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except that it seems designed to put people to 'sleep'
You know, now that I THINK about it, dear Tams (peace, luv!)... I KNOW the magazines follow a proven formula (created during WWI to use on POWs, I believe) for brainwashing. I wonder: maybe the "talks" ARE
specifically designed TO hypnotize people. No, seriously, dear ones - that is how hypnotists do their thing: slow, monotonic, carefully stated speech, designed to put people to a trance/state of "sleep."
And hypnotism was a HUGE thing during the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries! You all remember those travelling circus folks... would "hypnotize" entire audiences!
I mean, that's a good portion of what the "Wizard of Oz" movie was all about! And I promise you, after becoming a JW, EVERY time I watched that movie (which we weren't "supposed" to do, because of the witches, etc., right?? But what if the REAL reason was because the "Wizard" was a scam!??)... every time I saw the "Wizard," I was reminded of Charles Taze Russell! Something about the Wizard, his vest, and his little cart reminded me of Russell, HIS vests, and those trains he road on!
Now, I wonder...
Things that make you go "hmmmmmm..."
Peace!
YSSFS of Christ,
Shellamar, thinking, "Hmmmmmmm..."...