Path: typhoon.sonic.net!newsfeed2.skycache.com!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!newsfeed.yosemite.net!nntp.csufresno.edu!news.tamu.edu!not-for-mail From: "GOD" Newsgroups: alt.satanism Subject: Re: Why I Joined the Church of Satan Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:46:00 -0600 Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Lines: 52 Message-ID: <93qssh$6hl$1@news.tamu.edu> References: <93nno6$vec$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-0372.rns.tamu.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Jan 2001 00:46:09 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.satanism:168063 Obviously? While I support some aspects of the CoS, this particular excerpt (posted for the purposes of discussion) has never quite sat well with me... - GOD from http://x54.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=483831560&CONTEXT=979364089.242483268&hitnu m=115: Your yearly grotto fees will be assessed on the basis of how many members you have in your grotto, on a sliding scale as described below: $100/yr. for 1-20 members $200/yr. for 21-40 members $400/yr. for 41-60 members $600/yr. for 61-80 members $800/yr. for 81-100 members As a public representative, you'll reach many potential members and you'll receive $10 credit toward your yearly grotto fees for every direct Sponsorship of a new Church of Satan member (as noted in your monthly report and confirmed by the applicant's notation of you as his or her Sponsor on the initial membership registration form). ----- Original Message ----- ~From: ~Newsgroups: alt.satanism Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:00 PM ~Subject: Why I Joined the Church of Satan > > > > Besides, its pretty obvious that the Church of Satan is not any sort of > money-making scam. I am pretty familiar with how to run a membership > organization and really make money with it and it is NOT through one- > time fees. The key to raising a lot of cash with any type of > membership organization is through recurring contributions. You want > the members to send you money every year or even more often if you can > figure out how to get them to do that. > > -RtM