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Christo
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Username: Christo
Post Number: 154
Registered: 2-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 9:05 am: |     |
I found this article, on a tragic situation that I feel has some relevance. It is amazing how easily the human mind is fooled. The article mentions cognitive dissonance.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090901/sc_livescience/bondingwithacaptorwhyjayceedugarddidntflee |
Colleentinker
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Username: Colleentinker
Post Number: 10328
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 10:05 am: | |
Christo, it's so interesting that you posted this. Just a few minutes before you posted, Richard and I had been talking about this very thing and comparing the Stockholm Syndrome with the effects of Adventism (or course, also including Mormonism and JW, etc) on the members.
Here's an interesting paragraph from the article to which you linked:
quote:One reason people may develop sympathy for their captors is a psychological idea called cognitive dissonance: When people recognize inconsistent views within themselves, they tend to alter their thinking to remove the conflict. A mundane example is the tendency of people to value a product more highly after they buy it. It's hard for people to think of a product as worthless, and think of themselves as smart consumers, at the same time, so they often come to think of their purchases as being worth more than they would if they hadn't bought the item.
Notice that "cognitive dissonance" underlies this syndrome. When things don't make sense or "add up", people alter their thinking to achieve resolution. That's EXACTLY what Adventists do when confronted with the plain words of Scripture.
The subtle bondage of refusing to let cognitive dissonance inform us is a powerful, nearly unbreakable bond requiring extended and intentional re-education and God's own healing.
That's our story!
Colleen |
Jrt
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Username: Jrt
Post Number: 775
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 10:25 am: | |
Christo,
Amazing article ...
I find it interesting, because many people who have cognitive dissonance over Adventism - continue to defend the Adventist doctrines - even though they are "somewhat" aware of the evil behind them (that the doctrines are unscriptural).
Also, I find transitioning Adventists defending those in Adventist leadership - even though they have been "abused" by them ... and so this phenomenon is not too distant.
It is hard to call "evil" evil when a person has been so immersed in it.
Keri |
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