This is a follow up on yesterday’s entry “When will the Next Real Crusade Start”.
Once people have been trained (and maybe even beforehand), we also have to consider where to target this crusade. Four general groups come to mind:
- Catholic dissenters (i.e. Progressives, Schismatic Traditionalists)
- Non-Catholic Christians (Protestants, Orthodox, and Fundamentalists)
- Non-Christian Religions (i.e. Muslims, Mormons, Hindu, Buddhists,….)
- Non-Religions (Secularists, Atheists, Agnostics,….)
Each of these groups have their own particular issues that will have to be addressed and the training will have to be geared towards each group separately. Dealing with Muslims is different from dealing with Mormons is different from dealing with Atheists. Cultural, philosophical. and theological differences will need to be taken into account when dealing with particular groups. This is especially true when dealing with groups that have a history of violence when confronted with view points different from their own.
Will we want to target multiple groups or only one in the beginning and which one(s). Do we start with the least resistant target(s) or the one(s) that are the greatest threat.
That will decide training and tactics. It will also determine the size and makeup of our army. The one(s) that are the greatest threat will need a larger and stronger army. The least resistant will probably need a smaller army in the beginning and will allow time to build our ranks.
Even within a particular group, we will need to determine how to we go about the evangelization process. Do we target various sub-groups and work through attrition, target the who group for a quick victory, or a combination of both.
In my opinion, these are just a few of the things to consider and is, by no means, an exhaustive list of issues.
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1 Greg Groebner // Nov 18, 2008 at 10:26 am
One step prior (and in my opinion, necessary) to the crusade is to identify strong points and methodically consolidate these strengths IN A GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT. Towns, counties, neighborhoods — which ones are most worthwhile to commit resources; and of these, which ones are positioned so as to build a network with other identified communities.
Pamphlets, media and advertising propagagandized so as to not only inform, but to give the impression of a kind of zeitgeist.
Negative “campaigning” would also be an important part of this, with a website listing public malefactors in these communities. The stronger areas must have this zeitgeist felt by both the good and the “bad”.
etc., but steps that are concrete, concrete, concrete.
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