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Re: Don't forget the likelihood, though, Andries -- Jim	Top of thread		Forum

Posted by: yadot1 ® 01/16/2005, 18:43:42 Author Profile Edit Alert Moderators

former followers, who have no similar resraints on their ability to reason and speak frankly, can generally be trusted to be truthful and accurate.  After all, what incentive would they have to lie?  ... and you are a lawyer? you must be doing pretty poorly if this is your argument. What incentives would they have to lie? - to remove responsibility for their own actions - they need a way to explain to themselves and others why they were so stupid to spend 10, 20, 30 years in a"cult" - to portray themselves as "victims" of the nefarious "cult leader" (i.e. if the leader was nefarious, then I was a victim. If the leader is a good guy, and I left after 20 years then I am a moron. So I paint the picture of a "destructive cult" and then I am OK. So obvious.) I can go on and on, but you get the picture. Ex-followers "testimony" is just that. The phenomenon is well researched. I am bored with this shit. So I leave it to you to discuss between your little group of "exes", incuding that dutch guy. I may send your way some ex-moonies to keep you company as well. Peace be with you. _Ya.1 "May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord cause his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and grant you peace.

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Re: Reasons --- Dermot M ( Sun, Jan 16, 2005, 18:57:10 ) ( 226 bytes ) No, you've got that backwards --- Jim ( Sun, Jan 16, 2005, 20:01:30 ) ( 222 bytes ) +1 Now hold on a darned minute Jim --- jonx ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 17:36:43 ) ( 190 bytes ) Re: Reasons for --- Andries ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 11:11:45 ) ( 1337 bytes ) +2 Re: Reasons for --- yadot1 ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 11:20:38 ) ( 4336 bytes ) +4 And the reference is - --- NikW ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 12:01:59 ) ( 404 bytes ) link Re: Reasons for --- Toby ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 12:13:54 ) ( 919 bytes ) Comments to Bryan Ronald Wilson's article --- Andries ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 13:18:14 ) ( 5956 bytes ) +1 Your comments --- yadot1 ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 14:34:56 ) ( 2088 bytes ) +3 Re: Premie divorce --- Paddy ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 14:53:33 ) ( 499 bytes ) Re: Your comments --- Andries ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 15:08:50 ) ( 1772 bytes ) Hey Ya.one --- Pat W ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 16:33:27 ) ( 3275 bytes ) Re: Failures of Bryanism --- Paddy ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 14:38:15 ) ( 2947 bytes ) +1 Re: Failures of Bryanism --- yadot1 ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 15:04:34 ) ( 1181 bytes ) +2 The fingers of three hands, you say? --- cq ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 16:34:41 ) ( 146 bytes ) +1 Re: The fingers of three hands, you say? --- yadot1 ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 17:09:51 ) ( 8 bytes ) +1 You waiting for two fingers of one hand then? (no text) --- cq ( Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 16:14:21 ) ( 0 bytes ) Re: Failures of Bryanism --- Pat W ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 17:25:52 ) ( 2719 bytes ) +1 if you don't help them, you are an accomplice to their dysfunction. --- yadot1 ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 18:10:18 ) ( 1543 bytes ) +2 Re: if you don't help them, you are an accomplice to their dysfunction. --- Pat W ( Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 05:44:34 ) ( 5343 bytes ) +1 Re: if you don't help them, you are an accomplice to their dysfunction. --- gerry ( Wed, Jan 19, 2005, 10:40:20 ) ( 639 bytes ) Re: freedom to love, freedom to feel. --- creativejani ( Tue, Jan 18, 2005, 19:29:25 ) ( 1044 bytes ) Bryan Ronald Wilson --- Dermot M ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 12:27:45 ) ( 1665 bytes ) +1 Re: Bryan Ronald Wilson, very true what you wrote, I believe (NT) (no text) --- Andries ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 13:25:58 ) ( 0 bytes ) +1 Very true in one way --- Dermot M ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 14:00:46 ) ( 746 bytes ) +1 Re: I feel very upset by such general statements --- Andries ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 14:15:36 ) ( 1186 bytes ) +3 Re: I feel very upset by such general statements --- yadot1 ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 14:35:59 ) ( 25 bytes ) +1 Re: I feel very upset by such general statements --- Toby ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 14:55:05 ) ( 65 bytes ) Re: Andries - have another think --- Paddy ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 14:49:22 ) ( 1028 bytes ) +2 Paddy, Please read private message (NT) (no text) --- Andries ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 15:52:20 ) ( 0 bytes ) NRMs and cults: potentially harmful combinations of intensity and unpredictab... --- Andries ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 16:13:19 ) ( 380 bytes ) If we are all liars then Ya One is a Cult Apologist too-Read this and don't w... --- Pat W ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 14:54:14 ) ( 9773 bytes ) link +1 check your sources LOL! --- yadot1 ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 17:06:45 ) ( 1269 bytes ) link +2 What's even funnier --- Dermot M ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 17:53:18 ) ( 781 bytes ) So your source was a Scientology site? Also LOL --- Pat W ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 18:03:14 ) ( 273 bytes ) +1 Re: So your source was a Scientology site? Also LOL --- yadot1 ( Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 18:19:19 ) ( 474 bytes )