finish school.. finish my apprenticeship (why are you doing that brother karter you will never finish it in this system).. buy a house.. pay the house off.. karter..
Get my entire family out of a mind control doomsday cult.
Travel
Enjoy a fine cigar
Vote and donate to political campaigns
Send my kids to college
Celebrate Christmas
Not judge gay family members
Watch my kids play sports
Get a couple of tattoos
Enjoy the fine musings of those of you who post on this site.
may 15, 2016 to all congregations re: answers to 10 questions young people ask.
publication in question: answers to 10 questions young people ask ypq-e.
so how many are not going to the regional convention this year?
it will be my first year not attending as part of my fade.. i remember going for all of my childhood into adult hood, participating in stage parts even.. however, last assembly i was already mentally checked out.
i remember looking around and seeing all of people bobbing & nodding at the program talks that had been previously repeated time and time again.. almost seemed like hypnosis.. i also had a hard time with the fact that we're all supposed to be "friends" and everyone had always seemed to be so judgmental.. especially at conventions & assemblies.. things like who had the best outfit for the days, who looked the prettiest, who can snag the single ms brother.. who took the most spiritual food out of the program, how many times can you tally mark jehovah's name.
there is no typical jw personality type.. any of us who were in the religion for a number of years will remember all sorts of individuals.
there is as much variety among jws as there is in the general population.
some were arrogant and judgemental but others were humble and kindly.
Eight years since I've left and I still find vestiges of that cynical outlook in myself.
Still, I wonder how much of that is also echoed in society in general. Trumps "make America great again" catchphrase resounds among a populace that has been whipped into a frenzy by the religion of talk radio to think that we're in a downward spiral.
The reality is, as Cofty points out, that we are living in the best days of human existence.
You know, all those people enjoying a picnic are going to be "burnt hot dogs."
At least the new owners will have a front row view of all the Manhattan skyscrapers tumbling over at Armageddon.
This is despicable! Let's take advantage of the pain of real people to pump up our numbers!
A@#HATS!
as a non-jw, before i started looking into things, i must say i only encountered intelligent jws.
so i was quite surprised to read here and in the pew report about their low overall educational achievement.
granted, my exposure was limited (less than a handful of people over a lifetime) but i met two of them in post-college education (graduate school) at a very good school.
i have looked around and i don't see this covered, so i am starting a thread.. 1) the new "blood card" goes beyond being just a "blood card".. 2) a new edict concerning compliance.. pay attention to the changes.. first, the new card is termed "advance decision to refuse specified medical treatment".
the big change with the card itself is that it includes an 'override' of your "power of attorney".
this is huge.
This closes all the loopholes. If you don't provide them a copy, they'll take it upon themselves to make sure you fill it out. And yes, the HLC Gestapo will show up at the hospital to make sure you comply or are summarily DF'd.
If you refuse to fill it out, you will also be summarily DF'd as an apostate.
Just hope you never need a transfusion. Wow am I glad I faded.
This just screams CULT.
not mansfield u k , but mansfield in u s a - it doesn't look much, does it?
in fact even the uber dubs on j w talk are not impressed (that must be a first!
this thread of theirs is publicly readable:.
That forum is unbelievable! Are these real people? Typical for the Wits to be chastising each other for questioning whether or not the building is appealing (personal choice). If the same conversation took place on this board it would go like this:
A. I think this building is ugly.
B. Watch yourself, you're not agreeing with the brothers.
A. F&^k Off!
jw seek treatment for mental breakdown.. he tells the physician, my non-jw family tell me i'm nuts because i preach we are the only true religion (jws).. the doctor said that is strange because i have two patients that checked in yesterday and they .
each said they belong to the only true religions.
one is a mormon and the other a muslim.. so the doctor thought i will lock all three up in the same room for the night and see what.
They won't vote for Trump! Woopsie saw the correction. This is why they're not delusional.
Of course they are delusional in every other aspect of thought.
