"The Root of MANIPULATION!"

Within the Institutional Church (IC) there are very skillful orators, prolific speakers and rhetoricians.  These "silver tongued" prognosticators can "sell a drowning man a pair of lead boots!" Time after time the hopeless stream of down trodden and sick individuals flood the altars of America's churches seeking relief from their respective calamities.

Through the power of "Hypnotic Suggestion" many of the Prosperity Gospel preachers have been able to mesmerize the masses with assorted "magic tricks", incantations and misdirection to con the people out of their hard earned money. Hypnotic Suggestion is "..a proposition of belief or an action that is accepted by a hypnotic "subject"(that would be YOU) without any critical thought, analysis or RESISTANCE!"

You might ask the question, 'How do they do this?" Surely you can't be referring to me.  I am wide awake at church. How can I be hypnotized?  I'm glad you asked!

This is how it's done subtly and profoundly:

1. They use "repetition" and "suggestion" as effective tools.  Have you ever heard Mike Murdock say the same thing over and over again? 
2. They use "psychological" and "emotional" stops to convince the listener that they are "right"! The speaker makes an appeal to someone in the audience who is well known and popular and has "had an experience everyone is familiar with." In this manner, the speaker shifts focus away from "truth" to "persuasion" to make a point thus convincing the people he is "right" even if he is "wrong."
3. They often use "diversion" with a forceful tone (for emphasis and to let the listener know that they are serious).  This is often done while people have their bibles open and are sitting their taking notes but they are not "concentrating" on what he is saying or "thinking" about the context because they are distracted with locating the scriptures he just gave them to seek out.  Meanwhile, he is sneaking in his subtle remarks and thus transforming their thought processes without them even knowing what's happening.
4. They often use "deception" because it deflects the listeners from credible and viable sources that would challenge or confront their lies and manipulation. A good example of this is the preacher "rebuking" the congregation from seeking out Internet sites that expose corrupt preachers and their deceitful tactics as "ungodly" and "disloyal." "Emotive" language or "emotionally charged" verbiage is often utilized to validate the deception. This is nonsense!
5. Another effective tool is "arrogance".  In the annals of Christendom, it has often been said that the "enemy is always insulted and offended by the truth."  Again, emotive language is used by the speaker to diffuse any attempt to critique their negative behavior. They might describe someone as a "monster", "liar", or "infidel" to derail the assault against their criminal activity.
6. Finally, perhaps the most effective tool used for manipulation is called "proof texting" whereby the speaker takes a scripture (either popular or obscure) "out of context" and applies it to some convoluted point they are trying to make to give it credibility as if it was something God said, or more importantly, "something God told HIM to tell YOU!" This is most often exploited during preaching on the "TITHE."

It is always funny to me how people in the world don't need to tithe to be prosperous, but Christians somehow need to give 10% to a church or a preacher to receive "financial blessings" and achieve prosperity! Herein, lies the "root" of MANIPULATION!