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  My mother says I should just DA already.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  cut the cord.

  sever all ties.

  start new.. and she's right.

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  doofdaddy

  Well after reading all this esp your comments, I see that you yourself would make an excellent cult counsellor. Go back to Uni and do a psych degree maybe at Bond as it is so close to you. No doubt you would get a lot of Advanced Standing for your Dip Ed and from reading your posts I could imagine that you would flourish under attending a campus rather than distance education (of course you will run up a HECS bill but hey you only live once).
  

  I have a relative who went back and did her Psch Degree and Masters post jws and she learned so much about herself and the religion via study and talking to her lecturers. The first thing she got was confidence in herself and her ability to think after the total conditioning of the cult.

  Oh and sorry about the cat
  
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  Passenger plane missing

  by zebagain in

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  passenger plane from surabaya (indonesia) missing on flight to singapore.

  everyone is out looking for it.

  sad sad sad.

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  doofdaddy

  It's the beginning of the wet season in SE Asia so massive storms build within minutes. Early reports are that they were not granted rights to fly over a large storm due to heavy traffic. Very sad and terrifying for those on board.
  
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  New forum 'parousia' is upon us! (software version)

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  the time has nearly come to switch over to the new forum software.

  of course it's not completely finished yet (and never will be) but i think it's good enough to go live with and probably already better than the current one.

  i'll give you a quick overview of what to expect and post more detail about the changeover process later.. cloud platform.

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  doofdaddy

  I found the sign in process simple and fast. Love the new lay out and the ability to edit personal info
  
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  Whose KH has the Blue Square jw.org on it?

  by blondie in

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  i have been looking and finally saw the logo on the kh sign............. .

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  doofdaddy

  Nice work Ozbrad and only a few kilometres from my area.
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  Pat Condell on Britain's Cultural Crisis

  by cofty in

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  a scandal is brewing in the uk.

  for many years gangs of asian men engaged in rape and torture of young girls who were in the "so-called" care system.

  it is believed there were around 1,400 victims in north west england, focussed on the town of rotherham.. if reports are to be believed, social workers, police and the cpc knew it was happening and everybody failed to act for one simple reason.

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  doofdaddy

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-02/nine-year-old-child-bride-leaves-australia-to-be-married/5932622

  A 9 yr old girl sent from Australia to the Middle East to be married......
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  If You Don't Believe In God Anymore, Do You Still Say God Bless You or Thank God, etc.?

  by minimus in

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  honestly, do you??

  and if you do, isn't that hypocritical!.

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  doofdaddy

  If someone sneezes near me I say God bless you AND GET A F***ING TISSUE!
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  Feeling sad over a wasted life in watchtower

  by wannaexit in

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  it's been 12 years since i first read ray franz's books and the scales came off my eyes.

  by that time i was in my forties.. since 2002 i went back to school and have worked with 3 very professional organizations.

  but my biological clock is ticking away and while my peers are looking forward to retirement, i am only beginning.

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  Totally can relate wannaexit and others. The best, most productive of my years spent knocking on doors and attending mind numbing meetings that regurgitated the same bile week after week, year after year.

  And agree it took until my early 40's to realise that I was living in Zombieland.

  The only way I can deal with this situation is to live in the moment and appreciate the gift of life that many missed out on. Now that is a true miracle.

  Ain't life grand?
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  My Lecturer booby-trapped me - Patterns of Authority in Early Christian Communities

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a 2500 word essay due next tuesday, so i shall be invoiced until then.

  and, i already have been turned upside down.. even though there are set topics for the main essay, it is possible to negotiate for an essay on a subject of personal interest.

  i'd been thinking about the development of leadership in the early christian congregation, so i asked my lecturer, if i could write on that.. he asked me for a brief outline of what i was thinking, so i reviewed my early thoughts - that jesus primarily had left no clear instructions (because he was expecting divine intervention and the restoration of the kingdom), but he had trained his disciples in missionary work - which i interpreted to mean that jesus expected his own ministry to continue, to provide the judean people with continued guidance, modelled on what he (jesus) had done.. but as christianity developed (and the expectations of jesus remained unfulfilled) a different model developed and i wanted to explore the model we see developing in the nt (think pauline) and where that model came from and then transformed into the monarchial model with bishops.. .

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  Today I was listening to the (Aust) ABC and a speaker made a very good point. He said that Jesus was a Jew and once all the symbolism and myths in the "New Testament" are removed, he remained one. He said his teaching style was classic for Nazareth where he was raised by using parables and not writing anything down (he/they were uneducated) He noted that there were "Christian" groups which attended Christian meetings one day then went to the Synagogue on another up until the yr 150CE.

  His point was that Christianity was a Roman concept.
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  Famous Witnesses

  by startingover13 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been doing some research about famous witnesses.

  some were raised and eventually left, while others came in as adults.

  they range from sports players, musicians, and entertainers.

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  doofdaddy

  Patti Smith - punk rock star

  (Thanks to Wiki) Patti was raised a witness by her mother but clearly left as a young child.
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  Give me a reason not to go back

  by chukky 594 in

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  been out now for 10 yrs but life is a mess.

  starting to think its because i have no spiritual compass.

  why shouldn't i consider going back?.

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  doofdaddy

  Give me a reason not to go back

  You drop this bomb and don't even the decency respond to the thoughtful comments of others.

  Can you see that possibly you are playing the victim the same as jws do (all the the world is satanic etc)?

  You didn't mention god in your reasons for going back(wards). Don't you think there may be a problem with your reasons to return to a religion if god is not one of them?