Posts by Carmel

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SOLSTICE TODAY?

by jimbo in

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friends

"that we will continue to look to him as the great sun from whom comes our enlightenment, guidance, and healing.

an appropriate quote for a solstice celebration!!!

can you identify this quote from watchtower bs??

Carmel

I love winter solstice! 44 years ago today, I got married to celebrate the long dark night! Must have worked! Still married to same lady forty four years later!

carmel

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Bouncing Back from the Witness Mindset

by The wanderer in

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friends

bouncing back from the witness mindset it was not that long ago that some of us on this board re-.

flected the thought patterns of jehovah's witnesses.

other words, the brainwashing thought patterns instilled.

Carmel

I was born into the cult but exited mentally by age 12, physically at a little over age 14. Got my degree in biological sciences, minors in Chemistry, Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and went on to graduate school. Married and raised five great kids and had a successful career. Even after all that, and after nearly two decades as an agnostic and nearly three as a member of the Baha'i Faith, I still on occasion recognize in my outlook and processes patterns that were instilled into me as a child and youth.. My guess is that if we were born into it we likely will never completely shed all the imprinting that went on as a child..

Life is still good though!!

carmel

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The World is Flat

by Carmel in

http://www.onecountry.org/e174/e17416as_world_is_flat_review.htm.

wonder how the dubbies would spin this?.

carmel.

Carmel

Foykc,

I think you may have missed the point...or is your tongue in your cheek?

carmel

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The World is Flat

by Carmel in

http://www.onecountry.org/e174/e17416as_world_is_flat_review.htm.

wonder how the dubbies would spin this?.

carmel.

Carmel

http://www.onecountry.org/e174/e17416as_World_is_Flat_Review.htm

Wonder how the Dubbies would spin this?

carmel

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Do you remember the first anti-JW site you visited on the internet?...

by Hecklerboy in

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friends

i remember doing a search on jw's and ending up on www.watchtowerinformationservice.org.

which led me to www.freeminds.org.

and then it led me here..

Carmel

Sipped H20 for a couple years before jumping ship! This site was infinately smaller, about two dozen of us, but the folks were much friendlier and supportive of each others' differing opinions. Whoda guessed we'd number in the thousands...

carmel

14

The Bible -- The Watchtower Makes a Convincing Case

by AlmostAtheist in

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friends

i was roaming around on watchtower.org today because... well... it's a couple hours until anything good comes on, and i've watched all the animaniacs on youtube.com, so... you know how it is... .

anyway, i found this article on the bible interesting.

note what it says about how great the bible is: .

Carmel

I wonder how many geneticists are "Christian". Can you imagine the conversations about allelic introgression caused by too few individuals passing on genes to the F1 and F infinity? Bleedin problem, I say!

carmel

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Convince me to move to your State (U.S. Only)

by liquidsky in

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friends

my husband and i are throwing around the idea of moving to a different state.

nothing is set in stone yet, but some changes in his career may allow for us to move wherever we like in the u.s. i love washington state, but i would like to move somewhere a little warmer.

i've lived in washington all my life and i need a little help in learning about the rest of the u.s.. so convince me to move to your state.

Carmel

Please come to Oregon and buy my house! That way I can head for Costa Rica!!! carmel

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A 'pair' of socks, OK. But why a 'pair' of pants?

by Gregor in

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friends

wonder why certain garments are referred to in the plural, pants, underwear, trousers?

why not a pair of shirts?

"i put on a fresh pair of shirts this morning" or why not say "i spilled coffee on my pant and i need to change it".

Carmel

test.....what cult?

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gift's [in] men

by darth frosty in

this has been posted before but i just was thinking about eph 4:8 where the nwt renders it gifts [in] men while most other bible render it gift's to men.

i just looked this scripture up in the kindom interlinear and sure enough, it renders the greek as 'gifts to the men'.

you have got to love the balls that this cult has.

Carmel

Intentional misinterpretation of scripture is nothing new. By the time Muhmmed was dictating the Koran, He condemned the Christian leadership for intentionally misleading the unlettered followers who had no way of confirming whether or not their renderings were correct. Want of leadership will corrupt equally with unchecked power. Machevillie (sp) diagnosed political and religious leaders alike! Carmel

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What effect does 'Apostate Pressure' have on the bOrg?

by AK - Jeff in

will increased pressure - pickets, websites, books, letters to fellow witnesses, have a positive or negative impact on the ultimate goal most apostates have - seeing the organization eventually crumble and fall?.

my take is that more pressure is good.

it makes the 'real personality' of the organization express itself in greater oppression, more demands, greater efforts to isolate the flock from education, career, family, reality.. eventual result of oppression is rebellion.

Carmel

How much longer can the Berlin wall stand? Likely it will only collapse when all totalitarian governments collapse....oh,, you mean it already happened? Must not be any more evil dictatorships in the world then!! carmel