Anyone done an 'end of the world' psych study?

by Bang 3 Replies latest jw friends

  • Bang
    Bang

    Has anyone looked into what psychological factors or psychosocial structures, apart from if your parents were jw, persuade people to believe that the world is going to end soon?

    There are groups of people apart from jws who also succumbe to this perplexing phenomena, and I wonder what triggers it, and/or if there are any official studies on it.

    I reckon it'd make a good thesis.
    Maybe it's mainly a city thing?

    Bang

  • Bang
    Bang

    No one?

    Don't tell me y'all still think the world is going to end soon. Bloody hell, people out there can chew ya to bits with ideas like that, and swallow ya for breakfast. Get out of the org!

    Bang

  • Satanus
    Satanus

    Some studies have been done. Some books have been written on apocalyptycism. Some are:

    when prophecy fails - leon festinger etal
    millenial maze - stanley grenz
    soothsayers of the second advent - william alnor
    doomsday delusions - marvin pate & haines jr

  • refiners fire
    refiners fire

    pic test mark 3

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