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The Noble Fir

by Oubliette in

the noble fir.

the fir tree stands silently in the corner of our living room: proud, erect, strong.

even unadorned, it is beautiful.

Trained to Exploit Emotionally Vulnerable People?

by dontplaceliterature in

i don't post here much anymore, but i am working on a project with a few academics from my area who are in the psychology field.

we are looking for printed evidence in their literature that jehovah's witnesses train their publishers/pioneers to target people who are suceptible to being recruited - i.e.

people who have experienced a loss, or who are emotionally vulnerable.

dontplaceliterature

Good points so far. I will conduct my own search, but I'm not very organized with this stuff and I hoped someone here could point me in the right direction.

I recall being told to look for those who were "sighing and groaning" repeatedly, and know anecdotally that people would send letters to those who are mentioned as survivors in the obits. However, I'm not aware of any written instruction that specifically trains Witnesses to do this.

The new childrens video where Sophie is taught by her mother to talk to another child at school is an example, I suppose.

It doesn't matter to me if it seems charitable or not, as long as the point is made that they are specifically targeting these people in their recruitment efforts.

Thanks again, and please keep the tips coming.

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Trained to Exploit Emotionally Vulnerable People?

by dontplaceliterature in

i don't post here much anymore, but i am working on a project with a few academics from my area who are in the psychology field.

we are looking for printed evidence in their literature that jehovah's witnesses train their publishers/pioneers to target people who are suceptible to being recruited - i.e.

people who have experienced a loss, or who are emotionally vulnerable.

dontplaceliterature

I don't post here much anymore, but I am working on a project with a few academics from my area who are in the psychology field. We are looking for printed evidence in their literature that Jehovah's Witnesses train their publishers/pioneers to target people who are suceptible to being recruited - i.e. People who have experienced a loss, or who are emotionally vulnerable.

This could be in a letter, KM, Watchtower, Pioneer manual, etc.

Any help is appreciated.

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