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Quote by: Aussie  Really? I'll share the ones I've experience through Christianity
2) PEER GROUP PRESSURE - Suppressing doubt and resistance to new ideas by exploiting the need to belong. - the
3) "LOVE BOMBING" - Creating a sense of family through physical touch, thought & feeling sharing and emotional bonding. father, son, holy spirit
5) CONFUSING DOCTRINE - Encouraging blind acceptance and rejection of logic through complex lectures on an incomprehensible doctrine. - the Bible, full of contradictions people blindly ignore (saw a fellow blogger show through mathematical equations relating to water quantity, dissipation, etc how Noahs flood could not have happened, still refused cause the book said so)
6) METACOMMUNICATION - Implanting subliminal messages by stressing certain key words or phrases in long, confusing lectures. - many many examples of these sermons, rev falliwell, nile, etc
9) UNCOMPROMISING RULES - Inducing regression and disorientation by soliciting agreement to seemingly simple rules which regulate mealtimes, bathroom breaks and use of medications. - Many examples again
12) DRESS CODES - Removing individuality by demanding conformity to the group dress code. - clergy, nuns, preists, etc
13) CHANTING OR SINGING - Eliminating non-cult ideas through group repetition of mind-narrowing chants or phrases. Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name (that one got boring real quick, it was the real monotonous tone that got me with this one)
14) CONFESSION - Encouraging the destruction of individual ego through confession of personal weaknesses and innermost feelings of doubt. - Confession time, tell us your darkest sins
15) FINANCIAL COMMITMENT - Achieving increased dependence on the group by 'burning bridges' to the past, through the donation of assets. - visit Soloman Islands sometimes and see the Church get rich as the locals get poorer
16) FINGER POINTING - Creating a false sense of righteousness by pointing to the shortcomings of the outside world. - daily
18) CONTROLLED APPROVAL - Maintaining vulnerability and confusion by alternately rewarding and punishing similar actions. - who actually gets into heaven or hell?? It would seem by religious default that no one is going anyway!
21) NO QUESTIONS - Accomplishing automatic acceptance of beliefs by discouraging questions. - this happened anytime I questioned the bible in school, I just wanted to understand?
22) GUILT - Reinforcing the need for 'salvation' by exaggerating the sins of the former lifestyles. - the cornerstone of many religions
23) FEAR - Maintaining loyalty and obedience to the group by threatening soul, life or limb for the slightest 'negative' thought, word or deed. - well there's not much that wouldn't damn us to hell given the rule book.
Again, this isn't anything I've made up, its observations which lead me to ask why??
Does it not bother Christians the corrolations between their religious practices and commonly accepted techniques of brainwashing? |
Most of the above are features of any organized group.
I've been to several retreats and worked for the confirmation program at St. James here in CT. The programs divided the students into little workgroups, with two guides to each group, by the end of the weekly program each group had gone through a range of topics and learning.
At the end of the program the question was asked do you really want to be confirmed and take your place as a catholic.
This is just how we brought up large groups of kids. Is it brainwashing? No, but I guess if your a egocentric atheist you'd throw group brainwashing, peer pressure, love bombing, and other words out and decry this system.
Religion is instructed and by the fact alone it seems its declared brainwashing. I guess public schools, AA, and every other support group is also brainwashing then as well. Its a world of brainwashing where nobody learns independently and uses their own judegement and sounds rational logic to become peaceful atheists. Oh how the world fails to understand
