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=== The BITE model looks for four categories of unhealthy influence: ===

===== - Mandating specific behaviors or implying that certain actions must be followed without personal choice. =====
* Any sense of “Jehovah has every right to expect” can imply obligation rather than personal agency.
* The original outline sometimes framed protection/discipline as something that “happens to you” rather than something you personally choose to align with.

===== - Restricting where someone can get information or suggesting they should only listen to appointed authorities. =====
* Phrases implying that Jehovah’s “appointed overseers” must be followed could lean toward limiting independent thought or decision-making.
* We should avoid framing any group as the only legitimate channel for understanding.

===== - Encouraging black-and-white thinking (“good fruit vs. bad fruit”), guilt for normal human struggles, or discouraging independent reasoning. =====
* We keep metaphors but remove pressure that someone is either “good” or “wild grapes.”

===== - Fear tactics (“Jehovah removes protection”), guilt (“Jehovah did everything; the failure is yours”), shame, or catastrophizing. =====
* We will remove fear-of-consequence framing and replace it with natural, understandable cause-and-effect principles.