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  Dysfunctamentalism

  by Incognigo Montoya in

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  in reading through many posts over the last few months, i have started to form a viewpoint towards at least some of those witnesses/witness families, who are abusive and overzealous in their thinking.. arguably, many, if not all here, would say all pimi witnesses are overzealous in their thinking, but i sort of disagree with that.

  without revealing too much about myself, my parents who are still in (father long time elder, mother regular pioneer), i consider stable and balanced in their views.

  while i was shunned to a degree, after being disfellowshipped (they didn't go out to dinner or the movies with me or socialize with me publicly or very often privately, they didn't attend my wedding) they still spoke to me on the phone every few months, as i checked in on them and let them know i was doing alright (i moved out of state in my late teens).

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  kh_pri

  I used to think like you (v similar circumstances, including degree of communication after disfellowshipping). I don’t think that any more. I can now see in retrospect just how much dysfunction there was. Just how much there has to be for them even to stop going to the movies with you! I realised I was still mentally in, emotionally rather, even though I didn’t believe their doctrines any more. I don’t know how long you’ve been out but maybe take out a Watchtower and look at that title and logo - how does it make you feel? I did that recently for the first time in 18 yrs and it was instructive to say the least... A good pychotherapist was also really helpful for me. She could see patterns in my thoughts and behaviour (common to other ex-cult members) that I hadn’t noticed. Anyway, good luck and I hope your situation gets clearer for you.
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  Cambridge professor just went full retard ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  ever heard of david runciman?.

  he's a professor of politics at the university of cambridge, no less.. he's also a complete retard, for want of a better word.

  according to prof. runciman, six year old children should get the vote, so as to counteract britain's aging population.

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  kh_pri

  But as Runciman said in that article: “You don’t lose the vote when you get to be 75. You can carry on voting until the day you die and there is no test. You could be frankly demented and still get to vote, which is as it should be. So young people are the losers here.”

  Must admit I think he has a point here, and that the “6 year olds should be able to vote” argument is taken with insufficient context. That said, Nassim Taleb (one of the smartest guys on the planet) said Runciman was the “second most stupid reviewer” of his book, so maybe I’m missing something 😜