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  Scientific reason why it's hard to get someone to change their beliefs.

  by LisaRose in

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  many of us have had the experience of trying to share our knowledge of the dark side of the watchtower with those we love, only to have it end badly with the person getting deeply upset and refusing to believe any of it.

  a new study might shed some light on the problem.

  this brain study looked at what happens when someone's belief system is challenged.

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  Neuroscience tells us then that the brain closes the shutters and tightens its grip on existing belief if one’s worldview and identity are challenged, so it’s a good heads-up on how we talk to believers.

  Yes, that is the important point in this article and explains much about why you will almost never convince a JW that the Watchtower is wrong by pointing out it's flaws. You actions are counter productive because you are threatening the person's sense of self, the battle is lost at the get go.

  The few examples of people that got others out of the religion all worked because they didn't ever criticIze the Watchtower. Instead they asked leading questions designed to get the person to think.
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  Happy Birthday to Me!

  by Iown Mylife in

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  there's a beautiful sky this morning.

  it's my birthday, today i'm 64 and look every inch of it, but i appreciate my life and feel fortunate to be cult-free.

  also very fortunate to have a purposeful and entertaining existence here in gorgeous north georgia (in the usa).

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  Happy birthday🎶👑🎂🎁

  I'm right behind you, 62 myself. It's wonderful now to enjoy the simple pleasures in life like celebrating a birthday, I'm so glad I can do these things now without guilt. I made a special meal for Valentine's day for my husband, his favorite, rack of lamb with fresh mint sauce. He got me flowers and a nice bottle of wine, afterwards we did the dishes together and talked about the last seventeen years and our first Valentines day when we're living in different
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  Scientific reason why it's hard to get someone to change their beliefs.

  by LisaRose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many of us have had the experience of trying to share our knowledge of the dark side of the watchtower with those we love, only to have it end badly with the person getting deeply upset and refusing to believe any of it.

  a new study might shed some light on the problem.

  this brain study looked at what happens when someone's belief system is challenged.

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  Many of us have had the experience of trying to share our knowledge of the dark side of the Watchtower with those we love, only to have it end badly with the person getting deeply upset and refusing to believe any of it. A new study might shed some light on the problem. This brain study looked at what happens when someone's belief system is challenged. What is it that makes people emotional and angry when their beliefs are challenged?

  The MRIs showed that the parts of the brain that were triggered control deep, emotional thoughts about personal identity.
  “When people activate these emotional structures of the brain more, when they’re being challenged, they’re less likely to change their minds,” the professor explained.

  This study used political beliefs to test subjects, but you could probably make a guess that the same thing happens when religious beliefs are challenged, possibly even more so, especially when it comes to someone in a religion like Jehovah's Witnesses. The reverse could also happen, I have read many stories of EX JWs who become emotional when they run into Jehovah's Witnesses, in fact when the JWs came to my door I was kind of shook up, although I had been away for years and was happy in my new life.

  Full article here:

  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mri-brain-study-usc-political-beliefs-challenged/
  
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  So, the Womens March ... What Is It For?

  by Simon in

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  it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.

  i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?

  ... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?

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  `ll bet the majority of all those women and men taking part in all these protests in the USA never took the time or effort to vote at the election .

  That's the silliest thing I have seen so far on this topic. To think that people who went through the effort to march in a protest, many of them coming from out of state, wouldn't have taken the five minutes to fill out a ballot and mail it in is absurd.

  I voted, so did everyone I know that marched today.

  Evidence?

  I didn't think so.
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  Women's March on Washington

  by azor in

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  my support is with the marchers in washington and around the country today.

  i was raised through my formative years by my mother and sister while my father was out of the picture.

  they gave me the compassion i have today.

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  Women's March on Washington

  by azor in

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  my support is with the marchers in washington and around the country today.

  i was raised through my formative years by my mother and sister while my father was out of the picture.

  they gave me the compassion i have today.

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  smiddy2 hours ago

  I just wonder how many of these women and men joining these protest marches around the USA against Trump bothered to even vote. My guess would be not man

  I voted, everyone I know that marched voted. To would like to know why you would think that wouldn't be the case.
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  Women's March on Washington

  by azor in

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  my support is with the marchers in washington and around the country today.

  i was raised through my formative years by my mother and sister while my father was out of the picture.

  they gave me the compassion i have today.

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  OMG!

  Thank you for sharing.
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  So, the Womens March ... What Is It For?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.

  i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?

  ... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?

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  LisaRose

  I think many things said about Hilary were greatly exaggerated or untrue, but I am not going to rehash the election, it's over. I didn't even like her, so I am not going to defend her, nobody knows better than me that she had major flaws. I saw her as the lessor of the two evils.

  But all Hilaries flaws don't make Trump any prettier and he is the one in the White House.
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  Women's March on Washington

  by azor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my support is with the marchers in washington and around the country today.

  i was raised through my formative years by my mother and sister while my father was out of the picture.

  they gave me the compassion i have today.

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  LisaRose

  BTW, spot on about the crowd-size. Did you watch the press conference?

  No, I subscribe to the Washington Post, which has great coverage, plus I have first hand accounts from my daughter-in-law.
  
  
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  So, the Womens March ... What Is It For?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.

  i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?

  ... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?

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  LisaRose

  This is not an ordinary election, where one side just lost. I wouldn't care about that.

  This is an election where lies triumphed over truth.

  Where racial hatred triumphed over tolerance.

  Where science is now suspect and a free press is not guaranteed.

  Where a man who admits to worst kind of disgusting behavior towards women has been elevated to the highest office in the country. A vain, thin skinned, strutting peacock, who believes climate change is a hoax, who lies with impunity.

  It's a tragedy.

  Hell yes people are going to protest. Just voting for the other side is totally inadequate to this travesty. Everyone who has a conscience should be protesting. How else to make our voices heard? It's little enough God knows, but it's all we have.

  Lisa 🌹