MelbaToast
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Another Question for you, the reader and responder
by MelbaToast inagain from my research, from the paper, cults and families:.
paraphrase: if people in the cult quest authority and go public with doubts or opinions, then others will attack and possibly expel them for their outside thinking.
but if they withold their private thoughts, they feel decietful and inadequate and are torn in inner battles.
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Next topic: Abusive Groups
by MelbaToast inonce again hello to all and a grand saturday night (or sunday am to all you uk'rs) and yet another request for your opinion for research: .
quoted from the article "cults and families": .
"abusive groups implement their demands for purity through rituals of confession, in which members must expose their personal thoughts, feelings, and doubts to leadership's scrutiny.
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What's your opinion?
by MelbaToast intaken from the journal families and society 84 no.
4. cults and families.
my take: although jw's are not fully accepted as a cult in psychology or sociology (jws are listed as an "established sect"), this article has many points that have interested me.
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EVERYONE LOOK! I NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
by MelbaToast inok now that i've got your attention :) .
i am currently writing a psych paper, and i decided my topic is going to be jw's and the higher percentage of mental illness in the organization( in not so many words) i have been doing hella research in medical journals, and i would like to pose a request to anyone out there that has information on this subject to pm me or attach it to your response.
i would really appreciate it, and btw, if would be even better if this was from a peer-reviewed journal, because i have already searched all the sites and got the research from freeminds, watchtowerobserver, and sites such as this.
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A breather from the politics, bad excuses for relatives, and crappy stuff
by MelbaToast inwhew.. after spending some time catching up on threads, my overall thoughts are leaning way toward the negative side.
we all need some love in our lives.
(ok, i've been listening to the beatles too much) .
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What one thing would you like to vent?
by MelbaToast inmine is my mom.. ii dont know where to start and dont know where to end.
therapy sessions later, i am still at a loss.
i think that a parent is someone who loves and protects you from harm, doesnt shame or bribe you to make you into "a perfect pioneer".
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Show you and your kids off!
by MelbaToast inhey everyone!
its time for all people to come out of that shell (or closet) and put up pics of you and the people most important to you!.
my hubby and baby girl----baby girl's first bath, and my big-ol teddy bear of a dog
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I am looking for an old friend...maybe she'll lurk.....
by MelbaToast in...and ill get to hear from her and tell her what has been going on for the last 15 years!!!.
seriously though...vicky walters (used to be ayala) if your out there...please let me know!
i miss our trips to bennigans you were my one true neighbor in pontiac mi...got dfd, and ive been searching high and low to see if maybe you'll come out of the woodwork.. is that cryptic enough?
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Are there "Rules" to Dating a JW? Why?
by MelbaToast ini know growing up there were certain unsaid rules about dating....i always had to have a chaperone or go in a group....can anyone think of all the obligatory rules that you had to follow....and did you follow them "word for word"?
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Anyone remember "The Tragic Saturday"...old morbid story in Awake?
by MelbaToast ini remember for a while, my mother would have "personal" study with me out of the old bon volumes.
she would make me go through a year and find a story that "interested" me.
looking back, i vaguely remember (i think it was in the 70's) a story about this man that had his whole family slaughtered by his son?