In totalistic cults, the ideology is internalized as "the truth," the only “map" of reality. The doctrine not only serves to filter incoming information but also regulates how the information can be thought about. Usually, the doctrine is absolutist, dividing everything into "black versus white," "us versus them." All that is good is embodied in the leader and the group. All that is bad is on the outside. The more totalistic groups claim that their doctrine is scientifically proven. The doctrine claims to answer all questions to all problems and situations. A member need not think for himself because the doctrine does the thinking for him.
Bttt on my own thread.
This certainly describes JW's. "The Truth" is the only reality. "Us vs. the World." "Adam and Eve, the Flood, all scientifically proven (if you ignore that other stuff that distracts from the proof)." There was a thread on here the other day that showed typical Awake articles that discussed "all problems and situations solved by the Kingdom (Wars, child-labor, unemployment, homelessness, etc.)