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To be honest, though, one doesn't even need to use Trimpey's "structural model" at all in order to properly apply AVRT. One could attribute the "Addictive Voice" to Satan, for example, as some religions do, and still get the same effect. All that matters is that the AV is thought of as originating outside of one's rational, logical mind.
It should be noted that while AVRT is considered a "secular" approach, since it leaves matters of religion up to the individual, and many atheists are fans or AVRT, Jack Trimpey himself is not atheist. He has stated that he got the idea for naming "The Beast" in large part from the Bible. Indeed, AVRT is peculiar in that some of its biggest fans are atheists or very religious Christians.
Trimpey even mentions Satan's temptation of Christ from Matthew 4:5-11 in the book as an example of "the Beast" in the New Testament. If it makes more sense to someone to think of it that way, then he encourages it. He states on page 220 of the RR book:
The expression "It's against my religion" is perfectly congruent with AVRT; the decision [the "Big Plan"] is one's own, a responsibility to one's religion or God.