Posts by stan livedeath

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Religious offshoots / breakaway groups from Jehovah`s Witnesses around the world.?

by smiddy3 in

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friends

i believe there are some breakaway groups in different parts of the world ,however i think they are small sects and fall under the radar so to speak.

either jw`s or ibsa ?.

does anybody here know of any and have any information about them ?

im sure that many on this forum will be aware of the thought-stopping techniques that are taught by jws/wts to suppress difficult thoughts and overcome cognitive dissonance in favour of reverting back to belief in wts.. often in conversation these will be clear verbal cues that can sound unnatural during the course of a conversation, as though an individual is temporarily reading a script to overcome a difficult point.. my question to you all is this:.

are there any methods or resources that people are aware of that can help to break through a thought stopping mechanism when it is noticeably in effect?

a question perhaps, or technique that will encourage the individual to think the thought through in its entirety?.

stan livedeath

the truth = the CULT

they really dont like that word.

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Control of Microphones?

by Peeringin in

hello all, first post so a whistle stop of who i am first!.

’unbelieving husband’ here married to pimi wife living in uk.

anyway on with the post.... i attend the kh this weekend with pimi wife, i’ve been a handful of times before.

stan livedeath

just to set the record straight...some sisters are allowed to handle the microphone: they must be somberly dressed--with their head covered. a cardboard box has to be placed over their head to they cannot see or be recognised.

they also have to walk backwards and wear rubber gloves.

finally--they are not permitted to fondle, stroke, lick or suck the microphone.

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Can You Only Be Baptised At An Assembly These Days?

by snugglebunny in

just wondering..my step-grandfather, (he eventually persuaded my widowed jw grand-mother to marry him and he was already well into his 80's but had lusted after her for some time, she being an incredibly bonny woman)..i digress..he eventually converted to the jw religion, but because of health issues was baptised at home in the bath..

stan livedeath

i wonder--if a person lay down on the ground--and a number of others persons stood around him, and pissed on him--would that count as a baptism ?

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Speaking with Demons

by BereanThinker7 in

having learned more actual christian beliefs since awaking from the org, looking back we had such strange and unhealthy obsession with demons compared to any other denomination that i know of.

i recently remembered this article from when i was a kid.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101986604?q=talk+to+the+demons&p=par#h=23.

stan livedeath

from my experience--i think the jw generation born in the 1920's and 30's were obsessed with stories of demons. Even my late father was hooked into it--and would repeat any demonic bullshit story told to him by some crackpot. yet he was otherwise a very sane and intelligent man.

i was terrified by the thought of demons as a child--only getting over it as my teen years progressed. then--in my late 20's i overheard my crazy mother in law telling it all over again to my young kids. i hit the roof and really told her what i thought of it all.

but i think the current young generations know its all just nonsense. in the civilised world anyway.

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Control of Microphones?

by Peeringin in

hello all, first post so a whistle stop of who i am first!.

’unbelieving husband’ here married to pimi wife living in uk.

anyway on with the post.... i attend the kh this weekend with pimi wife, i’ve been a handful of times before.

stan livedeath

Hello Peeringin..welcome to the site. Im also in the UK..but have been out of that crazy cult for 40 years.

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Did You Have a "New Light" confidante you could talk to about changes while in?

by Wasanelder Once in

i had a friend and we always speculated on "new light" before it came out.

i was an elder then and he was housebound, but a non-judgemental person.

we had long discussed the growing number of anointed (in the 90's) and speculated how they would "new light" it away.

stan livedeath

I wonder what the percentage of PIMO really is.?

Any suggestions?

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USA growth -not

by loneranger in

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friends

"be bold" circuit assembly in conyers, ga (usa) today.. average attendance was 1220...5 baptized....mid aged or olders ones, no kids.

must be near the end...the "speeding up" is slowing down?

stan livedeath

Its called negative growth

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What’s So Good About Not Being A Jehovah’s Witness At This Point In Your Life?

by minimus in

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friends

for me it’s freedom!

you are not bound by an organization’s man made rules and whims.

you don’t have to account to mere men for approval.

stan livedeath

i wish i could get my family out.

the problem--as i see it--is the fear and loss through shunning is what binds them together.

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If we could travel at light speed, would travel be 'instantaneous' for us??

by Bad_Wolf in

this might be confusing to think about.

we know that as you approach the speed of light, time slows down, if you were in a spaceship, time goes by quicker on earth.

we also know that distances between planets and such are measured at 'light years'.

stan livedeath

probably meet yourself coming back