How realistic is it to say that 100% of elders were "douchebags"? I just don't agree. I know I wasn't. The torture of being a non-douchbag is what made escape possible. I met a few honorable men during my time in captivity. Sorry for your typical experience within the monkey house. Mine was atypical I guess. Don't get me wrong, I met some of the worst as well. Ugh.
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How do you feel about the elders?
by Lost in the fog inoh dear, i recently made a comment about an elder being dogmatic.
and one of his best buddies sent me a wt article to help me realign my mind or something.
this is where reality separates from fantasy and fiction.
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Motherly Love, that "Unbreakable Bond"
by Simon inmy father died a couple of months ago.
he'd been ill for some time and had many health scares and heart troubles over the years but always managed to keep on going.
then one time he didn't.. i'm glad i got to know him again and spend some more time with him after so many years missed because of the wts but those years will always be lost forever.
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Simon, what you did was better than any anti witness flyer, campaign or guerilla warfare. You caused your Witness mom to expose for herself the tragedy of the Watchtower. People will be talking about her antics every time witnesses come up in conversation. Nicely done. Sorry she's held captive by the tower.
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Atheists - How Did You Become An Atheist After Waking Up?
by pale.emperor ini consider myself an atheist.
and right now i'm reading a lot on atheism in general (books written to answer creationists).. i'd be interested in knowing how you became an atheist after leaving the jws and how long did it take?
was it instant or did your belief in a deity gradually decline?.
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Today’s meeting and CO visit
by Addison0998 inthe meeting today was quite disturbing as usual and had to endure 2 talks by yet another egotistical, pompous co who gives talks like a hardcore southern baptist, but people adore no matter what crazy shit spews from their mouth.
today, he talked about jesus illustration about how if your eye or hand stumbles you, remove it.
he went into gory detail about how somebodies eye ball is pulled out from their head, and what it takes to cut someone’s hand off...perhaps even with a pocketknife...in front of many small children in the audience.
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It's so funny. There was a fuss in the 9o's about calling non baptized ones "Brother" or "Sister". Anyone remember that? They said to go ahead and call them that because we don't want to alienate interested ones. But as we see now they are all bird food no matter what we called them. Too warped!
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May 1 2018 my Ayahuasca Experience
by new boy init has been over a year and a half since my last ceremony.
which was way to long.
my son came up from scottsdale for the ceremony.
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Perhaps some have not discerned the significance of "I like turtles". Essentially it is a kind way of saying I do not find the subject matter to be of any interest and I think its kind of stooopid. There, I said it. Sometimes though its a respectful way of saying its tooooo damn long. (More often than not this is the case.) This particular post seemed to glorify drugs and provide a great excuse to take them. It struck me as another cult but clearly a more fun version since you leave your head and call it a revelatory experience.
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Qualifications of elders question
by charity7 inhi guys!
i thought you guys would be able to clarify something for me.
according to jw’s what qualifies you to become an elder and who does the appointing?
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Ok, so we've read the smart ass version of qualifications, now, what are the real qualifications.
A willingness to serve others. (Amway or any other pyramid scheme will do.)
Taking the lead in the ministry. (Meeting for service, making groups and then excusing yourself because you have a "pressing matter".)
Cooperates well with others. (Schmoozes well)
Has a boat, optional. (Has a boat.)
Has a four door car.
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New York's Attorney General, Schneiderman Statement On Assembly Passage Of The Child Victims Act
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-statement-assembly-passage-child-victims-act.
a.g. schneiderman statement on assembly passage of the child victims act .
news from attorney general eric t. schneiderman.
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This cause is worthy of course, but there is one thing you can count on and that's politicians grabbing hold of it with rabid enthusiasm rather than measured responses. Mandatory bracelets are worthless in prevention and in apprehending offenders. Required living restrictions result in undue stress in offenders often leading to recidivism when their support base is torn apart by making them move into isolated areas. These same groupings of offenders become a danger to the area they are forced to live in due to the sheer numbers. Registration causes a burden on police departments because they cannot afford the thousands of officers to confirm the locations. California is moving towards reassessing who should be on the list because it is cumbersome and useless. I haven't read the law mentioned here but I hope it holds LONG LONG sentences and a fund for counseling of victims. These are the measures that will do some good.
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Appointments
by asp59 inhow big you think the percentage of reaching out for appointments in organization is base on:.
a brother wanted receive praise from other'sb wanted to marry thought having appointment would make that possiblec wife push him if he was marriedd pressure from other'se a career pathf possibility to dominate/control othersg he wanted to have appointment cause of love and wanted to help others..
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I think those who are "G's" wake pretty early. It was like that for me. That being said, there are truly few who are "G's".
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Lost in Space -Netflix- No spoilers.
by smiddy3 ini have just finished watching the first series 10 episodes and at first i was just a little bit curious and not to sure about it however it certainly grew on me .. it deviates from the old tv series and has a slightly more darker side to it as well as being a bit more modern with life situations judy being coloured and adopted ,and john and maureen a couple with issues and the robot is just out of this world .lets not forget dr.smith as a female and more sinister than her counterpart of the tv series.. i would rate it 8.5 out of 10 .
and look forward to the next series and hope that their is one because i definitely think it has a future .. anybody else seen it ?
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When the robot said "Danger Will Robinson" at the end of the first episode I was so excited! I yelled, "Yeah!" and sniffled a little. It's not perfect but neither was the original series. The new Dr. Smith is true evil and my personal hero. She moves the story along, otherwise it might just be too vanilla.
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Closure and the death of JW family/friends
by dubstepped ina few threads recently made me think of how cruel jehovah's witnesses are in shunning around death.
i don't have much experience with death.
i lost my non-jw grandpa when i was 12 (?
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Like all situations, each family practices things in the JW world according to their own dysfunction. My mother's memorial brought out a softness in the family towards my disfellowshipped brother, who is a truly evil person. He was allowed at the home afterwards as well. This I know is not typical, but it happens. Its the one time I wished they kept the disfellowship rule, oddly enough.