by truthseeker 18 Replies latest jw friends
Your description of the picnic at Bethel sounds like Kindergarten where activities are divided into "centers" and the children move in small groups from one center to the next. This is done to ensure they are all well supervised and that they all have an equal share in the activities. When done with adutls it's called: "Micromanaging".
changeling :)
"how could the have afforded it on Bethel pay? Maybe had their own financial means"
wait: are you supposed to pay the girls there? oops!
// seriously though I do know how to tip. I just don't need coochie in my face.
-- not feeling it
Your description of the picnic at Bethel sounds like Kindergarten where activities are divided into "centers" and the children move in small groups from one center to the next. This is done to ensure they are all well supervised and that they all have an equal share in the activities. When done with adutls it's called: "Micromanaging".
spot on, that's exactly how it is.
Still_in,
Yes, she wore glasses!
Sir82,
You're right on the money.
Apparently, if it's a civil case and not a criminal case it's OK to do jury duty
Bethelites are gay(ish).
Stupid
Controlling
Rules!!
According to Steve Hassan
A destructive cult is a pyramid-shaped authoritarian regime with a person or group of people that have dictatorial control. It uses deception in recruiting new members (e.g. people are NOT told up front what the group is, what the group actually believes and what will be expected of them if they become members).
(my Note- Two versions of Watchtower)
It also uses mind control techniques to keep people dependent and obedient.
I. Behavior Control
1. Regulation of individual's physical reality
a. Where, how and with whom the member lives and associates with
b. What clothes, colors, hairstyles the person wears
c. What food the person eats, drinks, adopts, and rejects
d. How much sleep the person is able to have
e. Financial dependence
f. Little or no time spent on leisure, entertainment, vacations
2. Major time commitment required for indoctrination sessions and group rituals
3. Need to ask permission for major decisions
4. Need to report thoughts, feelings and activities to superiors
5. Rewards and punishments (behavior modification techniques- positive and negative).
6. Individualism discouraged; group think prevails
7. Rigid rules and regulations
8. Need for obedience and dependency
I was invited to a bethel party...... good thing I declined
And to think one of our regular pioneers (and the humanoid I studied with) regularly hounded me to apply for Beth Hell. I never did, and I surely do not regret letting that "opportunity" pass me by.
