![]() In this context, this action is indicative of (significant) anxiety.ĩ. This absence of full contact with the palm of the hand when touching one's chest during a declaration of honesty is also correlated with a lack of sincerity.Ĩ. Several times when gesturing to his chest (obscured somewhat by the banner at the bottom of the page), Osteen touches with his fingertips but not with a "Full Palmar Contact". ![]() Touching with fingertips but not full palms when gesturing to the chest. These actions are good general indicators of a dry throat and anxiety.ħ. You'll note that at several times Osteen's "Adam's apple" (Thyroid Cartilage surrounding the Larynx) moved up-and-down during what is known as a "hard swallow". ![]() Stuttering can be correlated with anxiety, and thus sometimes indirectly associated with dishonesty and insincerity - however, there is no direct relationship.Ħ. Stuttering is often correlated with facial tics and tic-like behaviors. Therefore, when a person wears a "living mask" (a constant, practiced, and for them, easy default expression) it's much easier to lie.Īs a rule, a person who constantly smiles - out of context and out of proportion - is to be strongly avoided.ĥ. When the stakes are high, convincing deception is a difficult act - it takes significant mental focus, and even then most people can't readily pull it off. Whenever a person's face assumes, what for them is a "default expression" (sad, happy, angry, critical, etc.) - and maintains this "facial pose" - it becomes much easier for the brain to deceive. Anytime a person displays any facial expression with a continuous or near-continuous frequency - especially when it's far from emotional baseline, it's a tremendous red flag of insincerity. This particular behavior of Osteen is profound - but, once again, it's been present for years. If the smile is routinely one-sided and constantly present, it's a very safe bet the smile is insincere.Ĥ. When a smile is sincere - and it's beginning or fading, asymmetry is not uncommon - however the asymmetry should not be maintained throughout the duration of the "smile". Osteen does this fairly dramatically - also with a strong bias to his right side. Joel Osteen also has a longstanding tendency of smiling much of the time whether he's speaking or not. Excluding tic-like etiologies, the Venn diagrams for these latter two behaviors overlap significantly.ģ. Evaluating old videos show this dynamic is also longstanding - although it appears to be a bit amplified during this exchange.Īlthough it can be simply a form of a long-term habit/tic-like phenomenon, asymmetric mouth dynamics during speaking is also commonly correlated with insincerity/deception and bravado/swagger. He has an asymmetrical mouth configuration while speaking. Anxiety is one common factor which typically increases facial tic behavior.Ģ. Facial tics have both involuntary and voluntary components. You probably recall that Joel Osteen has a prominent facial tic in the form of dramatic and long-standing blinking. What follows is a partial nonverbal analysis.Ĭomparing the above interview of Pastor Osteen to videos a few years old, you should notice several long-term patterns:ġ. One of these interviews is included above. Osteen was interviewed several times on several different national networks this morning. Others claim that there was no flooding and the images of high water on/adjacent to the church grounds were from an earlier flood several years ago. If this near flooding was true, as Osteen says, it would have placed any individuals seeking shelter there in a potentially harmful situation. There is s ignificant controversy regarding any flooding - or near flooding which occurred/almost occurred at/near the grounds of the church. Pastor Osteen is the leader of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. In the aftermath of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey and the subsequent massive flooding, Joel Osteen has been the subject of much criticism - particularly over social media over the last 24-48 hours.
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