1. In-Group/Out-Group Bias
2. Demanding unquestioning obedience to authority
3. Exception-making
4. Unfair/Unrealistic Exchanges
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Sounds familiar???
4 Dirty Psychological "Tricks" Used by Bad Leaders
by onightdivine 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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stuckinarut2
Hmmm...yep..... -
Beth Sarim
Another thing worth mentioning is making the followers feel unique in some way, manipulation. Without the followers even thinking about that too. -
onightdivine
Exactly.. this is related to item #1.
"We are the good guys; they are the evil ones"
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freemindfade
Sounds like yesterday's watchtower. -
username
You are the good guys but put a foot wrong and you will be destroyed! -
Diogenesister
Whenever a leader claims that “God is on our side!” this is, by definition, an unrealistic exchange (how can a leader know that?)
A wonderful quote by Abraham Lincoln, a good leader, is “my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side.”
LOVE THAT QUOTE BY ABE LINCOLN❤❤
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Vidiot
Wouldn't it be a kick in the balls if the writer had never even heard of the WTS? -
onightdivine
A kick in the gummy balls -
Vidiot
Once again, for the newbies, lurkers, and trolls...
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...if you have to cheat to defend your beliefs, your beliefs don't deserve to be defended.