The zeal and general character of Witnesses is firmly
grounded in its encouragement of a kind of mental illness.
specifically, being obsessive-compulsive
Once I started seeing this, things really fell into place.
It helped to explain so much behaviour that baffled me
before - that I observed among Witnesses.
Such as:
multiple personality disorders
fear of germs and touching doorknobs
self multilation disorder
anorexia
sexual obsessions (like Knorr, endlessly rambling about it)
but these would just be the extreme 'tip of the iceberg'
please consider meetings - are they boring and uninstructive?
do you drift off during them?
well, why bother to attend?
you just 'have to' go!
likewise, the imaginary 'ministry'
are you really converting anyone? accomplishing anything?
just selling magazines door to door? Why not stop?
you can't - you just have to!
and finally (mea culpa)
if this compulsive nature has been deeply ingrained
by Watchtower programming,
you would logically expect that it would continue
well after the person has lost all confidence in
the organization....
well, here we are - on the internet!
how ironic - the Watchtower faced with a monster of
its own creation!
metatron (it's fun, anyway!)