• Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    it would NOT shock me if you could actually create your own cult by doing exactly that in an already established cult.

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      2 hours ago

      Back in the 90s there was a scourge of ponzi schemes and investment scams etc going through churches. Honestly we probably wouldn’t even have the acronym MLM if it wasn’t for Christians.

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        oh totally. I went to a few with some group called Lexus (not the car). I let them blabber, eat my breakfast (1-1 meeting, they paid) and left right after.

        had another one, full on interview with a company. 12 others in the room… thought it was weird but I was a teen… they said I had to pay for training… stood up, verbalized how scammy that was and almost the whole room cleared out right after me.