To sister and the Forum:
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I have heard from some former tapers that they did just what the child in the confessional did in your example. They either made something up that they did not do, or they ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING OR COMMITTED SOME MENTAL SIN so they could confess it and get back 'in fellowship."
When I was 13 - 15 I did the same thing. I have seen worse. I have seen a Thiemite so repetively dedicated to the "rebound mantra", so internally focused, that they would bump into walls. That is a "thought stopper" as well as a pressured "tortured" false confession. "Thought Reform" in action. Designed for one thing - to break down your identity. Nervous breakdown. And guess what? It's all your fault. At least that is they way your deceived to feel. Major guilt. Oops! guilt is a sin - have to rebound that one too! Vicious cycle of self-destruction. Who do you talk to? Who in this world would understand your predicament? Psycological Isolation. If they go to berachah - you better keep up your facade, if they don't go to berachah "then thier just an idiot that doesn't understand the real meaning of the bible" Who's the idiot? The enemy is sin and it's everywhere and nowhere. The enviroment in Thieme's "playground" of your mind is turned into an "atrocity-producing environment". (I could substitute "torture chamber" for "playground")
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"The individual psyche can adapt to an atrocity-producing environment by means of a subself that [u:248c2d0fc5]behaves[/u:248c2d0fc5] as if autonomous and thereby joins in activities that would otherwise seem repugnant"
Doesn't one of the original 10 commandments "Thou shall not bear false witness"?(Would this not include "bearing false witness" against yourself?) Doesn't the New Testament say "Lie not" (Col 3:9)?
To thiemite cult followers, "truthful" devotion and dedication to Thieme's teachings produces a coercive environement in your own mind in direct contradistinction of your conscience and the simple truthful clear meaning of the bible.
You are correct to keep talking, to deal with "problems". I have seen many Thiemites running around "as if" they have it all "under control", when inside it's a "free fire zone" against thier own conscience and thier own perception of truth. Without your conscience your free to commit acts of atrocity (under orders of course). However, at the Nuremburg trials the "I was just following orders" excuse, didn't cut it.
Wilhelm Keitel- Chief of Staff of the High Command of the
Armed Forces
• Keitel in the Nuremberg courtroom:
"I have stated here that I was a loyal and
obedient soldier of my Führer. And I do not
think that there are generals in Russia who do
not give Marshal Stalin implicit obedience."
• [b:248c2d0fc5]His defense that he was following orders[/b:248c2d0fc5] was
rejected (Hitler’s Commando Order)
• Found guilty in all four charges, sentenced to
[b:248c2d0fc5]death by hanging[/b:248c2d0fc5]
Alfred Jodl- Chief of Operation Staff of the High
Command of the Armed Forces
• Deputy to Wilhelm Keitel
• [b:248c2d0fc5]His defence that he was following orders[/b:248c2d0fc5]
was rejected (Hitler’s Commando Order)
• Found guilty in all four charges,
sentenced to [b:248c2d0fc5]death by hanging[/b:248c2d0fc5]
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