Hey Fernando thats for posting the video, I enjoyed it! I hadn't heard of Rodney Chris and I live close to London!
I had a quick google and found this link, so I'll pass it along...
http://raymondantrobus.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/q-with-london-and-brighton-based-spoken.html
I know many former Jdubs, including myself, who likend their disaffection with the WT to the Matrix.
I do find it interesting that Prince has compared his conversion to the Matrix...
" Prince became a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses in 2001 following a two-year-long debate with friend and fellow Jehovah's Witness, musician Larry Graham . Prince said he didn't consider it a conversion, but a "realization"; "It's like Morpheus and Neo in The Matrix ", he explained.
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So who knows who is right ;) Either way I'm glad I took the pill I did!
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Can ART help us get the TATT message across? The MATRIX - a poem by Rodney Chris Paradox.
by Fernando incan we take a leaf out of rodney's book?.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p01zxsb3szm.
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Sparlock is helping Mormons
by cedars incheck out this awesome video - part 7 in a series where a mormon uses the witnesses as a proxy to figure out why his own faith is wrong.. sparlock, hassan's bite model, and even the 2013 "human apostates" convention talk all make cameos.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmesmlhydru.
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Every Ex-JW can learn very important parallels from this video
by Terry inthe speaker in the video was genitally mutilated as a young girl.
as a muslim she had been devout and even on the fringe.. however, events in her life drove her into an escape into free society.. she is an outspoken person much despised as an apostate.. in this video her explanation of the psychology of absolute belief is the sort of carefully wrought clarification which can.
be an epiphany for former jehovah's witnesses as well.. it is a helluva clear deconstruction of what makes islam tick, too.. .
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nice link Terry, thank you for sharing!
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Mormons getting hollowed out: The tipping point has occurred.
by Qcmbr inever since mitt romney turned the spotlight on the lds church a growing tsunami of disaffection has been accelerated and brought to a head.. the lds core faithful members are leaving in increasing numbers such that growth has not simply stagnated in the west but it has actively reversed.
to their credit the church is responding aggressively but not only is it too late, it is an impossible task.
you can only paint sh*t so many ways.
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A Mormon manages to awaken from mind control with a little help from Jehovah's Witnesses...
by cedars ina brilliant, honest, well presented video.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s4hqkiiz5a.
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Mormon experiences on shunning:
http://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/15dtd3/tbms_like_to_say_that_shunninglosing_friends_and/
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"What is the difference between a religion and a cult?" BBC Radio4/Today
by Chariklo inalert for those in the uk.. bbc radio 4 programme today anounced at 7 am that they are going to include an item on "what is the difference between a religion and a cult.. i don't know which part of the programme, and it doesn't seem to mention it on the programme's website.
but, you can usually pick up replays on iplayer and the programme's podcasts etc..
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thanks for the tip Chariklo, I just listened to the 10 min discussion. I don't remember the people names of who were involved. I did enjoy the one guy who spoke of coercion when describing cults. He said in his 30 year experience, he has never known anyone to join a cult, but rather one is recruited.
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TRUTH BE TOLD - New JW Documentary??
by Flat_Accent inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftol5mq3iuw&feature=plcp.
from the blurb:.
truth be told is a new feature-length documentary film about growing up in the jehovah's witnesses religion.
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I read an interview with the director, passing along the link...
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New Ex-JW Documentary To Be Released
by discreetslave inabout filmtruth be told is a feature length documentary that explores the lives of several individuals raised in the jehovahs witnesses religion.
the title of the film refers to the tendency by jehovahs witnesses to regard their beliefs exclusively as the truth.. the documentary is not an indictment of religion but rather a retrospective.
in a series of informal interviews, former jehovahs witnesses discuss life experiences within the organization including the impact the religion had on their childhood and family, schooling, adolescence, and approaches to dating and marriage.
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Some people just "need" religion...
by OneDayillBeFree ini heard this from a man at a door this morning.... it was in response to the question, "do you think god has only one true religion?
" it was asked by an elder i was with.
he did all the talking at the doors.
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I read this interesting article online yesterday
"Many say 'So What? to God, Religion, Atheism"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-12-25/religion-god-atheism-so-what/52195274/1