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Chapter 27

           NorwereanyofhiswivesandhighpriestessestheclincherforcompleteconversionandrebirthundertheNewRevelationusuallyincludedaritualwhichValentineMichaelSmithatalatertimewastogrokasespeciallysuitedforgrowing-closer.

           This,ofcourse,wasnothingnew;inTerranhistorysects,cults,andmajorreligionstoonumeroustolisthadusedessentiallythesametechniquebutnotonamajorscaleinAmericabeforeFoster’stimes.Fosterwasrunoutoftownmorethanoncebeforehe"perfected"amethodandorganizationthatpermittedhimtoexpandhiscapriccult.Inorganizationheborrowedasliberallyfromfreemasonry,fromCatholicism,fromtheCommunistParty,andfromMadisonAvenueashehadborrowedfromanyandallearlierscripturesincomposinghisNewRevelation?andhesugar-coateditallasareturntoprimitiveChristianitytosuithiscustomers.Hesetupanouterchurchwhichanybodycouldattendandapersoncouldremaina"seeker"withmanybenefitsofthechurchforyears.Thentherewasamiddlechurch,whichtoalloutwardappearancewas"TheChurchoftheNewRevelation,"thehappysaved,whopaidtheirtithes,enjoyedalleconomicbenefitsofthechurch’sever-wideningbusinesstie-ins,andwhoopeditupintheendlesscarnivalamp;revivalatmosphereofHappiness,Happiness,Happiness!Theirsinswereforgivenandhenceforthverylittlewassinfulaslongastheysupportedtheirchurch,dealthonestlywiththeirfellowFosterites,condemnedsinners,andstayedHappy.

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