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What mechanism is at work?

“Let god be true though every man be a liar.” So wrote the enthusiast Paul, on a spiritual high, to the Christ-believing Romans in the first century. (It was also the title of a WTBTS study...

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It seems there are people who have that instinctive compulsion to 'belong' HB ....... regardless of the rationalities and evidence. For someone like my dad ... a highly intelligent man who has noticed...

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Are you saying Andria that belonging takes precedence over common sense? For it is true that ‘belonging’ is a more seductive attraction than rational thinking is. To join JWs gives you instant friends...

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Humans have a track record of not always following logic and reasoning. There are many superstitions which are a direct result of something like - why did this happen? i've no idea, lets make up an...

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Are you saying Andria that belonging takes precedence over common sense? For it is true that ‘belonging’ is a more seductive attraction than rational thinking is.*Excuse me while I adjust my 'Andria...

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Gurgi, I agree with your viewpoint.Birdwoman, your illustration well explains the abusive relationship that the new JW has entered upon joining. There is a honeymoon period before he or she can see...

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they have studied psychology, I would love to hear any insights or explanations from that discipline. Any offers? Already did.

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Wow, Diane, what a post!  

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I really appreciate your contribution Birdwoman but my quest is to find the religious impulse in believing in the supremacy of the numinous over the rational, not simply the relationship of the victim...

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halfbanana...The victim relationship 'illustration' was illustrating the survival mechanism, it was not 'just simply' an illustration of the 'victim' relationship per se...but...it 'just simply' was...

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Picky or what! forgive me, but surely the valid survival mechanism kicks in only once the religious punter is  hooked, once the ill-fated couple get together. It is not the primary reason for becoming...

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Its called Psychology of belief, and all the religious mechanisms that cause belief can be replicated using experiments and, those results can be reliably repeated. Religion is part of the faulty...

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half banana wrote:Are you saying Andria that belonging takes precedence over common sense? For it is true that ‘belonging’ is a more seductive attraction than rational thinking is. To join JWs gives...

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And Dianne ..... you wore my hat well! I was going to use the domestic violence path and now don't need to

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Picky or what! forgive me, but surely the valid survival mechanism kicks in only once the religious punter is  hooked, once the ill-fated couple get together. It is not the primary reason for becoming...

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Nevermind, that is a very good recording...I haven't had the time to listen to all of the series but hope to at some time.What strikes me about the recording was the point made about how a person's...

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I don't think it's a single psychological process at work but a mixture of different things. Believing in something bigger and magical makes you feel more significant than what you really are in this...

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Dianne ... you summed up my dad well. I've actually told him face-to-face that I believe he's hanging in there 'on the off chance' they're right. It's sad to think seemingly intelligent people are so...

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