12 Phrases you cannot say as a JW

  1. I don’t believe only JWs will be saved.
  2. I don’t believe the GB is guided by God.
  3. I have doubts about 1914.
  4. I think Armagedon won’t happen (soon).
  5. I want to be close friends to someone outside the organization.
  6. I celebrated my child’s birthday.
  7. I read a book or watched a video critical of the organization.
  8. I don’t agree with the blood transfusion prohibition.
  9. I think Ellen White or other religions might have some truth.
  10. I’m tired of attending all the meetings.
  11. I don’t want to preach door-to-door.
  12. I don’t believe this is the truth anymore.

Techniques for controlling people

  1. Information control
  2. Social isolation
  3. Thought-stopping
  4. Fear based motivation
  5. Punishment of dissent

Steven Hassan’s BITE model