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A cult of Sociopaths undergoing a makeover
by Terry 37 Replies latest jw friends
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Terry
The new member at a Kingdom Hall gradually learns the mental bullying process which consists of dehumanizing a list of perceived "enemies".
In the early days of the religion such scorn was reserved for an old-fashioned generality such as members of christendom or Catholics.
But, after awhile the list kept growing ever larger and more inclusive.
The rank and file member absorbed the paranoia from the GB itself.
Who among the members themselves might be an enemy in waiting?
Gradually, each and every JW was taught to observe and listen for any dissonant action or word from among the congregation SO AS TO REPORT THEM in snitch-fashion with a Judas kiss.
Members can be "marked" and watched or chastised and put on probation.
Disfellowshipped ex-members are automatically suspect as part of an Apostate Conspiracy.
Members of the Jehovah's Witness cult have color removed from their world as things are viewed strictly as BLACK or WHITE, friend or foe, sheep or goats, US vs THEM.
The final move to create one's OWN SELF as an enemy to be scrutinized for disloyalty ends communication with personal feelings, desires, aspirations and empathy.
A good Jehovah's Witness is an empty vessel into which is poured a bland, slow-acting poison of self-destructive compliance and solidarity for CORPORATE mind-think.
The most precious gift a JW may possess is the phrase: THE SOCIETY SAYS...
every other voice, sound or communication on this planet becomes nothing but white noise as consciousness of SELF flickers out!
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Heaven
Um, can someone explain how wearing a mustache can 'stumble' someone?
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Terry
Um, can someone explain how wearing a mustache can 'stumble' someone?
Well, if it were a really, really L-O-N-G one......
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Terry
When your human goodness has to be pulled back and your natural sympathy for others is repressed just because somebody teaches you
it is "wrong" you are being brainwashed in the worst way possible.
The Watchtower thinks of this as "education". But, propagandists call it "re-education."
It should frighten us no end that our mind was replaced bit by bit with disinformation about EVERYTHING in our universe.
What facts and evidence we possessed about the real world was removed. In place of it Watchtower fantasy was shelved!
Yes, OUR MIND was tampered!
Never let that escape your attention--you and I were mind raped not unlike persons who have a "date rape" drug given them.
WE WOULD NEVER HAVE AGREED to what was done to us had we been AWARE.
Now that we are aware---there is not a day goes by we should not call to mind how distorted a view was implanted within us.
Our humanity was shaped into viewing every body on earth as STANDING IN THE WAY to our obtaining paradise.
Convert or Die--Armageddon is coming........that was our mental bumper sticker.
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Finkelstein
You've just shown how Jehovah Witnesses are mentally diseased by the corrupt Watchtower Corporation. Terry
And again I'd like to point out that this intent by the WTS. is and was formulated to commercialize
and proliferate the WTS. published works.
The whole body of corruption and its poisonous effects on to people by this publishing organization at its core
is structured on literature distribution and circulation, they've (WTS.) just cunningly made themselves god's personal spokesmen
when in reality they were just promoting themselves or selling themselves as such to the public.
Thats why there is so much stringently enforced brainwashing by the leaders of this organization,
they are not just selling literature they are selling their own power and control.
Bang on evaluation by the way
Aggressive narcissism
Glibness/superficial charm
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Pathological lying
Cunning/manipulative
Lack of remorse or guilt
Emotionally shallow
Callous/lack of empathy
Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
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DATA-DOG
I agree 100%. I reached a sobering conclusion about myself years ago. I knew that I was, or was very near to becoming a sociopath. Why? For all the reasons that you mentioned above. Fortunately, my real self started to overpower the cult-self. I also know from personal experience in Elder's meeting ( I was on the wrong side of the table ) that some are definately sociopaths. When they said " amen " their cult-self took over. It was very frightening to see, it was like seeing a real mask being put on. I can't really describe it, but it was like seeing a great actor change personalities instantly. It really helped me to see the true nature of the " wonderful organization!!" ( yesterday's WT Study )
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wallsofjericho
JW's are like hockey fans.
The paint their faces in JW colors and assume the identity of GROUP.
but aren't all insular, extremist religious groups like this?
Obviously as people affected by the WTS we scrutinize their tactics, yet the more I read and the more I experience the more I realize that JW's are like so many other extreme conservative religious groups when it comes to conformity of behaviour and their techniques of accomplishing this.
The WTS is just another group in the pile.It's funny, to me anyway, how the large size of WTS and their blood teachings make them dangerous and extreme, yet when you compare the "Flander-ness" (yes, Flanders the uber-Christian from the Simpsons) of JW's to other extreme religious groups (ERG) the JW's seem to be so much more "normal" than their ERG peers.
I have mennonite friends that will not tolerate even one curse word within their speech, that would never even think of wearing a provocative outfit, listen only to christian radio stations, never watch movies with violence or immorality. Yet all of these are quite commonplace among many JW's.
So why the difference??
The only thing i can get from my experience is that these other christian ERG's are actually taught to LOVE JESUS. They are actually shown the life of Jesus from the bible and their focus is on Jesus and the bible and growing a relationship with Jesus.
JW's, in my experience, don't have this relationship with Jesus. They view Jesus as Jehovah's son, and then develop a relationship, a closeness to Jehovah.
- As a JW we are taught repeatedly that all Jehovah demands of us is exclusive devotion to the WTS.
- We know when we've displeased Jehovah becuase we get reproved or DF'd by the WTS
- We therefore avoid things that will get us reproved or DF'd by the WTS
The JW behaviour is molded by the threat of DF'ing, and if you don't get DF'd for listeing to unchristian music, or dressing provacatively, or for watching violent and immoral movies, then I can get away with this!!! Awesome!
Oh sure the WTYS warns us about it, but that's just a recomendation since we can't get DF'd for it. As long as I can't get DF'd then I am good with Jehovah. And if an elder in your hall watches "bad" movies then for sure its okay!
- Smoke a cigarette = DF'd
- talk to a former JW = DF'd
Speak with racial slurs, watch violent immoral movies, listen to rebellious music and consume copious amounts of acohol all on a regular basis.... while at the same time putting 10 hrs/month peddling WT magazines = MS / Elder / privileges in the KH
So my conclusion of the matter is this.... Extreme christian groups want to be extremely christian. JW's don't want to get DF'd.
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DATA-DOG
WOW!! That is right on the money. Another thing to consider is that JW's are not allowed to be individuals. Most ERG's let people have at least some variance in their dress and grooming, or the freedom to pursue an education, or observe certain days as special. Not so with the WTBTS. The inablity to be an individual, coupled with not having a relationship with Christ, is oppressive. What happens when people are forced to do something that their heart is just not involved in? They rebel in whatever small way they can, cussing,drinking, porn. There are some things that I would do right now, if I could. I don't think they are wrong, but the WTBTS does. If I get caught....
Then there is the natural curiosity of things that are taboo. Demonize drinking alcohol, rule over your children with an iron fist, guess what? They will rebel and they will drink. People will NOT be controlled. They will do good from their own hearts. What the WTBTS does is force conformity on it's members to paint a picture, they have made a living advertisement for the WTBTS. They wish they could control members more and paint an even better picture, but they can't. That is why JW.org is necessary. The pictures there are all carefully crafted advertisements for the public. Those ads are the JW ideal that can never be reached.
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Terry
The willing participation of the victim in his own destruction is the hallmark of the transmission of JW virus!
The victims DO NOT SEE IT COMING!
For a thinking, reasoning, healthy-minded citizen of a free nation to AGREE to be a SLAVE is mind-boggling!
For a person at the top of the food chain to EMBRACE becoming a lowly SHEEP is degrading in the extreme--and yet, JW's consider it
a designation of honor and humility!
For loving, caring and devoted families to consciously exploit their own children in a time of life-threatening emergency is abhorrent--and yet
7 million witnesses worldwide have considered it a privilege to allow the death of the innocent rather than submit to medical treatments with blood.
SELF-VICTIMHOOD is the embrace of one's own destruction through a chain of baby steps of AGREEMENT to seemingly benign, positive, loving, virtuous
beliefs. Just like a bomb may contain many such perfectly ordinary items as batteries, wire, fertilizer, cellphone.......JW beliefs are harmless
TO THE UNWARY......until detonated at BAPTISM!