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  Did You Feel That You Were Being Controlled WHILE You Were A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  i never fully realized it until i was just about out.

  i adopted the attitude that “if mother says so, mother knows best!”.

  it took me a long time to conclude they were actually a cult.

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  As a born-in I didn't like some of the things I was not able to do but I didn't connect the word control to how I felt. It wasn't until I started waking up about the wt. cult where I made the connection. The cult was hammer deep into me. Still Totally ADD
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  Overcoming our Evolutionary purpose in order to save mankind (A most interesting discussion)

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  recently bret weinstein and richard dawkins sat down for a debate.in the following video, weinstein talks about what can be done to address an error in dawkins'selfish gene theory in terms of the new atheism's error and regarding religion as a mind virus.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm8fksjljtm&t=1096s_____and a good follow up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr5yn2g4h54&t=904s.

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  With religion in full force up to 1859 when Darwin book came out on Origin of the Species it has been only 160 years evolutions has become a counter belief. With that in mind it will take some time for humans to evolve enough to put religion behind them. If this world can survive the hate religion causes we will see a time in the future where hopefully this planet will stop being destroyed. I don't believe you need religion to be moral. But it seems to me you need religion to learn to hate others. As it has been said before or the gist of it "bad people do bad things but religion causes good people to do bad things". Still Totally ADD
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  Why is Jesus Depicted as the Warrior at Armageddon on just a Horse with a Bow and Arrow ?

  by RubaDub in

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  2. beliefs

  i never understood this.

  the wt depicts jesus, the all powerful one to destroy evil, being depicted as using a bow and arrow from a horse.

  that seems like something from medieval times.. in todays world of nuclear bombs, precision laser directed bombs and advanced military technology, does a bow and arrow really put a fear into anyone?.

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  Because he is angry for being hung on a stake. Still Totally ADD
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  If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. bible

  in all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .

  nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.

  the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?

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  Or maybe it was because the bible was written by bronze age men. A time when the male is king and females the slave and property. Anything that they thought was supernatural it had to be male. Super girl and wonder women wasn't thought of yet. Still Totally ADD
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  How did the bible fables get started?

  by Tameria2001 in

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  2. beliefs

  today while out running errands, i was flipping through the radio trying to find something to listen to.

  i ended up on some christian type of station, and the guy was talking about the ark, and the flood during noah's time.

  personally i no longer believe this fable, because the facts just don't line up.

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  OnTheWayoOut I loved that movie Abraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer. It was a fun movie. Dumb idea but fun to watch. Still Totally ADD
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  Hello!

  by Kathy1978 in

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  2. experiences

  i just wanted to give a brief intro.

  i was born into jw world and left it in 2015 along with my husband and 2 little children.

  looking forward to reading the posts and interaction with you.

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  Just saw this thread and want to say welcome. My wife and i also left together. Good to have you here Kathy. Still Totally ADD
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  Hello...

  by Incognigo Montoya in

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  well, i've been lurking for a bit.

  first out of cautious curiosity, then, though feeling a bit more comfortable to post, got caught in the confirmation email anomaly, and left unable to post or participate.

  so i remained lurking, reading and researching.

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  Welcome I.M. to this fourm. I know all to well about lurking. I think I did it for about 2 years before coming on this site. Hope to hear your story and what woke you up. Some here had hard lives as jw's and others not so hard but all victims of a high control cult. Take care and enjoy your new freedom.. Still Totally ADD
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  Reminiscing about the Manchester JW Scene

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  i’m sure like many of you that use this forum i sometimes think back over the years as a jw and recall the funny, the strange and then the downright bizarre things that happened within the organisation.

  i grew up and settled in a densely jw populated area of manchester which was filled with the usual jw drama and nonsense.. if you were from the area and have any memories or stories please post them here.. one of the things i clearly recall (and i’m sure this wasn’t just a manchester jw thing) was the massive drinking culture within the jw community.

  i didn’t really pick up on it until i started questioning things but looking back i can remember my parents taking about an elder in the hall that drank a can of beer before going to the thursday meeting.

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  Great stories. Here in the U.S. the elders worried more about people having oral sex or masturbating than drinking. Many D.O. and C.O. I knew through the years were big drinkers. Still Totally ADD
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  Canada, Quebec: a lawsuit will soon begin against the Watchtower

  by yalbmert99 in

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  yesterday, there was a court sitiing before the pedophilia lawsuit really starts in quebec(canada) on december 17-18, when it will be presented to the court for acceptance.

  see article in french:.

  https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/actualites-judiciaires/201811/28/01-5205878-les-temoins-de-jehovah-defendent-leur-traitement-des-cas-dagressions-sexuelles.php.

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  99 good information I hope the lawsuit proceeds. Still Totally ADD
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  Child Abuse Myths

  by Lost in the fog in

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  2. scandals

  this should be compulsory reading for every jw elder irrespective of what their organisation tells them to think.

  (1) https://rainn.org/articles/tips-talking-survivors-sexual-assault.

  (2) http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/csa_myths.html.

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  It's very good information. The problem is the cult has brain wash their flock so much they will look at this as something that came from the demons. Because it did not come from the mouth of the GB they will not listen. I know it sad but it is true. Still Totally ADD