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Faulty Posting!
by wannabe ini just wanted to mention.
why do my posts mess up when i hit the submit button?
before i hit that button, my post is in great shape, but after i hit that submit button, i end up with a disaster area.
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governing body
by maccauk11 indo the governing body go door to door and do they fill in areport card each month..
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Anyone ever read this book?
by iamwhoiam inthe true believer /firstheading bodycontent tagline from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /tagline subtitle /subtitle jumpto thesis and backgroundthe book analyzes and attempts to explain the motives of the various types of personalities that give rise to mass movements; why and how mass movements start, progress and end; and the similarities between them, whether religious, political, radical or reactionary.
as examples, the book often refers to communism, fascism, national socialism, christianity, protestantism, and islam.
hoffer believes that mass movements are interchangeable, that adherents will often flip from one movement to another, and that the motivations for mass movements are interchangeable; that religious, nationalist and social movements, whether radical or reactionary, tend to attract the same type of followers, behave in the same way and use the same tactics, even when their stated goals or values differed.. there have been 23 editions of the true believer published between 1951 and 2002.. summaryhoffer argues that all mass movements such as communismm fascism, and religion spread by promising a glorious future.
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Deborah Frances-White - Cult Following
by betterdaze inreview: deborah frances-white - cult following.
deborah frances-white has a unique tale to tell at this years fringe and unlike a lot of other exaggerated anecdotes you may have come across, it really did happen she has the photographic evidence to prove it.
when she was 14, her parents decided the family should all become jehovahs witnesses, a suggestion she gamely went along with as a lonely teenager with no friends.
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How our Brains Bias Us
by jworld inthis is a great article on how our brains bias us toward groups.
totally packed with info.
its another twist on cognitive dissonance in that our brains crave predictability.
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Cool gun in WT literature, can't find it now
by snare&racket ini remember seeing an article in a magazine with an info box talking about a gun that can see around corners, it must have been the 90's.
i remember loving shooters as a kid and being bewildered by this article, it was more of an advert than anything... .
can anyone else remember the article?.
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Are JWs like Pakled? (STNG)
by 00DAD insometimes witnesses just seem like such pakleds .... they think they're smart, but really they're not!
pakleds.
(if you're not a fan of stng you probably won't get this).