The purpose of this blog is to demonstrate and analyze religious/political indoctrination techniques of Christians, Jews, and Muslims, as well as address religious dogma. What qualifies me to attack these head-on and why am I passionate?
I know the INs-and-OUTs of the Christian publishing industry because I was actively involved in producing Christian propaganda for the world’s largest Protestant denomination for nearly thirteen years. Additionally, I have a graduate degree in Political Communication where my primary focus was political advertising and communication. Religious communication is in many ways nothing more than a form of political communication. Church leaders utilize indoctrination techniques that are common in the political realm.
To demonstrate this, I will provide an example. In 2002 or so, the Southern Baptist organization where I worked was hosting an event for state convention leaders. We invited the communication directors from various other Southern Baptist entities to participate. During a break in between sessions, I was mingling with these individuals. Their work intrigued me. One of the men, a director from the International Mission Board (IMB), divulged some interesting information. He said that they had been examining the communication techniques of the Ayatollah Khomeini during and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution in which the Ayatollah successfully overthrew the secular government and installed a theocratic dictatorship.
I certainly do not judge the IMB for this. It is a perfectly legitimate endeavor. If you are running a large religious organization and your mission is to indoctrinate as many people as possible throughout the world, you learn from the best.
This is but one example of the correlation between religion and politics and indoctrination and propaganda. I will provide more in future posts. I hope this blog is instrumental in causing people to think about what they are taught and how to recognize subtle religious dogma in all formats.
