Bumped in honour of the 2017 convention videos....
stuckinarut2
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"Lets imitate faithful Lot of old...."
by stuckinarut2 ini know we have all discussed at length the account / story of lot.... another thought occurred to me today...lets analyse his real personality,.
in the very beginning of the account, lot is shown to be a selfish man...one that chose the better land and area..... then he was opportunistic and materialistic and kept living in a nice city, even though he was supposedly shocked by the immorality and lawlessness..... then we see him to be cowardly when he decided to send out his daughters to be pack raped.. later we learn he was heartless as he allowed his wife to turn around and look, and didnt protect her from doing so.. then we know he was lacking in self control and allowed himself to get drunk...twice.. then we know he was dismissive and unrestrained and a general sicko when he had sex with his daughters...twice in a row!.
oh, but no...lets all praise him for being a righteous man.????!!!.
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Baptized at a young age, homeschooled, and pioneered ...
by Wild_Thing inand all of this by the time i was 14. i was the youngest person in my pioneer school.
was anybody else in the trenches (to this degree) at such a young age?.
i look back on it now and marvel at how isolated i was.
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stuckinarut2
Home-schooling amongst witnesses is a massive thing in my part of the world sadly.
The "Spiritual families" are wearing this as a badge of honour!
Too bad it will bite them in the back side when these kids get older....
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Told My Parents Yesterday That I Don't Want to Be a JW
by Saethydd ini wasn't entirely sure what to expect when i made the decision to tell my parents how i really feel, but i was prepared for the worst, fortunately, it didn't come to that.
after i told them i didn't want to go to the meetings anymore it led to a long talk with them.
they made a number of irksome and woefully uninformed statements but at least they were not aggressive and have said that they won't force me to move out over this, though, i can tell they are hoping they can convince me to "accept the truth," as long as i still live with them.
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stuckinarut2
Well done!
The first step to freedom is being confident to stand up for your own truth. You have done this!
Once we let go of the FOG (Fear Obligation Guilt) imposed onto us by a belief system not of our choosing, we can truly live life.
Proud of you!
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Eagerly anticipating the death of billions!
by stuckinarut2 insurely someone who eagerly looks forward to the death of billions of people (including babies and children) is not emotionally healthy?.
yet, that is the key belief "happily" anticipated by witnesses.... food for thought?.
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stuckinarut2
You are correct tepid.
If the GB somehow rationalised that, or commanded it in "gods name", most witnesses would indeed act that way!
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Prof Bunsen / G Jackson?? See the similarities? It's the Muppet Show!
by stuckinarut2 inperhaps someone can assist here?.
while watching the may 2017 broadcast, it struck us how similar g jackson looks (while sitting and wearing his waist coat) to the muppets character prof bunsen!!!!.
perhaps someone with better computer skills can upload the pics side by side?.
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stuckinarut2
Ok how about these:
Fozzie Bear = S Lett
Statler and Waldorf = Losch and Splane
American eagle?
Etc....come up with more ideas please!
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Convention Introductions 2017 "Don't Give Up!"
by accesible inconvention introductions.
2017 “don’t give up!” convention.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0bywm0b0qtwlsbzffazazotvfyxc.
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stuckinarut2
Oh wow...yep, there is nothing culty about having EVERY word scripted!?!?
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Have you ever wondered why the confession of sins is encouraged ?
by Chook init's because we don't need a hierarchy structure without this guilt trip.
now my sins for this week are .... no i'm telling you unless you promise to forgive me..
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stuckinarut2
Fear Obligation Guilt
FOG
The basis of all religions...including JWs
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Eagerly anticipating the death of billions!
by stuckinarut2 insurely someone who eagerly looks forward to the death of billions of people (including babies and children) is not emotionally healthy?.
yet, that is the key belief "happily" anticipated by witnesses.... food for thought?.
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Bumped...because of the violence this week. Witnesses are no doubt talking about how "we need Jehovah to bring Armageddon soon....."
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Using violence to end violence?
by stuckinarut2 init really is mind blowing when we think about it : witnesses have no problem with a deity who will use violence in order to end violence?!?!.
armageddon will be gods war to kill billions of people...because it shows his love?.
thoughts?.
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stuckinarut2
It really is mind blowing when we think about it : Witnesses have no problem with a deity who will use violence in order to end violence?!?!
Armageddon will be Gods war to kill billions of people...because it shows his love?
Thoughts?
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Ritualistic behaviour within the JW faith
by stuckinarut2 ini was thinking about how the society criticises other faiths such as catholics because of their ritualistic procedures.. but couldn't it be said that witnesses have their own deeply ritualistic behaviours?.
think about the prayers said at meetings.
they all have to follow the same basic style and theme, and include the same basic content.. what about the ritualistic procedures of the memorial, and the passing of emblems - even to the servers and speaker (although they actually handle them more than everyone, they do their own special act of passing them to each other).
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stuckinarut2
I was thinking about how the Society criticises other faiths such as Catholics because of their ritualistic procedures.
But couldn't it be said that Witnesses have their own deeply ritualistic behaviours?
Think about the Prayers said at meetings. They all have to follow the same basic style and theme, and include the same basic content.
What about the ritualistic procedures of the memorial, and the passing of emblems - even to the servers and speaker (although they actually handle them more than everyone, they do their own special act of passing them to each other)
Can you think of more examples of ritualistic behaviours amongst witnesses?