Julia Orwell - "Ah, the ubiquitous 'oh'. When a JW has no answer and cognitive dissonance kicks in."
Someone I once knew a long time ago (an ex-evangelical) described that type of moment as "not programmed for that response".
Are JWs more negative than normal people?
by Julia Orwell 74 Replies latest jw friends
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Vidiot
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Laika
Life in this system is so hard, people I don't approve of are getting married! What a tragedy!
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adamah
Hmmm, perhaps Debby Downer is NOT a pessimist, but actually an "interested one" who warrants a return visit since she sees just how bad everything is in these "last days"?
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/debbie-downer/n11825/
Adam
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Honesty
JW's have to be negative about life and the world around them because that is the only way they can reconcile in their minds that their god is going to wipe out 99.9% of the human population and leave them to clean up the rotting human bodies he left in his wake.
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Apognophos
Nah, God's going to clean that up with birds, remember? Or antimatter. Probably antimatter.
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Separation of Powers
Most definitely YES!
In reading your conversation, I must say that I have had several similar conversations. There is one person, an elder in my hall, that no matter the subject matter is always saying how hard this system is. When he prays for the congregation, he goes on and on about how bad things are and how much we struggle in this system of things. It gets so bad sometimes that by the time the meeting starts people are sighing and groaning....
Just a thought
SOP
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gma-tired2
I first started luking here in Oct. Joined late Dec. And just had a aha moment. Now I realize why my mother was always so negative. It was something we all knew but never connected why.
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3rdgen
I agree wih all the posts. I have a theory about all of the sickness in the KH both real and imagined. Remember when you were in school and the only EXCUSED absence was illness? Wellllllllll there you have it.
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3rdgen
Can you imagine a JW being asked why he didn't go to the meeting and answering with, "I just didn't want to" The illness card is all they got.
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adamah
I agree wih all the posts. I have a theory about all of the sickness in the KH both real and imagined. Remember when you were in school and the only EXCUSED absence was illness? Wellllllllll there you have it. Can you imagine a JW being asked why he didn't go to the meeting and answering with, "I just didn't want to" The illness card is all they got.
Isn't it nice to NOT have to explain to everyone where you were? I mean, it's not like going to meetings is your JOB, eg where your boss is keeping track of if you don't come to work one day, right?
Right?
Adam