Londo111

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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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  Food at the proper time...NOT!
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  Invisible Rulership - one of the dumbest things I ever believed in

  by Black Man in

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  2. friends

  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.

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  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

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  2. experiences

  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.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  A blessing in disguise.
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  REVEALED: Remarkable Activities of Unusual Religious Sect

  by darkspilver in

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  2. friends

  interesting article.

  3,800 words long.

  so it's a 'long read'.

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  That cancer cure thing really makes my head spin.
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  Why do they flee and hide

  by eyeuse2badub in

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  2. beliefs

  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”?

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  The thing that makes JWs flee quicker than anything else: Questions.
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  Whats in it for them?

  by Moster in

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  2. beliefs

  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?

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  Where else would they go?

  The consequences of being wrong is too great to reconcile.
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  JW's Changing Tune

  by SickofLies in

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  2. beliefs

  i left the religion back in the early 2000's, tell you the truth it's been so long now i've been out i don't remember exactly when i left.

  i definitely used this site a lot when i first left and it was a great asset.

  when i left i somehow managed to get my parents to come with me.

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  They are rebranding to the point it's almost not the same religion anymore. But in regards being authoritarian, they are just as much if not more so.
  

  The packaging is changing, but when you open it up, it's still a cult and a toxic environment.

  I think the bottom line is: in a cult, "friends" are easily made, but it is an illusion. In the everyday world, it's more difficult for people in their 30's and older to make new friends. People by that age already have made their social circles. It's the one problem that is difficult to solve for those who leave the cult.
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  What Kind of Activism?

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. friends

  activism or any kind of push back really is not about the size of your emotion, your disgust, or the feeling of powerless frustration at the religion.being an ex-jw is about one of two things and two things only:1. being effective.

  2. being ineffectiveto which i add: effective at what?1.

  not identifying yourself as the foaming at the mouth, demonic, mentally diseased piece of shit the watchtower has framed you out to be in the minds of their captive slaves.2.

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  Terry: I couldn't agree with you more.

  I really don't get the mindset of those who are aggressive. It's as if they've forgotten what it's like to be a JW or they just don't care about helping them.
  
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  How Knowledge is Dissipated in Talks

  by Cold Steel in

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  2. bible

  londo111 » each congregation has a “talk coordinator”.

  talk coordinators will coordinate with other talk coordinators in order to find speakers to give the public talk on sunday.

  typically, they come from the general area: the circuit or a nearby circuit.

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  ColdSteel:

  Perhaps the LDS church is a better environment than the JWs and has nowhere near the extreme control. Since I'm never been, I cannot say.

  However, the way you describe former Mormons (and their websites, books, ect...) sounds allot like how many JWs would describe former JWs, including this forum here.