total anything is everything.. total control of you is totalitarianism.
it controls everything about you.. .
why do some crave to be thus controlled?
Terry says,
When men who know no humility demand that YOU be humble before them the problem begins.
When men who claim ownership of absolue Truth are forced by circumstance to change that Truth and reframe it the problem expands.
When men who judge you cannot be judged the problem consumes all.
AMEN! Preach it!
Randy
steven alan hassan, cult counselor and mind control expert is a nationally certified counselor and licensed mental health counselor and has developed a breakthrough approach to help loved ones rescue cult mind control victims.
he is a former member of the moon cult.
ex-cult members and others seek him out for specialized counseling to help them recover from symptoms other mental health professionals are not trained to address.
Steven Alan Hassan, cult counselor and mind control expert is a Nationally Certified Counselor and licensed Mental Health Counselor and has developed a breakthrough approach to help loved ones rescue cult mind control victims. He is a former member of the Moon cult. Ex-cult members and others seek him out for specialized counseling to help them recover from symptoms other mental health professionals are not trained to address. Hassan has been at the forefront of cult awareness activism since 1976 and is the author of two critically acclaimed books -- Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults (1988) and Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves (2000). Hassan has 30 years of frontline activism exposing destructive cults, providing counseling and training, and appearing in major media including 60 Minutes, Nightline, Dateline, Larry King Live, and The O'Reilly Factor.
i have no idea what happens to those who take blood transfusions.
this i don't think, is never made clear at the meetings.
do they get disfellowshipped or reproved or is it a conscience matter or what?.
Jack C., that may be true, assuming others in the congregation know about it, but they usually don't. :-))
Randy
i have no idea what happens to those who take blood transfusions.
this i don't think, is never made clear at the meetings.
do they get disfellowshipped or reproved or is it a conscience matter or what?.
Don't believe the elders manual. No one is being disgellowshipped or DA'd for taking a blood transfusion anymore; at least not in our investigations. NOT ONE has shown up yet that does not include extenuating circumstances. If they are, it's because they are being rebellious against the WT itself, or some other sin. If you think it is true, then find an example that does not include other sins.We'd love to see it. Second-hand stories or gossip don't count.
Perhaps some of the new articles on AJWRB.ORG and also my article on the WT's Unholy Trinity will help you understand how big corporations lie and why.
How The Watchtower's Unholy Trinity Speaks
and also:
Jehovah's Witnesses Take Blood
Randy
icsa international cultic studies assoc.call for art and literary works.
the phoenix project, an exhibit of art and literary works that have.
been created by former cult members, is seeking art, musical, and.
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Call for Art and Literary Works
The Phoenix Project, an exhibit of art and literary works that have
been created by former cult members, is seeking art, musical, and
literary submissions for the upcoming annual conference of the
International Cultic Studies Association, scheduled for July 5 -7,
2012, in Montreal.
If you are a former member of a cult or high demand organization, we
invite you to present your work (in French or English), related to
your experiences while in your group or during your recovery, at the
fifth Phoenix Project Exhibit of ex-member artwork. We are looking for
works that illustrate the world of the cult survivor—including the
previous group world, healing or recovery, or aspects of the time of
transition from the cult.
Creations may be in any art form, including: literary (such as poetry,
drama, short story, or other writings), music of any kind, dance, and
the visual arts (such as paintings, drawings, collage, sculpture,
fiber arts, photography, film, video, or multi-media).
If desired, your work may be presented anonymously, or through another
presenter.
The FINAL DATE FOR ACCEPTANCE to this exhibit is MAY 31. We hope to
hear from you soon!
Please e-mail Diana Pletts at the Phoenix Project to submit your art,
literary, or other works at: [email protected].
The conference is run jointly with Info-Cult/Info-Secte and in
collaboration with the Université de Montréal, The International
Centre for Comparative Criminology (ICCC) of the Université de
Montréal, and l’Association québécoise Plaidoyer-Victimes.
Diana Pletts, M.A., directs and coordinates The Phoenix Project, which
provides a time and place for cult survivors to present their cult and
recovery related artwork. A former member of the Path, a charismatic
Christian End-Times group, she is working, herself, on the production
of artwork to express her own group involvement. Diana has spoken on
cult affiliation at colleges and churches, on the radio, as a speaker
for Elderhostel, and at Chautauqua Institution. She lives with her
husband, Dennis, in Maryland, and is Art and Literary Editor for ICSA
Today. Some Phoenix Project works may be considered for publication
in ICSA Today. Those interested in participating in The Phoenix
Project, or in obtaining more information about the Project, are
invited to e-mail her at [email protected].
International Cultic Studies Association
PO Box 2265, Bonita Springs, FL 34133
PH: 239-514-3081; Fax: 305-393-8193
www.icsahome.com; [email protected]
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Sooner 7 asks:
Randy,
Was there ever an occasion were one of the bethel boys just couldn't take it anymore and walked out? Could you even have walked out or would you be herded back to your seat? I can't imagine sitting through that kind of bullshit for very long at all but then again maybe I could. Damn this fruity cult.
If you work in the factory doing intense fast, heavbyweight lifting all day, you can't even work without breakfast, so you have to unless you have outside money. :-)) It would be 100 degrees outside and 95% humidity, and inside the pressroom it would be 110 degrees. Too cheap for air conditioning back then.
Randy
on jwn the lurkers will discover many truths about the watchtower society and how they handle matters that relate to your current imbalanced spiritual state.. if you think your letter you are going to send to the watchtower society is going to do any good, wrong!
i know of only one case where some type of justice was received from the watchtower society, why was justice received?
the woman who wrote the letter had been a very special pioneer, her letter was recieved and action took place.
I think that while sneaky tactics were once effective in dealing with the Watchtower, as drumming up bad publicity, nowadays those tactics will backfire on you... especially if you are an organizer or promoter of such activities. With today's Internet, you can be easily caught and challenged in your yellow journalism. If people see that you are using dishonest methods to promote your agenda, you will be mocked mercilessly by the Witnesses and those who side with them, especially those involved in other high-control religious groups. Resist the tendency to make it an "us versus them" battle.
We see the perfect example of this in politics ar present. Campaigners throw plates of mud at each other, each trying to embarrass the other by taking their words out of context, etc. People soon see through this and after they are through being entertained by it, they turn on the dishonest statements or call the campaigner out for their pandering to the various subcultures they hope to win votes from, showing their lack of personal integrity to what they believe in, and then the media scorches them. Thus they often don't even get a second chance to vindicate themselves... as they realize it willl only make it worse. They become a laughingstock like many of the most recent political candidates have become this year in the United States. Just tuck your tail in and walk off the stage to the left. You are through... your half hour of limelite is over, and you are disgraced.
Honesty is not so much of an altrustic tactic as it is a very smart tactical move. If your detractors have nothing on you (or at least you admit your mistake(s) and take actual steps to prevent it again), you can only be viewed at worse as naively misinformed, have eaten your humble pie, and promise a superior strategy in the future. Then you prove it, not with empty words, but by either changing the leadership or having the leader step out and start SHOWING the public that you are an honest corporation... not just by clever words or P.R. firms. You get out and meet people, common people, and learn to recruit them in a fresh grassroots campaign.
If you are going to counter the "enemy," whoever that may be, it is becoming more important with all the instant communication and independent reporting (that can be filmed and shown on Youtube in minutes) that you are not bowing to the enemy's techniques. Half-truths and yellow journalism will bite you in the butt in the end. Often you can make your "enemy" look better than you!
In this country, many have this collective hatred towards the Iranians. What they are incapable of accepting is that MOST Iranians dislike or even detest their own clerical leadership. There are millions of young men and women attending good universities in Iran, learning the skills man needs to move ahead for a better world. If you live in a big city and rub shoulders with these young ones, you unlearn the stereotypes, and see they are really just like you.
Much better to address the abuses of the few in charge, calling them out by name, having plenty of proof in photos and home movies that you are right, showing the beatings and imprisoned ones and interviewing them, even interviewing those who oppose your stance. Only then can you really win over masses of people to the truth about the matter. Simply stated, you are being fair. Good people will recognize each other, even if they find themselves on the opposite side of the fence.
The key? Join the ones who are hit-the-pavement activists... get the attention of as many people as possible, and avoid unnecessary attacks on the character of others who are not the leaders. Attacking the VICTIMS of the leaders (by lumping them all together) is the worst possible strategy. Yet since the "resistance" is usually attacking the DISHONESTY and lack of integrity of the "enemy," and that enemy is a noted person in the public's eyes, there is every reason to use your own anger, righteous indignation, petitions, and exposure of the group's hidden agenda.
This is not only legal but should be encouraged.
We live in an age when it is becoming an embarrassment for a country to be seen by the rest of the world as a power-hungry dictatorship. Millions of ringing cell phones with cameras will destroy your character in a matter of days. Thanks to Google, anyone in the world can know who you really are inside, and what you have done. That is why, for instance, I can love Jehovah's Witnesses, yet expose their leaders as frauds in a way that is shocking, and may seem mean or nasty to some. FOR INSTANCE and also HERE: (Most Wanted Watchtower Leaders - For Crimes Against Humanity).
Also notice my tactics in my article, "I Hate Jehovah's Witnesses and Eat Small Children for Breakfast." My goal was not to be funny, but to make light of stereotypes and even make fun of myself... a surefire way of getting the opposition to let their guard down. To attract attention to my thoughts and real nature, I use a nutty title.
I learned this from exit-counseling people out of cults. Typically you have about 5-15 minutes to show the cult member that you are not the devil, but just an ordinary person who has a really sad or horrible story to tell. Otherwise they will run in fear. Why? Because you fit a stereotype they have learned. To me, I just turn it into humor (without undue sarcasm), and when you see the first tinge of a smile on their face, you have your "in." The clock ticks fast, and they are sweating at yellow alert standing near you. Crack a joke about yourself, or overblow your stereotype as the devil's agent to the point of absurdity, and they just might laugh. GREEN LIGHT. Three days later they are out and a much happier, though humbled, person.
So what can you do?
Find association with those that are up front in all that they do, and have a code of ethics that forbids using the same dishonest techniques as those they criticize. But one has to be careful in choosing the right associates to side with. The larger a group or even a corporation gets, it soon becomes itself an entity (with the rights of a person, in effect). People connect with good and not-so-good motives, and corporations desperate for power or money or both will join up often just for the sake of sharing this newfound, overblown ego. Power by osmosis.
Whistle-blower organizations can be attractive because they stand for a "righteous" cause... but it can balloon the egos of those that support them, thus granting them newfound status and power. Their cause and slogans become like icons, perhaps even forming a new memetic shift in thinking. In some cases that can translate into corporate wealth. This is the point at which people who support the organization, and especially those who run it, realize a point of no return: They have tasted power and they are damn well not going to give it back or lose it.
This is why you have to be transparent and have checks and balances, be honest with your own financial reports and remain accountable to others, and be humble enough to admit when you make mistakes. There is nothing more powerful than transparency, compassion, shown even by emotion, and touching the hearts of those that might hate you.
since my interview with dr. joy fridey of the red cross, it was revealed to me that there is no medical definition for the term "bloodless," "bloodless medicine," or "bloodless surgery.
" basically, every doctor and every patient has their own idea of what constitutes "bloodless.
" but according to dr. fridey, there is no definition of bloodless medically speaking.. one thng for sure, for those doctors who actually use this term or for the watchtower society who has probably introduced this expression into the consciousness of society and the medical profession, bloodless does not ever mean... bloodless.. (see ajwrb.org article in the official ajwrb blog.).
14 weeks in the hospital. This is why AJWRB needs updated with stuff like this... few seem to believe it.
Randy
the truth (as i seen it) according to jehovah's witnesses.
written by gary busselman wednesday, 22 october 2008 14:38. warning: this is not for little jw children!
you will not find it in "my book of babble stories.
LOL well I ain't livin' there. They all sit around watching FOX TV all day. :-))
BTW Gary just posted on my Facebook:
Gary Busselman We're all real excited about the new Kingdom Hall. It has an indoor toilet and seats from the old movie theater. The last two Halls were downstairs and this one even has a window. All this growth is exciting. It's easy to see the end is near. Last week they started a new thing Sunday, it's called a speaker. He talks about things in the Society's books and now we don't play the Judge's records as much.
HAHAHA
Randy
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