An ex-Jehovah's Witness turns Cult Leader
by iamwhoiam 25 Replies latest jw friends
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wasblind
Thanks for the vid
classic case of bein' "unbalanced "
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Diest
Yeah there was an old thread about this nut job.
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Soldier77
Holy $4!7!!
Wow...
He took the GB's book on how to be a cult and followed it to the "T", even down to the "donations"....
I am going to send this video on to some of my friends still "in" to watch.
Wow. Just wow...
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designs
He missed the glory days of being an Elder.
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What-A-Coincidence
no..I"M JESUS! look at my avatar
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sizemik
He's actually a very savvy religious fraudster . . .
Can you really believe an ex-JW can suddenly wake up one day and realise he's Jesus?
All those years of being an accounts servant and banking all that dosh . . . he's just following the WTS template, obviously with enough charisma to pull it off.
I'd say his balance sheet and financial future are looking pretty rosey by now . . . and the worshipful audience is the icing on the cake . . . just like the GB.
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scotoma
The man definitely has charisma. He's charming. Attractive. I wouldn't compare it with the watchtower at all. Think of David Splane. Nothing charismatic about him. It would be like following a cone head. The Watchtower is a charisma killer. Charisma is a gift and can't be learned. Established religions exploit the Charisma of its founders. Russell probably was Charismatic. The real Jesus was probably charismatic.
This is a phenomenon that shows up in about 1% of the people. It can be used for constructive purposes. Some actors have the quality.
Here are some similar characters:
Carl Jung
Obama
Kennedy
Steve Jobs
Hugh Heffner
Tony Robbins
The women that follow them are searching for real live characters out of romance novels.
This is further proof that the great religious leaders can be crazy.
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TheClarinetist
Those are literally the saddest people I've ever seen. They go around acting like someone died.
EDIT: WAIT A SECOND... DID THAT 10 YEAR OLD OR YOUNGER GIRL JUST ASK ABOUT SUICIDE?
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sizemik
It's interesting having an inside view of his evolution . . . and how people respond to a charismatic individual.
Throws up lot's of new questions as to the Jesus story. If he wasn't the son of God . . . he was just another cult leader.
I wouldn't compare it with the watchtower at all. . . . scotoma
You need to understand better what constitutes charismatic leadership . . . it doesn't always mean an individual.
The parallels with Watchtower as a cult phenomena are almost a mirror image.