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  Thinking about thinking and upbringing

  by ballistic in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking about being "brought up in the truth" as opposed to joining.. as a child's brain develops, it builds connections based on what it is taught.

  these connections are inseparable from the person in that our thoughts and memories actually become part of our personality (who we are).. a very simple example, might be being taught *not to do something* because it "displeases jehovah".

  the understanding of right and wrong is then set in the child's mind and built upon.. there are several points of thought i have about this fact.

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  I believe that our characters are part genetically rooted and part upbringing/culture. I remember being very moralistic as a child before becoming a JW at age 13. I remained moralistic through my 8 years of being a JW and after my sudden exit I was still moralistic. Fortunately it's not the same 'morality' as theirs.
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  Trashed WT's found in Dr.s' waiting room Friday. Do you trash literature you find?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  took the magazines in the waiting room and dumped them in the trash.

  was a great feeling.

  to think many witnoids wont dare throw out the surplus magazines they have in stacks around the house is amazing.

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  I would not bother with labels or any reference to anti-JW websites. The people who read those magazines aren't really interested in the organization - just the content - so they're not going to bother researching an anti-organization website.
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  Trashed WT's found in Dr.s' waiting room Friday. Do you trash literature you find?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  took the magazines in the waiting room and dumped them in the trash.

  was a great feeling.

  to think many witnoids wont dare throw out the surplus magazines they have in stacks around the house is amazing.

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  I used to hit the laundry rooms on the way back from work. I had to stop trashing the literature in one of the Laundromats since the owner (not a JW) was always there and he wanted to keep the magazines so that his clients could have something to read.

  A long time ago, when I got peeved at the Witnesses in my large apartment complex, where most are JWs, I started putting literature from the Bible Students and The Worldwide Church of God right besides the watchtowers in laundry room. I did not touch their literature but I made a point of having both magazines side by side.

  I had no religious interest in my literature but I wanted to pick one that was doctrinally close to theirs just to show that they weren't as unique in their teachings as they think they are.

  A pissing contest soon ensued. They kept trashing my literature and I kept fishing it out of the trash and putting it right next to theirs. Once, somebody even stuffed my literature inside a discarded detergent bottle. I took it out and placed it again on the table even though it was soaked in detergent. Then one of the JWs started taking my literature and trashed it in the dumpsters one hundred feet away. I still had plenty left.

  The JW manager then asked if I would be happy if no one placed any literature including the JWs. That was fine with me. For years afterwards no one put any literature in that laundry room. They started to recently but I no longer care.
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  Special Report: Joel goes undercover at a KH

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those of you that are into activism you may enjoy this special report video.

  here's the description from the jwstruggle youtube channel:.

  my buddy joel the unwitness recently went undercover at a kingdom hall, armed with a notebook, regular clothes, and an american standard bible.

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  Village Idiot

  Was that actually bourbon that he was drinking?
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  The Man Who Interviewed the Apostles

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  meet papias.

  if you had lived in the time of the living apostles of jesus would you have personally investigated stories about.

  or, would you simply read whatever was written instead?.

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  Terry, thank you for that post. I appreciate the effort you put into it. You remind me of Leolaia.
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  Build the Ark

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ken ham is trying to build an ark amusement park in kentucky.

  i actually want him to build a real ark, or at least have a self contained floating zoo because this one act can show how ridiculous this story in the bible truly is.. lets make this simple.

  1000 pairs of animals on one boat including provisions.

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  I think the roaches and ants would have survived.
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  Site Update: Jan 21, 2015

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  oopsie, i just broke the posting for a second - my apologies!.

  just rolling out a few performance enhancements ... there wasn't supposed to be anything visibly different.

  i guess i blew that plan..

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  Just a minor quibble, I can't get text or images to center. Am I doing something wrong?
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  My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.

  she told them that she will confirm if she will go.

  however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?

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  The therapist ploy that millie210 suggested sounds great but I doubt it would be worth the cost of a therapist. Keep in mind that she will be tried in absentia - as I was - so whatever you do, do it fast.
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  Inherit the wind

  by truthseeker100 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  has anyone seen the movie inherit the wind?

  i just got done watching the 1999 remake of the original 1960.. it's about two lawyers arguing in court about the guilt or innocence of a school teacher, teaching evolution.. it's about as pertinent today as it was in 1999 or 1960. it's really a good movie.

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  I also saw the original but I learned afterwards that the ending was very different in real life. Excellent movie nonetheless.
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  TO THE STUPID ATHEISTS:

  by atheist_R_stupid in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  being that this is not "ex jws" and in fact, more driven by atheists talking a bunch of crap, im not even going to address you people like you know anything about jws because you dont.

  nor am i going to assume you know the bible because none of you do.. and yes, im speaking down at you all because you men have actually went out your way to make a site to speak down at an entire group of people.

  yet i bet you cant even handle a single uswer talking down at you, like you talk down about jws can you?.

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  Village Idiot

  Why is this thread still alive?