Jang	Re: Social Psychology And Group Dynamics
	A lot of this info is culled from already existing data regarding the psychology of groups and social psychology. If texts,&journals. You are right Tina, a lot of it is available but the average person doens't know where to look ... a synopsis never goes astray. When I first wrote this the only book for the general public that was on the market was Steven Hassans, and even then many had problems relating it to the JW's .... Especially those outside. There has been a real breakthrough because the secular counter-cult people have also accepted that the Witnesses are not just another denomination, albeit a bit strict, and are actually a destrictive cult. This is a big change since Randy Watters and I began campaiging in the 80's regarding this. When Randy was at the Cult Awareness Conference it was just dismissed. Thankfullly by the time I was in Chicago for their conference in 1990 Steven Hassans book Combatting Cult Mind Control had been out for 2 years and another Xjw from Oz who was with me and I sat down with all the experts over there and were able to present this information to hopefully have them add the Witnesses to the destructive cult list. Steven Hassan, after working with Randy on a couple of Jw exit-counsellings was in full agreement. The important thing Tina, is to make the information available in simple form for those who need it, and then encourage them to keep researching for themselves. I like to recommend Steven Hassan's books for those who want to read further rather than plough through all those other text books ..... lets face it, texts books are not that much fun Combatting Cult Mind Control http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0892813113/107-3627703-5906929 and his new one: Releasing The Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967068800/107-3627703-5906929 JanG
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