That would be good if they had a new family portrait done and it could be published in the local newspaper along with a little “human interest” story for the benefit of the community. (In that family photo the smiles would actually be genuine.) I think that would make a great little “feel good” life story, like the ones they put in the “Life” section of the newspaper or the Reader’s Digest, don’t you think?
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19A Mom, Dad And 2 Grown Kids (20ish) All Disfellowshipped This Week!
by minimus init happened in a local kingdom hall this past week.. my daughter went on one of the kid's facebook accounts and he posted pics of him with 2 joints in his mouth at the same time.. i heard the parents and sibling were aware of it and never reported it to the elders..
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exJW Psychology 105--"Are You Ready for The Big A?"
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite ini don't know how many others have gotten this question that i got recently.
i wonder if it was the co that thought this would be a great question to try to reactivate someone like me:.
at the time, i was kinda blindsided by the question and gave just an okay response.
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“DeWandelaar”: “According to the RNWT noone since it got deleted ;)”
How convenient. Looks like the WTS does a good job not only with its Spring cleaning but also its housekeeping with the information in the publications and the new WT Library. Things in the past which are now messy in relation to the current “new light” just conveniently “disappear.” Yes, the Watchtowergate machine runs like a well-oiled machine.
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The Biggest Fear From The Watchtower Organization Is ???
by minimus ini think the organization is worried most about how jws will stay loyal to their families even as it rejects the admonition of the gb and elders..
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“steve2”: “Yes - the biggest fear of the Watchtower organization is member apathy. The very top of the list. The biggest ever fear.”
I don’t understand how that could be. . . . . . Oh, what were we talking about again? . . . I forgot. . . . Ah, who cares.
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The Biggest Fear From The Watchtower Organization Is ???
by minimus ini think the organization is worried most about how jws will stay loyal to their families even as it rejects the admonition of the gb and elders..
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“sir82”: “ By far ( FAR ) the most common topic in the Watchtower is "OBEY the governing body or God will kill you".”
That’s about it. Now it’s always, “Obey, obey, OBEY!” This constant need they have to reassert their authority is an obvious indication that that is their primary focus and that their hold on the masses is slipping. After all, those masses are not as misinformed and gullible as pre-Internet days. It looks to me that the WTS leadership is feeling cornered – just like David Koresh in his little Branch Dividians clubhouse. I’m just waiting for the final showdown with the fireworks at Patterson or Warwick. It’ll be something for us “apostates” to watch on CNN with some popcorn.
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exJW Psychology 105--"Are You Ready for The Big A?"
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite ini don't know how many others have gotten this question that i got recently.
i wonder if it was the co that thought this would be a great question to try to reactivate someone like me:.
at the time, i was kinda blindsided by the question and gave just an okay response.
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‘He who is without sin cast the first stone.’ Who said that again?
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BEWARE!
by Terry inonly rational thoughts are accessible to rational arguments.
once the category of "god" is established in your mind (usually at an early, impressionable age) you can't ever close the file.. it is unassailable.. why?because it becomes rooted before you develop rational thinking skills.. categories of ghosts, devils, superstitions hold true as well.. what you can do (since they cannot be removed) is modify your emotional reactions connected to these concepts.. what are emotions?
they are signals (like beacons) informing you of the importance of your values.. the most deeply-rooted values signal the strongest emotional responses.. what you perceive to be a threat signals fear.
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“Terry”: “Once you've been a JW, unless you completely RE-WIRE your thinking, they can remote drive you for the rest of your life.”
True. That is a good caveat and warning for anyone trying to effecting and maintain their ascension out of the JW community. This rewiring of the brain (which as we know has a physical component to the process) should include both of those left-right hemispheres. We are able to get the logical, factual, linguistic, chronological information from sources such as this Web site; however, even with all of that, there can still be fairly significant and profound remnants of the JW mindset – namely fear and shame – that we can be carrying and be unaware, as they are deeply routed within the subconscious.
I’ve heard it said on a documentary about the mind that most people think that the conscious, or “core” of our perceived reality, is running the show, but that is actually a misperception, as the vast majority of our various cognitive functioning takes place “in the background” within the various facets of the subconscious level (from controlling cardiopulmonary and endocrine function to driving and directing our actions from a primal limbic and emotional base). One needs to have an awareness of what is taking place in their subconscious as an intrinsic formation of one’s personal worth and as a powerful driving force in one’s higher-level decision making.
Especially in our case, being former captives to the JW’s religion of the WT organization, we really need to address the hijacking of our creative right hemisphere by the dogma and policy which has been imposed upon our logical left hemisphere through the constant cultic loaded language. We have all been the victims of manipulation by repetitive linguistics every much as we have been by captives of a concept.
One must never underestimate the power and control of our own subconscious which has for so long been hijacked by the relentless poking and prodding by the very little “man behind the curtain.”
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exJW Psychology 105--"Are You Ready for The Big A?"
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite ini don't know how many others have gotten this question that i got recently.
i wonder if it was the co that thought this would be a great question to try to reactivate someone like me:.
at the time, i was kinda blindsided by the question and gave just an okay response.
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The WTS was able to persuade some folks to not get married, to not have children, and to not pursue a career which would give them some financial security in the days leading up to 1975, but it doesn’t seem that they could ever get away with it again. Don’t look for any mass obedience to any directives (or “strong encouragement”) to put a hold on marriage/children/career again because of some new speculations on any future dates or time periods. (Not that they would dare at this point.) It wouldn’t work for them again – at least not in any area where people could access a little thing they call the “Internet.”
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Something I Never Understood: Inactive or Disfellowshipped People Shunning Others That Were Disfellowshipped!
by minimus ini don't know if you experienced this before, but i was always wondering why inactive or df'd jws look down upon others, even not acknowledging their fellow sinners.. any thoughts??
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“Minimus” “cults can eff u up!!”
That’s for f^ck’n sure!
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Did You Ever Hear An Elder or Bethelite's Comments That Made You Question ??
by minimus inyears ago, the society's speakers used to give many off the cuff statements.
a lot of personal opinions and questionable remarks.. anything ever stand out for you in this area?.
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I remember at a district convention in Ontario, Canada (it was either at the Woodbine Race Track or the Mowhawk Race Track) that the speaker was talking about those who have committed adultery, and he said that they could be covered by God’s forgiveness, “BUT I WOULDN’T COUNT ON IT.” That statement certainly contributed to me thinking that I had sinned against the holy spirit (thus my user name, as indicateced in my profile).
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Seven Headed Wild Beast officially no longer represents UN?
by donuthole inaccording to a new "bible questions answered": " the wild beast with seven heads introduced at revelation 13:1 represents the worldwide political system.".
i know that they have quietly been backing away from the un identification for awhile.
is this feature on jw.org a new official teaching, or just a spin for the sake of the public?.
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“Oubliette”:
“I see that several posters have tried to straighten you out about the beast and it's image, the Scarlet Colored Beast. That being said: Stop trying to make sense out of NONSENSE!”
Right on the money! Nonsense is certainly the key word for sure.
“EdenOne”:
“They 'made an image TO the wild beast', not 'an image OF the wild beast'. I have written some notes about it, can't remember now where I placed them. But that certainly changes the meaning.”
“. . . set up an image IN HONOR OF the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.”Wow, that’s quite an interesting point which I’ve never really thought of! That really makes this whole UN thing appear as ridiculous as it really is.