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Post by Serious question on Aug 17, 2007 21:16:21 GMT -5
Are the friends more gullible than average?
I know lots of people, most of them not in Truth. But most of the gullible people I know are in Truth.
What makes people gullible? Genetics? Upbringing?
Is 2x2ism something that makes gullible people, attracts gullible people, or both?
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Post by ranman77007 on Aug 17, 2007 21:30:34 GMT -5
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Post by _ on Aug 17, 2007 21:38:46 GMT -5
Are the friends more gullible than average? No
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Post by my view on Aug 17, 2007 22:17:44 GMT -5
Yeah. I think so. At least where it concerns 2X2ism and the other members of the 2X2 group. They are probably less gullible than average towards "outsiders".
It has something to do with the innocence and idealism with which a number of them are raised. A lot are raised without proper boundaries where 2X2 stuff is concerned - though they may have over-defined boundaries where the "world" is concerned.
Learning that the "world" is not so bad and that current members are "just people" is basically a maturing process.
C'est la vie.
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Post by ranman77007 on Aug 17, 2007 22:28:57 GMT -5
Are the friends more gullible than average? No i am impressed with this answer, no joke.. especially impressed that this is the only one of the questions you ventured to answer. fmofthe2x2s is like me... indecision is not much of a problem for him, and yet he is open minded...
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Post by stereotypes on Aug 17, 2007 22:49:28 GMT -5
Are the friends more gullible than average? I know lots of people, most of them not in Truth. But most of the gullible people I know are in Truth. What makes people gullible? Genetics? Upbringing? Is 2x2ism something that makes gullible people, attracts gullible people, or both? Are ex's more angry than the average person? No. IMO, anytime you try to paint a group a people a certain way, you are approaching ignorance.
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Post by guest12345 on Aug 17, 2007 23:10:17 GMT -5
Having been a 2x2 as a child into adulthood I can say that I certainly was more gullible than most of the "worldly" people I worked/associated with. There were sayings that others absolutely knew the meaning of that I did not have a clue what they meant. I remember one job I had where my boss told me he was going down the hall to see a man about a dog. When he came back, I asked him if he saw the dog, what kind of dog was it, etc I remember so well him standing there just grinning at me in disbelief and he had to explain what he actually meant! I wanted to crawl under my desk! The reason for me being so gullible was that I was too sheltered from day to day life with people outside the 2x2s. Being sheltered may seem like a good idea but it sure leaves one open to a lot of folks out there in today's world that will take advantage of your naiveness.
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Post by ranman77007 on Aug 17, 2007 23:17:25 GMT -5
its been stated over and over. its true that sometimes we are just not logged in, and so we post as a guest. but us registered members learn to respect each other here, and get to know a little about who we are talking to, and posting as a guest continually just causes confusion, and nothing is gained..... ..........rare is the post by a guest that remains in our memory, and many times those are understandable posts, or a better way to say it is to say that we understand why they could not reveal their name, due to the personal nature of what they are writing. otherwise, guests are quite often arguing and hiding their identities, and so it causes many members to not even want to try to communicate with them, and members posts as themselves as a result of all this. am i leaving anything out? am i making sense to anyone here? a coward is afraid to say who they are... except in rare cases... or even better said, gullible is the person that gets entangled with trying to discuss anything with a guest.... you are in for a let down, whether they become a friend, or an enemy.... if they become a friend, you don't know them from adam, and thats got to be a let down...lol.... and if they become an enemy, well.... you tell me, is that a let down?
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Post by attracts more than makes on Aug 17, 2007 23:33:07 GMT -5
Gullible:
"Easily deceived or cheated"
"Easily deceived or duped"
"Naive and easily deceived or tricked"
"Easily tricked because of being too trusting"
Hmmm..... Well.....
Sounds to me like fertile soil for the cult seed.
The workers are peddling a lot of snake-oil.
This gullible lot opens their homes, serves up the grub, shells out the cash, hands over the car keys, and lets the little kiddies sit on the dirty man's lap.
If I were a worker looking for another sucker, these gullible folks are who I'd target.
If it helps, don't call them gullible, call them trusting.
Whatever, I think Truth attracts gullible people more than it makes them, then you might say that about religion in general.
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Post by K001 on Aug 17, 2007 23:42:44 GMT -5
IMO, anytime you try to paint a group a people a certain way, you are approaching ignorance. That's a neat trick - a paradoxical self criticizing criticism. Your statement makes of you what your statement was identifying. AYHIS
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Post by lol on Aug 17, 2007 23:43:19 GMT -5
Having been a 2x2 as a child into adulthood I can say that I certainly was more gullible than most of the "worldly" people I worked/associated with. There were sayings that others absolutely knew the meaning of that I did not have a clue what they meant. I remember one job I had where my boss told me he was going down the hall to see a man about a dog. When he came back, I asked him if he saw the dog, what kind of dog was it, etc I remember so well him standing there just grinning at me in disbelief and he had to explain what he actually meant! I wanted to crawl under my desk! The reason for me being so gullible was that I was too sheltered from day to day life with people outside the 2x2s. Being sheltered may seem like a good idea but it sure leaves one open to a lot of folks out there in today's world that will take advantage of your naiveness. Fun Knee ;D
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Post by guest spokesman on Aug 17, 2007 23:49:14 GMT -5
posting as a guest continually just causes confusion, and nothing is gained..... ..........rare is the post by a guest that remains in our memory, and many times those are understandable posts, or a better way to say it is to say that we understand why they could not reveal their name, due to the personal nature of what they are writing. otherwise, guests are quite often arguing and hiding their identities, and so it causes many members to not even want to try to communicate with them, and members posts as themselves as a result of all this. am i leaving anything out? am i making sense to anyone here? a coward is afraid to say who they are... except in rare cases... or even better said, gullible is the person that gets entangled with trying to discuss anything with a guest.... you are in for a let down, whether they become a friend, or an enemy.... if they become a friend, you don't know them from adam, and thats got to be a let down...lol.... and if they become an enemy, well.... you tell me, is that a let down? Awww come now ranman..... we all know that guest posters are the fuel that keep this board going. If it wasn't for us, this board would look like the 104 graveyard or professing.proboards16.com/index.cgi?board=members
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Post by ranman77007 on Aug 17, 2007 23:52:48 GMT -5
IMO, anytime you try to paint a group a people a certain way, you are approaching ignorance. That's a neat trick - a paradoxical self criticizing criticism. Your statement makes of you what your statement was identifying. AYHIS interesting take on that..... brainwaves in a whirlpool... thats like saying that there is a million miles, and years between each keystroke... and that the energy in a keystroke (the finger's movement) is not equal to the electric energy in the signal created by the keystroke traveling through the wire, or air. which is the greater energy?
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Post by ranman77007 on Aug 18, 2007 0:00:19 GMT -5
posting as a guest continually just causes confusion, and nothing is gained..... ..........rare is the post by a guest that remains in our memory, and many times those are understandable posts, or a better way to say it is to say that we understand why they could not reveal their name, due to the personal nature of what they are writing. otherwise, guests are quite often arguing and hiding their identities, and so it causes many members to not even want to try to communicate with them, and members posts as themselves as a result of all this. am i leaving anything out? am i making sense to anyone here? a coward is afraid to say who they are... except in rare cases... or even better said, gullible is the person that gets entangled with trying to discuss anything with a guest.... you are in for a let down, whether they become a friend, or an enemy.... if they become a friend, you don't know them from adam, and thats got to be a let down...lol.... and if they become an enemy, well.... you tell me, is that a let down? Awww come now ranman..... we all know that guest posters are the fuel that keep this board going. If it wasn't for us, this board would look like the 104 graveyard or professing.proboards16.com/index.cgi?board=membersi am open minded, and you make a good point..... here's to the GUEST, who has his place with the rest... though he can be a pest, this is his nest. and here's to the guest jest !! which is often the best!! but hopefully in peace, he will more often rest, may that be his quest, and to brush daily with Crest... and remember that only in Christ are ye blessed. thats an original poem, just now written, in the life and the legend of the great ranman
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Post by history repeats on Aug 18, 2007 0:45:31 GMT -5
These kinds of posts are embarrassing. Hasn't the racist history of our own country made us a little bit educated about making broad statements about groups of people that have no facts to base them up. Sheesh.
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Post by therose on Aug 18, 2007 0:59:31 GMT -5
Gullible people are everywhere, it is true. However, those that intentionally try to bury their head in the sand and not face reality, will most definitely be awakened - possibly rudely. You have to have a fair balance.
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Post by ranman77007 on Aug 18, 2007 1:42:37 GMT -5
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Post by Gene on Aug 18, 2007 1:46:56 GMT -5
I clicked on it.
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Post by ranman77007 on Aug 18, 2007 1:54:57 GMT -5
;Duh oh
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Post by For Real on Aug 18, 2007 5:12:41 GMT -5
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Post by Sylvestra on Aug 18, 2007 21:27:22 GMT -5
Gullible: "Easily deceived or cheated" "Easily deceived or duped" "Naive and easily deceived or tricked" "Easily tricked because of being too trusting" Hmmm..... Well..... Sounds to me like fertile soil for the cult seed. The workers are peddling a lot of snake-oil. This gullible lot opens their homes, serves up the grub, shells out the cash, hands over the car keys, and lets the little kiddies sit on the dirty man's lap. If I were a worker looking for another sucker, these gullible folks are who I'd target. If it helps, don't call them gullible, call them trusting. Whatever, I think Truth attracts gullible people more than it makes them, then you might say that about religion in general. You're pretty much correct here, except only half correct on the last point. Those of us who were B & R tend to be MADE more gullible by the F & W. There are, however, gullible people found in many walks of life it's true! E
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Post by gloryintruth on Aug 18, 2007 23:34:36 GMT -5
If being gullible means that one is easily tricked, thereby suggesting a trusting innocence of spirit, then I choose to remain gullible.
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Post by wanttobewithGod on Aug 19, 2007 0:11:41 GMT -5
The word, most times unfortunately, describes me accurately. Ah well....there are worse things to be. M.
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Post by Much more on Aug 19, 2007 6:47:57 GMT -5
Having been a 2x2 as a child into adulthood I can say that I certainly was more gullible than most of the "worldly" people I worked/associated with. There were sayings that others absolutely knew the meaning of that I did not have a clue what they meant. I remember one job I had where my boss told me he was going down the hall to see a man about a dog. When he came back, I asked him if he saw the dog, what kind of dog was it, etc I remember so well him standing there just grinning at me in disbelief and he had to explain what he actually meant! I wanted to crawl under my desk! The reason for me being so gullible was that I was too sheltered from day to day life with people outside the 2x2s. Being sheltered may seem like a good idea but it sure leaves one open to a lot of folks out there in today's world that will take advantage of your naiveness. This is a socialization issue that is not just a 2x2 trait but what happens to any group that that sets up an "us-and-them" mentality and then separates themselves from the majority of outside influences. Words in any isolated group take on new meanings that only group members understand.
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Post by To GIT on Aug 19, 2007 17:10:04 GMT -5
If being gullible means that one is easily tricked, thereby suggesting a trusting innocence of spirit, then I choose to remain gullible. Jesus was not gullible. Why do you allow yourself to be? Are you to lazy to go before God to get the Truth? Are you to afraid the workers will reject you?
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Post by you should on Aug 19, 2007 20:09:50 GMT -5
If being gullible means that one is easily tricked, thereby suggesting a trusting innocence of spirit, then I choose to remain gullible. You may choose to remain gullible all you want. But you have no right to perpetuate the lies that 2x2ism tells about itself. GIT, why is it that aren't man enough to admit that you believe 2x2ism to be the real "true Christianity" as mentioned in other threads? It's true. You should admit it.
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Post by terry on Aug 19, 2007 20:34:12 GMT -5
At the risk of sounding like an elitist, I'd like to join in. Graduating from college as a scientist in 1970 I found it very difficult to deal with many of the "friends" They seemed to value the fact that they were "just ignorant folk" I don't know how many zillion times I heard that phrase. Within the last 6 months I ran into someone that had semi-befriended me and she used that term at least three times during our conversation at the grocery store. I'm very well aware of the fact that there are many well educated "friends" and from my little contact (perhaps it's only because those who contact me are professionals whose path crosses mine in our careers---or my former career as I'm now a man of leisure!!!) that may be growing.
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