I think that maybe there was just some guy named Jesus once that people got a bit too excited about and nothing about him ever really should have mattered anymore than an average guy in my neighborhood named Jesus.
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Was Jesus Born on December 25th?
by Sea Breeze inwe were told by watchtower that no way jesus was born on dec. 25th.
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what do you think now?.
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YOU ARE HER EVERYTHING!
by Atlantis inyou are what she wanted to be!please, let us remove any blame to anyone right up front.
what happened to petra was not the fault of mark o'donnell, listener, corney, mike and kim, or anyone else.. constant rejection and shunning even at an early age, the depression was storing up inside of her.
she was shunned inside the hall and outside the hall.
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dubstepped
If I might offer a word of encouragement, never let anything be your everything. As someone that works in the ex-JW community (and with other exes) to help people heal and move on, identity issues are residual from exposure to the cult. We don't know who we are so we are a mere reflection of others and therefore subject to being overcome by the thoughts and feelings of others. Petra doesn't need us to tell her anything if she's secure in who she is.
I don't know how old Petra is but please work toward healing. Perfectionism, people pleasing, depression, anxiety, etc. are often the residue of a certain type of life that many of us lived.
Take care of yourself. You do good work but none of that defines you. You are bigger than that. We've just been made to feel small because that's how we were able to be controlled. Sending a hug and I hope you keep working on growing as an individual and healing. :)
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2020-Articles Of Association--Bylaws--Notice Of Special Meeting! (as of 2020-11-25)
by Atlantis in2020--articles of association and bylaws--3 pages.. .
2020--notice of special meeting in december--8 pages.
if you are a jw read carefully before you sign.. .
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dubstepped
I would gladly share a cup of coffee over these files in the breakroom. Thank you for what you do.
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dubstepped
It means the cult is looking for loopholes to protect assets. It's always about protecting their ass-ets. Weaseling out of some sort of responsibility I'm sure.
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Do You Ever Wonder Where Are They Now?
by minimus ini remember so many witnesses who were pretty liberal minded.
i knew some that were the ones someone would talk to to get a “balanced “ perspective.
they were not hardliners.
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dubstepped
Many liberal JWs stay because they've made the cult what they want it to be rather than what it is. It helps them get by and they feel no reason to leave.
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Politics and Hope
by lriddle80 inso there are a lot of atheists on here.
my question: where does your hope come from?
that the right people will be put in political positions and will eventually form a utopian society that will meet all needs and we will have equality for all?.
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dubstepped
I'm an atheist and unsure of why I need any sort of hope. Isn't the need for hope a religious value based on a fundamental brokenness and debt to a sky daddy? I see the entire premise of this thread to be lacking. I dont have need for some overreaching hope. I'm happy and living a good life. Many are. Those that aren't can look inward or toward a governmental shift if they truly live somewhere awful. There's a lot of false hope and comfort given by religion.
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Election Day Violence?
by Iamallcool indo you think there will be violence on election day tomorrow?
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dubstepped
I think the media and certain people hope there is. All I hear is fear of the conservatives (white people with guns) while the reality of the violence this year has been all from the other side of the aisle. The news media is stirring the pot and just waiting to live steam all of it.
I think something will happen, there are idiots out there being whipped up, but I don't think it will be a widespread chaos. Like said above, in the end most of it seems to be about stealing and getting free stuff than about anything substantive, at least from those participating thus far.
I just hope whoever wins does so by a large margin without much question.
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If a JW becomes inactive is he then labeled as an apostate?
by Pallbearer ini have heard a rumor that if a jw becomes inactive he or she is considered to be an apostate.
is this true?
has anyone here on this forum had such an experience?
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dubstepped
No. Inactive are not considered apostates. Apostates are one that have left the JW faith, not simply the activity. I and many others were inactive for years and not considered apostates.
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Everyone Around Trump Is Getting The Virus Including Joint Chief if Staff ...what’s going on???
by minimus inis this just a coincidence?
is trump a “super spreader”?
is this a republican payback?
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dubstepped
It's a highly contagious virus. What's to understand?
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Do you think Social Media has been Bad or Good for a peaceful Society.
by pistolpete init does not matter if your political ideology leans to the far left, to the far right, or somewhere in the middle, we are all humans, and as humans, we are not immune to bias.. freeness of speech in the united states gives about 350 million citizens, plus an un-measurable amount of global citizens to say whatever they want and spread any ideology they want on social media, to sway their audiences to their line of thought.. social media is a very powerful platform.
for example facebook has about 2.23 billion monthly active users .
youtube has about 1.9 billion maus.
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dubstepped
Life isn't binary and neither is social media. It's both good and bad, like most things.