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  Thinking about thinking and upbringing

  by ballistic in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking about being "brought up in the truth" as opposed to joining.. as a child's brain develops, it builds connections based on what it is taught.

  these connections are inseparable from the person in that our thoughts and memories actually become part of our personality (who we are).. a very simple example, might be being taught *not to do something* because it "displeases jehovah".

  the understanding of right and wrong is then set in the child's mind and built upon.. there are several points of thought i have about this fact.

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  I have also given this some thought. I came into the truth, so I do have a point of reference as to what I was before, during and after the truth. I don't know how born-ins answer the question of "who am I ?" How is it possible to know what your natural personality is - minus the childhood indoctrination.? Stuff in life has habit of "regressing to the mean" as in - the average. So there would be an average you there somewhere underneath all the layers of cult-think.

  It can take some time and patience for it to emerge but I am confident it is possible to find a new normal.
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  Insistance on legal contracts

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just asking those who still attend or keep up with the latest magazines.

  there was a wt study not too long ago that insisted on studying every pact that god made in the past, but adding the spin of calling them "legal contracts".

  this week's book study concentrated on the same thing.

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  Yeah the covenants, but I was thinking more like anything Jehovah promised or decreed  could be considered and referred to as "legally binding" simply because Jehovah said it. But maybe that was my interpretation . I'll try and find an example to illustrate.
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  Search for GB Fan Name

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  justin bieber has beliebers.

  benedict cumberbatch has cumberbitches.

  surely the ego-stroking gb worshipping fans deserve a name.. gbsters?

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  Rockstar Popes= Ropes - luvin it!

  C.H hookers - very funny!
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  Search for GB Fan Name

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  justin bieber has beliebers.

  benedict cumberbatch has cumberbitches.

  surely the ego-stroking gb worshipping fans deserve a name.. gbsters?

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  Muthaf#*ked ( too crude?)
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  Search for GB Fan Name

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  justin bieber has beliebers.

  benedict cumberbatch has cumberbitches.

  surely the ego-stroking gb worshipping fans deserve a name.. gbsters?

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  Geebers?
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  Insistance on legal contracts

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just asking those who still attend or keep up with the latest magazines.

  there was a wt study not too long ago that insisted on studying every pact that god made in the past, but adding the spin of calling them "legal contracts".

  this week's book study concentrated on the same thing.

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  I have not been to a meeting in a year now, but I do remember phrases like "legal contract" "legally binding" etc in reference to "agreements" Jehovah made.
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  Search for GB Fan Name

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  justin bieber has beliebers.

  benedict cumberbatch has cumberbitches.

  surely the ego-stroking gb worshipping fans deserve a name.. gbsters?

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  Gov booties - funny.

  Governing Boob lover?
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  Search for GB Fan Name

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  justin bieber has beliebers.

  benedict cumberbatch has cumberbitches.

  surely the ego-stroking gb worshipping fans deserve a name.. gbsters?

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  Justin Bieber has Beliebers

  Benedict Cumberbatch has Cumberbitches

  Surely the ego-stroking GB worshipping fans deserve a name.

  GBsters? ...GBitches?... Nah, too tame, they need one that gives you an idea of the level of devotion the fans have.

  Anyone have any ideas?

  
  

  
  
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  Elder Telephoned

  by The Searcher in

  1. social
  2. humour

  got a call from an elder in my previous congregation.. as tonight is meeting night, he enquired, "do you have anything on tonight"?.

  i was sorely tempted to reply, "yes, a leotard made of spanx"!!!.

  he would not have taken it well, so i just said 'no'!.

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  "Oozing tiredness and apathy..."

  Now that's what I like to hear.

  I have found if you remain pleasant and appear disappointed that you can't see them, they quickly lose interest.

  Good luck withnthe fade.
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  Deadly Devotion

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am not sure if this has being discussed.

  i just watch "deadly devotion" on id channel.

  the episode was entitled, witness to murder.

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  I remember reading a book a few years ago about a JW guy who had his own cleaning business, employed all brothers, him and his wife were the toast of the cong for a while there. Then things all started going horribly wrong, the guy cracked and killed his wife and three kids. It was a shocking story, written by a NYT journalist. I wasn't "awake" when I read it, but now I can't remember what it was called.

  I suspect there could be many more of these types of cases than we think. Seems that being a JW does not guarantee immunity to all that worldly dysfunction and misery after all.