Or should I say childish.

A good majority of the adults in my family act and think like overgrown 2 year olds, and I blame it on the church. They never had the chance to develop certain skills like communication or thinking for yourself which is very essential to live as productive and emotionally healthy adults. They were taught, as I was too, to have only one way of thinking- whatever correlates with the church doctrine and none else.

Whenever their beliefs are challenged- they cry and throw a tantrum.

Whenever they get offended- they pout and cry and throw a tantrum.

Whenever something contradicts their opinion-they argue and cry and throw a tantrum.

I find it nearly impossible to have ANY, any kind of conversation with these people. (of course I exaggerate a bit here, but not by much)

So, dear church... you succeeded in making at least one family exactly how you wanted..."childlike."

heather Wrote:
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> Whenever their beliefs are challenged- they cry
> and throw a tantrum.
>
> Whenever they get offended- they pout and cry and
> throw a tantrum.
>
> Whenever something contradicts their opinion-they
> argue and cry and throw a tantrum.
>


Or, when challenged, they just shut-down and then take a very pious high-road where they can look down and pity, fret and stew over our apostasy.

Mommy and Daddy (church) can do no wrong.

Wahh, wahh, I'm not listening!

Bullying-in-the-schoolyard behavior.

Extreme black/white ideation: bad or good; nothing in between.

I thought that one of the reasons my TBM relatives cling to the TSCC in spite of all the evidence that proves what a hoax it is, is because they EMOTIONALLY need a "Father/Mother" authority in their life to tell them what to do, how to think, what is "acceptable" behavior and dress...

Now really, how many grownup people would listen to some "church" authority tell them one pair of ear-rings is OK, but two are unacceptable to the lord, and not just laugh it off?

Babies!! Stupid cult.

I so agree with these observations.until a person recognizes these characteristics and dysfunctional behaviors and ineffective communication skills, a person can't successfully recover and/or interact in a meaningful way. Nearly all TBM's operate as the above posts describe.