Posts by freemindfade

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Comment someone gave on Today's Watchtower re: great tribulation

by cappytan in

"we may get instructions that don't make sense or they may defy logic, but we must be obedient to the faithful slave if we want to survive.".

all i could think about was that these were the same kind of people that would have gulped down the kool aid at jonestown without hesitation.. pardon the language, but what the actual f**k?

even when i wasn't a doubter and bought in to the organization, it was always with a view to what was in line with scripture.

freemindfade

Are we in the same hall ??? lol heard the same thing

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Stephen Fry says everything I believe in two minutes

by cofty in

"it is perfectly apparent that god is monstrous, utterly monstrous, and deserves no respect whatsoever.

the moment you banish him, your life become purer, simpler, cleaner; more worth living in my opinion.".

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The scared little girl in the basement

by brandnew in

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im kinda mad, its hard to shake off the look of that little girls face...standing in someones basement, scared.. why the hiding?

if these people werent in this basement, would they be killed?

all them years of studying and being loyal, and its come to this.......being scared in a basement....all bad !

All by design. There is psychology behind their illustrations. That evoke emotions etc. In a crowd pic they always have a person looking at you the reader. In this one it while he is reading off the koolaid recipe they are about to drink because gog is suing the org for sex abuse

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Ony J.W.'s could do this and not question what is going on

by Sour Grapes in

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at the meeting today several elders commented about the wonderful program that they attended yesterday on the new kingdom hall designs.

they said that the new halls are going to be so beautiful with lots of windows and glass panels and that the lights will be kept on in the lobby 24/7 so that you can see into the hall at night and that thousands of these halls must be built.

then five minutes later they are talking about how close the end is and that we will be meeting in basements in the near future.

freemindfade

Hahahahaha. Its amazing isn't it? Blinded by belief

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21 Years as an Elder, 5 as an MS, I will never be that guy again.

by James Jack in

i was deleted as the cobe after i let my adult child move back home and he admitted that he fornicated under my roof while my wife and i where away on a rbc project.

of course the elder mode in me kicked him out of the house.. the elders moved quickly to remove me because i was too involved in "theocractic activities", i had neglected my adult son.. i accepted this primarily because i didn't want to serve with a boe that did not want me.

i was devastated however because it was the only life i knew.

freemindfade

The Elders moved quickly to remove me because I was too involved in "Theocractic Activities", I had neglected my Adult Son.

Welcome, and this statement sounds like damned if you do damned if you don't.

Guess the father in the prodigal son story was removed as well?? oh wait

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French article on JW brain washing brain

by wannaexit in

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http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/01/24/le-cerveau-lave-par-les-temoins-de-jehovah.

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freemindfade

I wish I could read this, but I do love Montreal what a beautiful city, amazing food, and I have done more than a few non-witess things there

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received revealing "witness" in parking lot

by Magnum in

a few weeks ago i was working out of my home state and was in a grocery store parking lot when i received my first jw witness since leaving jwdom.

a youngish-looking lady was sitting in an suv parked next to my car and i was about to get in my car to leave.

she opened the door and asked whether she could give me something to read (had a tract in her hand)..

freemindfade

Its not the same religion. The old timers weren't just brainwashed, they had things to believe in and knew how to stand up for it. Now all that is left is brainwashed part, Its a shell of what it used to be. If people delve into doctrine, science, rationality now in this day and age its a shortcut to enlightenment. They don't want that, they want people who need a fantasy to live for and shinny blue logo to follow.

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Hello

by Garrett in

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hello forum,.

i'm new here and not sure where to post.

so, i'm 21 years old and currently a baptized witness, however, i'm slowly making my mind up to leave and here's why.. first, there are certain things that make no sense to me in the organization.