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  More money-grubbing: Give us your money even if you can't afford food

  by bohm in

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  2. friends

  the message would appear to be that jehovah needs money more than that old lady needs food:.

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  bohm

  The message would appear to be that Jehovah needs money more than that old lady needs food:

  
  
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  Steve Hassan. Can some one verify if this is true.

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.

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  bohm

  I agree 400 USD Per hour is excessive but so what? Where is the Scandal? I am pretty sure hiring dr Phil is expensive as well, but that does not mean you cant read his books and does not have any impact on what he sayes is useful.

  regarding not being a psychiatrist, okay, but has he claimed to be? Is anything he writes harmfull or invalid?
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  2016 annual meeting

  by obarac in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just a few minutes till the start ..... we hope for a news from absalom and wifibandit very soon.. wifibandit, any tread on reddit for am?.

  also there were some info about live stream.

  any news about that..

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  Well, a booring meeting is disappointing and unsatisfying for us, but fortunately it is equally booring and unsatisfying for the still ins which is good news.
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  2016 annual meeting

  by obarac in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just a few minutes till the start ..... we hope for a news from absalom and wifibandit very soon.. wifibandit, any tread on reddit for am?.

  also there were some info about live stream.

  any news about that..

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  bohm

  Well, that was anticlimatic..
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  The bOrg Cult Tactics

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm wondering if the borg actually studied mind control and coercion tactics deliberately or wether they just evolved over time through trial and error.

  from reading steve hassans books, studying hypnosis and methods psychopaths use it all seems very complex.

  like it would never occur to me to do a, b and c in the right order at the right time in order to get control of someone or control their lives.. for example, repetition of words (the word "loyalty" was a big one in the last convention), using loaded language, encouraging people not to trust their own thoughts, restricting their information, demonising those who leave etc.

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  pale.emporer: The "my brain needed brainwashing" quip was also used by father moon, lol. (see "combating cult mind control").
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  The bOrg Cult Tactics

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm wondering if the borg actually studied mind control and coercion tactics deliberately or wether they just evolved over time through trial and error.

  from reading steve hassans books, studying hypnosis and methods psychopaths use it all seems very complex.

  like it would never occur to me to do a, b and c in the right order at the right time in order to get control of someone or control their lives.. for example, repetition of words (the word "loyalty" was a big one in the last convention), using loaded language, encouraging people not to trust their own thoughts, restricting their information, demonising those who leave etc.

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  bohm

  Good question. I think they came to the mindset that it was their duty to do whatever they could to persuade people to join/stay years ago (for their own sake) and once you are in that mindset, it is not mind-control but helping people. The various tools they use are things that are either obvious (shunning makes people reluctant to leave) or known from the advertising industry (play on emotions, simplify the message and repeat). So I don't think they feel they are brainwashing people, but I do think they talk about the strategy for making their religion as persuasive as possible and I doubt the question of ethics ever come up in those talks (they think whatever they do is ethical by definition).
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  New commentary on revelation coming up?

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i heard through the grapevine about a forthcoming book:.

  together through the great tribulation - come to jehovah's mountain.

  still awaiting solid confirmation though.

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  bohm

  Eom: got a sneak peak from a Bethel insider, instead of the sounding of the 7 trumpets representing Rutherfords talks, the 7 trumpets were fullfilled by the overlapping generation of the 7 gb members passing gas

  Lol!
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  Two Brothers Living Together - Never Dated Girls...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in my old congregation there are two brothers (non related) who are in the early 30s.

  they've never dated girls.

  they're "best friends".

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  bohm

  Well, i can understand the elders might be concerned these two sheeps are engaged in homursheksual acts, but thanks to the instructions from gods channel it is easy to solve: any tight pants?
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  Fun with Google Trends

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in case you don't know, google trends is a fantastic tool - it lets you look at search terms over time and view trends.

  it can, for instance, tell you if interest in something is growing or diminishing based on how many people are searching for it.. of course it can't tell if the searches are for negative or positive information .... here's some results for jw related terms:.

  https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2fm%2f0dtdq,jw.org,watchtower.

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  bohm

  caleb and sophia and jwtv:

  https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=caleb%20and%20sophia,jwtv
  
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  Major congregational quake in Southern California

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this notice is not official yet and it should be confidential until released thru the proper channels.

  a friend of mine told me about a huge elders meeting in southern california.

  the subject was the relocation and dissolution of some congregations; it seems that this is the result of some project that has been going on for some time and is going to be implemented right now.. please let me know if this is happening all over the country?.

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  bohm

  BTW, Hecce, thanks for posting the info. I hope you can provide more detailed information later when it becomes available.