Posts by Obviously Secret

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Doom 3 and demonism

by crizlee in

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my witness friends and i bought doom 3 yesterday to play at my house.

i let one of my friends play first and it scared him so he quit.

next day at the meeting, i tell them how intense the game is, and they are all like "you should burn the game you should throw away the game.

The new Doom looks so pimp. It's already out on PC? Wow. It's funny because the only reason I'm actually so into that game is for one, has the best graphics in history, and two that demons has been such a big part of my life and so mysterious and stuff that I actually want to play it more than if demons weren't even in my vocabulary. Thanks.

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Please help me understand the differences.....

by SwampThing in

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friends

i?ve noticed something of a discrepancy and would like some clarification.

as much as it appears that the wts controls the jws through their published, written word, there also appears to be a fair amount of difference in how that word is applied across the various congregations, not to mention in other countries.

some members here say this or that happened in their old congregations, and then others say that it was different where they attended.

Obviously Secret

Oh man. The grey areas are crazy. If most of the people that went to my congregations went to some of the other kids gatherings they would think that satan's jamming the music with them. Lol one time at this mild.... teenage gathering my mom was talking about how innapropriate it was then we went to another one about 2 weeks later when my mom had to work. Man if that one was innappropriate this one sure as heck should have been. So much confusion... and your supposed to be free from the confusion right?

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Do All JW Children Suffer From Psychological Damage? The First Bit..

by Englishman in

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..and if so, what form does such psychological damage take?.

my own experience is that damage does occur.. i was 8 years old when my parents became converted, so i wasn't exactly a totally white canvass on which my personality could be painted.

but i was a light shade of grey, so the impact of wt teaching was still quite considerable.. i think the most damage that i suffered was in the area of guilt and unworthiness.

Obviously Secret

About a year ago I was a real scary scary JW kid. Cause I use to curse and stuff at school and different things. However, all that scardyness made me more depressed and vunerable to stupid things because I never really learned the consequences in them. Just learned that they were bad and I was gonna die at armeggeddon by em. Didn't even think twice that they might be actually bad for me so I went into some stupid stuff. Never confessed I was never that naive. If I did confess... My parents would ignore me even more than they usually do and I would still not have any friends so... ya know.

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UK "JW" Commit Suicide--Despite Outside Help

by blondie in

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sometimes, there is nothing you can do to stop people....

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/125/125908_im_sorry_note_of_dadtobe_found_hanged.html

manchester news

Obviously Secret

:Sigh: Deaf ears. Sucks. I wonder how many times minister was the medicine to cure his suicidal thoughts. Most likely just gave them fuel.

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Coming up for air...

by SwampThing in

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friends

good morning forum members,.

for those of you who have left the cult, how do you deal with the self-righteous, holier-than-thou, nose-in-the-air arrogance of the wts and those mindless zombies who bow to its every command?.

i am currently halfway through crisis of conscience.

Obviously Secret

I'm glad your researching these things with so much vigor. Shows that you really care. Just don't prejudge all witnesses. Might sound kind of stupid but your not much better than the people that you are starting to dislike if you prejudge all of them in that manner. Glad to see that your searching to overcome your friend's shortcomings cause it happens a lot. Wish more people, and me had that much life then the world would be much better.

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Your Thoughts On Headship In Marriage.

by Flash in

god said at genesis 1:26-27.

26) "let us make man (mankind?

) in our image, according to our likeness... 27) and god proceeded to create the man in his image, in his image he created him; male and female he created them.

Obviously Secret

Surprisingly I had a talk today just about that thing. The brother that gave it brought it in a very safe... way. I can see a few people (Or prolly just in my head) getting a little aggitated when they said weaker vessel and all that but he brought it off safe. You actually had to look to find the majorly objectionable parts about it.

However, I feel that it's half and half also. Women and men might take what people say or do differently but when it comes down to it, it's different but equal all the same. Our weak points and our strong points are equal in my oppinion. Just different in general. Not trying to stereotype everybody because plenty of people (hardly nobody in fact once I think about it) don't live by the stereotypes but you have to admit everybody is different and you have to take those differences and put them in a good positive way to make the marriage work. I totally dislike it when people talk about how "So and so's" divorce rate is lower than other "So and so's" That doesn't say much... just can say that you guys like staying in unsuccessful marriages more than the first So and so. That's why I'm not all too crazy about divorce but of course now I'm rambling.

Oh and by the way most people prolly can tell but I barely come to this site anymore. I was once like the hobo that never would get off the street but now I'm the hobo that seems to never beg for money lol. Bad analogy I know.

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Does anyone here believe in Hell as in Hellfire?

by confusedjw in

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i don't and assume no one does, but thought i would ask.

Obviously Secret

ya once you're saved you can do whatever you want since you are saved. Hell is a weird place. The Apocolypse of Peter that was written like 400 years after the bible was finished really pushed the hell idea cause they talked about fornicators being hanged by their you know what's and different things. All that really pushed the hell idea.

Hell would be interesting in my uneventful life it seems Lol. Wouldn't mind hell all too much. Definately wouldn't mind eternity in the ground. That seems like freakin paradise...

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The Watchtower magazine kind of sucks...

by Obviously Secret in

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friends

i was at the meeting the other day and this brother gave a really really good talk (waits for the stones and sticks to be thrown at him).

but seriously it was a very good talk just because it was a good talk.

he actually talked about jesus and different things and he talked about very deep issues and he brought it out great.

Obviously Secret

lol they didn't talk about the watchtower at all. My mom slightly hinted by saying, "Oh that watchtower was good also." (Then a long lull) "BUT REMEMBER WHEN THE BROTHER TALKED ABOUT HUMAN GOVERNMENT IN HIS TALK OH MY GOD SO GREAT!!!"

Lol most people don't like the watchtower all too much they look forward more to the talks. And when the talks is bad you I know. My mom doesn't talk about the meeting at all when the talk is bad. But when it's good. Gonna be sayin Jehovah till tuesday lol. Kind of like it when she's happy just when she gets crazy with it that's when I worry.

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