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  Material such as the film at the end of this years convention confirms that I was right to take my kids out the religion

  by jambon1 in

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  it’s quite affirming to see the horrific material that they’re serving up at the convention this year.

  aside from blatant homophobia, the scenes at the end of the convention that are discussed on another thread stoop to new levels of fear mongering.

  it seems to occur to nobody inside the organisation that this kind of material could trigger fear, deprsssion, anxiety, stress.

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  stuckinarut2

  Brilliant thread!

  Thanks for starting it. It really is disturbing to see how bat shit crazy this religion has become. The epitome of paranoia and FOG (fear obligation guilt)

  (And thanks @wakeme for the mention)
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  "World conditions have never been as bad as they are now"

  by Sour Grapes in

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  i went to a funeral yesterday and ran into a jdub.

  of course, he approached me and it didn't take more than a minute into the conversation for him to get into the jdub gloom and doom mode.

  he said that world conditions have never been as bad as they are now.. i looked straight into his eyes and said, "i think that world conditions were a lot worse during world war two.".

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  stuckinarut2

  Yep, a common complain offered by so many religious people; especially JWs.

  Seth Andrews gave a great speech on this:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXiu0VrXO6w

  The whole speech is great! But go to 11:20 to see a good point!
  
  
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  So what would "Perfect Life" REALLY be like?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i wonder sometimes just how jws try and comprehend what perfect life would really be like if "adam and eve" had not sinned?.

  how would we live?

  what would the realities be like?

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  stuckinarut2

  Well said Simon! Agreed.
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  Two May 19th articles about Lauren Stuart who killed her husband & two children-left a video & suicide note blaming sexual abuse & exclusion

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748191/woman-blamed-sexual-abuse-ostracism-jehovahs-witness-reasons-killing-suicide.html.

  revealed: ex-jehovah's witness turned model, 45, left a video and suicide note blaming childhood sex abuse and exclusion from her religion for killing her husband and children.

  lauren stuart of keego harbor, michigan had been researching suicide methods on youtube and videos on how to use a glock for weeks .

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  Wow, that quote you listed Dubstepped is disturbing.

  Its so eerily similar to the comments that the father of children slain by their grandfather in a murder suicide in Western Australia said this week!

  He was quoted as saying "I'm not sad. Don't be sad for them" or words to that effect!

  Are those with JW indoctrination that heartless??
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  Foetus baptism

  by Fay Dehr in

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  foetus baptism - surely coming to a watchtower study article soon?

  jw parents are reminded of 2 ti.3:14,14 "from infancy you have known the holy writings".

  and the watchtower explains the greek word bre'phos "infancy" as follows: "...it is generally used of an unborn child.

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  stuckinarut2

  Well, a baby is already surrounded by fluid in the womb right? So technically they just need to be asked the two questions, and answer "in a clear and affirmative wahhhh" and march out with a kingdom melody playing in the background!
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  We just enjoyed a wonderful experience! Richard Dawkins live.

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  we just enjoyed a wonderful evening seeing richard dawkins live in sydney.

  it was an event to promote his latest book, and was another opportunity to expand our "god given" brains!😜.

  https://thinkinc.org.au/dawkins/.

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  The event was hosted by John Safran, a legendary Australian media personality who has specialised in exposing religious stupidity over the years. He had a tv show called "John Safran vs God" . Most of it can be found on YouTube.

  I was privileged to meet him and have a great chat! I shared our background as Jws and our journey from high control cult like belief to one of reason and facts. He was lovely to chat to.

  This clip of his from a few years back was a great one! It exposes the irony of Door to Door preaching: (aimed at Mormons, but can be applied to us!)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U58wgn-9Y3c
  
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  CO asked for everyone 20 years old & younger for a group photo

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  there was a co visit in ohio a couple weeks ago.

  when he was finishing up his sunday talk he said that he would like if "all the children that are from this congregation, not if you're just visiting, but from this congregation to come on up on the stage right after the meeting because i want to get a picture of you.".

  i thought to myself, why?

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  Yes. It was a common thing here too.

  I just think they were doing it to create a "team spirit" kind of vibe for the young ones. Kind of a morale booster thing.

  Its odd now come to think of it.
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  We just enjoyed a wonderful experience! Richard Dawkins live.

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  we just enjoyed a wonderful evening seeing richard dawkins live in sydney.

  it was an event to promote his latest book, and was another opportunity to expand our "god given" brains!😜.

  https://thinkinc.org.au/dawkins/.

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  stuckinarut2

  We just enjoyed a wonderful evening seeing Richard Dawkins live in Sydney. It was an event to promote his latest book, and was another opportunity to expand our "God given" brains!😜

  https://thinkinc.org.au/dawkins/

  The book contains a great section giving credit to Christopher Hitchens too!

  Well worth reading.

  I would love to post some pics; but I'm too silly to work out how to do so!
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  So what would "Perfect Life" REALLY be like?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wonder sometimes just how jws try and comprehend what perfect life would really be like if "adam and eve" had not sinned?.

  how would we live?

  what would the realities be like?

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  stuckinarut2

  I wonder sometimes just how JWs try and comprehend what perfect life would really be like if "Adam and Eve" had not sinned?

  I mean, do they really think it through?

  How would we live? What would the realities be like? Sanitation, Health care (because injuries would still occur), Fire brigades, Food supplies, Transportation etc..... the list goes on!

  They love to say that things would be wonderful if the original sin did not occur...but HOW EXACTLY would society have functioned??
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  Escaping the Watchtower episode one with Jason Droboth

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki5pg4fjugi.

  hi guys!

  we are so happy to share with you the interesting story of former jehovah's witnesses member jason droboth.

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  stuckinarut2

  Well said @wake me!