Does WT use intellectual intimidation in publications?

KateWild

When I first learned TTATT, I read loads all at once and tried to absorb everything. Then I slowed down evaluated my priorities and took one step at time. Now my kids know TTATT and I have set some goals in life, I am ready to take on my next project in my deprogramming.

Intellectual intimidation. I am sure I have read about it. I went back to jwfacts.com and couldn't find anything.

What exactly is intellectual intimidation?

Do you think WT uses intellectual intimidation?

Have you got any examples?

Kate xx

cassuk11

Yes Kate the deprogramming can take many years. Be gentle with yourself and you are correct one step at a time. I did it by researching every claim made by watchtower. I think it took me about ten years

KateWild

Thanks cassuk. I am on Freeminds website now, and still I am comming up empty. I know I read about intellectual intimidation somewhere. I remember what it is and I can recognise it, I just want a more comprehensive understanding of it.

Kate xx

Finkelstein

More ignorance education and emotions such as fear in its publications.

The two blended together lures a small segment of the population.

For example the WTS proclaims that the end of the world is about to come soon

and that it pays to heed the warning, one is therefore best to join his earthly chosen organization (WTS.)

and be subservient to it, to be in favor toward god, to save yourself from destruction..

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cassuk11

there is some great stuff on youtube about conditioning and mind control

KateWild

More ignorance education and emotions such as fear in its publications.-Fink

Thanks, I know I was love bombed that was emotional. WT also quote (or quote mine) professionals. Is this a form of intellectual intimidation? I don't know?

Kate xx

cassuk11

Yes the end of the world thing has been used for over 300 years it was started by a woman who's nameis forget sorry in the 1700's and the churhes began to use it ever since and the 250 claims of the last days have all come and gone. This and hell fire has been used to keep us going back to the churches . Revelation wa sin fact written to those in the first century and about the destruction of Jeruslaem, the old covenant, the temple and the jewish age. The language is hyperbole,symbolic and metaphor language used to describe things that happened in Jerusalem in the 1st century. It's got nothing to do with anyone since then or in the future.

Emery

Ray Franz talks about intellectual intimidation in ISOCF. I think it's in the chapter where he discusses logical fallacies (i'll have to check), but he mentions a situation where the Watchtower Society received inquires about the word "organization" not being found in the bible. So WTS pulls up all these Hebrewand Greek words, and a bunch of complex jargon to convince the reader that the bible does say "organization" but in its own way.

cassuk11

The love bombing may or may not have been sincere but that is not the point. I was in a congregation for two years perfectly happy even though i had no fellowship with anyone outside of meetings .I change dcongregations to be nearer home and no one spoke to me in that new congregation even though i had a good reputation. It was very painful going to the meetings at the new congregation. It was then that i started to realise things . I let myself slowly fade away and guess what no one even came to see where i was heehhe

Finkelstein

The WTS. has always been very bullish and brazen in trying to lure its readership, such as

Proclaiming millions now living will never die or 1975 year that all mankind should heed.

Its mainly good old fashion fear mongering in the vein of religious charlatanism.

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People with a semblance of intellectual evaluation can see through this crash commercialism by this religious publishing house.

Unfortunately people with perhaps a weak intellectual mind set will no doubtably be drawn in to the WTS.

publications and its selling presentation by the WTS's own sales representatives.

Does WT use intellectual intimidation in publications?

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