Posts by Mad Irishman

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Similarities between the Governing Body and an abusive spouse

by Zoos in

i was looking at a list of methods used by abusive spouses to manipulate and control their "domain" and was struck by how similar the mentality is to the governing body's approach to the flock.

obviously not everything on the list applies as there is no sexual component in the congregation and there is no physical contact, but the similarities were shocking.. http://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/domestic-violence-and-abuse.htm.

abusers use a variety of tactics to manipulate you and exert their power:.

Mad Irishman

As someone who has had several close female friends abused by their spouses your analogy of the GB and abusive spouses is a rather stupid one. I mean do you know women who have been abused? You must not to use this analogy.

As much as you may disagree, dislike, or loath the GB of the JW's making an analogy to spouses who are monsters is rather vitriolic and makes you seem like you are completely blinded by your emotions. By your analogy anyone in the workplace or Corporate America or the government falls into this same definition, including the military, labor unions, etc., etc.

I mean you come on here and you see these analogies of the JW's to crazy over-the-top things like ISIS, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, and abusive spouses and you start to sound like you're drinking your own off-brand of Kool-Aid. Who in the world would take that kind of analogy seriously? Not a thinking person that's for sure.

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My brother-in-law just graduated PSS

by Frazzled UBM in

so i was scrolling down facebook and i saw that my brother-in-law was getting lots of likes and congrats (including sadly from my wife) for graduating pss.

initially i thought peter pan (he is incredibly immature for a 23 year old) had gone against character and completed some sort of educational or vocational course until i found that pss stood for pioneer service school.

i was tempted to comment how sad this was but instead commented that "no matter how much you do they will always make you feel like it is not enough".

Mad Irishman

Kind of a crappy thing to post to someone. You have to edit yourself to be kind sometimes you know.

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Petition to the IRS: Internal Revenue Service: Revoke 501(c)(3) status of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society

by Faithful Witness in

https://www.change.org/p/internal-revenue-service-revoke-501-c-3-status-of-the-watchtower-bible-amp-tract-society?recruiter=403260680&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink .

i'm not sure what good these things do, but this petition needs 211 more signatures to reach 1,000. .

the organization known as the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses or watchtower bible & tract society headquartered in brooklyn, new york, have for many years enjoyed what is known as 501(c) (3) status whereby a nonprofit organization is exempt from paying federal income tax if its activities have the following purposes:.

Mad Irishman

Unless you can somehow get the tax status on all religion's changed you're wasting your time.

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Not on a WTS Cover - Famine Continues to Decline

by berrygerry in

that darn satan keeps confusing those horsies in apocalypse - they seem to be going in reverse.. http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-hunger-calamitous-famine-eradicated-last-50-years.

Mad Irishman

Tell that to the 20,000 kids who die a day from famine.

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The Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove

by Lee Elder in

the watchtower and jehovah's witnesses are fond of saying there are no automatic sanctions for taking blood.

that they no longer disfellowship someone who takes blood.

that they have a "free choice" in the matter.

Mad Irishman

I didn't take blood because I thought that was the right thing to do. No one put a gun to my head.

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I had a melt down with my Father over my Mom and Sister not coming to my daughter's Birthday Party.

by adjusted knowledge in

last year my daughter had her first birthday and all my wife's family and friends were there.

my family didn't attend.

my mother and sister still believe in the jw teachings even though they are both considered inactive.

Mad Irishman

My family has all kinds of different beliefs and you know what? You have to respect them all out of kindness. Nobody was hurt in my family when we didn't attend birthdays or Christmas, but they sure did make us feel like dirt for it. Yet they wanted us to do all the things they thought were okay. It taught me to respect everyone's beliefs within reason and never make other people feel the way others had made me feel.

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This is for all JW's out there...

by Divergent in

jw
friends

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sorry to be so blunt, but you only have yourself to blame if you realize something is wrong but allow your cognitive dissonance to kick in.

if you are confronted with facts which are reported by reliable sources which are hard to dispute and deny, and you choose to dismiss these as "apostate lies" rather than looking at these from an objective point of view, it's your fault and you deserve the consequences of willful ignorance!.

Mad Irishman

You sound like a Jehovah's Witness.

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My experience with a Judicial Committee, when in my early 20's

by Dunedain in

i joined this wonderful site, only a few weeks ago, although i have been away from the borg, for almost 20 years.

i didnt introduce myself, on a personal level, but i jumped right in, commenting, making threads, and just immersing myself in this community.

what a time, indeed, to be here, its almost as if i was "called" here, because the week i lurked, and joined, was when all this recent stuff came out.

Mad Irishman

Even in the world of Jehovah's Witnesses most JW's would agree that what that body of elders did to you was wrong.

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How to deal with anxiety?

by BlackWolf in

jw
friends

lately my mental health has been rapidly declining.

i have anorexia and deppression, and my anxiety has become overwhelming.

i have been to many doctors/therapists in the past, but because i have not been magically cured my parents dont want to get me any more help.

Mad Irishman

Have you tried anti-anxiety medications? They can really help. Your anxiety isn't real. It is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain. So anti-anxiety medications can balance that chemical imbalance out. Talk therapy alone won't do it.

Exercise can help with anxiety. Also, you must manage any triggers of your anxiety, i.e., listening to sad songs or reading things that make you sad or anxious; certain people that make you anxious; certain situations that make you anxious. You have to find out what things make you anxious and manage them. Also, one of the most important things you can do is find hobbies or activities that you love and enjoy and throw yourself into them like gardening, sports, literature, skiing, etc. When you are active in those activities you mind doesn't have time to focus on anxiety and it will give your mind a breather, which will then help calm you down.

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"New Light never contradicts Old Light, but simply adds to it"

by stuckinarut2 in

does anyone remember this classic quote from a society publication??.

i remember it has been quoted many times, but i cant find the reference.. if this comment is to be taken literally, it condemns the organization anytime there has been a complete changes in teachings and doctrine!

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Mad Irishman

To give them credit the Watchtower has corrected things it has published that were wrong in the past, so I don't think the quote from the 1881 Watchtower is what the modern organization follows.