long before i woke up as a born in, this never, i mean never ever had any good explanation for me, or not even a bad one.
the jws seem to have an explanation for everything even if it is bat shit cray, but the logic to this i have never been given.
if you ask did god put satan there to test/tempt whatever adam and eve, the answer would be of course not!
According to WT theology, it would take ONLY ONE perfect man to remain loyal to Jehovah under test.
Jesus did that, and answered the challenge.
Why therefore must every perfect human be tested after the 1,000 years?
Makes no sense.
Also, should not ALL humans be likewise tested - children born after the 1,000 years?
Are all humans going to be submitted to an annual performance review to determine their worthiness to continue alive?
Sounds pretty sci-fi to me.
well there are lots of reason for sure, denial, delusion, wishful thinking, ego maniac, infantile understanding of ancient writings, satanophobia, xenophobia, out of touch with reality, limited choices scrapping the bottom of the barrel,and many more.. listen to this ted talk and see if you can pick out something that helps explain why these guys are such ass holes:.
organizations are often run according to the superchicken model, where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others.
and yet, this isnt what drives the most high-achieving teams.
I do have to wonder sometimes if there is something to the rumors that the GB are just figureheads and someone else is calling the shots.
There is no question that they are figureheads.
Splane and Sanderson are the only ones with an IQ over 90.
There is absolutely no question that this is a corporation run by outside interests.
just recently i've been thinking about trying to talk about ttatt to my father.
i'm just trying to find an opportunity.
i know he will never leave it - or i would be surprised if he did.
Agree with Wendy.
Mind control is amazingly powerful.
Read Steven Hassan's book(s) FIRST.
Also, http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/helping-someone-leave.php
i've spent the last 6 months or so really in depth into ttatt, really angry at times, cursing the cult that is the wts led by the fds, and today i feel like i've found a new fire.
i'd been completely opposed to listening to anything to do with the organization, but today i watched the brie video on youtube, young high school girl pouring her heart out in opposition of the wts and its practices.. from there, i found jwstruggle on youtube, johncedars, and derekohare... it's just a wonderful thing finding people willing to out the wts for what it is.
i had felt such anger, like, they're getting away with their bologna, but to see people like this making stands against the wts is an amazing source of hope.. besides forums such as this, what have you found that helped you?.
jwfacts.com and Crisis of Conscience
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw (younger, a bit crude, group - different than here)
prelude to season 5.
(rerun).
dinner bit with seth's friends.. super funny..
Prelude to Season 5. (Rerun)
Dinner bit with Seth's friends.
Super funny.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3cm974/what_i_believe_to_be_true_and_how_i_have_come_to/.
https://medium.com/@danielgenser/what-i-believe-to-be-true-and-how-i-have-come-to-believe-it-13df821c3ed.
you can probably guess how this story goes.. i began dating a non-witness boy.
he knew i was a baptised witness and understood the consequences i faced for dating him.
we agreed to keep our relationship secret, which was easy considering our 200 mile distance.
I agree with Oubliette - it is a grieving process, but harder in some ways.
WT is the cruelest of religions.
Hopefully, you can make true friends at school.
https://36.media.tumblr.com/fbf56079c9b16ff87e2e6de554e4cb4b/tumblr_nkvyv5WaJA1u299wmo1_500.jpg
am finding a whole lot of acronyms that are really foreign to me and i now have an appreciation for what cult language sounds like to non-culters.
wondering please if you can post your definitions so i can get up to speed.
otherwise, as an indoctrinated ex-culter, i am inclined to create my own new light and swiftly it will be gospel.
when i say jw hero i mean a jw who courageously did what was right despite the indoctrination and peer pressure to conform to cultishness.
i have an unknown jw hero that i've never met but only heard of from an experience relayed to me about an incident at a jw funeral.. i was told that at a jw funeral internment, a non-jw put a wreath in the shape of a cross on the grave.
shortly thereafter a jw elder came up and removed the wreath.
Ray Franz.
Barbara Anderson.
Bill Bowen.
Jim Penton.
Randall Watters.
And the tens of thousands that have left, who are somewhat anonymous.
i've met a few.
i'm not talking about the jw who, whether df'd or not, falls off the radar and just gets on with living a normal life - good luck to them and may there be many more!.
i mean the former jehovah's witness who is now enjoying all the benefits of a cult free life thanks to the efforts of many bloggers, posters and activists, but is critical of the efforts of someone close them to free more jws.
First off - I would like to express appreciation for using "effect" instead of "affect" as I believe that English is not your first language (many of which would have posted the reverse).
That having been said, I posted, mostly tongue in cheek, this post on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3c586t/disappointment_over_the_exjw_member_numbers/
So, yes, those who make the effort, may hopefully make their way out of the WT maze.
However, everyone must input into the equation that WT members have been subjected to decades of mind control, and family pressure.
Dismissing this control and pressure is hardly an overnight decision.
