Robert7
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Group Pride Rooted in Insecurity
by Robert7 ininteresting study showing that self-boasting is tied to insecurity & a low social status... gosh how this applies to meetings, since boasting is all they are about!.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081028/sc_livescience/grouppriderootedininsecurity .
from screaming baseball fans to political rally-goers, groups that engage in boastful self-aggrandizing may be trying to mask insecurity and low social status.
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Any actually embarrased to admit they were Witnesses?
by Robert7 inwhen i was active, i was always (usually) proud to talk about being a jw, our faith, reasons for our stupid beliefs on birthdays, x-mas, etc.
now with everything i'm going through, given how much of an impact this is to my life, i want to talk to others about it, like coworkers, and other friends.
but thinking about how i would explain how it's a mind-controlling cult, i feel stupid for falling for it.
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Need suggestions... how do I respond to my elders?
by Robert7 inso our fade is not going so well.
too many people have been asking about us, and therefore giving us attention.
we've had no choice but tell select few friends that we're discouraged, and one that we're having a hard time believing the fds in general.
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Puke email alert: 'encouraging news' from GB
by Robert7 in(thanks a@g for reformatting) .
bro.
--- had a part on service meeting.
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Anyone here from the RTP, NC area?
by Robert7 inthere have to be some local apostates here :) .
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pm me if you'd like to chat but don't want your location known on the board...
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I am SO proud of all us apostates!
by Robert7 inwhen i first heard the book study rumor, i figured there was a great chance it was just someone's speculation, and everyone running with it.
i told my wife, and given the huge news, i was skeptical, and really hoped it wasn't all a lie.
then i hear of people who have talked to po's, elders, and even saw a letter (which i hoped wasn't fabricated).
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Being told that "Not all people will die at Armageddon"
by Robert7 inmy wife, who while still (at least partially) in, is an open thinker, agrees with me for the most part, and has made a recent observation... .
she brings up with her friends how it's difficult to believe that all non-jws, over 6 billion will die at armageddon.
plus will die becuase they didn't accept some magazine.
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Pro sports is idolatry
by Robert7 inhere's another good one... heard this in yesterday's talk.
idolatry is everywhere in the world today.
soviets have the bear, u.s. has the eagle, etc.
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Memorial Billboard!
by Robert7 inthis kind-of goes with the thread "why not use mass-media".
i got this email forwarded to me by a relative.
i guess it could have been photoshopped.... wow, someone actually advertised the memorial on a billboard.
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God is Imaginary website
by Robert7 infound this interesting website, godisimaginary.com, founded by the guy who created the cool site howstuffworks.com.
offers some rational views into the belief of a god.... .
http://godisimaginary.com/