by stuckinarut2 11 Replies latest jw experiences
I was just thinking that most witnesses can not approach a controversial topic without turning it into an attack of the person who raises that topic.
As we all awaken to TTATT (the truth about the truth), they simply can't discuss the actual facts or issues we discover without turning it into an attack of us as "apostates" with all the negative connotations that word entails...
How truly narrow minded and sad!
They would rather attack the person than the topic.
This a classic example of the ad hominem fallacy.
And of course in JW-land anyone that disagrees is labeled an "apostate" so the argument is automatically--and conveniently--over without any critical thinking required. This is Cult 101.
And any person within the organization who starts expressing legitimate concerns or doubts undergoes a character assassination: "you must be hiding some serious sin," "you never made the truth your own," etc. No consideration given to what issues have been raised - just instant blame placed on the enquirer for not practicing the religion correctly.
Spot on Stuck!
I was just thinking that most witnesses can not approach a controversial topic without turning it into an attack of the person who raises that topic.
It's an old, tired, yet still reliable and effective practice. I have to admit, I still resort to that every now and then. Guilty.
"I fear the man of a single book", Saint Thomas Aquinas
An excellent thought !
Yes I remember that happening all the time, cut the person down before they can express their idea, whether it be good or bad.
It's a Democratic thing. Lol
I think most people lazily engage in this sort of defense when they must be right, a self defeating weakness we all partake of occasionally. Its just that the WT thinks they are right all the time and therefore have perfected it. Once we become objective, only then can we realize and accept reality because we are open to it.
