Posts by violias

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Buddhism Anyone?

by LaurenM in

so, i have recently been delving in buddhism and i must say it all makes sense!

like, the philosophies and ideas are what i've always believed but could never put a name to.

for example, they don't believe in god, they teach acceptance of all faiths, that peace can be achieved - not by changing other people - but by changing yourself, that everyone has goodness in themselves, that happiness can be gained internally (not externally as a gift from god), and that life is temporary so we should enjoy it!

violias

Just about everyday someone on my Facebook posts something about Jesus. Press Like and comment Amen if Jesus is your Savior I don't want to discourage anyone from believing- it was my life for so long. But I refuse to even "like" the Jesus posts. I just can't. What it really does is make me remember a time when I was blissfully ignorant and happy in my belief that G'd would just fix everything , like magic. ( listen to Sarah Silverman , Jesus is magic) This includes other religions too, including Buddhism. I just can't get that blissful peaceful stupid feeling, the one that says - just believe and G'd will fix it all.

Maybe this is why G'd told Adam and Eve to not eat from the tree. Knowledge is a powerful thing and it seems there is no way back to blissful peace.

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Jw kids setting off fire alarms in hotels

by purrpurr in

a friend of mine is staying at a hotel next to one of the big convention sites this weekend.

yesterday she tells me one of the hotels had to be evacuated and the fire brigade called when the fire alarm went off.. it turned out to be a bunch of jw kids having a prank.

she had been speaking to the hotel manager who told her that this happens every year and only when the jw's come to stay!.

violias

I recall in the mid to late 90's I was at the big convention in Ft. Worth. I heard from one of the attendants that a bomb had been called in but,,,, not to tell anyone. I later confirmed it when I spoke to the keynote speaker.-- he and his body guards said to not say anything and how did I know anyway?? Jws can't keep secrets. I always think back to that and wonder who makes these decisions for so many people.

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Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.

by The Rebel in

jw
friends

so i was fooled by the witnesses.

what can i learn from that?

not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.

violias

You won't get an argument from me on that Viviane. May I suggest your outspoken, which I find very endearing.

now your just arse kissing.

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Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.

by The Rebel in

jw
friends

so i was fooled by the witnesses.

what can i learn from that?

not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.

violias

I was so embarrassed for JWN when I saw the title of this thread. Can't you peddle this nonsense someplace else?

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Elmwood congregation, Dallas, Texas.

by witnessscorn in

i was in elmwood congregation, in early 70's i have reason to believe there was ritual abuse going on while i was there.

anybody have any incite?

violias

I have to tell you that most experts discount almost completely satanic ritual abuse. I was a youngish adult during the 80'-90's when it was quite a thing and saw psychiatry using it as a legitimate diagnoses and police actually thinking it was real. It has almost always been discounted. I do believe some people are crazy enough engage in this behavior but it was mostly a phase that the country went through and psychiatry went through.

btw, you have three threads about this.

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Elmwood Congregation in Oakcliff Texas early 70's.

by witnessscorn in

i was in elmwood congregation, in early 70's i have reason to believe there was ritual abuse going on while i was there.

anybody have any incite?

violias

I have to tell you that most experts discount almost completely satanic ritual abuse. I was a youngish adult during the 80'-90's when it was quite a thing and saw psychiatry using it as a legitimate diagnoses and police actually thinking it was real. It has almost always been discounted. I do believe some people are crazy enough engage in this behavior but it was mostly a phase that the country went through and psychiatry went through.

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It's just dirty laundry...

by Vidiot in

i make my living off the rank-and-file,.

i'm a bit of an expert, and i do it in style,.

if you wanna stay a while,.

violias

You might be able to put the lyrics to this Warren Zevon song,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I027-xLeTpk

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It's just dirty laundry...

by Vidiot in

i make my living off the rank-and-file,.

i'm a bit of an expert, and i do it in style,.

if you wanna stay a while,.

violias

video says it is private.

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Article: Reveal News Organization: JWs Cover-Up of Child Sex Abuse and Oust a Victim

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witnesses-cover-up-child-sex-abuse-and-oust-a-victim/.

jehovahs witnesses cover up child sex abuse and oust a victim.

topics: criminal justice / religion .

violias

these small town elders get away with some amazing sh*te. I totally believe her.

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"Report it to the elders if you hear anyone in the congregation talking bad about the GB"

by hardtobeme in

last night and elder gave the bible highlights at the congregation.

he talked about apostasy.

and among other things he said: "report to the elders if you hear anyone in the congregation talking bad about the governing body".

violias

This is not new. I have been around since the 60's and sometime in the 70's started hearing things like that. It went wild in the 80-90's Jw's reporting each other- lots of JC's and DF'ings. Nothing new hear. According to them no one is to be trusted, report anyone, even your own family.