Posts by sparrowdown

a 26 year male suspect has been arrested.. in the apartment where the two where found dead, the words "death to witnesses" (“muerte a los testigos”) had been scrawled onto one of the walls.. he killed them because they expelled him from the jehovah's witnesses - canal de noticia, nov 28, 2017. .

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Venezuela is a violent, crime ridden hell hole.

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God is our help, not “a burden”

by venus in

sir julian huxley (one of the great pillars of modern neo-darwinism) may be a symbol of people who feel god is a burden because he wrote: “the god hypothesis .

is becoming an intellectual and moral burden on our thought.

" therefore, he concluded that "we must construct something to take its place.

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You know, as a JW the obligation that was imposed upon me by a heartless demanding religion to "save" people from themselves was such a burden.

I also see now it was totally unnecessary because at the end of the day people are gonna believe what they believe for all sorts of reasons in all sorts of circumstances regardless of what I think they should believe. I wasn't helping anybody not even myself I was just wasting time.

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Cognitive Dissonance

by Bangalore in

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All I can say is three cheers for cog diss.

If it wasn't for those extremely uncomfortable feelings that eventually became unbearably uncomfortable feelings I would never have woken up.

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JW's Dancing at a Special Convention in Indonesia

by disfellowshipped1 in

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video: jw's dance at the jakarta, indonesia special convention.

things have really changed over there in jw land...... holding up phones like lighters now?.

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Can't access it. Can you explain what's going on?

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Do you (or did you) have much of a social life as a Jehovahs Witness.

by UnshackleTheChains in

i ask this question out of interest, because as a jehovahs witness for some 26 years, i have always felt that there is an 'all work, no play' culture within the organisation.

the organisation doesn't promote social gatherings.

i could count on one hand each year how many get togethers we have had.

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I actually made quite an effort to throw pot-luck or pizza evenings together but aĺl my "friends" turned out to be fake when my perfect attendance record became sporadic. Fake friends =fake social life.

JWs tend to invite you when you're "of their sort" and drop you as soon as your congregation social/organizational status drops off.

There is an episode of Black Mirror set in a not too distant future world where your whole is dictated by social points you accumulate or lose and it reminded me of JWs.

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Read this Pretty Good Advice!

by Iamallcool in

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It's just a meme fgs

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Work Christmas functions: Being a Bible Student (unbaptized)

by rulehayl in

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hi all,i have been studying with the witnesses for more than 6 months and regularly attend both midweek & weekend meetings, and i am nearly at the end of the "bible teach" book.

my boss is adamant i attend team christmas functions.

she knows about my studying and potential baptism next year, and has suggested that i attend and just not participate in activities like kris kringle.

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Rule hail is riding their pet panda back to fantasy witnessworld.

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Work Christmas functions: Being a Bible Student (unbaptized)

by rulehayl in

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hi all,i have been studying with the witnesses for more than 6 months and regularly attend both midweek & weekend meetings, and i am nearly at the end of the "bible teach" book.

my boss is adamant i attend team christmas functions.

she knows about my studying and potential baptism next year, and has suggested that i attend and just not participate in activities like kris kringle.

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Well that was fun.