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From: bc@mit-amt.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.flame,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: When did they sneek a Mormon onto the Net? (now: EST)
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Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 18:04:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 27 18:04:18 1987
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Whow. What a tirade! Been a while since someone on this net used the
word "ululant"!

I think that what EST really taught people was how to run these
pyramid schemes. So former EST disciples now pitch AmWay, run airplane
games, and sell videotape on "success" on late night TV in New Mexico.

I remember getting dumped into an Amway meeting -- an MIT Freshman,
mind you, 18 years old -- where the whole gang was on the verge of a
religious revival. First, the warmup preacher, then the "star" --
pretty low on the food chain in this case -- then the coffe and
discussion with the Red White and Blue robots. A lot of the sell was
on how much money I would make (after I got hundreds of people to
join). Too bad no cute women acolytes at this meeting. Sheesh, some
people get all the luck...................bc