http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/war-of-words-breaks-out-among-jehovahs-witnesses-2361448.html.
Read the article and it brought me back on here. Not been on any forum for a long time but the article upset me and I wanted to check in with others going thru the same stuff as I have been/am.
Bravely (foolishly?) decided to post a link to the article on my FB page even tho it means my "in" mother and sister will see it. Oh well.
Very good. A point well-made.
its been a long time since i've been on here and even longer since i posted so firstly hi!.
i'm doing a college course and my group's project is on cults and the tactics of mind control.
i was hoping people on here could suggest books, websites and any other hints and tips.
Hey MissingLink,
Thanks for the links. Will check them out now.
Lifton's criteria are on the factnet site too so I've already included them in my section of the project which is a 5 minute talk on cult tactics and characteristics....deja vu or what?! Hahaha but at least I'll know what do to on the night we've to present this project. It'll have been 2 and a half years since my last 5 min talk though under very different circumstances!
Am
PS We must catch up soon, its been ages!
its been a long time since i've been on here and even longer since i posted so firstly hi!.
i'm doing a college course and my group's project is on cults and the tactics of mind control.
i was hoping people on here could suggest books, websites and any other hints and tips.
Hi everyone,
Its been a long time since I've been on here and even longer since I posted so firstly hi!
I'm doing a college course and my group's project is on Cults and the Tactics of Mind Control. I was hoping people on here could suggest books, websites and any other hints and tips. All suggestions welcome!
I have both Steve Hassan's books and have been on his website as well as the Bill Ross Institute and factnet.org
Thanks all
Am
http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2009/08/reconciling-religion-and-science-and.html.
http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?dr_andrew_parker:_the_bible_got_everything_right&in_article_id=713776&in_page_id=11.
"not only is the sequence of events in genesis scientifically correct but some of the events themselves are really quite precise, which would have been impossible for a human to know at that time.
If we are to grant that to Genesis, then we must also say that the Enuma Elish (Babylonian Creation Myth) "got it right" because it shows a similar progression of events.
Good point. I'll have to remember that one.
I think the quote you're talking about in the Creation book was by Wallace Pratt. His quote was made in the 1920s I think. Whereas this book I mentioned in the original message was only published July 09. So therefore it's "new light"!
http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2009/08/reconciling-religion-and-science-and.html.
http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?dr_andrew_parker:_the_bible_got_everything_right&in_article_id=713776&in_page_id=11.
"not only is the sequence of events in genesis scientifically correct but some of the events themselves are really quite precise, which would have been impossible for a human to know at that time.
http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2009/08/reconciling-religion-and-science-and.html
"Not only is the sequence of events in Genesis scientifically correct but some of the events themselves are really quite precise, which would have been impossible for a human to know at that time. You have to conclude that either the author made extremely lucky guesses or something strange was going on: divine inspiration."
Quote coming soon to a WT or Awake near you!
i guess it's going to happen to all of us sooner or later.
one of our relatives will need surgery and possibly blood.
has anyone got experience of talking to jw relatives about blood?
I've accepted that they are adults and have the right to make their own decision..
@ Undercover
What happens when there are children involved? They are not adults but their mind-controlled parents inflict their own beliefs and decisions on them, with possible lethal consequences.
btt
i was that one way to increase my field service time for me and my wife was by standing at a truck stop and hand out tapes to truckers in the early mornings.
this is the same lot that is frequented by drug dealers and hookers.
another time, while studying, i said i did not understand the blood issue.
and for a friend of mine, he had an alcohol problem. i recommended he seek doctors help. he told me that two elders at that time told him to read more and increase personal study and that would help take the need for drinking away.
Pray, study, meetings, service
That is their answer for everything - no matter what the problem or the severity of it.
Is this available for download anywhere yet?
