Jehovah's Witnesses Are NOT Under Mind Control

by PublishingCult 60 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  trevor

  There are many ways of controlling other peoples minds. You can promise that if they do as you say, or invest in your company, they will obtain the things in life that they most desire. The promises are often false and the offer is a con. The innocent victim buys into the plan because he or she is deceived.

  According to the bible Satan was the first snake oil salesman in the world. He was an amature compared to the Watchtower Society, which has specialised in making false promises for over a hundred years. They warned their members many years ago when they declared that, ' Religion is a snare and a racket!'
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  Murray Smith

  Hear what your saying trevor . . . there's not much 'new under the sun' in a general sense.

  When it comes to cult mind control however, the deception is much more complex and complete. Rather than influence a particular decision with blatant deciet or a false promise required for a dodgy financial investment . . . mind control highjacks the whole decision making process and the individuals perception of EVERYTHING is changed and the desicions made become based entirely upon what is decreed by those incontrol.

  The controlee is unaware because he has sold himself over entirely to a false set of beliefs that control even his ability to question. In the case of the WT this control is extended using powerful implications for any decision made outside the permission/direction of the controller.

  You only need to consider the desire to cease being a JW . . . the implications are enormous . . . huge, especially for those with family members similarly controlled
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  MrMonroe

  Trevor, offering false promises isn't in itself mind control. It's the constant indoctrination, repetition, the requirement for members to go out and teach what they're told, the prohibition against questioning teachings (and the consequent recoiling reaction among members if something is questioned), the withholding of information, the requirement to restrict social contact with non-believers and the catechistical question-and-answer form of teaching both at meetings and in home bible studies, that helps to shape people's ways of thinking.

  And let's not forget the constant repetition of the idea that to disobey the Governing Body is to disobey God.
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  Luo bou to

  You only need to consider the desire to cease being a JW . . . the implications are enormous . . . huge, especially for those with family members similarly controlled

  So true They hold your family as hostages when you reject their authority
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  trevor

  I appreciate that there are many effective and subtle ways of controlling other peoples minds. The Watchtower Society use various techniques. The deception method is just one, that I highlighted because it is dishonest. It has also been their practice from the very beginning.

  The promise of everlasting life in a new world, the members main goal, is a lie. So the members are living in a fantasy world that is more real to them than reality. That is a part of mind control because once they are living with an imaginary hope for the future, other fantasies can easily be added.
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  punkofnice

  My Mom says she's not under 'mind control'. So, I asked her: 'How would you know if you were under mind control?'

  I got no answer just saw a glazed look!

  Tumble weed rolling, heard crickets chirping........................y'know!
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  Murray Smith

  A reasonable number of active witnesses today if pressed will admit that WT has got it a little bit wrong occasionally . . . especially those who were around in '75 . . . there was no small amount of disillusionment after that and many left . . . but many stayed on . . . why? when the deception or at least 'error' was plain?

  Surely it was because they continued to believe the WT was God's spokesman as they claim (insert new light) and so dared not to question?

  That's the mind control . . . they believe the GB in favour of what thier own eyes are telling them! . . . the implications are too powerful to accept it
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  Luo bou to

  So why is it that when the GB changes its mind 7-2 million JWs change theirs?
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  Murray Smith

  Your mum's at a disadvantage there punkofnice . . . I don't think WT has published much of value on the subject (wonder why) . . . and I guess if it's not in the Watchtower . . . ?

  I hate to be a "barrow pusher" but trevor's comment re; the promise of everlasting life is a case in point for use of the weight of implication in mind control . . . the promise is a deception, but the believer declines to question because . . . ? . . . he might "miss out on everlasting life" . . . it's the implication (consequences if you like) that controls the mind . . . not just the reasonableness of the idea itself.

  Well, that's my take on it anyway.
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  PublishingCult

  "So why is it that when the GB changes its mind 7-2 million JWs change theirs?"

  I think that really does sum it all up, Luo bou to :)