first off, this is a book you want to read.
avoid the movie franchise at all costs.
horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".
JY: Rand . . . did not live by her own crazy ideology.
True dat.
In spite of her claiming to be fiercely individualistic and her development of the Objectivist philosophy, she ultimately was a cult leader of sorts.
Nevertheless, Anthem is a very accessible work and can help fading and faded JWs to work through their cult indoctrination.
yes, it’s donald trump’s problem and he has no idea of how to take care of this!
and he gets his vp mike pence to oversee this situation.
donald trump doesn’t care about who could get this virus.
"It’s all very well to appear merciful, faithful, humane,
religious, upright, and to be so, but with a mind so disposed that
should you need to be otherwise from those qualities, you will be able
to become the opposite.” - Machiavelli, The Prince, Chapter 18
“parents train your children to love jehovah “.
the title says it all really, but par 6 has this piece of advice.. “jesus likened our time to “the days of noah,” and there is no doubt that we are living in “critical times hard to deal with.” (matt.
24:37; 2 tim.
Jehovah’s Witnesses (and their predecessor, Charles Taze Russell) have been proclaiming “The End is Near” since 1879.
It must suck to be wrong for over 140 years.
It would be funny except for all the lives that have been ruined.
Let’s review: It’s a cult!
yes, it’s donald trump’s problem and he has no idea of how to take care of this!
and he gets his vp mike pence to oversee this situation.
donald trump doesn’t care about who could get this virus.
According to a comprehensive study by the John Hopkins Institute, the death rate for the coronavirus is 3.4%
yes, it’s donald trump’s problem and he has no idea of how to take care of this!
and he gets his vp mike pence to oversee this situation.
donald trump doesn’t care about who could get this virus.
If this becomes a full-blown pandemic, which seems likely, this could result in more deaths worldwide than the Spanish flu early last century.
yes, it’s donald trump’s problem and he has no idea of how to take care of this!
and he gets his vp mike pence to oversee this situation.
donald trump doesn’t care about who could get this virus.
minimus: This problem is certainly something that should be tackled by both parties in unison. It should not be a political issue.
Agreed.
And of course it's not Trump's fault, but it would be prudent to appoint qualified people to address the situation, not a couple of finance guys and then hope for "a miracle."
That's just irresponsible.
i was thinking about this at work the other day, and realized the one positive thing i can truly credit the jws with: .
i have no fear of public speaking.
i was a shy kid, fat, clumsy, with crooked glasses and worse teeth, who wore hand-me-downs in one of the wealthiest counties in all of america, who sat still while classmates got up to salute the flag or recite the pledge of allegiance.
I was 3 grades ahead of other kids in school with my reading.
That could only be true for children in grades 3 or 4 and below as the WT and all JW publications (in the last few decades) are written at a 6th or 7th grade level.
we hear how the economy is much healthier now.
are you better off than you were before, or the same or worse?
?.
Yes it can, Minimus. Yes it can!
we hear how the economy is much healthier now.
are you better off than you were before, or the same or worse?
?.
Much, but in my case it's because I finished my education after leaving the JW cult and now am able to earn more money.
to me personally, steven hassen books have had a tremendous influence on my waking-up over the last years.. i have read 3 of his books.. combating cult mind control(2012 edition).
freedom of mind.
releasing the bonds.
Releasing the Bonds is, in my opinion, the best one for an ex-JW seeking to understand how they were recruited into and indoctrinated by a cult and how to heal and rebuild their life.
