Posts by problemaddict 2

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What Makes Someone Become a JW?

by minimus in

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my excuse is that i was born in the religion.

but if someone wasn’t, why would they become one?.

problemaddict 2

Well......I would say community for one. If you aren't in a crazy person hall, it can be quite nice. Ready made friends, little things to do. Its a ready made community.

Second i would say its EASY to excel. If you can place a couple phrases one after the other, you qualify to be a scholar basically.

Third I would say that that since their is plenty of hypocricy in Christianity, that they offer an alternative (seemingly less hypocritical from the surface), and the happily ever after appeal of living on earth forever in a life that you know and is familiar to you now.

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Bible Student Movements + surprise announcement from me

by pomo6780 in

hello to all pomos, pimos and lurkers!

i would firstly like to introduce myself, as i should have done in my initial post.

i will remain anonymous for this website.

problemaddict 2

Wasn't AAWA a group of some of the best and brightest? Why is it solely on Cedars that people were outed. I can't imagine that was intended. Honestly, I have a FB account and it seems pretty clear that isn't the easiest place to be anonymous.

Anyways, I don't want to resurrect the AWAA thing. Its a shame it didn't work out. All those people working together would have really been nice.

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Bible Student Movements + surprise announcement from me

by pomo6780 in

hello to all pomos, pimos and lurkers!

i would firstly like to introduce myself, as i should have done in my initial post.

i will remain anonymous for this website.

problemaddict 2

I don't get the Cedars hate either. We are all different and varying degrees of authentic. I'm sure everyone here has a % of asshole in them. In the end, he is doing quite abit to help people wake up. Randy and James and Ray did....then people like Simon from this site, Grundy and JWfacts which is a standard bearer, now its Cedars and an online community.

We don't have to always agree. That is sort of the beauty of being out.

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Bible Student Movements + surprise announcement from me

by pomo6780 in

hello to all pomos, pimos and lurkers!

i would firstly like to introduce myself, as i should have done in my initial post.

i will remain anonymous for this website.

problemaddict 2

Jesus Christ people. Let the guy write it. if anyone is using their time and effort to continue to work on projects exposing the watchtower, who the hell cares if you think it might or might not have been done before? Who cares if you get the impression the person is blowing their own trumpet. If they are blowing their own trumpet.....who cares?

If you don't want to help. Why not just kick rocks onto the next topic instead of being so bucket/crablike.

Pomo, have you tried their main website? Lots of links to explore as well.

http://www.internationalbiblestudents.com/about.html

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So my PIMO Younger Brother Tried To Kill Himself Today

by pale.emperor in

we all know that this cult will drive those trying to leave to desperate measures, and today by brother was very nearly one of those statistics.

he slashed his thigh with a kitchen knife and was bleeding out until he called the police.. i got a call on my way home from work from a police officer, coincidentally it was one of my old friends from school who's now a cop.

he told me my brother is in hospital after an attempted suicide and has lost some blood but will be ok. but i should get to the hospital as he's asking for me.

problemaddict 2

Glad to know you are there for him and have presence of mind to handle it properly.

I think i got physically angry when i read those elders trying to tell you not to go inside of your ill brothers room!

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143rd Gilead Graduates cRiNGeWoRThY Song

by pale.emperor in

quite possibly the most cringeworthy thing i've seen them do yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tk88rstv6o.

problemaddict 2

Ugh. I can't UN-hear this can I?

Good grief.

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Why the 2 witnesses rule is not worth attacking........barking up the wrong tree!

by krismalone in

some former jw protesters are wasting their time and energy "exposing" or criticizing the watchtowers 2 witness rule here's why:.

lets suppose the governing body changes this and expells anyone accused of child molestation even if accused by one person.

would that solve the problem?

problemaddict 2

I would say the internal "2 witness rule" means absolutely nothing at all.

All that matters is the lack of reporting to the proper authorities, and the basis for them deciding not to. Their internal rules can be whatever the hell they want really......as long as they do whats right in society first.

They haven't.......which is why they are in this pickle.

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JW.ORG turning into an evangelical clone

by Pistoff in

i clicked this link to the november 2017 tvjw video, in it they defend their 2 witness policy, though, gutlessly, they do not mention it in the context of child sexual abuse.. anyway, check out the christian jehovian song at 57:06, ugh, makes me nauseous.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksz0qiftsok&feature=youtu.be&t=53m25s.

problemaddict 2

Did anyone watch before the "apostate" part of that last talk?

At around minute 52, he gives a hypothetical. I think we all missed this because of the clear star of the program being the 2 witness rule justification. But here is the scenario.

A guy has 2 parents, and his mom dies suddenly. He becomes depressed. During that depression, his brother or sister is disfellowshipped. Now hes REALLY depressed. So what does he do? He turns on his computer and "views inappropriate material".

Yep, nothing directs someone to pornhub like your mom dying, and your sibling being tossed out of your religion.

Jesus Christ!

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JW.ORG turning into an evangelical clone

by Pistoff in

i clicked this link to the november 2017 tvjw video, in it they defend their 2 witness policy, though, gutlessly, they do not mention it in the context of child sexual abuse.. anyway, check out the christian jehovian song at 57:06, ugh, makes me nauseous.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksz0qiftsok&feature=youtu.be&t=53m25s.

problemaddict 2

Who knew Otters were suck dicks!?

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Biblical incidents that bothered me.

by EverApostate in

i wanted to discuss the (supposed) biblical events that disturbed me a lot when i was a jw.

these incidents were just read and discussed in the kingdom hall as if these are normal and justified, which clearly weren't.

perhaps this led to my awakening.

problemaddict 2

Ever apostate,

Actually I believe the official teaching is that anyone killed at the hand of God himself, will not be resurrected (since he can see what we cannot being outside of time and space and all that).

Unless it has changed. Maybe it has. Who the hell can honestly keep up.

Even then....what sort of asshole God would maul a kid, then resurrect him later. What was the point of killing him in the first place!?