The thing is the WT and other groups target the vulnerable. People who are not vulnerable by choice, like the poor and uneducated, the mentally ill, the lonely and isolated, single parents etc. Love bombing works for a reason. We all need human contact and connection for our well being. That makes all of us vulnerable to some degree.
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This is for all JW's out there...
by Divergent in.
sorry to be so blunt, but you only have yourself to blame if you realize something is wrong but allow your cognitive dissonance to kick in.
if you are confronted with facts which are reported by reliable sources which are hard to dispute and deny, and you choose to dismiss these as "apostate lies" rather than looking at these from an objective point of view, it's your fault and you deserve the consequences of willful ignorance!.
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Has anyone noticed how in the October JW Broadcast, Losch encourages good works towards ALL people?
by Tenacious ini can't help but notice how this past year alone has seen the gb start to turn more towards the teachings of the christ instead of peddling their falsities.. study articles have talked in length about the fine works of christ.
assemblies have been dedicated to speaking about christ.
and this month's broadcast is about doing good to others copying the example christ left for us.. what's more shocking is that losch actually says kids should speak, share, and even give food and clothing to non-believers!!
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Many JWs I have known, refuse to even shop from church-owned charity stores.
They have snidely critisized other churches for focusing on charity rather than "spiritual food!"
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Belief in God Can Be Turned Off Like a Light Switch
by cofty inresearchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.
a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.
the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.
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Just asking in case I missed it.
Interesting research, thanks cofty.
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Belief in God Can Be Turned Off Like a Light Switch
by cofty inresearchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.
a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.
the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.
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So, just wondering, what would be the possible application of something like this?
It sorta, kinda, reminds me of a magnetic variation of electroconvulsive therapy, which is used to treat severe depression.
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New meeting answer sheet
by Saltheart Foamfollower inhi all - thought you might be interested in the instructions for the answer sheet for the new meeting - full document to follow:-.
"our christian life and ministry meeting answer sheetfor use by meeting chairman for weeks of january 4-25, 2016source material: new world translation of the holy scriptures [nwt] and thewatchtower [w].instructions: these review questions correspond to material found in treasuresfrom gods word.
well in advance, the meeting chairman should ensure that theelder or ministerial servant assigned a part during treasures from gods word willconsider the question and answer for the week.
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How many of us are 'perfectionists'?
by FayeDunaway ini made a medium level mistake at work today, and when i make mistakes it really shakes me up and takes me a long time to recover.
it completely rattles me, makes me feel awful about myself.
my mind keeps going back to the mistake reliving how i could have let it happen.
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The articles and talks in the congregation will often give lip-service to imperfection, but in reality it is the most intolerant and judgemental of environments to survive in outside of politics or celebrity.
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Has anyone noticed how in the October JW Broadcast, Losch encourages good works towards ALL people?
by Tenacious ini can't help but notice how this past year alone has seen the gb start to turn more towards the teachings of the christ instead of peddling their falsities.. study articles have talked in length about the fine works of christ.
assemblies have been dedicated to speaking about christ.
and this month's broadcast is about doing good to others copying the example christ left for us.. what's more shocking is that losch actually says kids should speak, share, and even give food and clothing to non-believers!!
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Steve2 - "impression management" exactly! -
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How many of us are 'perfectionists'?
by FayeDunaway ini made a medium level mistake at work today, and when i make mistakes it really shakes me up and takes me a long time to recover.
it completely rattles me, makes me feel awful about myself.
my mind keeps going back to the mistake reliving how i could have let it happen.
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sparrowdown
Oh, I know what you mean Faye, I'm the same, and yes I too have concluded it to be a legacy of being in a doomsday cult. Where one wrong decision could result in a horrible physical everlasting death at armageddon, and being socially dead to all around you now.
They are pretty powerful reasons to be hypervigilant about pretty much every decision you make and obsess over errors.
I have found reminding myself that it's not about the mistake so much because we all make them, there is no such thing as perfection and mistakes are in fact how we learn.
But our attitude to the mistake, for instance making a note to self for next time etc etc then move on.
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Impressions of the Governing Body; who's smart, who ain't?
by Room 215 inbased on what we've seen, it seems to me that of the seven, splane and jackson are the smartest; herd, lett and morris the least intelligent; and sanderson and losch somewhere in the middle.
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what's your impression?.
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I think the new kid on the block, Mark Sanderson outshines them all in may ways.
If I were to place a wager on which GB member most likely to wake up, I would say Sanderson.
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Impressions of the Governing Body; who's smart, who ain't?
by Room 215 inbased on what we've seen, it seems to me that of the seven, splane and jackson are the smartest; herd, lett and morris the least intelligent; and sanderson and losch somewhere in the middle.
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what's your impression?.
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I think the new kid on the block Sanderson actually outshines all of them in many ways.
In fact if I were to place a wager on which GB member most likely to wake up? I would say Sanderson.