denial works it horrors on the needless suffering they cause their members.
denial about their god delusion, denial about their faulty policies, denial about children dying in vain over some stupid ban on blood.
if it is one thing the governing body do best it's denial, and denial is a killer in their case and the death toll will keep rising until they can face the facts, instead of pushing them away with denial.. yes they hear but only with annoyance any facts about their biblical interpetation as being wrong and delusional, because the stakes are high; their position as corporation ceos, a better future for their followers, the future of the corporation they are running, i'm surprised that none of them hasn't attempted suicide over the dilemma they are in over this denial thing, surely some must see the 'writing on the wall' so to speak?.
As usual, you nailed it, Outlaw! With you mere presence in this thread!
A well functioning person appreciates freedom, has a good sence of humour.......and has the ability to enjoy good things in life, like fried chicken and beer! :D Hmm, and music and women, I hope.
Maybe some of us have tendency to intellectualize or psychologize......................it's interesting....but those things mentioned abouve is probably better in the long run! :)
denial works it horrors on the needless suffering they cause their members.
denial about their god delusion, denial about their faulty policies, denial about children dying in vain over some stupid ban on blood.
if it is one thing the governing body do best it's denial, and denial is a killer in their case and the death toll will keep rising until they can face the facts, instead of pushing them away with denial.. yes they hear but only with annoyance any facts about their biblical interpetation as being wrong and delusional, because the stakes are high; their position as corporation ceos, a better future for their followers, the future of the corporation they are running, i'm surprised that none of them hasn't attempted suicide over the dilemma they are in over this denial thing, surely some must see the 'writing on the wall' so to speak?.
Yes, that might be the psychological term for it, Frankie! I haven't used that word since the 1980's! :-)
And yes, Vidiot, I agree...an interesting thought......the GB are effected by cognitive dissonance (at lest if they are true believers) but their makes the dissonance copletely different from e g a sister (publisher) with no power att all in the organisation.
Could gognitive dissonance and megalomania be ....."overlapping" psychological phenomena? Or maybe is cognitive dissonance a part of megalomania......a megalomaniac can't be well functioning in his cognitive processes.
denial works it horrors on the needless suffering they cause their members.
denial about their god delusion, denial about their faulty policies, denial about children dying in vain over some stupid ban on blood.
if it is one thing the governing body do best it's denial, and denial is a killer in their case and the death toll will keep rising until they can face the facts, instead of pushing them away with denial.. yes they hear but only with annoyance any facts about their biblical interpetation as being wrong and delusional, because the stakes are high; their position as corporation ceos, a better future for their followers, the future of the corporation they are running, i'm surprised that none of them hasn't attempted suicide over the dilemma they are in over this denial thing, surely some must see the 'writing on the wall' so to speak?.
In some way denial is more or less a part of the cognitive dissonance.....or at least some pseudo-denial.
In some way the GB might understand and be aware of all suffering, but sice obeying is more important than free thaought and a good life (before the big A) the suffering is considered irrelevant.
They also have some compensation theory......every loyal believer will be compensated in the paradise, therefore...again.....suffering is irrelevant.
Besides....suffering makes the believers more dependent of hope of something better in the future.....not to stop suffering now, such a stop is just for the time, not a permanent stop. So, yes, my idea is that suffering is irrelevant for cult personalities...at least others suffering. It's very cynical.......moraly worse than plain psychological denying.
jehovah's witness cemetery trolls disrupt a mothers grief .
http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/13013058-95/ray-duckler-witnessing-a-mothers-sorrow-at-a-very-private-moment.
by ray duckler.
LOL...jgnat..indeed you are very strict with your hubby.......poor fellow! :D
Maybe he needs that kind of "discipline"?
this is what wt has been producing, this had my bottom jaw on the carpet while i was watching (like the footloose one).
and they say there different from other religions yeah right!!.
i hope this link works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vahglagd2i.
MAybe the GB are beginning to understand that people, even JW', have different talents. And that a lot of JW are bored to death because they can't use their talent. I think they are going to "normalize" JW lifestyle a bit...the have to, they are losing the best of the young.
And maybe they will reduce D2D preaching....so the JW's will get more time for doing this stuff.
i have been back to meetings for a month now.
prepared for them all except for when i went on holiday.. todays wt is about jehovah's organisation, it's clear loaded language and manipulation through fear.
i am not perturbed by it in the least.
Why don't you tell the doctor about this situation?
Show him the WT articlte from 1987 about giving away confidential information.
after reading from another thread, i felt it was worth asking this question.. if you left the borg on your own, have you attempted to meet others whom you used to be connected with while you were "in", but who have also become ex-jw's before or after you have left the wts?
if that's the case, has it remained a friendship, or the connection grew cold?
just curious as to what keeps friendships "stick" [or not] once you no longer have the borg's doctrinal glue.. your experiences are welcome.. eden.
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today at work a co-worker of mine and i were having lunch at a nearby establishment.
he is what you would call a c&e christian in that he basically attends church only for the christmas and easter services, though he definitely says he believes in god.. he said that he just recently caught an episode of a crime/forensic show that featured a man from new jersey named john list who was also known locally as the "bogeyman of westfield.
" list became infamous for murdering his entire family consisting of his wife, three children and his mother on november 9, 1971. see below link for more data.. on the tv show the narrator commented there were a few reasons why he did it.
Conservative christians shoulkd be pro abortion or/and infintice......the safest and best way to give children a free ticket to heaven/paradise.
so, i'm at mcdonald's and there is a 50ish woman signing with a 70ish woman.. should i?.
i must.. so, a good version of my favourite video is shown to them on my phone, and we spent about 15 minutes watching it, asking questions, mostly laughing, they were writing down the scriptures from the video to check at home what the bible says.. then, after i'm done my coffee, i go back to their table with a note on a napkin.. "now you girls be good when you get home.".
the 70-year-old must have peed her pants from laughing.. .
So that video is still up att JW.ORGy ??
It is good if it gets more and more observed and commented by the deaf communty!
waisted days and waisted nites.. freddy fender..
"De ljög och bedrog oss med sanningen" (They lied and betraied us with the truth)
from the song "Ingenting" (Nothing) by the swedish band "Kent"
