Posts by Brokeback Watchtower

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Can a full healing from cult ever be accomplished

by Chook in

can all indoctrination leave a person , or does it linger in background till death..

Brokeback Watchtower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UDDhZFzCxU

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Can a full healing from cult ever be accomplished

by Chook in

can all indoctrination leave a person , or does it linger in background till death..

Brokeback Watchtower

Well time heals and full healing may be possible it really depends on the person and what they do after they leave the cult.

A study found that christian fundamentalism shrinks the brain but the brain has neuroplasticity which mean with proper stimulation and proper diet one begins making more brain cells even if older, but the younger you are the more new brain cells you make as this declines with age. So I would conclude that the younger and sooner you leave the better your chances of a full recovery and even beyond that. Big changes in your life can a have a very good effect on the brain as it forces out of ruts we have developed through boring repetition and repeated thought patterns making the brain more functional by making weaker seldom used neurons fire which makes them more healthy opening up brain processing power.

http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/study-links-being-born-again-to-brain-atrophy/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10914137/What-God-does-to-your-brain.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity

Neuroplasticity, also known as brain plasticity, is an umbrella term that describes lasting change to the brain throughout an individual's life course. The term gained prominence in the latter half of the 20th century, when new research[1] showed many aspects of the brain remain changeable (or "plastic") even into adulthood.[2] This notion contrasts with the previous scientific consensus that the brain develops during a critical period in early childhood, then remains relatively unchangeable (or "static") afterward.[3]
Neuroplastic change can occur at small scales, such as physical changes to individual neurons, or at whole-brain scales, such as cortical remapping in response to injury; however cortical remapping only occurs during a certain time period meaning that if a child were injured and it resulted in brain damage then cortical remapping would most likely occur, however if an adult was injured and it resulted in brain damage, then cortical remapping would not occur since the brain has made the majority of its connections.[4] Behavior, environmental stimuli, thought, and emotions may also cause neuroplastic change through activity-dependent plasticity, which has significant implications for healthy development, learning, memory, and recovery from brain damage.[4][5][6]

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Are Gods true worshippers on Earth today? If they are not JWs then who are they?

by Formerbrother in

is there gods true worshipers on earth today as jesus said there would be?

if they are not jws then who are they?.

who else comes close to being gods true followers today?.

Brokeback Watchtower

Why would a God want to be worshiped?

Good question the biblical deity seems awfully desperate and very insecure to be demanding to be worshiped, honored, and respected. How can he be considered a great person when he this personality flaw the makes him violent and petty.

The Deity's pettiness is just a psychological projection of the penmen own pettinesses who wrote the different books in the bible.

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The bOrg Cult Tactics

by pale.emperor in

i'm wondering if the borg actually studied mind control and coercion tactics deliberately or wether they just evolved over time through trial and error.

from reading steve hassans books, studying hypnosis and methods psychopaths use it all seems very complex.

like it would never occur to me to do a, b and c in the right order at the right time in order to get control of someone or control their lives.. for example, repetition of words (the word "loyalty" was a big one in the last convention), using loaded language, encouraging people not to trust their own thoughts, restricting their information, demonising those who leave etc.

Brokeback Watchtower

I doubt they would read a book about mind control but I'm sure that probable most have read dale Carnegie's book:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People

How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the first best-selling self-help books ever published. Written by Dale Carnegie(1888-1955) and first published in 1936, it has sold over 30 million copies world-wide, and went on to be named #19 on Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential books in 2011.[1]
Leon Shimkin of the publishing firm Simon & Schuster took one of the 14-week courses given by Carnegie in 1934. Shimkin persuaded Carnegie to let a stenographer take notes from the course to be revised for publication. The original book contained sections providing colorful anecdotes and insightful wisdom. It gave instruction in handling people, winning friends, bringing people to your way of thinking, being a great leader, and navigating home life successfully. Carnegie combined age-old truisms with the emerging field of psychology to present a handbook in human relations which was interesting and accessible. Emphasizing the use of other's egotistical tendencies to one's advantage, Carnegie maintained that success could be found by charm, appreciation, and personality. The book sold exceptionally well from the start, going through 17 editions in its first year.

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Revealing the wt "translators" now that gb are all over the place?

by carla in

back when me & my jw were still discussing anything jw related we had numerous discussions about just who the translators of the wt's bible were.

(i knew, thanks to this site and others like it) the answer was usually something to the effect that they (the wt) didn't want to give 'honor' to mere men by revealing who they were and what their education was.

now that the gb are all over the place, youtube, etc... why not reveal the 'translators' and their educational background?

Brokeback Watchtower

All the translators became Governing Body member and so being a F&DS was all the glory they needed for themselves and so translated anonymously so that they could vaguely appear not to be so bias as a bunch of corporate CEOs trying to make the bible say what they wanted it ti say to further corporate intrest in printing dooms day article to coral the faithful into submission.

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"Exodus:Why Americans are leaving Religion-and Why They'er Unlikely to come back.

by James Mixon in

religion news article by lauren markoe.. some interesting points in the article.

the study follows the publication earlier this year of a book.

by study co-author and prri founder robert p. jones, titled "the end of white christian america".. the name "nones" are people who claim no affiliation with religion, they outnumber any religious denomination.. according to the poll-which has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent-age points-the nones have.

Brokeback Watchtower

Well if you leave because you found it to be all bull shit and manipulative why would you come back hear some more bull shit you know ain't true?

Why would you subject yourself to someone telling how his imaginary friend wants you to live your life in devotion to him? Unless you still got some residual programming fucking with you or something.

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When you were fully in, would you lie about how loving your congregation was?

by TTWSYF in

not long ago my elder brother got very sick.

he was hospitalized for a few weeks and his jw wife and children were at his side often.

also, his non jw family was also bedside with him, siblings and parents.. his recollection involves asking us "don't you remember all the jws that came visiting me when i was sick?".

Brokeback Watchtower

No because I never made statements about the Org being loving.

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Revealing the wt "translators" now that gb are all over the place?

by carla in

back when me & my jw were still discussing anything jw related we had numerous discussions about just who the translators of the wt's bible were.

(i knew, thanks to this site and others like it) the answer was usually something to the effect that they (the wt) didn't want to give 'honor' to mere men by revealing who they were and what their education was.

now that the gb are all over the place, youtube, etc... why not reveal the 'translators' and their educational background?

Brokeback Watchtower

why not reveal the 'translators' and their educational background?

Because it's a shitty translation and the translators are frauds without much education or knowledge of ancient languages. And the rulers of this corporation don't want you to get an higher education so I'm sure those that translated the NW bible were very uneducated and heavily biased so that naming them would only expose them to public scrutiny and shame.

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Are Gods true worshippers on Earth today? If they are not JWs then who are they?

by Formerbrother in

is there gods true worshipers on earth today as jesus said there would be?

if they are not jws then who are they?.

who else comes close to being gods true followers today?.

Brokeback Watchtower

God is a figment of the human imagination. Gods and Goddesses were invented by humans sometime after our brains got bigger(evolution). Probably after we invented how to make and use fire 300,000 years ago or more. With brains that have more processing power Gods seemed some what logical for a simple explanation of things beyond our ability to grasps without science(back in the day), hey we used to logically think the earth was flat but then wise men like like Galileo and Isaac Newton came into existence and since then only the hopelessly stubborn and stupid still believe the earth is flat. Today most educated people know the bibles account of earth creation is bogus thanks to science. Which means that if you do a more thorough and unbiased investigation of the bible you will find that God or Jehovah or what ever you want to call him, is just a figment of the creative human imagination.

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D-Wave Founder Eric Ladizinsky - The Coming Quantum Computing Revolution

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i wonder how many doublings moore's law will keep happening now that we have begun quantum computing?.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omn4mc_21xe.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mooreslaw.asp.

Brokeback Watchtower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o1QsDVX4Rg