Posts by sparrowdown

quotingdirectly from the article...."it is the responsibility of governments to safeguard universal human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to life and the freedom of conscience, belief, practice, worship, and to explain and change ones faith.........people cannot enjoy religious freedom unless they have both the right to express their beliefs freely and change their religion without facing persecution, violence, or discrimination.... (ask yourself if the wt article i'm quoting next is allowing the freedom to change religion without discrimination and persecution.

so with that being said.....is the wt protecting religious freedom?

sparrowdown

True, hybridous, there is always that great persuader- filthy luca.

We need the biggest, baddest, richest lobby group in the land.

Hmm, I think that group is busy.

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How to handle invites to dinner after Sunday meeting?

by FadeToBlack in

jw
friends

i have not been to a meeting for over a year.

yesterday, when my wife returned from the 1 day assembly, i got an invite for dinner next sunday.

i said i would think about it, to be honest, as nice as the people are, it would just be boring listening to their comments about everything jw.

sparrowdown

Go with your gut, no matter how "nice" the "friends" are, they are still indoctrinated, so you won't be free to relax and be yourself.

But, don't go out of obligation, I'm assuming you don't owe them anything.

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WT is a human rights violator according to the definition of state.gov and USA law - time for us to start putting pressure in lawmakers!

by EndofMysteries in

religious freedom taken from http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm#wrapper.

quotingdirectly from the article...."it is the responsibility of governments to safeguard universal human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to life and the freedom of conscience, belief, practice, worship, and to explain and change ones faith.........people cannot enjoy religious freedom unless they have both the right to express their beliefs freely and change their religion without facing persecution, violence, or discrimination.... (ask yourself if the wt article i'm quoting next is allowing the freedom to change religion without discrimination and persecution.

so with that being said.....is the wt protecting religious freedom?

sparrowdown

The only reason Governments or politicians would care is if votes were involved and JWs don't vote.

Or the people who do vote, and care about the issue, were sufficient in number to affect votes

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Honestly, Do You Still Act or Think Like a JW?

by minimus in

jw
friends

or do traces or attitudes still rear its ugly head of your past involvement with the witnesses?

sparrowdown

I think it's easy to recognize and root out the obvious JWisms in our behaviors. But there are automatic, knee-jerk thoughts, feelings and reactions that are related to our indoctrination that we may not recognize in ourselves.

I find post-cult defensiveness and taking myself too seriously, is a cult hangover I have to constantly pull myself up on.