Controlled People

by Masterji 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  Masterji

  "I believed myself for a long time that there was something
  true in all the display of peace and happiness which I saw
  reflected in the faces of a good number of nuns. But how soon
  my delusions passed away when I read with my own eyes, in a
  book of the secret rules of the convent, that one of their
  rules is always, expecially in the presence of strangers,
  to have an appearance of joy and happiness, even when the soul
  is overwhelmed with grief and sorrow! The motives given to the
  nuns, for thus wearing a continual mask, is to secure the
  exteem and respect of the people, and to win more securely the
  young ladies to the convent."

  FIFTY YEARS IN THE CHURCH OF ROME
  By: CHAS. CHINIQUY
  Printed in 1885

  Feel free to change the characters and the place.

  M
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  siegswife

  Honey, One thing I learned along time ago, even before I became involved with any religion, is that you should never let them know what hand you're holding.

  While I agree that the deception that is displayed by those who would suck you into their demented way of thinking is wrong, I believe that most people, whether Catholic, or JW, or whatever, never really reveal the real deal about who they are until they know you for awhile.

  Sometimes even the people that you are closest to have a hidden face that they've never shown.

  Honey, it's not just the Witlesses that do that. It's all of us.
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  Guest 77

  Siegswife, how true. What are we 'truley' like under adverse circumstances?

  Guest 77