by asilentone 26 Replies latest jw experiences
i'd be hard pressed to think of anyone in that organization that is not suffering from some sort of delusion... let's be completely honest, their entire faith is based on lies (illusions, if you will), which leaves their people lost in a sea of illusion.... so yes, they must be delusional (plays on words are fun!)
the infamous one
If they believe in the new Generations teaching, they are deluded.
The question is not wether they are delusional or not. The question is why so many continue after they have become disillusioned.
From Wikipedia:
"Delusional disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a psychoticmental disorder that is characterized by holding one or more non-bizarre delusions [ 1 ] in the absence of any other significant psychopathology. Non-bizarre delusions are fixed beliefs that are certainly and definitely false, but that could possibly be plausible"
Um, yeah, Dubs are delusional.
Are hedgehogs prickly?
Yes they are, thinking that out of all the people in the world, a teensy 1/10% of them, the JWs, are the only ones who will survive Armageddon and the rest of the world- men, women, children, babies will all be burned up by Jehoovah, because they didn't used the WT made up name for God.
kurtbethel, dont be a copycat.
Are some Jehovah's Witnesses delusional ?
Does a duck have webbed feet ?
Of course and not just some, the majority are delusional based impart of their indoctrination.
They are of course the fence sitters who just occasionally put their face in the door out interest or they
think by showing up at the KH every odd Sunday, that god will grant them a preferable pass come Armageddon.
They are mostly poorly educated individuals who are compelled to act as a JW in varied ways mostly out of fear
that the WTS leaders has infused into their consciousness. The act of saving themselves and to some extent saving
others of the calamity that is shortly to come is the binding catalyst to their self imposed identity.
The WTS. underlining objective is to bring as many as possible into their version of delusional entrapment and exploit
these unfortunate individuals to their fullest.
A DELUSION
conviction and not influenced by reason. Delusions
are less defined by whether the statement is true or
false than by the nature of the context and the
justification for the belief. Those with delusions
struggle to offer adequate reasons for the belief.
Additionally, many delusions have no content that
can be empirically verified. Current defining features
include the fact that the belief is not one usually
shared by others in one’s culture nor is it credible
when expressed as a value judgment, and that the
degree of conviction never changes. Associated
distress, preoccupation, and seemingly irrational
behaviors that are motivated by the logic of a
delusional mind are also aspects of the delusional
experience.
Early on and in subtle cases, the presence of
delusions may be difficult to identify. Their presence
may be suggested by behavioral changes: withdrawal,
guardedness, irritability, hostility, litigiousness, and
evasiveness.
<< The question is why so many continue after they have become disillusioned. >>
1. They don't want to lose family and friends.
2. They have too much effort invested in the WTS to risk throwing it away:
"What if the WTS is right after all?"
3. They don't think there is anywhere else to go:
"If this isn't the truth, what is?
