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Laxer, Mark Eliot

"Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult"

..I want to offer
you my secrets of success so that you can make fantastic profits
before the world ends! This offer is good for a limited time only,
so act now. Send $500.00 for my new book, Better Living With Jesus
Through Voodoo. You will receive your copy in a plain brown bag.
Here is a brief selection of some of the wonderful topics my
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trinkets to the poor, 3) Using television to rake in the millions, 4)
Fourteen genuine fake miracles you can impress your congregation
with, 5) Using guilt to pry the last pennies from your friends'
pockets, 6) How to make your own religion look good while defaming
all the others, 7) Convincing people that you once took Jesus
to lunch, 8) Seven great strategies to win at pinball, 9) How to give
a fire and brimstone sermon that will cast fear into the hearts
of all Christians, 10) Tax shelters to protect your new fortunes.
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Right Reverend Armageddon T. Thunderbird, Esq."

In "Swami Muktaneeshprabhphada's Thoughts For Clean Living & Laundry"
(Issue #6; March, 1981), Atmananda satirized Indian gurus:
"Greetings on you, my favorite little people! Today I am going
to discuss things with so much spiritual significance.


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