WalkTall
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All This Real Estate Development-What Do They Have Up Their Sleeve?
by WalkTall insorry, i put this topic mistakenly under beliefs.
i meant to put it here.. i really can't understand what's going on.
someone mentioned on another thread there is expansion going on at the wallkill farm.
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Still Stuck Inside: Coping by Seeing the Cult Personality as a Child
by WalkTall inas i've mentioned on the board before, i am still inside (for now) hopefully until i can get my children to start thinking more on their own.
one way i have been coping with all the ridiculous nonsense around me is to see and treat the cult personality as the child it is.
realizing that has helped me to understand how intelligent, articulate people remain as cult members.
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How Can Jehovah be Perfect If We Aren't?
by WalkTall insomething that was said at the meeting yesterday made me think about this.
you know how the organization is always using the illustration of the broken mold and how adam could only pass on imperfection to his children because now he was imperfect.
how do they rationalize the fact that a perfect creator made people who were capable of making an imperfect choice?
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WT totally out of Brooklyn
by ShirleyW inbetween my last logon on at 6pm and now 8:40 i received 5 google alerts about the jdubs totally selling all their property in brooklyn .
i've said it before on this site and i'll say it again .
who's pocket does all of this real estate money go to !!!!!!.
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Examples of how indoctrination, belief, cognitive dissonance, and confirmation bias work with cult members
by Mad Sweeney inconfirmation bias and cognitive dissonance have been discussed here and elsewhere quite a lot (if you're unfamiliar, google them).
we all use confirmation bias to some extent to reaffirm ourselves and our beliefs, and cognitive dissonance is something we all have to deal with, but cult members who have been indoctrinated with thought-reform (aka mind control) techniques display these in predictable ways when you know what you're looking for.. below are two scenarios and a cult member's interpretation of the events.
notice the belief that the cult is "the truth" is always reinforced by the member's interpretation of events, even when those events seem to be totally opposite.. scenario one.
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Woman Pastor - Awake
by Lady Viola inin the latest km i read something about the latest awake topic: 'what does god think of women pastors' or something like that.
i asked for the latest awake, but it wasn't available yet (dutch) in our hall.
who has seen this awake and want to upload it for us all?
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WalkTall-why I picked it
by WalkTall infirst of all, i'd like to thank everyone who so lovingly welcomed me onto the board.
for someone like me, trapped inside, it is good to know there is a safe place, a sanctuary, to run to when the pressure of living a forced lie becomes overwhelming.. many commented on the name i chose.
there is an inherent dignity in the name walktall, however, i chose it especially because of the beginning lyrics in john mellencamp's song of the same name:.
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"Responsible" Members of the GB
by WalkTall indid anyone notice in this week's wt how many times the word responsible was used in reference to the gb?
it mentioned the 'responsible' brothers of the first century governing body.
and later on they said 'responsible' men; and 'responsible' representatives.
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All This Real Estate Development-What Do They Have Up Their Sleeve?
by WalkTall ini really can't understand what's going on.
someone mentioned on another thread there is expansion going on at the wallkill farm.
the wt has recently bought 2 new large over 200 acres parcels for development of residence and factory buildings.
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What is the 'hidden wisdom', the 'deep things of God' mentioned in 1 Cor 2
by WalkTall inwhile sitting at the meeting today i was thinking about how the wt simplistically compartmentalizes the bible.
everything is tied up in neat little packages.
it made me think that this is the way you would teach a kindergartner about the bible.