Topics Started by Victor

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Hello
by UnshackleTheChains in
1. jw
2. friends
i decided to join this forum as have been lurking awhile.

there are lots of interesting topics on here that appeal to me.. i have been a witness for almost 3 decades and am very disillusioned with the organisation at this time.

i am beginning to see it in a new light as i am getting older.
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Catching My Breath (RIP JWD'ers)
by Phaedra in
1. jw
2. experiences
mouthy.

farkel.

ros.
51
Leaving the org and marriage possibly ending
by atacrossroads in
1. jw
2. friends
i was raised a witness, baptized at 16, vacation pioneered, got married, etc.

i was very much your typical witness and believed it was the truth until last summer.

a very close relative of mine left the witnesses.
Do you know Sherie Holmes from Agusta Georgia?
by Victor in
1. jw
2. experiences
greetings friends i am looking to find sherie holmes.

she at one time lived in seguin texas in the late 1980's.

she has a daughter named brandy and a son but i don't recall his name.
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Natural Selection in Religions
by Victor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i recently developed an interest in examining the origins of religion.

so what i've gathered so far is this.

the human mind needs to create an explanation and meaning.
3
Brooklyn Bethel
by Victor in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
wow this place looks very different from the last time i was here which is years ago.

my old profile log in did not work so for you old timers i'm victor escalante.

now to the topic i had in mind.
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Misinformation in CoC
by ICBehindtheCurtain in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hello everyone, i know that many here like me have read ray's book crisis of consience, i was very impressed with it, it helped open my eyes to the hypocrisy and double standards of the wts, and ray gave me the impresion of being a very loving and kind man, not the demonized apostate we were all lead to believe.

but, i noticed something that wasn't quite correct when i was reading the part that spoke of then brother rene vazquez, he makes it seem like all rene did was have private conversations with ray and nothing else, this is not true, i for a fact know that this was not all that happened.

in a ms meeting on tuesday back in 1980, rene was conducting a part and he went up to the stage with only his bible, he started saying that all we needed was the bible, that we would no longer be using other publications by the wts .
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The Courage to Heal
by Victor_E in
1. jw
2. friends
the courage to heal.

in a study done at the university of houston researchers concluded that a person with deep psychological issues would go through a five-step process.

i concur with this study after having worked with offenders on probation for drug and alcohol problems and sexual and physical abuse survivors.. .
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JWD a Dysfunctional Place?
by Victor_E in
1. jw
2. friends
with the recent blood baths we have seen in this forum it got me wondering of how you can objectively understand it and more importantly not let it affect you if you so choose.

what i write is not meant to be taken as gospel truth since there is no gospel truth nor is it my intention to get on my soap box since i left it when i walked out of the kingdom hall.

most of what i have to say is subjective based on personal experience and i feel no need or desire to debate anyone about anything i write.
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Heart and Mind Control
by Victor_E in
1. jw
2. friends
i want to thank all of you for your kind words again.

in my current work in texas of working with parolees and probationers i am humbled by their painful past.

here is another post i wrote some time back for you newcomers.. mind and heart control.