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  Dysfunctamentalism

  by Incognigo Montoya in

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  in reading through many posts over the last few months, i have started to form a viewpoint towards at least some of those witnesses/witness families, who are abusive and overzealous in their thinking.. arguably, many, if not all here, would say all pimi witnesses are overzealous in their thinking, but i sort of disagree with that.
  

  without revealing too much about myself, my parents who are still in (father long time elder, mother regular pioneer), i consider stable and balanced in their views.
  

  while i was shunned to a degree, after being disfellowshipped (they didn't go out to dinner or the movies with me or socialize with me publicly or very often privately, they didn't attend my wedding) they still spoke to me on the phone every few months, as i checked in on them and let them know i was doing alright (i moved out of state in my late teens).
  

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  Jesus Christ: Invented by the Romans to subvert the Messianic impulse in Judaism into Pacifism?

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. Bible Research & Study Articles

  of course, there are many crackpot theories about all sorts of things.
  

  we hear about them,look into them and laugh.however, once in a great while, somebody presents a cogent and feasible thesis backed up by scholarship and history.watch this video presentation and present your rebuttal (or agreement) for discussion.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uqg8w7ezuq&t=268s.
  

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  The Dinosaurs.

  by I Faded Twice in

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  was anyone else taught that dinosaurs even old t rex was a vegetarian ?
  

  i remember as a kid my parents contradicting what school taught.
  

  they reasoned that meat eating was not allowed before the flood.
  

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  Facebook evangelising

  by jhine in

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  2. Beliefs, Doctrine & Practices

  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2226652490738312&set=a.106546726082243&type=3&theater this was posted on fb by a witness who l am " friends " with .
  

  she has since posted another jw propaganda piece .
  

  these look like they are from the wt and are official evangelising tools .
  

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  Smallfoot Movie and Jehovah's Witnesses (or almost any religion)

  by AnonVet in

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  i just watched the movie smallfoot not long ago.. i wasn't expecting much, but almost from the start i felt a strong connection to religion, especially jehovah's witnesses.. the premise was about protecting lies for the benefit of the village.
  

  hiding the truth for their own good.. one line in a song stuck me:.
  

  "protect the lie and you protect the village".
  

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  Just a Rant .......

  by LOLS in

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  hi beautiful people ..... so today is my wedding anniversary ....... .
  

  and first of all my dear husband forgot again .... which is normal according to my dear old dad "it's a man thing " .
  

  but to add insult to injury , i must wait till friday to be taken out for dinner , because low & behold my jdub husband can't miss one bloody jw meeting !
  

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  Lord, to whom shall we go?

  by Lee Elder in

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  2. Friends

  once someone figures out that the watchtower is not a safe place for their family, they come face to face with the question of where they should be.
  

  i don't have the answer for that, but can speak to my personal experience over the past 20 years.. i ended up taking a 12 year break from organized religion, and then read an article about a new group that had formed locally called aldea spiritual community.
  

  after a few visits, i realized that i had found a home among others who were fed up with organized religion.
  

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  Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson & Douglas Murray discuss religion

  by Finkelstein in

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  2. Bible Research & Study Articles

  i found this discussion interesting concerning religion, its modem day acceptance and its human sociological effects... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aalsfhzkg-q.
  

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  Abuse Survivor's $4M Judgment Against Jehovah's Witness Umbrella Organization Upheld by Court 12/10/18

  by Not_Culty in

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  2. Child Abuse Issues

  https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/12/10/court-upholds-abuse-survivors-4m-judgement-against-jehovahs-witness-umbrella-organization-389-52222/?slreturn=20181111101406.
  

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  My brother is shunning me (but he's not a Witness)

  by john.prestor in

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  2. Personal Experiences & Reunions

  i didn't know where to post this but it's been on my mind and i'm looking for support and advice from people who know what it's like being shunned.
  

  i was raised in a fundamentalist baptist church, so what i'm experiencing is a little different than most posters on this site.
  

  i've been out of that church for years, and my brother's been out for a while too.
  

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