...to drop by and say, 'ayup, mates', to you all, my old friends.. i am so totally over the jobo thing i have surprised myself.. if anyone asks, 'what do you think of the jobos?
' my reply would be, 'i don't think of them.'.
all my rage, anger and sadness have dissipated over time.
Hi Punk,
So gald you are doing so well. Living a cult free life is so rewarding. It was so nice to see your post this morning. It really starts my day off with good thoughts. I remember when I was a teenager one of my favorite albums was Deep Purple with the Philharmonic Orchestra. I wore that 8-track tape out. Lol. Take care and good luck with your band. It sounds like alot of fun. Still Totally ADD
additionally - if this shunning rule was removed and everyone was made aware of the dirty secrets of the org.. (e.g.
csa-arc / un membership / malawi - mexico contrast / etc.).
would those leaving be higher?.
Shunning is the glue that holds the Cult together. Without it many would leave or just relax and not do as much as they did before. For those that stay it would most likely divide the congregations into two groups. The so called super strong ones and the so called weak ones. Then it would turn into another kind of Cult. One that not only hates those in the world but also hates one another in the congregation. Still Totally ADD
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/another-tax-headache-ahead-irs-100101435.html.
blondie thank you for the heads up. The tax breaks the rich got come with a price. That's us who are not rich. Take care. Still Totally ADD
this is my first post.
i am physically in and mentally out.
well i will not be offering a tl/dr version as that would be too difficult and it would also be an oversimplification of how i got to see the man behind the curtain.. my story begins at the 2016 regional convention of jehovah's witnesses.
Welcome HiddenPimo to tbe board. I wokeup two years before I left. I was the P.O. of our congregation at the time. So I understand were you are foming from. Take your time and enjoy the fresh air of this new freedom. PM me if you would like. Take care and good luck to you and your family. Still Totally ADD
this is my first post.
i am physically in and mentally out.
well i will not be offering a tl/dr version as that would be too difficult and it would also be an oversimplification of how i got to see the man behind the curtain.. my story begins at the 2016 regional convention of jehovah's witnesses.
Welcome HiddenPimo to tbe board. I wokeup two years before I left. I was the P.O. of our congregation at the time. So I understand were you are foming from. Take your time and enjoy the fresh air of this new freedom. PM me if you would like. Take care and good luck to you and your family. Still Totally ADD
last year was the first time i didn’t get an invitation to the lord’s evening meal.
i think they finally gave up on me..
We live two blocks from a KH and no invitation yet. Lets hope that holds true. Still Totally ADD
i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).
you can't write this stuff.
right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..
In many ways it's same old, same old when it comes to higer ups drinking. When I was a kid we always had D.O's and C.O's stay at my parents house and you should have seen all the booze they drank. The last congregation I left from there was a real problem with a X-C.O. and his wife with drinking. When beer thrity came around every afternoon they had a drink in there hand. Drinking until they could not hold their glass. It's all the Cult gives them so what do you expect. It's not that I am excusing them but a couple of belts everyday keeps them going. Lol. Still Totally ADD
i mean, come on.
if they call themselves the "true", then why are most kingdom halls not as attractive as churches and dont do any better?.
The wt. Is a doomsday religion. They teach everyone except them is going to be killed by their God. While other religions teach all can be saved and go to heaven, have social programs and have fun holidays. There is nothing fun or social help going on in the borg. Nothing but fear and hate for others who are not them. Still Totally ADD
albert einstein said "i like to think the moon is there even if i'm not looking at it".. i'm thinking the double slit experiments could have been a major factor in his attitude towards qm.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/double-slit_experiment.
"[t]he atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.".
werner heisenberg.
Thank you for the deep thinking for the day. I don't understand it but it is fascinating. Still Totally ADD
a study of religious retention rates–that is, what percentage of people raised in a particular church or religion stay with it when they are grown–is quite interesting.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2012/07/religious-retention-rates/.
jdubs have alittle over 36%.
I didn't know being atheist is a religion. I just thought it was a group of people who don't believe in a imaginary friend. Still Totally ADD
