Posts by sparrowdown

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Strip off the old personality

by eyeuse2badub in

yesterday’s watchtower talked about how by becoming a jw it enabled “worldly” people to ‘strip off the old personality’ and make really significantly good changes in their life.. paragraph named 4 individuals (anonymous names of course and probably embellished tales)) sakura, ribeiro, stephen, and hans.

their lives changed for the good because they found god or because they became jw’s---right?.

so on the way home from this wt meeting, my wife commented to me how wonderful our brotherhood is and how it helps people who would otherwise be ‘lost’ n this world.

sparrowdown

The only difference with a non-soul-sucking-cult "road to Damascus" type moment is you get to keep your own soul oops I mean "personality."

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Excellent YouTube channel

by Are you serious in

a few days ago, thanks to someone's post on here (sorry i forgot who it was), i found an awesome youtube channel called theramintrees.

the videos this guy has made are amazing!

i'm sure others here have seen some of his videos.

sparrowdown

I don't find the voice creepy at all.

On the hand, Stephen Lett and all the other pretentious assholes on JWdotborg creepy as f**********ck.

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Avatar image or whatever it is called

by amicabl in

jw
friends

could someone please tell me why my image is either sideways or upside down.

i feel an utter fool asking this question but i can't find any help anywhere.

sorry..

sparrowdown

You could just use the random avatar the site provides while you're figuring it out if it bothers you too much.

Good luck and don't let it put you off posting it can be therapeutic.

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It's Going Down: The Family Is About to Go to War Over... Halloween Decorations.

by Sorry in

yup, you read right.

despite other personal turmoil that needs to be addressed, my family has decided to go nuts over halloween decorations being "too close" to our yard.

a new family just moved in next door; their kids are super young.

sparrowdown

Not like JWs to respect anyone elses right to observe holidays is it, it's only the JW's religious right not to that matters Tolerance is a one way street with them.

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Dietary Quirks Among JWs

by millie210 in

i recently had to accompany an older family member out of state to a family reunion.

it was a big reunion and not much was overtly made of the fact that i am "misguided" and not attending meetings (lost soul that i am) which was nice.

the thing i noticed that i was most struck by was all the dietary quirks in evidence during our 3 days together.

sparrowdown

It's understandable to me now that people with so little control over their own lives become so "thingy" over little things and develop psychosomatic symptoms. Witnesses are basically prisoners of a religion and food is one of the few things they can have personal control. Also long term cognitive dissonance is a bitch no wonder they're all "sick."

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Avatar image or whatever it is called

by amicabl in

jw
friends

could someone please tell me why my image is either sideways or upside down.

i feel an utter fool asking this question but i can't find any help anywhere.

sorry..

sparrowdown

You could try refreshing your avatar and try again. If that doesn't work try a different image.

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Being Disfellowshipped + On-Going Cycle of Depression

by Cimarrona in

i've been disfellowshipped for six years, since i was 18. i struggle with depression and self-destructive habits (minor in comparison to the suicides, substance abuse, risky sexual behavior of others i've grown up with who have left or were too afraid to leave).

i'm fairly successful for my age - respected in my field, i have an extensive curriculum vitae of published writing, presentations, and other projects.

yet, i often feel worthless and unloveable.

sparrowdown

It's easy to come out of JWland having bouts of self-doubt and feeling unlovable or rather un-deserving of love hence the unsuitable partners, deep down you think you don't deserve any better. So pretty normal response to being a part of a high-control group for any length of time.

I think being a JW and being around JWs can induce a feeling of being helpless victim. I know with myself I am making great progress in my healing and undoing all the JW thinking etc etc and then bam if I run into a JW and have a conversation I have a minor setback for few hours or so.

I see it now as being a normal part of the healing process and remind myself that only a couple of years ago running into a JW would have set me back weeks not hours so I have come along way. But, it takes time and sometimes you have got to learn how to love yourself. Difficult, as loving one's self is a sin in WT land but a healthy measure of self-love and self-care is vital for mental and emotional health.

Basically you have to learn to love yourself enough to treat yourself better.

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A Comment from jwsurvey.org

by HiddlesWife in

i read some information from jwsurvey.org the other day and a poster ("big b") posted the following comment (these main words i highlighted in bold) which really stood out to me: .

there is no place in an modern world for this organization but watch its downward spiral into the abyss of historic oblivion as most of the adventist millerite movement has already taken.

the jehovah’s witnesses are shown that the organization is corrupt and lies through its teeth are being intellectually dishonest with nobody but themselves as this recent survey shows.