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http://quotes.watchtower.ca
IT Support,
That's an excellent letter. Concise and to the point. You didn't miss a perfect chance to expose the deep contradiction and hypocrisy of the WT. What's the problem with a few quotes in a Web site when this printing company has published thousands of pages? They are only embarassing themselves and making it easier to expose their double standards.
Thanks, Ken!
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localregional/view.bg?articleid=91413&format=text
high court makes landmark church abuse ruling.
by michael kunzelman / associated press.
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hee hee hee hi i'm zach this is my frrst post
Mine too!
this site helps you to narrow down antichrist candidates.
sorry valis, your name was not found.
http://www.raptureready.us/antichrist.htm .
Here's my pick:
is there an actual psychological term or whatever for this kind of jw tactic?.
the tactic is where they head the opposing arguments off at the pass, like when a new person studies and they get to the point where they want to make a stand for "the truth".
the person studying with them will tell them to "expect opposition from your family, this is satan trying to get at you because now you have found the truth and he's mad.".
Now we've got two expressions:
Procatalepsis
and
Mystical Manipulation
Thanks, euripedes and Will Power!
Mystical manipulation is"The claim of divine authority or spiritual advancement that allows the leader to reinterpret events as he or she wishes, or make prophecies or pronouncements at will, all for the purpose of controlling group members. Extensive personal manipulation, initiated from the leaders is designed to provoke certain patterns of behavior and emotion in such a way that they appear to have arisen spontaneously from within the member or the group environment. The group's mystique justifies manipulation even when they supercede all considerations of decency or of immediate human welfare. Members eventually feel betrayed but ultimately choose to betray themselves since all of life appears to support the claims of the leader. The members are deprived of the opportunity to exercise their capacities for self-expression and independent action."http://www.ferozegolwalla.com/id19.html
See also
is there an actual psychological term or whatever for this kind of jw tactic?.
the tactic is where they head the opposing arguments off at the pass, like when a new person studies and they get to the point where they want to make a stand for "the truth".
the person studying with them will tell them to "expect opposition from your family, this is satan trying to get at you because now you have found the truth and he's mad.".
MerryM,
Prophetic manipulation
I like that term.
is there an actual psychological term or whatever for this kind of jw tactic?.
the tactic is where they head the opposing arguments off at the pass, like when a new person studies and they get to the point where they want to make a stand for "the truth".
the person studying with them will tell them to "expect opposition from your family, this is satan trying to get at you because now you have found the truth and he's mad.".
I don't recall if there's a specific name for this but try the following articles;
http://members.aol.com/beyondjw/indoct.htm
http://www.macgregorministries.org/jehovahs_witnesses/fractfamilies.html
http://www.freeminds.org/psych/help.htm
Neo
how much longer do christians have on this earth before they get zapped off to be w jesus at his ranch on utopianus planet in the logos nebula?
rest easy folks.
it's being taken care of by the lords people on the site called rapture ready.
Ha! There are so many predictions for the rapture by Christian pre-tribulationists dispensationalists that just about every day for the next years are all covered by at least one prediction.
Rapture Index of 85 and Below: Slow prophetic activity
Rapture Index of 85 to 110: Moderate prophetic activity
Rapture Index of 110 to 145: Heavy prophetic activity
Rapture Index above 145: Fasten your seat belts
Is the index at 153? Well, they say that the even the 153 fish in John 21 are prophetic of the rapture, so it must be real close!! Anytime soon!!
as i was growing up i remember that we, as jehovah's witnesses, took great pride in showing people god's name in their own bible.
we were the only religion(or so i was told anyway) that used god's name.
our bible, the new world translation, put god's name back where it belonged.
Hi Nathan, nice to see you around.
Neo
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hee hee hee hi i'm zach this is my frrst post
Hi Zach!! What's up?
Neo
