Wayward Son said:
King Solomon, your post makes sense.
Damn you!
Ohhhh, sorry about that. I'm trying to work on NOT making sense, LOL!
Your reaction though, is very common: since your eyes have been opened, it is literally amazing to you when you look around and see all the others who seemingly cannot see what is as plain to you as the nose on people's faces.
However, the power of group delusion is incredibly strong, and if it were so simple, as if some magic combination of words existed that could break the power of denial (like "Abracadabra!"), then it wouldn't be such a challenge....
A very wise cartoon character by the name of Homer Simpson once said, "It takes two people to lie: one to tell it, and the other to listen to it." (he also said "DOH!" alot, but that's more for effect, I think...) :)
How true: people seem to only believe what they want to believe, and readily accept whatever agrees with their beliefs. That fundamental flaw of human nature explains how people get wrapped up into cultic beliefs.
As pointed out recently, people don't even realize that the WT study involves the WT providing the questions which are asked, but it also provides the answers! Except the study method used means the READERS parrot the answers, as if THEY are providing the answer, and not the Society! That is soooo insidious, so manipulative, as to be brilliant.
Wasblind said:
No argument there
All the young dubs need to do is read their own literature. I know, easier said than done
cuz the sheep are kept to busy to really read and disect the bunk they peddle
So I'll post this just for the sheep that may come across this site
I actually DO write with the expectations that some who are questioning WILL read here, and hence get an alternative viewpoint that they've never had the privelege of reading or thinking about before.
But the converse is that ALL POSTERS should keep that in mind, as volatile and inflammatory language is the easiest way to sabotage one's own efforts at helping. Whenever I see needlessly provocative language, I wonder if that's not only back-firing, and causing the shields to automatically go up, and confirming in their minds that the GB is right: everyone here IS just a "diseased" apostate, which is not true. (Heck, I was never baptized, and was in for 5 yrs as a kid of a single-parent convert, some 40 years ago.)
I know some are venting their anger at the JWs which is fine, but a dispassionate "just the facts, Ma'am" approach (as taken on jwfacts.com) is probably going to get the message across more effectively than a ranting poster ever will....
