i have had a few conversations with my sister who left the org several years ago and has been dating a non jw for several years now.
she celebrates the holidays and everything.
so the other day i brought up some of the things i have learned since leaving.
I was out for over 20+ years before I figured it out.. I became an atheist.. but still maintained if? then the WT would be the one...
It was terrifing to examine at first, but my desire for the truth won out.. and I had to know.. Final reasoning was if it's the truth it will hold up to anything...
It didn't hold up to squat...
It was traumatic at first too...
i have a new poll at jwfacts.mobi/pollsarchive/ as i am very interested to see what people have moved on to believe.
as this is considered sensitive by some, you can answer anonymously at the jwfacts.mobi/pollsarchive/, or answer on this thread.
this is what i have created in the list, but feel free to add comments, corrections, or options i have missed.. .
OTWO ...me too
it's occurred to me that i have been reshaped by the books i have read, taking my new knowledge for granted, and forgetting that those around me have not been on the same journey.
as a consequence sparks fly, as iron sharpening iron, as we strive to understand each other (or to insist that we are not the same).
there are a few books that stand out, as i refer to them over and over again.
marking
so giving your fertilized egg to a surrogate is pornia.
another "cult" tell..... having an answer for everything....
aka.. being presumptuous
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the fire was burning within me to say something so i mustered up the courage and did it.. .
we were for lunch after the meeting sitting at the same table as a pioneer sister, her unbaptized publisher bible study, and the bible study's teenage son.
the pioneer was telling the unbaptised publisher about how no one from sodom and gomorrah would get a resurrection because they were killed directly by god's judgment.. this is where i had heard enough.
you were being encouraging.. to research fine WT propaganda publications..
i've never heard a more appropriate ted talk for jw's to take to heart than this one.
"most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong.
but what if we're wrong about that?
wow!... I don't know maybe I'm wrong...
excellent .. not just jws, everyone on this board should watch this.. I think of how I often wonder what I believe right now, that in the future I will not see the same, and wonder how I ever believed that ..something to look forward too..
I'll have to wait and SEE!
this is my first post here on jehovahs witness.net.
i joined a ltitle while ago but have been deciding if i want to become active on this site and i believe the response to my question here will determine my descision.
i am a former jehovahs witness and have quite a story.
welcome.. your not being recruited to join so... You my want to just find out for yourself .. about the web site
i've never heard a more appropriate ted talk for jw's to take to heart than this one.
"most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong.
but what if we're wrong about that?
marking
i'm referring to abuse in all it's forms: emotional, physical, sexual, mental, spiritual, whatever.. i.
But some of the side effects can be somewhat positive.
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-30/rise-americas-lunatic-fringe.
every once in a while, you read an article that really puts it all together (or spot on, as some would say).
ever on the fringe,.
Conspiracy theories result from a pattern-perception mechanism gone awry--- they are cognitive versions of the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese
Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. "The Invisible Gorilla"
