It seems like whatever it is afflicting most of the remaining JCs is not just thought reform; most of them probably had serious issues, even before McKay got to them.
For example, Ulrike mentioning she had a brain tumor removed when she was six! There is something psychologically imbalanced with virtually the whole lot of the JCs!
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When I was 6 years old I had a brain tumor. I can't say that I really knew who God was or that I prayed to get healed. My parents probably did. The operation was successful and now after years I believe that God already was in control by not letting me die, so that now I can follow Jesus and am thankful that I'm still alive.
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These types of statements will piss some people off and I am going to be accused of "victim-bashing" again; I know I will get the lecture, "but normal people join cults too", and all that. But we all know some of the common issues that have been identified about JC members and JC groupies, the common denominators, as it were. Anger-management issues, pissed off at parents, pissed off at the world, plain old gullibility and naivete, not very bright/educated, borderline personality featurs, and what have you.
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Just yesterday I read a chapter in Survivors which talks about people choosing to be with the Christians (Tribulation Force)instead of the government of the Antichrist.
It says that a few people towards the end of the tribulation still decided to join the Christians although they don't really know what they believed. But they knew that they believe that the system of the Antichrist is not the right thing so they turn towards the Tribulation force (the Christians) who have the faith to do the right thing.
It struck me that they could see the evil in the system and didn't want to go with the majority.
Survivors is just a novel (about what may happen), but I think this part of the book shows how people who have a little bit of faith (and a lot of courage) can do the right thing.
OK, Ulrike, but the BIBLE also shows how people who have a little bit of faith (and a lot of courage) can do the right thing. Why not read it instead?
So the writings of DM seem to be more important than Scripture, in the JC world. That is to say, that all of the Bible's teachings are to be understood (for them) through the lens of DM's worldview. Pathetic.
Most of the JCs just seem from the neck up. And if they suddenly have kidney problems (with their one remaining kidney) they will be dead from the neck down as well.
Seems to me that DM prefers not to have members in his cult who are very sophisticated in their critical-thinking skills. Easier to control them that way.
You know, most old COG/Family members never met or even saw David Berg? A lot of them did not so much as know what he looked like, until after his death. And most JCs do not interact directly with DM very much...does everybody take my meaning there?
I think a major dent has been made in the JCs. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: people like DM are their own worst enemies.
Most of the work of undermining the JCs' ability to recruit new members, he does for us. Thanks, Dave!
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/13/2010 06:56AM by zeuszor.