Posts by Londo111

I remember a CO saying something to the effect that you could be depressed or bipolar at home...or get out in the ministry (not sure if he mentioned pioneering or not).

But yeah...it is the answer for everything.

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To cure cancer we need to go back in time! From the Brooklyn Eagle 1916

by Aussie Oz in

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Invisible Rulership - one of the dumbest things I ever believed in

by Black Man in

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having now been out of the cult for a few years, it really shocks me about some of the nonsense i used to believe in.

like for instance, christ ruling in the midst of his enemies, but doing so invisibly.. let's let that one sink in for a minute.

you've supposedly got a king who is ruling for a kingdom, but it is an invisible rule.

Of course, the kicker is that originally the invisible presence was supposed to have begun in 1874. All because Nelson H Barbour’s prediction of a visible return of Christ did not happen in that year. Then Russell invited Barbour to prove to him that the invisible presence began in 1874—and Russell was sold on that and of Barbour’s idea that 1914 was the end of the “Gentile Times”.

It wasn’t until over 50 years later that the invisible presence was shifted from 1874 to 1914.

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Do You Have Any Indoctrinated Guilt Left Over?

by pale.emperor in

i voted this morning for the first time.

at 32yo i wondered in a church of england parish hall with no idea what i was doing.

everyone else knew how to do it.

Londo111

Being a JW meant constantly wrestling with guilt, but once the lightbulb turned on and I woke up, nope!!!

I voted for the first time in 2012...and have voted in every election, big or small, ever since. There's a governor primary coming up next week, I'm hoping to do that as well.

The first time I wasn't guilty...but I was anxious some JW would spot me and report me to the elders. Didn't happen.

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What is the most bizarre counsel you received as a JW, from a JW?

by Funchback in

there were many addressed to me.

for example, i once had a sister tell me i was gambling because i liked playing skill crane (the machine where you have to try to pick up prizes like stuffed animals) at the arcade.

i then fired back a her: "you saw the r-rated movie 'backdraft.

Londo111

A blessing in disguise.

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REVEALED: Remarkable Activities of Unusual Religious Sect

by darkspilver in

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interesting article.

3,800 words long.

so it's a 'long read'.

Londo111

That cancer cure thing really makes my head spin.

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Why do they flee and hide

by eyeuse2badub in

something that has often struck me in my morning musings is: why should “god’s people” ever need to hide or flee in fear?.

there are numerous accounts recorded in the bible, both ot and nt, where prophets, kings, apostles and others have either been told to flee and hide or have just experienced that normal human feeling of fear and have fled and hidden instinctively.

even recently, the wtbts has produced vivid images in the wt magazine and videos of “god’s people” hiding out in bunkers to avoid detection.. is it just another broken promise from jehober that he will “without fail” protect “his people”?

Londo111

The thing that makes JWs flee quicker than anything else: Questions.

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Whats in it for them?

by Moster in

i have been out for nearly 40 years now - baptized at 14 (although not to the org), but faded away.

but i am wondering about this:.

aside from the obvious power they wield, what's is in it for the gb?

Londo111

Where else would they go?

The consequences of being wrong is too great to reconcile.