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  What's your opinion?

  by MelbaToast in

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  taken from the journal families and society 84 no.

  4. cults and families.

  my take: although jw's are not fully accepted as a cult in psychology or sociology (jws are listed as an "established sect"), this article has many points that have interested me.

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  btt coz people need to see this

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  EVERYONE LOOK! I NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

  by MelbaToast in

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  ok now that i've got your attention :) .

  i am currently writing a psych paper, and i decided my topic is going to be jw's and the higher percentage of mental illness in the organization( in not so many words) i have been doing hella research in medical journals, and i would like to pose a request to anyone out there that has information on this subject to pm me or attach it to your response.

  i would really appreciate it, and btw, if would be even better if this was from a peer-reviewed journal, because i have already searched all the sites and got the research from freeminds, watchtowerobserver, and sites such as this.

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  Ms. Horton: Yes I would be interested in that, I want to make sure I have the WTBTS's opinion on that if you could email it to me, I would greatly appreciate this. You can pm me later and Ill give you my email addy.

  I have not looked at rickross's sites, but I do realize that this is not just a JW thing. Most of the research I have done deals a lot with 7thday adventists, mormon, and other "established sects" As far as sociologist and psychologists can tell, there is a thin line between a cult and a sect; the thin line relates to traditional values- and whether or not the sect can fit around society in general or are they holed up in a big compound around only other people like em

  just food for thought
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  Can JWs Work on School Yearbook and Newspaper?

  by blondie in

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  http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20041104/news04/411040351/-1/news

  article published thursday, november 4, 2004 .

  student of the week: jennifer kunz .

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  I was on the Yearbook committee, but I had to do all my stuff during school hours. so it was not labeled as extracurricular. Blech

  Sidenote: My 17 year old brother has been in the marching band for 2 years in HS!!! He even went to band camp!!!

  Melba of the "my mother is getting to old for the hard steadfast rules" class
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  EVERYONE LOOK! I NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

  by MelbaToast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok now that i've got your attention :) .

  i am currently writing a psych paper, and i decided my topic is going to be jw's and the higher percentage of mental illness in the organization( in not so many words) i have been doing hella research in medical journals, and i would like to pose a request to anyone out there that has information on this subject to pm me or attach it to your response.

  i would really appreciate it, and btw, if would be even better if this was from a peer-reviewed journal, because i have already searched all the sites and got the research from freeminds, watchtowerobserver, and sites such as this.

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  Preston, yes I do, and I have a couple papers that I have found so far. However, the journals are hard to find, and my lazy ass doesn't want to drive downtown :)

  We have a wonderful medical library here for IU (Indiana University) and it takes me mustering up the effort to drive in crappy traffic- I have quite a few listing that I have found.
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  EVERYONE LOOK! I NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

  by MelbaToast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok now that i've got your attention :) .

  i am currently writing a psych paper, and i decided my topic is going to be jw's and the higher percentage of mental illness in the organization( in not so many words) i have been doing hella research in medical journals, and i would like to pose a request to anyone out there that has information on this subject to pm me or attach it to your response.

  i would really appreciate it, and btw, if would be even better if this was from a peer-reviewed journal, because i have already searched all the sites and got the research from freeminds, watchtowerobserver, and sites such as this.

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  lisa:

  thanks for the link! It goes right along with my excerpt. Keep the good thoughts coming!

  Melba of the "this is going to blow the pants off my psych prof" class
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  What's your opinion?

  by MelbaToast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  taken from the journal families and society 84 no.

  4. cults and families.

  my take: although jw's are not fully accepted as a cult in psychology or sociology (jws are listed as an "established sect"), this article has many points that have interested me.

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  MS:

  For example: I was so socially inept with "worldly" people, that when I was alone once with a female student who had invited me to the university pub for a drink, I was more backward than a fumbling prepubescent kid.

  I had about the same experience, only on the opposite side of the spectrum: A guy I worked with once invited me over to his home after work to watch movies, drink, and possiblly more ( I never found out). I got scared after we got to his house and he started smoking ( and Im not talking about tobacco)...had to leave abruptly.

  The guy never invited me over again . He probably thought I was some freak. Which at newly 18, I was.
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  How about having a cocktail with me???

  by codeblue in

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  yeapers, it is almost 5 pm.... i just mixed a screwdriver...... come on over and join me!!!!!!!!

  codeblue

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  How bout a lemon drop?

  Take a shot of Absolut Citron- must be ice cold, or lukewarm if you're a drunk like me

  Make sure you have a lemon slice rolled in sugar next to your shot.....

  mmmm, im going to the freezer

  Melba of the "hic" Class
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  EVERYONE LOOK! I NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

  by MelbaToast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok now that i've got your attention :) .

  i am currently writing a psych paper, and i decided my topic is going to be jw's and the higher percentage of mental illness in the organization( in not so many words) i have been doing hella research in medical journals, and i would like to pose a request to anyone out there that has information on this subject to pm me or attach it to your response.

  i would really appreciate it, and btw, if would be even better if this was from a peer-reviewed journal, because i have already searched all the sites and got the research from freeminds, watchtowerobserver, and sites such as this.

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  The reason that I am only using JW's in my paper is because I have to basically disect why this religion has hindered my developmental abilities growing up. My reasearch paper will not only deal with the mental issues faced in the religion, but what effect that my families actions has had on my life growing up, and what continues to happen. Basically, Im going to pour out my heart, open it up for my Psych prof to see, tell him why I think this happened, and what I have learned being raised in the troof.

  Also: btt

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  What's your opinion?

  by MelbaToast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  taken from the journal families and society 84 no.

  4. cults and families.

  my take: although jw's are not fully accepted as a cult in psychology or sociology (jws are listed as an "established sect"), this article has many points that have interested me.

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  The only escape is to actually escape. Leave. Break contact. Start over and reprogram your own mind by self-assertion. You have to build your mind from scratch to weed out the poisonous doctrines, lies, half-truths, emotional weeds and crippling fears.

  That is exactly what I had to do terry, and Im sure many would agree that that is the first step in rebuilding esteem, so we don't think that we are "weak" or inferior, when in fact our minds are stronger and more adaptable to critical thinking.

  BTW, once I left, my mental capacity to tolerate different ideals in all standpoints grew and continues to!

  Thank god for our brains!
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  What's your opinion?

  by MelbaToast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  taken from the journal families and society 84 no.

  4. cults and families.

  my take: although jw's are not fully accepted as a cult in psychology or sociology (jws are listed as an "established sect"), this article has many points that have interested me.

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  The traces of this you find among JW's is the "secret life" that so many witnesses live in schizoid compartments within their own mind. It is neurotic, duplicitous and unhealthy.

  Exactly, Terry!

  Yet how times where you chided from the platform to not lead that "double life"??? Therefore, can it be said that the cultish ways of the WTBTS was hindering real cognitive thinking from childhood?