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  Question about Accuracy & Persuasion

  by troubled in

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  in my social psychology class, we are studying a chapter on persuasion.

  here is an interesting excerpt from our study book, "social psychology: unraveling the mystery" by douglas kenrick, steven neuberg, and robert cialdini, page 171. please tell me if you think it applies to jws, ex-jws, and this board in general.. .

  p. 170, "done deals".

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  ItsJustMe

  I don't think it's possibly for anyone to be wholly unbiased. The best we can do is make a committment to ourselves to always ask "why".
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  Does it really matter?

  by ItsJustMe in

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  if you belong to a religion because your family & friends are there, you try to be a good person, you enjoy the activities you are involved in, but deep down you really believe that there is not only one true religion, does it really matter if you remain in the religion of your family and friends?

  realistically speaking, what's the harm?

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  ItsJustMe

  Thanks Xena...

  In an opposite circumstance, I have been raised a certain way and never felt left out at school. I actually enjoyed the attention being different brought me.

  I think the biggest issue I have right now is that rather than encourage communication, a religion can stifle honest communication between people who love each other. I think that has to be wrong.
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  Motivation

  by ItsJustMe in

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  i'm obviously new here, so i'm going to ask a question i'm sure has been discussed before but has me quite curious.

  what motivates you to spend so much time discussing jehovah's witnesses?

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  ItsJustMe

  ISP...I just type quicker
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  Mispronunciations at the meetings

  by TR in

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  moxy raised a point in the "exaggeration" thread that aggravated me at the meetings.

  mispronunciations.

  moxy mentioned the word 'hyperbole' as frequently being mispronounced.. another one that bugged me was 'epitome'.

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  ItsJustMe

  Here are two:

  Jehovah Witness (rather than Jehovah's)
  Jehovah pronounced as GEE-hovah
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  Does it really matter?

  by ItsJustMe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you belong to a religion because your family & friends are there, you try to be a good person, you enjoy the activities you are involved in, but deep down you really believe that there is not only one true religion, does it really matter if you remain in the religion of your family and friends?

  realistically speaking, what's the harm?

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  ItsJustMe

  It's interesting to me that you said that Xena, since right now I putting off having a baby until I make this decision.
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  Motivation

  by ItsJustMe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm obviously new here, so i'm going to ask a question i'm sure has been discussed before but has me quite curious.

  what motivates you to spend so much time discussing jehovah's witnesses?

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  ItsJustMe

  Aha! Iknew it...it's the great motivator...sex!
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  Does it really matter?

  by ItsJustMe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you belong to a religion because your family & friends are there, you try to be a good person, you enjoy the activities you are involved in, but deep down you really believe that there is not only one true religion, does it really matter if you remain in the religion of your family and friends?

  realistically speaking, what's the harm?

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  ItsJustMe

  Thanks for responding to my question. Obviously, this is a journey we all have to take alone, but a census always helps!
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  active and happy jw

  by scumgrief in

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  i am an active jw and was raised as one.

  i have been watching the site for a while and thought it could benefit from the opinions of someone who is happily a member of the jw's.

  i will not get into any argumets that lead to nothing except name calling, and will not talk with anyone who is just plain mean (plenty of them in here).

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  ItsJustMe

  If you were an active and happy JW, you would know that posting anything to this website could jeopardize that. In fact, just reading anything on this website has changed that, hasn't it?
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  Motivation

  by ItsJustMe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm obviously new here, so i'm going to ask a question i'm sure has been discussed before but has me quite curious.

  what motivates you to spend so much time discussing jehovah's witnesses?

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  ItsJustMe

  I'm obviously new here, so I'm going to ask a question I'm sure has been discussed before but has me quite curious. What motivates you to spend so much time discussing Jehovah's Witnesses?
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  Does it really matter?

  by ItsJustMe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you belong to a religion because your family & friends are there, you try to be a good person, you enjoy the activities you are involved in, but deep down you really believe that there is not only one true religion, does it really matter if you remain in the religion of your family and friends?

  realistically speaking, what's the harm?

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  ItsJustMe

  If you belong to a religion because your family & friends are there, you try to be a good person, you enjoy the activities you are involved in, but deep down you really believe that there is not only one true religion, does it really matter if you remain in the religion of your family and friends? Realistically speaking, what's the harm?