by enoughisenough 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Videos used to teach the resurrected ones?
Reminds me of an elder who had Bill Withers greatest hits playing in the KH at his wife's funeral.
He then went around everyone in attendance with his video recorder saying he wanted to get a comment from everybody there to show his wife when she was resurrected....
Lol, the wife would no longer be his wife though, they keep forgetting that little detail....
Simply calling Jehovah's Witnesses "stupid" for believing all this ignores the very real psychological mechanisms that can affect us all. Personally, I see them as a cautionary tale about how I, too, can be misled by my own delusional reasoning, influenced by my motivations.
Confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, and denialism all play a role in leading them to find merit in the claims of the Watchtower. As for their motivations? Fear of losing a sense of purpose, comfort in hardship, community, ethical guidance, family, identity, and a sense of security. And, last but certainly not least: they fear God's wrath.
So, I wouldn't call them stupid. I grew up in the JWs and was one as an independent adult for 15 years; 15 years! I wasn't stupid—I just had to free myself from all the wrong motivations that kept me upholding baseless arguments.
LongHairGal - “…too many Witnesses think the religion is ‘right’ even when it is wrong!”
Just like the GB…
…they know it’s wrong…
…but believe it’s true…
…at the same time.
Stephane Laliberte, I agree stupid isn't a kind word. Somethings were presented as truth and surrounded with twisted scriptures so you bought it-like shunning. But I think the word stupid is a fitting description for some of what the JW accept from the org. definition of stupid:having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.
