Topics Started by RecoveringISFJ

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The believable and unbelievable
by James Mixon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
have you ever been told something that was so unbelievable, like angels having sex with humans, demons attacking someone, floods, talking animals, cutting someone ear off and reattaching it within minutes without the aid of a surgeon.

we accepted it without a second thought.. the other day watching home &garden house hunters (folks buying homes in other states and other countries).. today after leaving the borg i don't trust anyone or what they say.. a family buying a place in alaska and they announced, alaska has about 3,197 officially named natural lakes out of 3 million unnamed natural lakes.. i told the wife bs, how can that many lakes be in one state.

it was hard for me to believe that minnesota have 10000 lakes.. it really feel good to check out a source, to investigate for yourself.. i know this is a small thing, the numbers of lakes in alaska.. years ago when i was in the borg, and they told me alaska have a billion lakes, i wouldn't have question it.. what happened!!!!
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NAILING DOWN the fraud of John 1:1 by demonstration
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. bible
call me crazy, but i love to watch seminary classes when sharp teachers are in charge of the instruction.. in the following video, the teacher really nails jehovah's witnesses on john 1:1 with utter simplicity.. begin at 1 hour and 20 minutes in.. i've never seen or heard of this before.. .

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5qkj7tmbg.
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RELIGION AND MENTAL ILLNESS!!!
by ADJUSTMENTS in
1. jw
2. friends
i have have come to realize most "rank and file" jw's are mentally unstable-to-ill and here is why.... http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/mental-issues.php.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/religious_delusion.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/religion_and_schizophrenia.
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Kingdom Consolidation and Sales are coming – Reliable Source
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i heard form a reliable source that a kingdom hall consolidation is going to be happening in the us.

currently they are looking at every kingdom hall to see if they could and should sell it.

any kingdom hall that has not been updated and is in a bad location (long driveway, not in a visible location etc...) will be sold.
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NEW LIGHT FROM SLO CIRCUIT OVERSEER "Warning, Blood on Doorposts", "The Couple who Missed One Meeting Died With Their Kids, Don't Miss Any!
by Trailer Park Pioneer in
1. watchtower
2. bible
sorry, i messed up before i could put the right title on this new light from our circuit overseer, his visit show's a great desperation in the organization's mindset, adding more anxiety and guilt to jws who already feel they don't measure up!.

hi, i attended the circuit overseers visit and got really angry because our c.o.

gave information coming from the governing body's chief apologists regarding "meeting attendance" and "the couple who missed one meeting and lost their entire family because they did not get the "411" when armageddon was coming!
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I Find This "Humerus" ( ad1914.com )
by Gilgamesh in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
copied from http://ad1914.com/2015/01/10/i-find-this-humerus/ .

i am including this post to the site because it reveals something about just how crazy we have been at coming up with strange doctrines.

some would just chalk it up to the insanity of fred franz.. by 1951, the watchtower started doing some math: 33+37=70 so 1914+37=1951.
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Counsellor needed please!
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. friends
hi all.. i have noticed that many of our forum members have sought professional help from counsellors who deal with ones like us who have broken free from high control groups or "cults".. my self esteem has been rocked by recent events in the cong, and while i know ttatt it still has taken my joy in life away quite a bit.. as you all know, mentally i broke free from the org several years ago, but now that i am trying to start making the physical break, i feel really unsettled and nervous.. i wonder if a good counsellor could assist in helping me clarify and sort my feelings and emotions , and provide help to take practical steps to cut all ties with the org?.

if anyone can provide ideas of good counsellors, it would be appreciated.. thanks everyone!.
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Trying to figure things out!
by RecoveringISFJ in
1. jw
2. friends
well, i made comments on a couple of post already, but i guess i should somehow introduce myself.

i choose the user name to hopefully try and identify my past while working for future changes in myself.

ive been in and out since i was a kid.
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WHAT IS LEFT? Have all the major teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses now changed?
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
was there a second coming?.

a 3rd coming?.

" (the 3rd coming?).
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A Recovering JW
by mtwtf in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a recovering jw.

recovering.

previously i have vented here about anomalies that stood out in wts /jw.org literature and meetings.