Posts by James Mixon

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Being in a cult - what good did it do?

by Garrett in

jw
friends

so, here's a bit of a different point of view.

while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.

did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.

James Mixon

Ignoranceisbliss" "I feel that those that thrive in Dubland probably would of done

even better without it" I have thought about that, what if. I became a JW as an adult

so my kids were born in. Even as a JW we made sure our kids got into the best schools,

as a family we did things as a family. I came from a very close knitted family, great parents.

Like most of the folks that came in around the 60's and 70's we wanted the best for

our kids. If I had never had kids I never would have become a JW, if that make sense.

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Being in a cult - what good did it do?

by Garrett in

jw
friends

so, here's a bit of a different point of view.

while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.

did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.

James Mixon

Speaking for my kids, especially my sons, living in a community saturated

with gangs (bloods, crips) activities it helped in keeping them out of those gangs.

Once the gang member realized they were JW's they left them alone. I guess they(gangs)

figured if you are raised a JW your life is worst then ours, you are really screwed.LOL

45

Being in a cult - what good did it do?

by Garrett in

jw
friends

so, here's a bit of a different point of view.

while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.

did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.

James Mixon

Village idiot: agree, LOL.

45

Being in a cult - what good did it do?

by Garrett in

jw
friends

so, here's a bit of a different point of view.

while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.

did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.

James Mixon

There is a sense of comfort to have others think for you.

45

Being in a cult - what good did it do?

by Garrett in

jw
friends

so, here's a bit of a different point of view.

while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.

did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.

James Mixon

When you have been able to come to grips with difficulties from your past

life then the feeling that you need protection and shelter will not be a part

of your life. As some people seek the apparent comfort and guidance offered

by cults, developing emotional strength, self esteem and a strong sense of

identity will help you avoid being drawn into another harmful sect.

44

Are Jehovah's Witnesses Happy?

by minimus in

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friends

i know of the local congregation's issues, per an elder i know quite well.

he has said that nearly everyone in the congregation is suffering emotionally and mentally.

he said he has never seen so many witnesses with so many problems.

James Mixon

S. Chbosky: "They are both happy and sad at the same time,

they are still trying to figure out how that could be."

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Japanese torture of American prisoners in WW2 revealed

by fulltimestudent in

this is not a new story.

the japanese military in ww2 were barbaric in the way they treated captured servicemen.

i was about ten when my father's best friend came home from a japanese prison camp.

James Mixon

How is this for a story I'm Vietnam Vet. Years later working with a

Ex South Vietnamese veteran living here in the US. In a conversation

one day he mention that the people of America are lazy, immoral, down

right disgusting. My mouth dropped. I told him I was in your country and

I saw first hand the moral state of your home, hell I may be your father.

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Article: Five JWs Deported from Bali for Conducting Door-to-Door Religious Ministry

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?id=11719.

dismantling the watchtower .

five jehovah witnesses deported from bali for conducting door-to-door religious ministry .

James Mixon

That's great, "placed on a blacklist".

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Active posters: What education have you had, what degrees do you possess?

by EndofMysteries in

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friends

from so many posts and conversations on here, you'd think over 1/2 the posters here possess doctorates in theology, physics, biology, etc.

i'm curious aside from the books and research people have done here, what degrees they have.

to start, i just got an aa and going straight through full time to an mba.

James Mixon

The graduate with a science degree ask, "why does it work?.

The graduate with an engineering degree ask "how does it work"?

The graduate with a management degree ask "how much will it cost"?

I was lucky to get a theology degree from the WT, so what will I ask "Do

you want fries with that"?

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Some Questions About Jesus

by Coded Logic in

why didn't jesus ever write anything?

why are there no letters to jesus?

no painting of jesus from that time?

James Mixon

Come on, Jesus may have walked on water with a thin layer of ice,

healed the sick and the person was on his way to recovery or

raised the dead and the person was in a coma, but the one that

get me is the soldier that get his ear cut off, completely removed.

Ok that's a tough one. If I saw that I would be a believer, I wouldn't care if

he was Satan, Jesus or from out of space. What the hell you are going to do,

this man have a lot of power.