Lost tribe of Westwood

What a 24 hours. As I mentioned before, I was on facebook having what I thought was a civilized discussion with an atheist. What I didn't realize is that the wall belonged to another atheist. Ok, no problems, I have had many such discussion. My son Donald in Japan joined in. Having studied cults and religion I remembered the standard way cults use to win you to their side. This system has been used for many years and was abandoned by because it doesn't work. I could not believe that they were still using this. In short, the system start out with empathy, then the person telling how well versed he or she is in the bible. The next step is a switch to science to start a base of discussion. The next step is to merge all other religions and compare it to science. The next crucial step is to take the bible, and compare it to science. The trick is to stay clear of narrowing down to one denomination or faith, keep it general. One example is how could christian defend the crusades etc... The next move is to cut down the bible into an English interpretation, avoiding all translation and language barriers in translating. Keep piling on useless fact and then tell the person that only he knows the correct translation. The book that Christians most Revere, the book that they most hate, they are going to interpret it for you since you are not smart enough. If this is not working, they will resort to carpet bombing. They want to pour on so much information to make you feel little. If this doesn't work, which is very rare, they will insult you and move on. They will always talk in generalities and never specifics. The last phase that usually works is go apologize for the outburst and try to get the person to hear what they want you to hear. This is the Dale Carnage approach. They will try to point out how you really agree with them. They will say how smart you really are as if to say that ordinary people don't understand, only the highly educated like themselves. What astounded me the most is that Jehovah's Witness stopped using this process over 20 years ago. Most atheist stay clear of the bible, and try to interject politic to get converts. This system was used by a person who was educating your children. Politicians love to use this system by telling people they can only be heard by agreeing with the party, not the person. They will do the thinking for you. I guess it just goes to show you that there is nothing new under the sun. People are creatures of habit and will always fall into old ruts. When someone tries to think for you, run, they are trying to sell you something that most people won't buy on it's own value.