Nothing has changed since Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter wrote about the Seekers, the doomsday cult that “readjusted” its beliefs when its prophesied date for time for the end of the world (December 21, 1954) came and went. 1/https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1350893048692166666 …
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Replying to @gorskon
People have to get ready to accept Q as a religion. It’s here to stay. However, like religions before it, it will have to learn not to make predictions because religion has no predictive power. Making failed predictions results in schisms as with “the Great Dissapointment.”
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Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @gorskon
The pattern was they would do one of three things each time - they would make a new prediction, schism, or declare the event happened but is merely invisible. Be ready to see all three.
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Replying to @MarkHoofnagle
And every time, regardless of which of the three they do, they double down on the overall religion...
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