Layla33

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  What do you think about Demons now?

  by tooktheredpill in

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  hi guys!.

  as many of you know, i'm still inside the borg, but my mind is completely disconnected.

  i had a chat with some friends during the week, and they started sharing experiences they had, dealing with demons in the past.. i heard some stories from brothers from cuba, that used to be mediums or "saints", and how the demons "immediately started to attack them when they started learning the truth(tm)".

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  Layla33

  I was just thinking of some more demon stories.

  I remember one time having to go to the bathroom late at night and because I was half sleep I went to my brothers room by accident and him saying "Jehovah, Jehovah" over and over again. It just cracked me up.

  So many various things that we would discuss and it was always, "you better check it doesn't have demons". The toothpaste? The stars around it mean it has demons. An angry face? It has demons. A man grabs his crotch on video? He's demonized. Dreams? Demonized! A magazine with lightening? Demonized!
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  What do you think about Demons now?

  by tooktheredpill in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guys!.

  as many of you know, i'm still inside the borg, but my mind is completely disconnected.

  i had a chat with some friends during the week, and they started sharing experiences they had, dealing with demons in the past.. i heard some stories from brothers from cuba, that used to be mediums or "saints", and how the demons "immediately started to attack them when they started learning the truth(tm)".

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  I actually wanted to add something and went to the edit feature and it didn't let me do it (although it was less than five minutes from the original post), so I add it here:

  I have a pretty sad and interesting story to share regarding demons, and maybe anyone that has grown up in this religion can identify.

  It was summer and my brother and I and my cousin were visiting my paternal grandparents for our three week stay over. After hearing a talk at the KH where they pronounced all these corporations as demonized and all these references as demons (including different toothpastes), we as impressionable children decided that one Saturday afternoon, we would go through grandmom's record collection and destroy all of her demonized recordings. I remember it well, all her marvin gaye, motown recordings, all of her favorite singers, broken up and in a pile. Even to this day, it breaks my heart to remember what we did. I saw my grandmom not too long ago and although she is a JW, there's a vacant look to her that many possess and I just remember that.
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  What do you think about Demons now?

  by tooktheredpill in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guys!.

  as many of you know, i'm still inside the borg, but my mind is completely disconnected.

  i had a chat with some friends during the week, and they started sharing experiences they had, dealing with demons in the past.. i heard some stories from brothers from cuba, that used to be mediums or "saints", and how the demons "immediately started to attack them when they started learning the truth(tm)".

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  Layla33

  Oh my goodness, if there is anything in this religion/cult that makes me aware of their indoctrination and occultish background is there obsession with "demons".

  Everything is either demonized, there are demons everywhere, even logical easily explained situations are always connected to "demons". Imagine as a child growing up.

  I don't believe in "demons" in the way that JWs describes it. I have always believed that they play a hot and cold game explaining "demons" and I have observed very occultish ideology beneath it.

  I believe in the spiritual realm, however, nowhere in the manner in which it is explained today.
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  AGREE TO DISAGREE.................

  by nomoreguilt in

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  ya know something, i hate cliches.

  damaged goods......think about it, aren't we all just that?

  for the most part, each of us here has some connection to the wts.

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  Layla33

  Wow, this is sad to read. However, whatever the forum/board and topic, it does happen, it's part of human nature.

  Can anyone explain what the basic disagreements are about? Maybe that would help deal with the conflict. Is it a certain ideology or just certain personalities?
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  Arguing With a Believer Is Like Playing Chess

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  nice metaphor for religion and how impossibly difficult it is to influence the actions or beliefs of some people with deep seated faith.

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  digg it: http://digg.com/comics_animation/arguing_with_a_believer_is_like_playing_chess_comic.

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  Layla33

  I don't argue because it is circular debating. If people are indoctrinated to the point JWs are, it is very difficult to have a logical conversation on a variety of topics, much less a debate.
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  Favorite Fast Food

  by El Kabong in

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  i am jonesing for some white castles!

  but, sadly, they are not in this area.

  those little burgers with the onions fresh off the grill, oh!!

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  Layla33

  A philly cheesesteak - you never leave home.

  A wendy's double burger and fries.

  Five Guys burgers are the absolute best.

  If I am broke and just don't care I will get a Quarter Pounder with cheese, but that doesn't happen often, but I love the fries.
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  Universal Issue of Sovereignty Does NOT Exist....Proof......

  by oompa in

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  we are taught that the $hit mankind has endured for thousands of years is because satan said something that could be construed to be bad about god, and so god said...."let's let mankind see if they are better off following satan and leading themselves, or following me.

  " now thousands of years later, this universal issue is still not settled...after all...the angles and demons are waiting with baited breath for the end result.. do you think that just because you were taught since youth that this "universal sovereignty issue" is real, it is?

  i have some real good biblical reasons this is not even an issue.............................................oompa.

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  Layla33

  I don't believe everything in the Bible because it has been rewritten so many times, it took 300 years to be canonized, it is not the only version of the world, it was basically a Jewish account of what was happening in the world and then when they decided to make the bible, they rejected and edited things many times, over hundreds of years. Therefore, I take many different historical writings and make a qualified decision about life and spirituality. There were people living in Asia, and all over the world besides just the one account of the bible.

  And I don't believe the Universal Sovereignity theory at all. Just my own personal perspective.
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  Watch a mind controlled cult member, Tom Cruise on Scientology

  by Layla33 in

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  catch it, it's some wild stuff, like watching a bethelite after a talk.

  ugh!.

  http://defamer.com/344987/the-tom-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientologists-dont-want-you-to-see.

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  Layla33

  Catch it, it's some wild stuff, like watching a bethelite after a talk. Ugh!

  http://defamer.com/344987/the-tom-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientologists-dont-want-you-to-see
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  Do you sometimes feel really disconected from people?

  by Aphrodite in

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  i thought i had been going really well in my life until my mothers recent attempt at shunning me.

  now im feeling like i don't want to connect with anyone.

  i'm kind of disconnecting myself from my friends even, withdrawing.

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  Layla33

  Sure you will feel disconnected from people, that's exactly how you were indoctrinated. It's "us" and "them". In the world, but not of the world. "Worldly people", "demonized people" - it's all about disconnection, it's all about other. And when you disagree they just continue the mind control and lack of balance and freedom in your view of humanity.

  I believe there are therapists that specialize in this, you should do some research.

  What you have to do is rebuild, find positive reinforcement, UNLEARN all the blocks in your mind, interact with humanity freely - learn to trust yourself and your judgements. It takes time, meditate, find yourself, learn yourself and feel comfortable in your boots. After that find some friends that you can trust and just learn to relax and laugh and be free...
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  New video blog about Jehovah's Witnesses

  by DT in

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  http://jehovahswitnessesvideo.blogspot.com/.

  i intend this to be primarily a research aid.

  i hope it is useful..

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  Layla33

  This is great blog. My hats go off to you.