Topics Started by KillerJones

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Jesus Knows the Day & Hour Now?
by KillerJones in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was skimming the july 2016 wt study article and came across a paragraph indicating that, despite scriptural evidence, the governing body indeed feels that god's son now knows the exact day and hour of armageddon.

is this 'new light'?

from the second study article, page 14, pgh 4:.
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interesting stuff re the RC in my local area
by umbertoecho in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i was sent a list of places i could contact in my part of wa.

i was cautious.

i always ask if they are jws.
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Ray Franz was an Idiot
by vinman in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
ray franz who gave us insight into the gb due to a crisis of conscience was an absolute moron, with absolutely no critical thinking skills whatsoever like all of us have.

i mean, to have a conscience based on some magic man in the sky.. how stupid can you be?

in search of christian freedom?
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Canadian branch getting rid of their trucks and drivers
by wannaexit in
1. jw
2. friends
a recent letter to the elders outlined the new arrangement for delivering literature to the congregations.

the canadian branch will be downsizing by eliminating drivers and trucks and utilizing commercial carriers to bring the boxes of monthly literature .

more outsourcing and more lay offs.. the funny thing about it is that they want to have the literature delivered to various private homes of the rank and file rather than have the literature delivered to the kingdom hall.
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Having One Of Those "Pondering Disassociation" Days :(
by freemindfade in
1. jw
2. experiences
there are a lot of things that make me have days like this, the utter embarrassment of being are part of a cult that protects child abusers, that enforces emotional brutality through shunning, and that lies constantly.

the lying i can tolerate, the world is built on bullshit, i have a high lie tolerance.

i can ignore it if it has no effect on me etc.
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royal commission so far
by zeb in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
before another day goes past please, summarize the outcome in dot points of the royal commission so far.

for me in no order;.

that the wt considers sex crimes against children of little importance.
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Quality Thinking - Warning: Long Post Ahead
by Viviane in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.

i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.

first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.
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A brilliant psychologist
by voodoo lady in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been seeing a brilliant psychologist.

he has been pivotal in drawing the parallels between my jw upbringing - specifically the hypocrisy i saw as a child - and the reason i've tolerated lies and inconsistencies in my most significant adult relationship.. i've seen one other psychologist in the past.

she didn't get the issues surrounding the religion whatsoever, didn't regard that aspect of my backstory as relevant, and was of little help to me.. has anyone else seen a psychologist - whether for help with coping in the aftermath of leaving the religion, or for seemingly unrelated issues that actually turned out to be related?
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Growing number of memorial partakers explained(?) by local elder
by stillin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i brought this up in a conversation after today's meeting.

the elder knowingly acknowledged the growing number and pointed out that of course, now we understand why this is so.

i gave my best blank stare and said "we do?
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Constructive hobbies
by zeb in
1. jw
2. experiences
hm have a hobby?

im not asking what.. hm have taken up a constructive hobby since leaving?.