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  Let's Review: It's a cult!

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  let's review: it's a cult!

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  Do JW's need to ask permission for major decisions?

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  psychologist steven hassan writes that ""destructive mind control can be understood in terms of four basic components, which form the acronym bite:.

  i.behavior control.

  ii.information control.

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  NLP, Subliminal Messages and the WT Writing Department

  by 00DAD in

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  a few years ago i became interested in the subject of neuro-linguistic programming (nlp).

  while the core concepts of nlp have been largely discredited as new-age pseudo-science, there is no doubt that there is at least some validity to the idea.

  words and images remain the key way we communicate.

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  Shunning is good for you!

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  yes shunning is good for you!

  i did not understand this before, but i know it now.

  sometimes when i'm feeling a little down-in-the-dumps, a little depressed, i go outside for a little fresh air and some shun-shine.

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  "WT Publications are all propaganda!" admits the Awake! magazine

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  read this lovely little admission and judge for yourself: .

  there is a differencea big differencebetween education and propaganda.

  education shows you how to think.

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  Need help sourcing a quote re: "Beware of those that claim to have found truth"

  by 00DAD in

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  i am trying to track down the source of a particular quote.

  as i recall it is something like:.

  "embrace seekers of truth.

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  Don't e-mail DF'd family members - Congregation Reaction (WT 1/15/2013)

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  do not look for excuses to associate with a disfellowshipped family member, for example, through e-mail.

  - w2013 1/15, p. 16, para.

  in the congregation i attend, no one--and i mean no one--commented on the directive to not communicate with df'd family members by email.

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  Reaching Loved Ones Stuck in a Cult: Reciprocal Letter Writing

  by 00DAD in

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  i've been toying with an idea that i think just might have some legs.

  so here i am trotting it out for all of you to consider and comment upon.

  for many of us, we are extremely frustrated by the fact that we have no way to communicate with our loved ones still stuck in the organization.

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  Cedars - You have an email!

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  Have you ever shunned someone and then later regretted it?

  by 00DAD in

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  lately, i've been reading a number of thread lately that deal with this topic.

  one particularly poignant experience came from simon.

  in simon's story he shares: .

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