I am so brainwashed

by joelbear 2 Replies latest jw friends

  • joelbear
    joelbear

    okay, so much brainwashing

    1. Jehovah's Witnesses are better, more loving, etc. than non Jehovah's Witnesses.

    How to overcome:

    Easy. Meet non Jehovah's Witnesses and interact with them, do business with them, socialize with them. You soon find out this is simply a fabrication.

    2. Everything the Watchtower says is true.

    How to overcome:

    Easy. Do research from a number of different sources. Find information provided by people who are not supporting an agenda but simply trying to establish fact. (ie. 607)

    3. You are bad. Only supporting Jehovah (the society) will you be saved.

    How to overcome:

    Easy. Get to know other people's life stories. Do research on psychology and sociology and history. You will find out that you aren't bad, in fact 99.9% of the people in the world aren't simply "bad". They are reacting to genetic and sociological factors that have affected them their entire lives. Just like you.

    4. There is a specific way things should be.

    How to overcome:

    Not so easy: Try to learn to accept things as they come up day to day. Deal with them as best as you can. Determine a moral path for yourself but don't let yourself get walked over.

    You cannot change the world, but you can change your world.

    Please feel free to add more

  • greendawn
    greendawn

    The jws are certainly no more developped than the rest of society in the ways of brotherly love and most of what the WT claims to be true is in fact false virtually all of their own interpretatioons turn out to be wrong and get rejected by the FDS themselves.

  • Evanescence
    Evanescence

    If you still struggle you could try exit counselling.

    A good book to read is "Cults too good to be true" by Raphael Aron it even mentions in the book that Jehovah's Witness is a cult

    Evanescence

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