Posts by RandomTask

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How Much "Independent Thinking"?

by patio34 in

ex-jws often excuse behavior of jws (and their own past behavior) in their shunning and other cruel, bizarre practices by saying they're in a high mind-control group.

that's true, it seems to me, to only a certain degree.

the reason i think this is that most jws do, in fact, practice a lot of independent thinking and go against the teachings of the wtbs.

RandomTask

Euphamism, great point about DF'd ones with the guilt. You don't have to be in the religion for it to have a hold over you. And they are the biggest "religious lawyers" I have ever been associated with in my life. Much like the Pharasees. I started to realize this when we were studying the Greatest Man book ironically.

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I'm blind

by JH in

jw
friends

this is a test i received through email.

count the number of "f" that you see in the text below.

are you ready..... .

RandomTask

As I was looking through it I skipped the first 'OF' but I caught the second one and thought 'there was another 'OF' so I went back and caught it and caught all 6.

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How Much "Independent Thinking"?

by patio34 in

ex-jws often excuse behavior of jws (and their own past behavior) in their shunning and other cruel, bizarre practices by saying they're in a high mind-control group.

that's true, it seems to me, to only a certain degree.

the reason i think this is that most jws do, in fact, practice a lot of independent thinking and go against the teachings of the wtbs.

RandomTask

None of these areas though focus on 'the truth' as it were. When it comes to the core beiefs, those are impenetrable from a standpoint of questioning. The things that they do compromise on are directed outward at personal matters and things hidden from view, but witnesses are often different people at the kingdom hall than they are at home. And thats where the 'group mentality' takes over.

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