Mrs. Fiorini

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  On the watchtower.org site: Can a Pagan Holiday Be Made Christian?

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20071215/article_01.htm.

  do you find it acceptable that a religious leader would give a seemingly christian meaning to events and symbols whose roots go back to ancient paganism?

  as to the proper course, the scriptures admonish true christians: what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have?

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  JW's on Facebook seem like happy people

  by Smoky in

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  i just recently got a facebook page and started to look up some old jw friends (im a long time fader).

  i see there pictures and comments and feel kinda jealous that they all look happy (im in a rough stage in my life).

  i never was happy as a jw, and since i faded i am more comfortable in my own skin....the future looks bright for me.

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  Where did the Watchtower Org learn its Mind Control techniques ?

  by wobble in

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  this is a little where and when, i am not widely read in chuck russells stuff or rutherfords,the former is quite looney and the latter makes me want to up-chuck.. but i get the impression, i must admit more from isolated quotes rather than proper reading, that chuck hardly used mind-control,apart from trying to convince that his strange interpretation of scripture was correct,and even rutherford didn't use it so much,although the signs are there.. so when,and where from ,did they learn the mind control methods they use,that are so similar to all the other cults, is there a college course being run somewhere on how to build and control your own cult?.

  and do the g.b take extra lessons in it, and pass them on to all members of the writing committee?

  and then down the ranks,the d.os and c.os certainly use it,and i don't believe it is un-consciously,they are taught.. any ideas ?

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  i think my df son needs your help...kicked to the curb at 17...

  by oompa in

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  he is a good example of what dubs think happens to all who leave da troof.....he has floundered in life, but he was as a teen dub too....he had lost of emotional problems and really hated authority figures....school problems a nightmare starting at 13...then counseling and tons of meds......the dunked for a gf at 16.....and kicked out at 17...it has been five years.

  i hate to admit it but back then i urged him to "go to the elders".....when dfd....i told him and others "it was for his own good".....was that party line or what!?!?!??!.

  now......i am trying to get him to see what a mindfuck it is to lose your entire social structure at that age!!!!

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  Is lying an acceptable option if the truth would hurt the listener?

  by The Berean in

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  The First Nice Guy I Ever Met...

  by jamiebowers in

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  died suddenly this morning of a heart attack.

  he was only 58 and had lost enough weight to cause his doctor to take him off of medications for high blood pressure and cholesterol.

  he was married to my dear aunt, and i feel so badly for her and their 6 kids.

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  Confusion on what to believe, also guilt.

  by izzysma in

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  i was raised a witness up until i was 16, never was baptized, and now that i have my own child now i am having a really hard time with wanting her to know what religion is.

  as i have gotten older, wiser i am doubting the truth even more...actually i never doubted it until just a few years ago.

  being a witness is the only religion i know so i still have that sense of loyalty to it even though it's not what i choose to be.

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  Sometimes I feel like I am going crazy with the WT teachings

  by verystupid77 in

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  i went to the meetings this week because we have the co's visit.

  i have not been in about five months.

  oh my god some of the stuff you just cannot make this stuff up.. ok so like many of us i feel that there have been things done that are wrong in the "truth".

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  Snubbed by a jdub - No surprise there!

  by iveseenthelight in

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  sorry i have to vent!

  i havent been on here is months but couldnt think of anywhere else to off load!.

  i reunited briefly with a "sister" who i knew about 13 years ago via facebook.

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  2012

  by rockmehardplace in

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  went to the movies with some jw friends over the weekend.

  a preview for this movie was shown.

  when we left the movie, everyone talked about this preview and how we would see this all happen in our time - minus the govt ships taking people to safety.

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