Posts by berrygerry

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Cognitive Dissonance in a Relationship

by voodoo lady in

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it's a familiar feeling, not unlike the experience we might have within organised religion.. .

i never really experienced this within org as i exited when i was a teenager.

the problems and incongruencies that became apparent during that time seemed simply a result of developing a fully-functioning brain.

berrygerry

Do you mean something like when your spouse says: "if you make me choose between Jehovah's elders and you, then I choose Jehovah."?

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What Do Mormons Really Believe? RE: The Nov. 8, 1995 Awake Magazine

by D_Rolling_Kearney in

i am a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, and i have written a heavily-documented response to the official magazine of the jehovah's witnesses, awake!, that claims to teach what we believe.

i saw an article from last year's watchtower about a guy who had barely been mormon for very long, and obviously did not know what we believe, who was given this magazine by jw's to show him "the truth.

" he claims to have proven to himself that it was true from information on the lds church's website.

berrygerry

If Mormons would allow alcohol and caffeine, they would be the better cult to choose from (just sayin')

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Detroit Style Ballroom Dancing

by KateWild in

trying to make rcs less of a snorefest.

not exactly award winning either, but worth a laugh.

kate xx.

berrygerry

This is just downright sad.

More and more, they are trying to re-create a 1950's culture, I guess trying to gain/retain via nostalgia.

If they do that crap in a KH, then they can play "Last Kiss" at my funeral in the KH.

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This decade - the 2010's - your view of so far

by berrygerry in

i had a relative exhort me to attend sunday am of the rc, to which i said no, already read the points online.. i said that i find this decade to be the most enjoyable.. people are relaxed, people have piercings, tats, hair colour du jour, facial hair, yoga pants (okay, not so great with the people of walmart videos), etc., and no one gets a second glance.. the music is awesome, movies are pretty good.. everyone still has their trials and tribulations, bad relationships, economic swings, etc.. but i feel happy.. the posted highlights from sunday am were:.

anticipate future kingdom blessings!.

a world without satan (revelation 20:2,3,7,10).

berrygerry

Thanks for your 2 bits (bet you haven't heard that in a while) prologos.

I was saying to 1 of my kids that this decade seemed to be the best, at least since the decade of the 1920's.

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This decade - the 2010's - your view of so far

by berrygerry in

i had a relative exhort me to attend sunday am of the rc, to which i said no, already read the points online.. i said that i find this decade to be the most enjoyable.. people are relaxed, people have piercings, tats, hair colour du jour, facial hair, yoga pants (okay, not so great with the people of walmart videos), etc., and no one gets a second glance.. the music is awesome, movies are pretty good.. everyone still has their trials and tribulations, bad relationships, economic swings, etc.. but i feel happy.. the posted highlights from sunday am were:.

anticipate future kingdom blessings!.

a world without satan (revelation 20:2,3,7,10).

berrygerry

I had a relative exhort me to attend Sunday AM of the RC, to which I said no, already read the points online.

I said that I find this decade to be the most enjoyable.

People are relaxed, people have piercings, tats, hair colour du jour, facial hair, yoga pants (okay, not so great with the people of Walmart videos), etc., and no one gets a second glance.

The music is awesome, movies are pretty good.

Everyone still has their trials and tribulations, bad relationships, economic swings, etc.

But I feel happy.

The posted highlights from Sunday AM were:

Anticipate Future Kingdom Blessings!

A World Without Satan (Revelation 20:2,3,7,10)

Happiness and joy are increasingly hard to attain. many pressures today make it

di ffi cult to say something good.

Thoughts on this decade?

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Getting kicked out.

by bobert in

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friends

sometime this week.

my parents are getting a lot of heat from the congregation, and tension in my house was already super high.

i know it's inevitable.

berrygerry

Step 1. Don't panic.

Try to relax.

Lay down and think.

Sounds like you're under 18.

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Watchtower Victims Memorial Day

by DonJuel in

my contribution to the first anually wt victims memorial day.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po4m8musgdc#t=42.

berrygerry

Don.

Very nicely done video.

I checked your first post, which used the phrase "angry apostate."

It looks to me that your "anger" is being channeled purposefully.

More power to you.

PM sent.

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Elders attempted to catch me out

by stuckinarut2 in

hey all,.

i had two elders just "drop in" yesterday...walked around the back of my house and all....rude....i happened to be home, and opened the door.... one is doing spring cleaning at his house, and so in general chit chat, they spoke of how we all dont need to keep the bound volumes or older mags anymore, as everything we need is on the website or cd rom.... i just casually said, "yes, but its nice to have the originals so we can see the original wording and info".

one of them snapped his neck spinning so quick, frothed at the mouth and said "what do you mean changes?...nothing changes!!".

berrygerry

Was it not announced at your halls, that the reader of the WT and the BS (yeah, I know ...) to check the CURRENT online edition of the book and WT. There was a WT study which had a changed paragraph between its printing and the study about 7 months ago.

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