Raksha
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Tue Jun-02-09 03:44 PM
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| 27. I think it's a vicious circle, or better yet a vicious spiral. |
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You have to be a little bit nuts to be attracted to a cult in the first place. Then after they rope you in, they make you even MORE crazy as you adapt to their particular delusional system, until finally you end up 100% batshit insane! Only you don't know it because everyone around you is as batshit insane as you are. Cults specialize in isolating their members, after all--that's part of how the brainwashing works.
It doesn't always work permanently, though. People HAVE been known to wake up. The Internet is full of websites for recovering fundies, recovering Scientologists, recovering JWs, etc. I've looked at some of them.
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| -Fundamentalism makes crazy people EVEN CRAZIER. |
Philosoraptor |
Jun-01-09 04:38 PM |
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Crazy does not necessarily mean mentally ill. |
rucky |
Jun-01-09 04:40 PM |
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Hell, I'm crazy as a shit house rat myself. |
Philosoraptor |
Jun-01-09 04:43 PM |
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Shit house rats aren't crazy, |
Swamp Rat |
Jun-01-09 05:21 PM |
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Guess we could ask the "chicken or egg" question.. |
BrklynLiberal |
Jun-01-09 04:41 PM |
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Crazies are drawn to cults, that's how cults work. |
Philosoraptor |
Jun-01-09 04:43 PM |
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Right. Cults prey on fragile people. They can't exist without them. |
jazzjunkysue |
Jun-01-09 05:03 PM |
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I think it's a vicious circle, or better yet a vicious spiral. |
Raksha |
Jun-02-09 03:44 PM |
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I can understand why. |
no_hypocrisy |
Jun-01-09 04:45 PM |
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They feel as if they are not in this world, & refer to 'the world' like it was all evil |
Philosoraptor |
Jun-01-09 04:46 PM |
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Exactly, well said. |
no_hypocrisy |
Jun-01-09 04:47 PM |
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Crazy people who think they hear voices get it reinforced by those willing to believe them. |
Ian David |
Jun-01-09 04:45 PM |
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Fundamentalists use the bible as their breadcrumb trail to make it through the day, |
Stevenmarc |
Jun-01-09 04:46 PM |
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And we live in a crazy society... |
The_Commonist |
Jun-01-09 04:46 PM |
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That's true, this IS a crazy ol' world. |
Philosoraptor |
Jun-01-09 04:47 PM |
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Any organization, regardless of the ideology, produces group behaviour that individuals |
jazzjunkysue |
Jun-01-09 05:07 PM |
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What about the following: |
deaniac21 |
Jun-01-09 05:10 PM |
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Do they exist...? |
CJCRANE |
Jun-01-09 05:13 PM |
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Absolutley...just google |
deaniac21 |
Jun-01-09 08:30 PM |
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Good answer |
CJCRANE |
Jun-02-09 06:12 AM |
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Excellent reply. n/t |
trotsky |
Jun-02-09 07:14 AM |
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What's in a name? That which we call a rose |
deaniac21 |
Jun-02-09 03:34 PM |
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.............. |
Philosoraptor |
Jun-02-09 06:09 AM |
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Excessive religiosity is clearly a mental/emotional illness. |
mwb970 |
Jun-02-09 06:31 AM |
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Probably, but Roeder wasn't crazy. |
trotsky |
Jun-02-09 08:01 AM |
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You left out the group I'm affiliated with: Rock-and-roll crazies. |
callous taoboy |
Jun-02-09 08:39 AM |
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In their diseased minds, it validates their craziness |
mitchum |
Jun-02-09 08:41 AM |
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life..... |
terrific |
Jun-02-09 09:02 AM |
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