it's never late to be yourself... time ago, a professor told me; you need to be like the elephant, it has thick skin to resist, superb memory to not forget who hurt, and big tusks to fight back.. you have proven yourself resilient :)
Mandrake
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Never Allowed to be Myself
by NeverAllowestobeMyself inso my handle has a typo, it is supposed to be never allowed to be myself but i'm okay with that because it is kind of symbolic of my situation.
as a born-in i have always had expectations forced on me, this is what you are to think, feel and do as a jehovah's witness.
my earliest memories involve being upset that i would die at armageddon because i was bad.
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Luke Evans was raised a JW
by Xanthippe injust watching the jonathan ross show and actor luke evans said he was raised a jw.
he used to go from door to door in wales.
it says on his wikipedia page he left the religion at sixteen.
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Mandrake
So, Zeus and Apollo were raised JW in the UK? hahahaha -
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When will the inquiry in the UK begin?
by StarTrekAngel indoes anyone know when the inquiry into child abuse in the uk is set to begin?
any idea on the timelines?
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Mandrake
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What is the alternative to JW?
by Formerbrother ini mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.
im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?
the the bible is word?
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Mandrake
this is more jw'ish...
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Does the WT attract needy dysfunctional type of people?
by William Penwell inin your personal experience, do you think that the wt attracts needy types of people?
over the years, my experience is that they do attract very needy, insecure, dysfunctional, types.
i had an acquaintance that i just basically cut off.
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Mandrake
if you want to get "unbalanced" you should try the infamous "terremoto" (earthquake) drink, hehehe just read here, give it a try...
http://www.southamerica.cl/Chile/Drinks/terremoto.htm
(you can use fermented white wine instead of pipeño wine, and also you MUST add some grenadine syrup as a topping, that part is missing in that website)
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Does the WT attract needy dysfunctional type of people?
by William Penwell inin your personal experience, do you think that the wt attracts needy types of people?
over the years, my experience is that they do attract very needy, insecure, dysfunctional, types.
i had an acquaintance that i just basically cut off.
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Mandrake
I think "the message" of the JW is entitled to make its effect on specially vulnerable people, the same people who would be looking for answers to questions like "is the world getting worse everyday?" "is there hope for the dead loved ones?" "is there a god?" "will wars end some day?" "why do people suffer?".... Well the "answers" comes with all the man-made JW set of rules and methods, and for some people that works for a while, and for some others joining were such a life investment and at a so high price that the only thing left to do is trying to convince themselves and others that it was "the best choice" and are living "the best and happiest life possible"...
we born ins have a different way to this, because we weren't "attracted", it was all set up
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X-Men Apocalypse & Yahweh
by smiddy ini have watched the trailer for this movie , and the bad guy in this makes the statement something like this, when asked who are you ?
his reply , i have been called many names over time , and yahweh was one of them .. will jw.org ban the jdubs from seeing it ?
being not suitable for a christian ?
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Mandrake
I don't like comics, but I enjoyed Deadpool very much! It was hilarious :D -
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The fallacy of the faithful and discrete slave
by StarTrekAngel inas many of us that understand the parable to be just that, a parable, is there a way that a jw can actually question it, even if so is done under the idea that is actually a prophecy?.
we are all very familiar with deuteronomy 18:22 and the way to identify a true prophet.
is there a way you could possibly identify a bad prophet as soon as the prophecy is revealed?
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Mandrake
The more we take and analyze the basic doctrine and the most fundamental "truths" of the "truth" the easier is to see the flaws, big fat contradictions and nonsense -
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JW driver dies transporting literature to Honduras 01/09/2016....disturbing comments by local elder!!
by krismalone inon 01/09/2016 a jw driving an 18 wheeler trailer full of jw literature dies as a result of an accident.
the trailer departed from guatemala and heading to honduras to drop shipment.
a local elder is interviewed as he arrives on the scene.
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Mandrake
Good translation tenacius! I was Waiting to et home to do the same! I think the elder didn't give a **** about the driver because he was coming from Guatemala, he probably didn't knew who he was (he was a witness for sure)...
and forget about compensations for the family of the man, that happened during "voluntary work" and probably "his fault" taking that curve so fast!
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JW driver dies transporting literature to Honduras 01/09/2016....disturbing comments by local elder!!
by krismalone inon 01/09/2016 a jw driving an 18 wheeler trailer full of jw literature dies as a result of an accident.
the trailer departed from guatemala and heading to honduras to drop shipment.
a local elder is interviewed as he arrives on the scene.
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Mandrake
Maybe the driver had some hidden sins or were reading apostate material... So he does not deserve any pity or compassion...
