It seems that in recent years some have analysed the personal diaries of Japanese suicide warriors, so as to determine
their motivations. Surprizingly, many were not that religious. They did what they did largely because of duty to their
fellow pilots, a sort of peer pressure motivation. A similar pattern emerges from studies of Islamic jihadists - and even
US soldiers - in that you risk death or "take that hill" because of your unit, your fellow warriors, rather than strict
religious or even national motivations. Sometimes, this can lead to guys wanting to rejoin their unit even though
they could be exempted due to injuries.
Why do Witnesses drag themselves to boring meetings and sterile field service? Mostly, because of peer pressure.
The idea that they go door to door because of "neighbor love" is absurd. They eagerly look forward to people
dying at Armageddon - and often joke about 'whose house they want' while walking out in service.
The Society tries to exploit this group/peer pressure by keeping congregations and book study groups small,
so that each attendee will feel pressured to attend, rather than getting lost in the crowd.
This group/peer pressure is starting to work against them as young people group themselves together to pursue
"double lives" with sex and dope. Elders quietly conspire as groups to hide mutual defects and corruption
from the Circuit Overseer. Slacking attendance and fake hours inspire more of the same. Is even Japan
losing publishers and congregations in recent years? ( answer: yes!)
A final thought about kamikazi motivations: Towards the end of WW2, some kamikaze pilots failed to kill
themselves in combat because of "engine trouble", so they had to turn around and head back to base.
In one late effort, out of a fleet of 24 planes, 11 had to return because of mechanical problems.
If you are a lurker reading this, I recommend that you be a kamikaze with "engine trouble". Depression, migraines
strange chronic illnesses all get you out of this organization's unpleasant demands.
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