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Pop Psychology - warning

by Uzzah in

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for the past few months i have found myself biting my tongue at what i have been observing with some participants on jwd.

please keep in mind i have been around since noah on these boards (circa 1997) and have watched several trends and people come and go over the years.. i am not seeking approval, support or anything other than expressing a personal observation.. every once in a while an egoist appears on the ex-jw boards.

more often than not a former elder who feels they continue to hold some sort of special wisdom that they must proclaim to the masses.

Bring_the_Light

We're all adults here and we are responsible for advice we seek or advice we apply.

I doubt that. I'm willing to bet every witness kid between 9 and 17 is reading this right now, with their Internet Options open and the quickkey (if there is one) for delete cookies, internet files, and history under their fingers. Probably have a selection from xtube.com playing in another window........ When I got ahold of internet access, I wanted to see EVERYTHING, and my gosh I did.

Eat your fruit (apple) kids, it will help you grow up big, strong and ... sane.

Bring_the_Light

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New Changes for 2009

by mchll in

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has anyone posted all of the changes that will become affective january 2009 regarding the meetings and magazines?

sorry if this is old news.

i havent been around for awhile..

Bring_the_Light

The new thought is that Futurama is now on comedy central. Armageddon next week

Cool, Futurama in the New System.... on cable. That's quite some news! I hope Bill Mahr gets his show back in the New System, love that man!

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Pop Psychology - warning

by Uzzah in

jw
friends

for the past few months i have found myself biting my tongue at what i have been observing with some participants on jwd.

please keep in mind i have been around since noah on these boards (circa 1997) and have watched several trends and people come and go over the years.. i am not seeking approval, support or anything other than expressing a personal observation.. every once in a while an egoist appears on the ex-jw boards.

more often than not a former elder who feels they continue to hold some sort of special wisdom that they must proclaim to the masses.

Bring_the_Light

....... wait a second...... isn't this psycological advice? ...... paradox...... trippy.... you are so wise I will follow you wherever you go.

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I'm in love...

by mrsjones5 in

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with a a body wash!

omg, i just tried a product from dove's new body wash line, energizing grapefruit & lemongrass, and i absolutely love it!

then yesterday i found the deodorant and beauty soap bars with the same scent.

Bring_the_Light

When i was in college I picked female roomates 3 different times, all platonic, no hanky-panky, just decided the best available roomates happened to be female.

I wondered....

1. Because it seems naughty (JW upbringing?) not really.

2. Because girls are cleaner than boys? Anyone that believes that has not lived with college girls.

... yada yada.

Then I realized it................ I really enjoyed the smell of wet girl in the morning. *giggity* Someone needs to sell a colongne, seriously.

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Our CO gave a talk to kids. Stay OUT of school!

by easyreader1970 in

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he wanted to talk to the young ones in the congregation.

the main theme of the talk had to do with avoiding higher education.

basically the main idea was this: witnesses are losing alot of young people here in the last few years.

Bring_the_Light

He wanted to talk to the young ones in the congregation. The main theme of the talk had to do with AVOIDING HIGHER EDUCATION.
Basically the main idea was this: Witnesses are losing alot of young people here in the last few years. [I am glad he at least admitted to something everybody already knows.] The reason young people are leaving is not immorality but higher education.

Wow, that is 100% true.

Why? [Here is where he toys with the mind.] Because higher education is nothing but a chase after riches and you will end up stabbing yourself with many pains.

Wow, that's mostly true.

Also, your career will take up your time and your mind, which you should be devoting to Jehovah.

Well, he's still at 2 out of 3 at this point. Not too shabby, imperfect human and all that.

Jehovah's people need jobs that they don't have to think about after they leave for the day [yes, he actually said that].

Well ya know, while I don't agree with the premise, I sometimes wish I had a braindead job where the issues get solved on time, just like a Sitcom. We'll give him 1/2 credit for having a point about "the kind of job" you get with an education. so we're at 2.5 out of 4. Still a C Average.

He did NOT say that college or university often encourages people to think for themselves and to do independent research and not to just take a source's word for something.

Oooh, failure to state the obvious voids all points earned, which makes it a COMPLETE lie.

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Thank you, Watchtower, Bible and Tract Society!

by David_R in

i wanted to say thank you to the wbts for enforcing a 'no-contact' rule on all those that have left the organization.. only by experiencing first-hand my former best-friends treating me like a complete stranger (see 'garbage') for standing up for my own beliefs was i finally able to tell the society 'good-bye' forever and not feel guilty about it.. i know this was not the wbts's intention from the alienation practice.

it's intention was to make me feel guilty and lonely enough to come back to them.

however, it has backfired on them and finally given me my freedom.. thank you, society, for lacking kindness and understanding.

Bring_the_Light

Hi Bring_The_Light

Did you think about finding a congregation where know one knows you and pretend that you're some average joe off the street? Ask them questions about their beliefs that way, or even ask for a bible study?

Yes, in fact when I can free up a little time, I'm actually going to do that. BUT (<--- Big Butt) I'm NOT going to lie or be deceptive in any way whatsoever. There will be no "Apostate attack" launched. I'm where I am specifically because I am a truth teller down to my soul. I am not a Jehovah's Witness specifically because I am not a liar. I won't start now, and I feel compelled to carry the flag of the non-believer with honor, give a "good witness" to the Light, if you will. My main issue with the organization is that they would label me to be a bad man, the anger comes from the fact that I am not. Bring_the_Light

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Thank you, Watchtower, Bible and Tract Society!

by David_R in

i wanted to say thank you to the wbts for enforcing a 'no-contact' rule on all those that have left the organization.. only by experiencing first-hand my former best-friends treating me like a complete stranger (see 'garbage') for standing up for my own beliefs was i finally able to tell the society 'good-bye' forever and not feel guilty about it.. i know this was not the wbts's intention from the alienation practice.

it's intention was to make me feel guilty and lonely enough to come back to them.

however, it has backfired on them and finally given me my freedom.. thank you, society, for lacking kindness and understanding.

Bring_the_Light

So that is the starting point, which was 607 BC, when Jerusalem fell to Babylon.
Rut-row!
BFD

What? so there's a little controversy about 607 BC, we don't need to worry about that because 1914 is ALSO completely verified by a simple inspection of the dimensions of the Great Pyramid. It has been verified by MULTIPLE sources, (actual 607 historical event, GB says so, and Great Pyramid, thats 3 independant sources, folks, bulletproof) so, as you can see, there is no reason to doubt it.

.... and besides Jehovah's spirit directed organization wouldn't get it wrong anyhoo.

(almost died laughing when I excitedly started scrolling down to respond and was confronted by an open can of worms! Nice placement of graphic )

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JW's-mearly shells of human beings-Won't attend High School Graduation

by Thechickennest in

our daughter is graduating from high school in a couple of weeks.

my wife and i resigned from the congregation five years ago.

we have not attended meetings since my daughter was in the third grade.

Bring_the_Light

It just defies what is reasonable and what is good.

Well, if you really think about it, if the God of the Bible exists, he most probably is a pretty major asshole viewed though our imperfect eyes. "Smoking some kids 'cause their mommy and daddy need to get smoked? - kinda asshole?, all things considered, it isn't much of a stretch......

As a pretty deep Agnostic, one of my issues is what happens if god exists, and I just don't fucking like him? THEN we'd be pretty happy to let the Athiests have their way. There are worse things than not knowing.

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JW's-mearly shells of human beings-Won't attend High School Graduation

by Thechickennest in

our daughter is graduating from high school in a couple of weeks.

my wife and i resigned from the congregation five years ago.

we have not attended meetings since my daughter was in the third grade.

Bring_the_Light

Our daughter is graduating from High School in a couple of weeks. My wife and I resigned from the congregation five years ago. We have not attended meetings since my daughter was in the third grade. While none of my extended family are JW's, my wife's side is comprised of two parents and 7 siblings, and generations of aunts, uncles, cousins who are still active JW's. My wife's father is disfellowshiped and has went to Alaska fishing instead of attending his Grand Daughter's graduation. (He still adheres to the witness doctrine) There have been no cards, no nothing. While we were not expecting much response to this event from these people, it none the less shows what shells of human beings witnesses are. To think that my wife and I were much the same kind of heartless beings a few years ago is disturbing. Our daughter is an only child. She recieved serveral thousand dollars tonight in college scholorships at awards night. We are proud of her and thankful that we are free of Jehovah's Witnesses. It goes to show you how brainwashed and shallow JW's really are. What has our lovely daughter done so wrong that she too is shunned? She has really never known the witness way of life, not been baptized, or even ever associated with JW's, yet she is an outcast because of her who her parents are. Witnesses spend there whole lives claiming to be spiritual humanitarians to the worlds millions of people, and yet they really don't have clue what being a decent human being is about.

Indeed, and the Light Grows Brighter Still! Bring_the_Light

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We will have the book study in the new system!

by 1914BS in

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i'm gonna miss it (sniff).

Bring_the_Light

The questions are not intended to "initiate discussion", there is no ad lib allowed.
Yes, the Paragraph / Question / Rote Answer from paragraph method was a mainstay of the Soviet education system at the height of Stalin's power. It's only purpose is to indoctrinate

What's really awsome about it, is that the typical JW wouldn't have a problem with the idea that people are being indoctrinated with "the truth about Jehovah".

I've actually had people tell me that they know its the truth, because when they set aside their doubts, the turmoil subsides and they feel so much better. Indeed, when I stopped focusing on the fact that I was surrounded and immersed in complete astonishing bullshit that I could not escape and I could not fight, I felt a little better too.

Bring_the_Light

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