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  Random Thoughts on Getting Older

  by Lee Elder in

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  the reality that all of us ultimately must face is that we get older and our bodies, and our minds eventually fail us.

  i have seen this first hand in my family, in the jw community, and in the ex-jw community.

  it is simply a sad part of the human condition, as is physical, emotional, and mental illness.

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  I'm 39, and terrified of doctors and medical stuff. Always have been. My dad was too. I know now that I will get old and sick and die, and that is hard for me. I'm trying hard to adjust my perspectives, but "knowing" for 38 years that I'd never die is hard to shake and I bought in completely.

  Death is hard to accept, as others mentioned above that ceasing to exist is a mind bender. That's why religions exist. They fill people with thoughts of another, even better existence. I always thought that the whole eternal nap thing for those that didn't make it in the new system was terrifying on some level. Now knowing that it is the only eventuality is tough.

  I wish I was taught the cycle of life and appreciated it from a young age. I also wish 38 years wasn't wasted in a damn cult.
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  Numbers don't lie... and these numbers are beautiful!!

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  the numbers don't lie... definitely slowing down!!.

  in the 40´s the average growth per year was 20%in the 50´s it was about 10%they had four decades of solid 5% per yearnow the average for the past 16 years has been 2%.

  maybe in the future it will be 1% or 0 or even negative????.

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  Jehovah is speeding up the work in his own due time as people flock to his mountain. Err......maybe not. I thought their growth was part of their proof that they had the truth.
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  HULU's - The Path

  by babygirl30 in

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  2. friends

  this show is a.m.a.z.i.n.g!!!!.

  ...anyone that has been in a strict religion.

  ...anyone that has been in a high control cult or movement/organization.

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  @Anders - I think that the sex may be too much for an uber dub, though it probably wouldn't impact most. Just depends on how uber they are. My guess is that an uber dub would shake their heads at "those crazy cults" and the irony would be lost on them. If they're open minded though, it would have to touch on their dissonance I would think. Can't know for sure.
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  HULU's - The Path

  by babygirl30 in

  1. jw
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  this show is a.m.a.z.i.n.g!!!!.

  ...anyone that has been in a strict religion.

  ...anyone that has been in a high control cult or movement/organization.

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  My wife and I binged the first season in one weekend. It was great. The second season starts sometime this month, I think. It's been recommended several times here and should be. Hopefully someone new starts watching.
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  Now I'm Convinced There Probably Is No God

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday i made a visit to the museum in my city.

  the top floor is the planetarium, which has a connecting room with a huge dome ceiling where they project lessons and lectures and you have a 360 view of the night sky etc.. this particular lecture explained about our galaxy, and how it's only one of billions in the universe.

  and then we learned about each planet, some of their moons and the sun.

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  It shows both how special and how insignificant we are, doesn't it. One could argue that our planet and the life on it must be for a purpose, or that an anomaly happened. That's why I just stopped believing one way or another. I'm here, and trying to live a good life. If there's more behind everything so be it, if not, so be it. None of that is in my control and I no longer worry about it.
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  Is this a new practice?

  by Visitor1984 in

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  2. experiences

  my husband and i recently moved back to our hometown so we are back on the radar for the elders.

  we have been happily inactive the last few years.

  the other day a brother, who was once friends with my husband, and a substitute circuit overseer stopped in my husband's work for a shepherding visit if they still call it that.

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  I've heard of them harassing people at their JW owned place of employment, but never a general company like that. I would have told them that it is unacceptable and asked them to leave because I was........you know.......at WORK, that place that a circuit overseer knows nothing about in their sheltered cult life.
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  Injustice In India Over National Anthem

  by Iown Mylife in

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  jehovah’s witnesses will seek to overturn the apex court’s order .

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  At one time the teaching was that you could stand here in the USA. You didn't put your hand over your heart or sing the song, but standing was part of showing respect. Sometimes I think they're just being contrarian for contrarian's sake. They just like forcing their views on others, going against the grain so to speak.
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  Jehovah's Wonderous Creation - The Guinea Worm

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you're not likely to see this in an awake!

  magazine, but here goes.

  for those that believe in intelligent design please explain this one to me:.

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  Of course it's in Africa. Makes me think of this scene from The Book Of Mormon. Hasa diga ebowai!

  https://vimeo.com/76903055
  
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  Leaving the jws is a "lifestyle choice" according to a counsellor

  by purrpurr in

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  so i had my first appointment with a counsellor, of course i explained about being a born in jw, mentally leaving, the penalty of doing so and therefore the mental strain of pretending to be someone i'm not.

  her response was that she couldn't help me with that because leaving a cult was a "lifestyle choice".

  i tried to say to her that its a cult not a religion and how it brain washed me but no.

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  That counselor did you a favor. Ignore them and move on to the next one. They are clearly not good at what they do.
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  You know it's the Truth, because it attracts crazy people.

  by schnell in

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  i wish i was kidding, but i have heard this idea suggested lately as a defense of the wts.

  this is god's organization, even though it attracts crazy people, and because it attracts crazy people.

  "unlettered and ordinary," et cetera.. i don't get it.

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  Scratchme10101: Those were exactly my thoughts when I started recovering from my WT-induced depression. I looked at some of the fools in the congregation, and to some of the intelligent ones who were dealing with issues rather than logic and actual knowledge, and the nut cases who were just downright creepy, and started telling myself "This doesn't match such spiritual paradise I've been told all my life about; I'm not sure I want to spend eternal life with these people".

  That last statement about spending eternity with them was one that struck me too. I'll pass.

  One more thing, dubstepped. Please, please tell me you didn't try the garlic enema thing!

  Ha-ha, nope, never tried it. My mom told me the story of the Radio Shack 9V battery. She was playing cards with sisters, some elderly, and one elderly sister was telling everyone how she was curing her colon cancer by shocking herself with the 9V battery. She could tell it was working because her stool was black. That's the cancer leaving the body, she said. Who could possibly argue with such sad, deluded logic?