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ztrader wrote:
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> On Thursday, September 13, 2001, 1:55:49 PM, Norman Winski wrote:
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> NW> From a pure marketing point of view, it is hard for me to see
> NW> how running around killing people and commiting suicide will
> NW> persuade people to want to join one's faith?
>
> Maybe... They are really selling 'belief', and are trying to get 'True
> Believers'. For TB's, these terrorists have just gone to the *most*
> wonderful place possible **within that belief system**. The 'logic' is
> easy - be a martyr, and then you get to be in permanent, everlasting
> ecstasy. Not bad, if you *believe* it.
>
> NW> If I wanted to propagate a religion, I would model after
> NW> successful marketing companies such as McDonalds.
>
> It might be much better to use the well-proven techniques used by
> cults to make people 'True Believers'.
>
> NW> The current approach is exactly opposite to what has been proven
> NW> to be succesful.
>
> Aren't Muslims one of the fastest growing religious groups?
Yes! Which is why this part of the conversation is making me laugh
(which I need to do at the moment). McDonalds should be as successful as
Islam...
>
> In general, True Believers will do things that may seem very
> unreasonable, sometimes in the extreme, to those outside the group.
>
> ztrader
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