Posts by freemindfade

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How do you respond to JW family?

by Laika in

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friends

for those who have left and are still in contact with jw family, how do you usually respond when they bring up jw stuff, i.e.

start talking about the nearness of armageddon or things like that.. i usually say nothing and just let it pass but i'm considering changing tact to something more confrontational, less because i want to change their mind and more because i find it tiresome.

thoughts?

freemindfade

Say nothing! They are preaching to you to bait you into a witch hunt. Trust me. I always kept my mouth shut, when I suggested they not speak so callous and extreme because it would actually not draw people to god but turn them away, I got drawn into a debate, the debate turned into accusations and now no one is speaking to me anymore. Just ignore them. I know its hard. Feel it out carefully at the least, if someone really wants to speak about rationality ok, but generally I would steer clear, they may already suspect and they are waiting to get to the bottom of it so they can get down to the punishment/shunning part to make you come back to god.jw.cult its a trap.

Just remember this scary fact about the witnesses and other high control religions and governments

Thinking critically or independently are the MOST offensive and WORST sins you can commit. It's sick but that is the reality.

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Rational Buddhism?

by cappytan in

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friends

does a type of buddhism exist that doesn't include the metaphysical aspects of traditional buddhism?

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freemindfade

hmmmm. Well not sure. It has always been attractive to me as a non Abrahamic ass hole religion. I knew a lot of atheists who considered themselves secular Buddhists. So I know they didn't really buy that part. Just worship lucifer like me lol. There are some gnostic folks who believe missing chunk of Jesus life where he grew up he was in the easy learning Buddhism. All conjecture but interesting. I would never tie myself to any religious ideology fully again. I'd take the good philosophical bits away without buying the total package. Like even jesus or the people who made him up had good ones like do to others... although so did Buddhism long before him

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March JW Broadcast: Once again disparaging Higher Education - this time in the Music Video.

by cappytan in

i will have the music video separated shortly.

will post the link once it's done..

freemindfade

Hoser

I agree it just wanders on to nowhere.

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Rational Buddhism?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

does a type of buddhism exist that doesn't include the metaphysical aspects of traditional buddhism?

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freemindfade

Not sure. But I always liked metaphysical stuff. Less as an answer and more just as cool ideas. And I think there can be physical links attributed to much of it. powerful things your mind can do that are natural but unexplainable in the past so metaphysical explanations were given.

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Just Because it's Hilarious

by freemindfade in

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freemindfade

@cappytan look up my book of bibe BS on the inerwebs you'll be dying

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Just Because it's Hilarious

by freemindfade in

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freemindfade

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March JW Broadcast: Once again disparaging Higher Education - this time in the Music Video.

by cappytan in

i will have the music video separated shortly.

will post the link once it's done..

freemindfade

All they are doing is preaching work harder for less, instead of work smarter for more.

Most millionaires have 8 revenue streams, and they are not working full time on all of them .

The goal of entrepreneurial pursuits is really not to work your ass off. It's the opposite!

Working smart gives you freedom. So if witnesses weren't such miserable, self and others loathing people, who blame: the world, satan, their brothers and sisters, and so on, for all their woes, they might accomplish something, find a real happiness. But they stay in a rut of manual labor for little money or satisfaction.

This just shows me how unenlightened they are, not even the downplaying of education etc, because I have an education but I believe self education will always make you more than formal education. But, its this idea the work has to be miserable unless you are in a factory printing off watchtowers. Thats clear deceit

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March JW Broadcast: Once again disparaging Higher Education - this time in the Music Video.

by cappytan in

i will have the music video separated shortly.

will post the link once it's done..

freemindfade

Powermetal4ever

That will be next to show the kids how hip they are, except instead of metal, its gonna be some Scott Stap/Creed stuff.

Then the eyes will roll

I am prophesying this today!

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March JW Broadcast: Once again disparaging Higher Education - this time in the Music Video.

by cappytan in

i will have the music video separated shortly.

will post the link once it's done..

freemindfade

I have seen it presented that the Greek "unlettered and ordinary" meant illiterate. They just want witnesses to be like those folks. And then if they need to write a bible book like those "illiterate" guys did, it will be a miracle!!

And I, as well as others here I am sure, can agree, this view of hard work is portrayed for the reason of giving witnesses a reason to judge each other. In other words "he's not at meeting, he works pretty hard, he's a sinner" that in turn makes them fear recieving the judgement they are heaping on others. Its a cycle of F.O.G. I say I need to miss meeting for work stuff, but it's not really true, I just want to kill myself sitting through another ever mind numbing "beeting". So work becomes a nice excuse, I am sure that is why most of us faders do that, no one is really working lol. Just a "Get out of meeting free card".

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March JW Broadcast: Once again disparaging Higher Education - this time in the Music Video.

by cappytan in

i will have the music video separated shortly.

will post the link once it's done..

freemindfade

Disgusting.

I love what I do, I have been criticized by m family for having things and living my work. But I have an awesome job, at the same time they say its like Im always on vacation. Because I am not a victim trying to be miserable. I work with amazing people, my day to day is always exciting, fulfilling, I had terrible jobs when I was younger, but i was living the witness mindset. I will answer emails day and night, my team is awesome and I would say I probably work a lot less harder than any window washer, janitor, part time whatever witness. I mix my play and work back and forth, somedays im in the office I am having fun, somedays im on and island or boat but still working to some degree. They portray a "career" as so evil.