We should do this more often I have really enjoyed this. Shame about the different time zones
llbh
Time has zones??!!
The Governing NARCISSUS: the psychology of the FDS
by Terry 32 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Terry
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Terry
Reducing your psychological characterizations to a simple base; great history of the WBTS.
Although painted in sanitized JW history books as humble men, CTR and the Judge had to have astronomical egos to allow themselves to be portrayed and revered in such a way without strenous protest.
You are absolutely correct in thinking that JW's feel superiority over everyone else in their community. A nominal JW who "places" one set of the W & A has soared past Mother Teresa in Almighty Jehovah's eyes.
I recall the urban legend conversation between Nathan Knorr and Richard Burton related by Knorr at a convention. When Burton asked Knorr if JW's were brainwashed. Knorr said he replied: "Well, maybe, but our minds are cleaner than yours."
I suggest that this feeling of superiority is a good part of the wind behind the JW sail, but not all of it.
Locally, (Texas) there was a lot of getting the better of "smarter" people by good-ole-boys who knew how to flip around in their bibles.
Feeling like a big fish in a little pond certainly helped stroke many an ego. I've heard so many stories of one-upsmanship it makes my head reel.
Almost every JW (guy) has a story or two about how they bettered some religious person in a conversation or trumped a smart alec.
Under-achievers in Sears and Roebuck suits who work as janitors need something to make them feel more powerful, that's for sure!
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TMS
bttt: a worthy topic