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  Ridicule as a weapon

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
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  in reference to ridicule being used to deflate the message of hate groups:.

  http://pervasivegames.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/ridicule-as-a-weapon-of-choice/.

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  MissFit

  Coco, I used to be offended when I first was on this site by the way posters would alter JW buzz words or even *gasp* Jehovah's name (Jokehova ). The truth- troof, the Org.-the Borg.

  Using ridicule can make a point in a nonviolent way, but it can also harden ones' s resolve if you were raised to embrace a persecution complex.

  As I continued to visit this sight I realized that the posters were taking away the power and authority the "JW "buzz words represented . I thought twice before I used the same words that used to trip off my tongue.

  it's amazing the difference when you change field service to field circus, meetings to boasting sessions ect.

  Changing words and highlighting the absurdity can open eyes.
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  if tomorrow dozens of jws learned of ttatt

  by sowhatnow in

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  2. friends

  and they left the congregations, would you then feel open to be thier friends?.

  many on here have the same complaint, that in the jw congregations, there were clickes, no one had time for each other,.

  people judged, there was a lack of association, freindship , true concern and love were lacking.

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  TTATT: short for The Truth About The Truth.

  I had to google it when I first started.
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  Ridicule as a weapon

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in reference to ridicule being used to deflate the message of hate groups:.

  http://pervasivegames.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/ridicule-as-a-weapon-of-choice/.

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  MissFit

  Lol coco...thanks I needed that.
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  JWs that are so worried about meetings, service, etc forget about their families

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i feel bad for my kids that their father puts the congregation above them.

  it's so sad.

  he's so busy with all this congregation stuff that they have just about no relationship.. .

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  oops. Double post.
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  JWs that are so worried about meetings, service, etc forget about their families

  by cognac in

  1. jw
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  i feel bad for my kids that their father puts the congregation above them.

  it's so sad.

  he's so busy with all this congregation stuff that they have just about no relationship.. .

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  MissFit

  Wow Vidiot. I know what you mean. I fully expected to be destroyed at Armageddon for choosing my family.

  Cognac: i'm sorry you are going through such a hard time. I hope your husband realizes how important it is to build a relationship with his family.
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  one last step..Is being mentally out the same as being emotionally out?

  by MissFit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we talk here about the importance of being mentally and physically out to be really free.. what about being emotionally free?.

  i realized for me, i had to be emotionally awake first.

  i had been yo-young back and forth for years.

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  Well I just talked to my mom the other day. I guess I'm not as emotionally out as I thought I was. She sure knows how to push those buttons.😫
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  which is a better attitude: I can't respect it, but I understand it or I cant understand it , but I will respect it?

  by MissFit in

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  so is it possible to understand a reason and not respect it?

  shouldn't understanding lead to a respect of the reasons and actions?.

  or can you respect the reasons and actions without understanding them?.

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  double post.
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  which is a better attitude: I can't respect it, but I understand it or I cant understand it , but I will respect it?

  by MissFit in

  1. jw
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  so is it possible to understand a reason and not respect it?

  shouldn't understanding lead to a respect of the reasons and actions?.

  or can you respect the reasons and actions without understanding them?.

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  MissFit

  Legacy,

  I can see that a lot of my viewpoints and judgements have changed this past year.

  I lol when I read your comment about God & his interest in our sex lives. I just had an Ah ha moment about that's few months ago.

  Why indeed would God be do invested in who anyone had sex with?

  You can talk about the effects on society and families. But why would God care?
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  which is a better attitude: I can't respect it, but I understand it or I cant understand it , but I will respect it?

  by MissFit in

  1. jw
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  so is it possible to understand a reason and not respect it?

  shouldn't understanding lead to a respect of the reasons and actions?.

  or can you respect the reasons and actions without understanding them?.

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  MissFit

  Legacy: great advice: listen more talk less.
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  which is a better attitude: I can't respect it, but I understand it or I cant understand it , but I will respect it?

  by MissFit in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so is it possible to understand a reason and not respect it?

  shouldn't understanding lead to a respect of the reasons and actions?.

  or can you respect the reasons and actions without understanding them?.

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  MissFit

  Phizzy: thank you for that clarification between making a judgement and being judgemental.

  You said : "that is the problem with the JW mindset, they are right, there is no room for an alternative opinion to be as valid as theirs..it is their way or it is wrong."

  I think many other people tend to have that mindset as well.

  You can see it in some's attitude toward same sex marriage , evolution, politics.

  Miss.Fit