Charts - Index
Brainwashing & How to Resist It
Background information: Toying with Death | Brainwashing in America
Brainwashing and "Education Reform" | Role-Playing Games & Popular Occultism
Mind-changing tactics |
How to resist |
Scriptures |
Produce mental and moral confusion through contemporary books and stories (Cognitive dissonance) |
God's Word |
Know the Truth1 Samuel 17:37 & Ephesians 6:10-18 |
Insist on open-mindedness toward unbiblical views and suggestions |
Discernment |
Recognize and resist deceptionColossians 2:8 |
Use feel-good affirmations to create a "safe place" for sharing personal thoughts and values |
Faith |
Trust and obey GodGalatians 2:20 |
Require open-mindedness, respect, "tolerance" and approval of new beliefs and values |
Prayer |
Stand firm in ChristRomans 12:2 & Philippians 4:6-7 |
Through each group dialogue, guide each member toward a new consensus |
Perseverance |
Be willing to face group disapprovalRomans 5:3-4, 8:25-26 |
Undermine traditional authorities (parents, church, Bible, God...) as old-fashioned, obsolete, divisive or intolerant. |
Gratefulness |
Build a habit of thanking God for everything1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 |
Prompt everyone to freely share feelings, thoughts, complaints, resentments (especially toward traditional parents), etc. |
Confess all to God |
Pour out your heart to God, not to the dialectic group.Psalm 62:8 |
Stir subtle hostility (ridicule, rejection) toward dissenters (see Zero Tolerance for Non-Compliance) |
Forgiveness & love |
Demonstrate His overcoming love1 Corinthians 13 |
Humiliate resistors or non-conformists |
Genuine humility |
Trust God's promises James 4:7-10; Luke 6:22-23; Matthew 5:3, 9 |
Commit yourself to the group and its changing consensus |
Surrender to God |
Abide in Him - our only true and lasting source of safety.John 15:4-11 |
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