Topics Started by Terry
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A rational look at MIND CONTROL vis a vis Jehovah's Witnesses
by Terry inon the topic of mind control...... .
a child is disciplined (controlled) by parents, educators and custodial representatives.. as children we grow accustomed to this dynamic (being controlled for our own welfare) and we learn to adapt.. .
mind control is neutral in this context.. educators must seek to control the attention and comprehension and behavior of students.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and morality
by Pahpa ini am always puzzled by the contradictory morality of jehovah's witnesses.
a person is formally disfellowshipped or disassociated in a congregation, that.
person is usually castigated and shunned by all other members.
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Nobody forced us to believe. We CHOSE to follow their crap advice.
by hamsterbait inhave you noticed that the recent trolls are now claiming that if anybody drew conclusions or made decisions based on what the society was printing, it was their own fault?.
kind of "we didn't force you to believe what we said or adjust your life because of it.
you chose to think we were teaching the end would come in <insert time range>".
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Was there a 1974 Franz speech and subsequent coverup?
by Nickolas infor those of us who remember it first hand, the 1975 fiasco is a strong indicator that the watchtower bible and tract society is not what it represents itself to be.
in the late 1970's, after several years of unprecedented growth, the wtbts experienced an exodus of disallusioned thousands which many attribute to the failed 1975 prophesy (see www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1975.php for details).
the wtbts hierarchy subsequently played down the great disappointment of 1975, blamed its rank and file for having precipitated it, and has successfully swept it under the carpet.
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POLL: Can you turn your mind off?
by Lady Lee inok ladies you know how this goes.
you ask your man, "what are you thinking about?
now i have had more than one man tell me this.
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Why (time and again) Jehovah's Witnesses set dates
by Terry inthe method by which people accept god as a reality is called faith and belief which is a bypass exempting proof.. faith is seen as a virtue and lack of faith as a moral failing.. so, why the insistance on dragging proof into the discussion?.
something called a isn't the same as something called not a.. faith is a workaround.
proof is evidence confirming fact.. so, which is it going to be?
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Can the existence of God be proved through scientific inquiry?
by caliber inbelow are thoughts from the posted web site... i am interested in how those who put full faith in the scientific method would answer.. can the existence of god be proved through scientific inquiry?
can playing the board game monopoly prove whether charles darrow or lizzie magie invented the game?
can assembling a puzzle of the mona lisa prove the existence of leonardo da vinci?
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Latest apostate warning in Feb 15 2011 Watchtower
by dozy inandre, who had served jehovah for years, had the bitter experience of being led astray.
by apostate thinking.
he felt that having a quick look at an apostate web site would not be dangerous.he recalls: initially, i was attracted to the so-called truths that the.
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what,s your view on Women ministers.
by jam inone must forget the misguided teaching of the watch tower before one can.
honestly address what is wrong with women teaching..i was one who believe.
women should not teach.
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Making the best of what we have
by Terry infor jehovah's witnesses a series of choices confront them at every turn in daily life with warning flags flying everywhere!.
those cautionary fears have been instilled in them through constant indoctrination and social reinforcements.
a large chunk of ordinary and normal life is denied them, removed and replaced by filling up the gaping hole with a superstitious anticipation of distant reward.. behavior lies at the root their identity.