Plutarch wrote:Tal:
Why do you post in your own name instead of anonymously with a pseudonym?
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Because he is not a damn hypocrite, like me.
A new interview with Tal
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With all the off-topic discussions, I am not sure if Tal saw this post or not. So, I thought I would repost it just in case:
Okay, this gives me at least something a little more specific to work with. However, as a point of clarification, which, if not all of the emotions you listed (anger, sorrow, fear, saddness, shock, nausea--anxiety/panic?) occured during the situation above (i.e. upon realizing that Mormonism was a fraud in late October of 2003), or did they all occur at that time?
If they all occured at that time, then would the following be accurate?
Situation: In late October of 2003 there was a moment of realization that Mormonism was a fraud
Type Emotions: anger, sorrow, fear, saddness, shock, nausea (anxiety/panic?)
Rate Emotion: ?, 10, ?, ?, ?, ?
What connection do you see between the situation (i.e. your realization) and the emotions you experienced at that time? (Do you see a causal connection?)
What was going through you mind (thoughts and images) at the time? (I am not looking here for thoughts and images that lead up to your realizations, but thoughts and images that resulted from the realization)
Once we have adequetly explored the situation above, it might be of benefit to explore this current situation--i.e. in the last day or so your interpreting my rather benign interview with you on this thread as a "mindgame", and interpreting my attempts at getting further clarification here as "blocking", and your presuming that I would view your reluctance in providing certain clarifications (particularly rating your emotions) as you feeling "threatened" by the questions, and your your interpreting your efforts here as supposedly facilitating or enabling "someone's ongoing attempt at keeping themselves in a cult-sponsored psychological maze." In other words, it might be beneficial to explore whether YOU have reacted in a reasonable or extreme way to my relatively few, simple, and straightforward questions about YOU. In short, why have you spent an inordinate amount of your time answering my question about YOU, by talking about ME? ;-)
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
Tal Bachman wrote:Wade, I posted my edit prior to knowing that you posted a reply. We must have been typing at the same time.
I realized Mormonism was a fraud in late 2003, which I think I mentioned above. Isn't that a specific enough date for you? I think it was some day late in October.
Okay, this gives me at least something a little more specific to work with. However, as a point of clarification, which, if not all of the emotions you listed (anger, sorrow, fear, saddness, shock, nausea--anxiety/panic?) occured during the situation above (i.e. upon realizing that Mormonism was a fraud in late October of 2003), or did they all occur at that time?
If they all occured at that time, then would the following be accurate?
Situation: In late October of 2003 there was a moment of realization that Mormonism was a fraud
Type Emotions: anger, sorrow, fear, saddness, shock, nausea (anxiety/panic?)
Rate Emotion: ?, 10, ?, ?, ?, ?
What connection do you see between the situation (i.e. your realization) and the emotions you experienced at that time? (Do you see a causal connection?)
What was going through you mind (thoughts and images) at the time? (I am not looking here for thoughts and images that lead up to your realizations, but thoughts and images that resulted from the realization)
Once we have adequetly explored the situation above, it might be of benefit to explore this current situation--i.e. in the last day or so your interpreting my rather benign interview with you on this thread as a "mindgame", and interpreting my attempts at getting further clarification here as "blocking", and your presuming that I would view your reluctance in providing certain clarifications (particularly rating your emotions) as you feeling "threatened" by the questions, and your your interpreting your efforts here as supposedly facilitating or enabling "someone's ongoing attempt at keeping themselves in a cult-sponsored psychological maze." In other words, it might be beneficial to explore whether YOU have reacted in a reasonable or extreme way to my relatively few, simple, and straightforward questions about YOU. In short, why have you spent an inordinate amount of your time answering my question about YOU, by talking about ME? ;-)
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
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