i know we often talk of the mind control and how jw's believe what they are taught because they are controlled as to the information they receive, but i think the mind control goes frighteningly beyond simply keeping information away from them.. the jw mind is in lockdown.
it simply cannot accept facts, evidence, reasoning or whatever that goes against what they believe.
they cannot assimilate and consider an argument, it is not that they are being awkward, or willfully blind, their minds are so shut down they are incapable of taking in what is being presented.. i am aware of how, in common with other cults and high control groups the j.w org achieves this state among its members, but how on earth do we open such a solidly closed mind ?.
The JW mind is in LOCKDOWN. It simply cannot accept facts, evidence, reasoning or whatever that goes against what they believe. They cannot assimilate and consider an argument, it is not that they are being awkward, or willfully blind, their minds are so shut down they are INCAPABLE of taking in what is being presented.
Characteristics that some carry with their new set of beliefs, as evidenced on this forum, by the avoidance of facts and incoherent short or one word replies.
greetings, pet owners and lovers:.
while i have no pets of my own, i do care for dogs and cats and have cared for bunnies and guinea pigs in the past.
i'm working on an essay with an 11-year-old student, and the subject is symbiotic relationships and how humans learn from their close interaction with animals.. here is a portion of the reference material under study:.
Let’s not entirely disparage human discernment. After all a dog will greet someone the same, whether they’ve been out helping people all day, or murdering.
JWs have a problem because the affection they show is highly conditional on believing the same things and accepting JW authority structure. But no healthy affection is really completely unconditional, because there are things even those we care about the most could say and do that would weaken or break our affection. It’s just that the kinds of things it would take are very different from the superficial reasons that JWs cast people aside.
greetings, pet owners and lovers:.
while i have no pets of my own, i do care for dogs and cats and have cared for bunnies and guinea pigs in the past.
i'm working on an essay with an 11-year-old student, and the subject is symbiotic relationships and how humans learn from their close interaction with animals.. here is a portion of the reference material under study:.
I want to be everything my cat believes himself to be
"jehovah takes the initiative to bless his loyal servants.".
this statement is a contradiction or on oxymoron or something.... if they already had to demonstrate loyalty before he acted then he did not take the initiative!.
our faith is not complete unless we are convinced that jehovah will reward....yes faith involves the certain expectation of gods promised blessings.. so they condemn people for "serving to a date", the carrot if you like, and being disappointed when there blessings do not materialise at the promised time... yet say that the carrot is an important part of faith!!!.
Do they still print the days text as a booklet, does anyone know?
I preferred this verse in the old NWT - a blessing until there is no more want.
i think it is inevitable.
i don't worry about it but it just seems that the human race is going down a road that they can't make a turn off.. they are probing/discovering how the human mind works and produces intelligence down to the individual molecule.
now with the invention of the super quantum computer soon we will be able to build even better artificial intelligence greater than our own, so it will be easily able to out smart us because will we be a bunch of dumb apes first discovering how to make fire in it's eyes.. it will have it's own different agendas than us humans.
It seems inevitable to me, that AI will outsmart humans at some point. But then, I was also convinced “peak oil” was real ten years ago, and nothing came of that. So, who knows?
The Seventh Day Adventist church are doing the same. They introduced a new digital membership record early this year. In their case it was laborious and time consuming to rely on letters to transfer memberships from congregation to congregation. In some cases members were not joining their new congregations for months or even years. It’s probably a more pressing issue for the SDA church simply because their membership consists of a large number of migrants around the globe and are constantly on the move. Plus there is the issue of tithes which makes local membership important.
i remember that some years ago there was a message with information about watchtower, was owner of home depot, and sold it.. question: was this true?
can’t find any info at google.. do you know more about it?.
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Compared to the rest of the universe of religious organizations, the WT is an insignificant minuscule dot.
JWs are actually the third or fourth most significant Christian group on the planet. Not so minuscule actually.
facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
It was Syrians in Douma who told Robert Fisk they didn’t know anything about a chemical attack.
Israel itself confirmed they used white phosphorous.
facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
Why are you ignoring this question? What weapons did the US use in Fallujah? How can you claim moral superiority?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/toxic-legacy-of-us-assault-on-fallujah-worse-than-hiroshima-2034065.html
I don’t know if Assad used chemical weapons or not. Robert Fisk doubts whether there was a chemical attack at all.
