Transference.

Englishman

Do you think that some newbie ex's transfer some of their hatred of the elders onto mods or board administrators?

Are you aware of some newbie ex's having difficulties with policemen or teachers or doctors or others in authority because of this hatred of authority?

Are some newbie ex's likely to have difficulty in obtaining permanent employment because of their obsession with authority figures?

Are some newbie ex's, regardless of their age, actually going through an adolescence that was denied to them?

Just wondering..

Englishman.

hillary_step

Mike,

Do you think that some newbie ex's transfer some of their hatred of the elders onto mods or board administrators?

Well, my own experience is that it is often the 'oldies' who are caught in an emotional WTS loop that show this mentality. When a person can finally accept that all groups and organizations are structured along the same general lines and will inevitably resemble the WTS at some stage in some way, then the shackles of WTS thinking can finally fall.

For example, I work with a number of ecological charities that resemble the WTS in operation far more than this Board. Perhaps they are run by the GB and a bunch of heartless elders....lol

Best regards - HS

onintwo

Good question, Englishman.

In my own case, No, No, No, and a qualified Yes. Kid in a candy shop. Experimenting with some new ideas, situations, etc.

Onintwo

iiz2cool

I never had a problem with people in positions of authority. I never hated the elders in my former congregations, but I occasionally had a problem when they tried to excercise authority where they in fact had none. Such as telling people their ties were too bright, what type of car to drive, etc.

People with authority are needed to maintain order. In my personal experience in supervising both JW's and non JW's on the job, it was the JW's that had the hardest time submitting to authority.

Just my personal experience.

Walter

Sassy

I think it is yes for many on most of the questions. Some less than others..

I know I have definately been in a bit of a rebellious, make up for everything I missed phase for a while (I'm sure it shows)..

My friends tell me that they got all that wild stuff out of their systems in their teens......I'm just making up for it now.

Narkissos

Interesting.

Personally I'm extremely suspicious about this kind of talk on "people having a problem with authority" -- as if it were a kind of pathology. Seems condescending to me. Symptomatic of my own lack of balance or immaturity, if you want.

I think authority always deserves to be questioned. And that "people having a problem with authority" are very useful to the society in general, no matter the practical consequences they suffer. The social advances in politics, labour and so on were always spearheaded by that type of persons.

A lot of people have left such feelings back in their teens, not because they are convinced that they live in the "best possible world", just because it's more comfortable in the long run being submissive.

Let me just add that these remarks are both personal and theoretical: I have not encountered any problem with this board's management so far, and if I do someday I know the way out...