negative and build on it: "If you question the teachings, you burn in hell and torment throughout all eternity. If you really question them, Inquisition; we'll help send you there. Believe something else? Crusades, war."
Create a positive and build on it: "If you listen to us you go to heaven, sit at the right hand of God, your soul is saved, etc."
Payoff: Promote charity, have to give to the plate twice each Sunday. Not only that, have to do it in front of your peers, that way you look bad if you don't. (Not to mention probably go to hell too.) Rake in the bazillions. Make your own country even.
Apply this to the web or any business, you have a bona fide winner.
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church of leedsfan, coming to a pulpit near you.
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