Why not, the organization is never wrong, therefore if you are part of the organization
you are never wrong. If there's a problem it's Satan, not the brothers. It's not normal
to be right in every thing.
Do you think the JW organization breed narcissistic personality?
by James Mixon 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Village Idiot
Do you think the JW organization breed narcissistic personality?
No.
No single organization of any type "breeds" narcissism. Narcissists are born that way but they do accumulate into positions of power in any authoritarian organization be it government, corporate or religious. Positions of power act like a magnet for that type of person.
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freemindfade
Anyone who claims to have all the answers... there is something wrong. -
dubstepped
YES!
Obviously, people with true narcissistic personality disorders that could be diagnosed according to the DSM are something else, but the organization definitely attracts narcissists and breeds narcissistic characteristics. I've seen it in my own family, and in myself before I started to get healthy.
It attracts narcissists because narcissists love things to be black and white, right or wrong. They love to be correct (i.e. have "The Truth") and for a true narcissist it is in their wheelhouse to manipulate situations or words to make sure that you are wrong. It is all about ego, keeping up appearances, standing out above the fray. Does any of this sound familiar?
Additionally, for narcissists people are seen as objects, not as human beings with their own thoughts and feelings. As everything in life comes down to an intellectual right or wrong as they see it, your feelings are totally expendable. The governing body makes lots of decisions that destroy the lives of others and they do it simply on a feeling of what is right or wrong in their view, not about the effect that has on others, as brought out in Franz's books. If you don't like what your brother or sister does, shun them. Boom, they're gone, it's that easy. I was always amazed at the ease with which I could get rid of people in my life, and I know where a lot of it came from. I constantly watched people come and go, and you get conditioned to it. They aren't people with lives and families and feelings, they're just objects that were here yesterday, and today they aren't. No worries, they'll be replaced. We'll just go find another one. Field service is a great time to pick out your new system home. Sure, people live their currently and have to be eliminated, but it's all for the best so whatever, one of us gets their house. There is no love in narcissism, just rules to be upheld and someone has to be right, which makes someone else dead wrong.
I've done a lot of looking into the disorder, into narcissistic families (I highly recommend a book called "The Narcissistic Family : Diagnosis and Treatment"), and so many things hit home that I saw in the organization. I also feel bad about the way that I saw people in the past, though it was understandable from my upbringing in the organization, and by two narcissists who came by it before contact with JW's.
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James Mixon
dubstepped: DITTO.... -
tiki
I think it depends on the person..but more imho seem neurotic...and that can escalate into psychotic if lingers on too long untreated... -
Finkelstein
I would say to a certain extent. JWs are programed to think they are the best in the world, not only on moral grounds but theological bible interpretation. This structured idealogical infusion puts them in higher ground or self recognition and its really developed intensionally by the WTS to how righteous and pure JWS are in comparison to the outside wicked world, even other Christians.
The coat of (self) righteous shines a lot brighter on a JWS.
Along with that over impending image of self righteousness is arrogance , that they are god's chosen ones due to be rewarded soon by him (God), everyone else in the world is going to be killed out right by this vengeful god.