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  Strengths of Former Cult Members

  by purplesofa in

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  http://knappfamilycounseling.com/cultstrengths.html.

  i have written about typical negative symptoms former cult members may experience.. but a recent anonymous commenter reminded me we don't stress positives enough and that may discourage people from beginning recovery.. now, i know "symptom" lists are powerful things for my therapy clients.

  lists offer some inkling that, yes, perhaps you suffer from a syndrome but you are not alone.

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  truthsetsonefree

  Very, very true.

  Isaac
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  Can't find info... Watchtower says it's written work is 'part of bible'

  by mkr32208 in

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  there was a thread a few months back that contained a scan of (i think) the dec 15th watchtower where they said that the watchtower was to be considered part of the bible.

  i really want to find that thread, i've been looking for hours i thought i had commented on it but it's not in my 'threads posted on' and i've been going through pages and pages and pages of threads and i've tried search but just can't find it.. .

  does anyone who might have posted on that thread have a link to it?

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  truthsetsonefree

  That being said, it's clear from their use of the parenthesised "the truth" they mean something more than the books of Matthew through Revelation; JWs understand their religion to be "the truth". But as has been observed on this thread already, it's not explicitly stating they believe Watchtower teachings are part of the Bible.

  True, its WT spin and bait and switch tactics. Of course that cuts both ways....

  Isaac
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  Child Predator Caught by my Son

  by purplesofa in

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  friday night my oldest son spent the night at one of his friends house.

  his friend and wife went to bed and james, my son, stayed up and played video games with their two children, son 11, daughter 9. the son and james went to bed.

  the little girl continued to play and fell asleep on the sofa.. james got up a little after midnight to get a drink of water.

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  Bible classes and 150!!! pairs of panties! Wow, sounds like a very familiar racket we've seen over and over as JWs.

  Isaac
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  Can't find info... Watchtower says it's written work is 'part of bible'

  by mkr32208 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was a thread a few months back that contained a scan of (i think) the dec 15th watchtower where they said that the watchtower was to be considered part of the bible.

  i really want to find that thread, i've been looking for hours i thought i had commented on it but it's not in my 'threads posted on' and i've been going through pages and pages and pages of threads and i've tried search but just can't find it.. .

  does anyone who might have posted on that thread have a link to it?

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  This is absolutely incredible. I plan to show my Mom this. The gall of these people. Mind you they claim NOT to be inspired.

  Isaac Carmignani
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  New Video... Ex Gilead Missionary's YouTube Channel overview

  by Awakened at Gilead in

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  2. bible

  more exposes of gilead coming up!.

  this video outlines my plans for my video channel and includes a hilarious, yet respectful, picture of gb member geoff jackson.. i've improved the quality and added music for this video... plenty of more videos will be coming soon.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8d1mzd7cw.

  for more videos, click on my channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/exgileadmissionary.

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  truthsetsonefree

  As mentioned JWs are vicious when defending their precious "organization" and their absentee God. Keep going A@G.

  Isaac
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  Can't find info... Watchtower says it's written work is 'part of bible'

  by mkr32208 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was a thread a few months back that contained a scan of (i think) the dec 15th watchtower where they said that the watchtower was to be considered part of the bible.

  i really want to find that thread, i've been looking for hours i thought i had commented on it but it's not in my 'threads posted on' and i've been going through pages and pages and pages of threads and i've tried search but just can't find it.. .

  does anyone who might have posted on that thread have a link to it?

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  truthsetsonefree

  OMG! I never thought they would get that bold.

  Isaac
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  Question about Universal Sovereignty, please

  by purplesofa in

  1. watchtower
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  this is from someone that is waiting to join as soon as the site starts taking new registrations.

  he has a question for the board.. .

  i also see ya posted my letter on the board...is there really a lot waiting to get it 'in'?

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  truthsetsonefree

  I personally have always felt that this "challenge" is something manufactured by WTBTS so they could explain world events. After all, where in Job or anywhere in the Bible is some challenge put to God on the question of "universal sovreignty"? Even that term is something bot found in the Bible.

  Isaac Carmignani
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  Ladies, please explain your behavior

  by Elsewhere in

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  i recently asked a girl out.

  she was excited to go so we nailed down some plans and i bought some tickets for a live show at a theater.

  the show was for 7:30 pm on friday.

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  I'd say mature women who have nothing to hide, well their behavior is normal and not that complicated. They are mature and don't "yank people's chains". There may very well be something wrong with this one.

  Isaac
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  Danger found on JWD!!!...........

  by oompa in

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  yeah i know....so i like "introductions that arouse interests" on my subject lines!

  but the danger is at the end of this post, not the beginning.

  this is actually a very serious thread for oompa... and not my first, but i apologize in advance for it being the longest i have ever posted.

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  truthsetsonefree

  Thank goodness for a laptop where I can get other things done and view JWN while on the road. I find I need this place, or something like it. Its okay so long as it doesn't replace RW. And for me it definitely doesn't. With family in who I refuse to simply ignore due to "Christian" love that I have for them, and a daughter who they would love to enslave, I am regularly confronted with the effects of this cult. This board is a way of dealing with that through learning from and sharing with others who are going through the same things. Its the "whole association of brothers " I guess working here.

  Isaac
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  So, there is no everlasting life...

  by Quirky1 in

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  me and my jw wifey were talking this morning.

  the conversation was about her aunt that's dying of cancer.

  we were discussing the issue of death and i mentioned that there is nothing we can do about it and that we will all have to go thru it at one time or another and she agreed and even spoke further about it.. i am thinking wtf, "what about everlasting life", since this is what they preach and are taught.

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  truthsetsonefree

  The official teaching is Yes you may die. But with the ""urgency" of the end, most JWs get the impression that THEY won't have to face death. Unless they get baptized when they're very old and/or sick. Funny though how Witnesses seem to be realizing that only the resurrection will make the dream of everlasting life come true. Even my uber Witness Mom said to me the other day that the 'new order' will probably come in the life of MY great grand kids. Say what??? She bought a plot and plans to die in THIS system! And she's only 64 and in good health.

  Isaac