When i read former jw comments many times i often wonder how many of you fully understand the role that a High control group has in shaping the mindset of it's members-
Many post speak of slapping brain dead jw up side the head, etc,
when in fact many of us had the same mindset- for those who didn't like my wife- great , but for myself i too once shared the same mindset
if i were giving a talk i would give perhaps the sugar coating of "too bad" innocent folks died, but in my heart i would believe that :
"If they think this is something - they ain't seen nothing yet" mindset
which is what you see when you read a jw post for the most part- as a jw generally we were never really taught to feel for others who are not jw-
and after years of having that indoctrinated into ones heart and mind - it becomes very easy-
as a black man i recall my grandfather telling me of black men who were killed in the south when he was growing up by local whites-
yet many of those whiteguys stood around and laughed as a black man swung in the wind with a rope around his neck
it shows that ones indoctrination of values- drives ones views
i saw some of the Afgans celebrating in the streets- in what context or if it was old fottage i don't know , - But look at thier indocrination or belief system- there is really no way around it that Belief Systems play such a major role in folks attitudes about things
one thing that is well known is that those who are not Critical thinkers- empathy is not a quality that they usually show
so when you consider that many of the jw are merely spouting forth the attitude of thier training it becomes clear why it is so hard for you or i to show them a couple flip flops on dogma and expect folks who live ,sleep and breath wt dogma to change overnight
i look at myself- i was a dyed in the Wool Society Man- yet it goes beyond just giving someone some facts about the errors of thier faith
for most folks that will not be enough to change them—
in all the post I have read over the years this link has an article that deals with the Mindset of folks who can be given correct information but due to our makeup as humans we can still reject what clearly are facts-
a few post back Seek did a back and forth dialog example of what it is like trying to talk to a jw and it was so on the money-
so don't be too hard on the poor jw, because I see over and over so many folks here and on other sites who once they clearly understand what they were apart of continue to state over and over again – how they could not believe that they TOO AT ONE TIME SHARED THOSE VIEWS
JAMES
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=7798&site=3#92744
