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  "Why are we supposed to be happy when people are killed?" From a 10 year old

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i was really overjoyed to hear a 10 year old in the hall say this the other day.

  she was sitting behind us and whispered to her mum during the meeting:.

  "so mummy, why are we supposed to be happy when jehovah kills people, including my friends at school?

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  freemindfade

  typical cult response when there is no rational answer "shhh, no talking"
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  How did you get through mind numbing meetings?

  by minimus in

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  as an elder, i used to find a legitimate reason to wander.

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  freemindfade

  I hope one day to stop attending and i believe that day will come. in the meantime I feel like my life during those times is wasting away. Not sure how much longer I can do this favor for my wife. To me now the meetings do more to push me away from "THE TRUTH" than apostate site like this one. The cult tactics, the persecution complex, the unscientific based belief in fairy tails, the unqualified instructors its so bad.  
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  Woke up this morning to the realization that the future is now

  by campaign of hate in

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  as the title of the thread says, i woke up this morning realizing more than ever that we should, each and every one of us, live for today and what we can accomplish today, rather than constantly looking toward the future.. i'm not implying we shouldn't make plans, plans are healthy and advisable, especially if you have healthy commitments.. but i realized the reason why nothing in my life ever seems to get done, is because i put things off, and look ahead 10 years down the line, then a few days later realize how much work needs to be put into that said task, then i don't do anything.

  and so the cycle seems to repeat itself.. what i think i'm trying to say is that worthwhile endeavors that have a reward at the end, but take many years to get there, need to be challenged one day at a time.

  i now understand that to get to where we want to be 10 years down the line, we need to focus on today and the hard work that needs to be out into a task one day at a time.

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  freemindfade

  when i was 19 i worked with a PA who was on the faculty at Stanford, she thought I was so bright and wasting my time, she offered to write me letters of rec and help me get into Stanford, I smugly said laughed and turned it down, no thanks, those things aren't important to me. FML. 6 years later I went to college. But they screwed me out of that opportunity. Well i screwed myself by believing I guess
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  Woke up this morning to the realization that the future is now

  by campaign of hate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as the title of the thread says, i woke up this morning realizing more than ever that we should, each and every one of us, live for today and what we can accomplish today, rather than constantly looking toward the future.. i'm not implying we shouldn't make plans, plans are healthy and advisable, especially if you have healthy commitments.. but i realized the reason why nothing in my life ever seems to get done, is because i put things off, and look ahead 10 years down the line, then a few days later realize how much work needs to be put into that said task, then i don't do anything.

  and so the cycle seems to repeat itself.. what i think i'm trying to say is that worthwhile endeavors that have a reward at the end, but take many years to get there, need to be challenged one day at a time.

  i now understand that to get to where we want to be 10 years down the line, we need to focus on today and the hard work that needs to be out into a task one day at a time.

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  freemindfade

  They wore out the word "soon" i think no one can stomach it anymore, or take it literal. Crying wolf for too long
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  Last nights meeting...

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
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  i know dubs are delusional.

  i know dubs don't reason well.

  i know dubs are a bit off, like many groups.

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  freemindfade

  _Morpheus you are totally right, baptism is the noose they put around your neck to hang yourself later. and when you are a kid, you don't know better. Once its there is only one way out...
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  Saturday morning JW knock knock

  by FirstLastName in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was home on saturday morning, around 10:30 a.m. when i heard my doorbell ring.

  i checked my security monitor and could see two jw women at my door.

  i breathed in deeply.my husband works a graveyard shift and was sleeping.

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  freemindfade

  So happy to not be that person. All my years working out with bros and sisters, most people never enjoyed going out. They would try to have fun but deep down no one really wants to irritate people in the AM. Especially elders, they would do everything they could to not do D2D. 
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  Woke up this morning to the realization that the future is now

  by campaign of hate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as the title of the thread says, i woke up this morning realizing more than ever that we should, each and every one of us, live for today and what we can accomplish today, rather than constantly looking toward the future.. i'm not implying we shouldn't make plans, plans are healthy and advisable, especially if you have healthy commitments.. but i realized the reason why nothing in my life ever seems to get done, is because i put things off, and look ahead 10 years down the line, then a few days later realize how much work needs to be put into that said task, then i don't do anything.

  and so the cycle seems to repeat itself.. what i think i'm trying to say is that worthwhile endeavors that have a reward at the end, but take many years to get there, need to be challenged one day at a time.

  i now understand that to get to where we want to be 10 years down the line, we need to focus on today and the hard work that needs to be out into a task one day at a time.

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  freemindfade

  You got it bud. People that have success (and are happy about it) have this view. The WTS trained us this life is crap, do your time slave for the lord blah blah. But thats all crap. We've all been waiting for god to fix things, when really its only us. I hear my moms voice now telling me, you'll never have to go to school, you'll never have to get a license, you'll never have to work in this world. That damaged my life, but today is mine. Best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, second best time is now. Get to living!
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  Last nights meeting...

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know dubs are delusional.

  i know dubs don't reason well.

  i know dubs are a bit off, like many groups.

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  freemindfade

  It's been my observations that most JW adults are way more excited and into the Caleb and Sofia nonsense than kids even. 

  They do the standard cult thing and ask you "isn't this great..." isn't it wonderful how..." ""isn't our org the best..." with a cracked smile that says inside I'm dying because of this so please agree with me to help me fight rational thought from coming through.
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  Last nights meeting...

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know dubs are delusional.

  i know dubs don't reason well.

  i know dubs are a bit off, like many groups.

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  freemindfade

  Caleb is going to make friends with Bart Simpson fall out of the truth and be an apostate at 10 for the rest of his life/cartoon career. 

  When they first came out with this madness my thought was this. This probably how every story came about in the bible. Just that a story to guide or indoctrinate kids. They probably stuck as true by mistake or maybe design. In 100 years from now dubs will be reading from the books of Caleb and sophia. Unable to distinguish story from reality. 
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  Jw still believe 4026 B.C.E as Adams creation...?

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  2. beliefs

  i was doing some "research" and came across jw articles that all talk about 4026 b.c.e as adams creation.

  it even went as far as to state, "there are no actual records of ancient man, his writing, agriculture, and other pursuits, extending into the past before 4026 b.c.e., the date of adams creation.

  since the scriptures outline mans history from the very creation of the first human pair, there can be no such thing as prehistoric man.

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  freemindfade

  Would be great if the OT had dates and records like those pesky satanic pagan nations kept, of course then where would the numerology and mystery be and the need to faith and speculation and ambiguities. Guess it's better to not have good records for the most important book supposedly ever written.