by leavingwt 17 Replies latest jw friends
What about hassan?
Hassan does NOT encourage forced deprogramming. He does NOT promote any religion. He was raised as a Jew. Like Randy Watters' current ministry, he's not concerned with whether or not a person chooses a new religion or atheism. His goal is to empower people to think for themselves. Once empowered, they will leave high-control groups. The rest is up to them.
Well, randy watters is christian, although he doesn't push it. And, i credit him w guiding me to this site, although, i think i was also christian, at that time. I ask again, of hassan and diane benscoter are also christian, at the present time. I have a reason for asking.
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Although, in the long run, forced deprograming could not continue in the United States and much of the world, I wish someone had kidnapped me and forced me to see the light.
I want to learn more about Diane and her book.
I wish someone had gone to the trouble of deprogramming me when I was 17. I had left the cult, but the cult hadn't left me.
Nobody ever confronted me with any skill on any WT issue.
Several decades later, it took a conversation with a full on, active, believing, Jehovah's terrorist to completely free me from the cult ...... My father.
There are some very interesting comments on this blog http://blog.ted.com/2009/06/17/qa_with_diane_b/
Substitute Moonie for Dubbie and some of the blogs sound like they've been borrowed from JWN
I ask again, of hassan and diane benscoter are also christian, at the present time.
If my memory serves me correctly, he is (still) a Jew. I've personally seen nothing to indicate that he is a Christian.
Hopefully someone else will also comment on this.
http://www.freedomofmind.com/stevehassan/presskit/releases/05-03.htm
Steven Alan Hassan, internationally renowned cult expert, licensed mental health counselor and founder of The Freedom of the Mind Resource Center warns us that The Kabbalah Learning Centre is really a destructive cult in disguise. Hassan, who is Jewish and belongs to a Temple that teaches Kabbalah warns us that the actions of the Kabbalah Learning Centre have little in common with traditional or even responsible Jewish renewal Kabbalah teachers.
Thank you, betterdaze. It seems to me, that a deprogrammer's present belief system would bleed through in his work. It would be dificult to avoid that happening. That hassan criticises one aspect of his faith doesn't negate the previous statement. Jews may criticise aspects of their own faith, but if an gentile does so consistently, the cry 'antisemite' isn't long in being heard ringing through the air.
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Thank you, betterdaze. It seems to me, that a deprogrammer's present belief system would bleed through in his work. It would be dificult to avoid that happening. That hassan criticises one aspect of his faith doesn't negate the previous statement. Jews may criticise aspects of their own faith, but if an gentile does so consistently, the cry 'antisemite' isn't long in being heard ringing through the air.
I agree, that it would be difficult to keep one's own beliefs from affecting his or her work. However, in Hassan's case, having read his book, I can tell you that he absolutely does not promote any religion. If you read the book, I would be interested in your opinion on this topic.
You'll note in Hassan's book that religion is not the only focus. There are political and business cults that also rob people of their liberty and strip them of their ability to think for themselves.
The theme of his book is not about religion/belief, but about CONTROL. He wants to empower people to think for themselves. He truly believes that each person, at his core, wants to be FREE.
