Mouthy said what I was feeling: Its GREAT to be free!
truthsetsonefree
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My Declaration of Freedom
by Lady Lee indeclaration of freedom.
free to be more tolerant of others' beliefs .
free to be more tolerant of other's lifestyles (because they are none of my business) .
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More Bad News
by Decided inanother one of my second cousins killed himself today.
he was 42 and still a jw.
he called 911 and shot himself while talking to them.
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truthsetsonefree
I'm so sorry for your loss. This is not common for JWs. Most JWs just have a low level malaise thing going on. Its unfortunate and something many of us have dealt with. Feel free to avail yourself of whatever help you need, both here and secularly.
Isaac
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A Secret about DF'ing that Elders will NEVER tell you.
by Amazing inwhen i discussed this with some ex-jws in the past, they have pointed out to me that the following is not done in actual pracrice.
of course it is not done in practrice ... that is why i referred to it as a "secret" because elders do not normally disclose such information, either because they fear its effect, or because they have not thoroughly paid attention to the "pay attention" book.
in this post, i am not arguing about actual practice ... rather what the undisclosed, withheld, secretive information is ... and how being armed may allow """some""" jws to relax their conscience.. a secret that elders will not openly tell you.
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truthsetsonefree
You are absolutely right Amazing and Thanks for pointing this out. This is why I still have a relationship with my parents.
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Debunking the "great crowd" of "other sheep" concept - new video
by Awakened at Gilead infurther research that i did in gilead that led me out of the borg.... .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sypppyso6ae.
enjoy!.
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truthsetsonefree
I loved the ending. That quote from the 1954 WT explains JW's so precisely.
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Oklahoma City bombing anniversary.
by crapola inhow many here remember the horrible day 14 years ago when the murrah federal building was bombed?.
i can still remember what i was doing when i heard the news of it..
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truthsetsonefree
I remember it well. I was at work. I travel a lot to Norman OK for work. Norman is 20 miles from OKC, so it hit home. In fact I went to see the site a few months later. It was still devastated.
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Brain cells in your heart...Remember that DC with them on stage??....
by oompa inback in the 70's wt had this thingy going on where they thought the figurative heart may indeed be the literal heart....like it had cells in it that affected your thinking....esp on things of emotion...(i swear i am not makin this sheeite up)...i went to a district convention back then that had two six foot, thin paper boxes on stage, with lights inside.....on the outside of each box was a painting of a brain and a heart.......and when the person offstage was talking.....one of the boxes would light up.......like sometimes it was the brain talking.......sometimes it was the heart talking............but most of the time since i was a teen and the chicks were hot......my dick did all the talkin.............oompa.
sorry got off topic at the end....but anyone remember that dc or material?.
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truthsetsonefree
I remember that convention so clearly. It was back when conventions ran into the evening hours. We were at Yankee Stadium and that drama was at night so the lighted heart and brain were clearly visible. As mentioned already dramas pierced the boredom and I always remembered them.
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May 15th WT- " Wife's Dedication to Jehovah more Important than Marriage "
by flipper ini wanted to make just a thread for this statement of mind control as it was very blatant .
in the may 15th witness only wt under the article "husbands, imitate christ's love !
" it states, " if you are a christian husband, remember that your wife is also your christian sister.
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truthsetsonefree
Funny how one of those WT Pubs quotes mentions an elder must provide for his wife in all ways. Even when they try to sound like they are on the woman's side they are condescending. Why does a woman need providing for? How about just being partners, friends, equals even? This is one of the main reasons I give my daughter as to why I never want her to become a dub. This religion has little respect for what women are and can be. They insist that they be subservient to any male that happens to be passing by. Remember even Jehovah is their heavenly "Father".
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What Makes a Person Vulnerable to Join a Cult ? By Steve Hassan
by flipper inmost of us often wonder with amazement how we ever got caught up in the jehovah's witnesses mind control after having been out for awhile.
and we still wonder how some of our relatives stay trapped inside it.
well, steve hassans book " releasing the bonds " explains briefly in chapter 4 how it can happen.
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truthsetsonefree
Being born-in is certainly one way where most of those points actually can apply to a person. No one is more vulnerable, more dependent on learning from others than when they are children. As children we lack judgment, critical thinking skills. We are in a position where we are not free. We must listen to those older than us. Further children view their parents as infallible, making anything they teach "holy writ" so to speak. Then when we are grown we are in the groove set by the cult. We might see inconsistencies but it takes many years to take them on and question them.
Crazyblondedeb speaks of seeing it as a kid and the elders' influence. Funny I had a similar experience. I knew something was wrong. I would not get baptized. But we had an elder who was nice to me and who would regularly come up to me at the Hall and ask me almost verbatim the question the Etiopian eunuch asked in Acts: "What prevents you from getting baptized"? Here is where the authority was too much for me. At fitrst I would politely avoid saying anything. Or I might say I was thinking about it. But as time went on his persistence got me and I got baptized. Thus began the devotion to the cult for me.
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press interview tomorrow, can DF be far behind?
by chickpea inmy youngest, now 15 yo,.
is a female to male .
transgender boy...... he has been active with .
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truthsetsonefree
Front page, Wow! Actually something similar has been in the news with the suicide of a 12 year old boy who was allegedly being taunted and ridiculed about being considered gay. Maybe someone saw the time as right to bring issues like this to the forefront.
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I took the '1914 Generation' prophecy seriously, did you? Do you even remember it?!
by nicolaou ini was born in 1964, 50 years after 1914. even in my teens i was doing the sums.
i had a worse case scenario figured out - if the 1914 generation could apply to babies and even if they lived to be a 120, i would still only be about 70 years old after they'd all died!
i figured i was part of the first wave of 'jehovah's people' that really would live to see the new order - guaranteed!!
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truthsetsonefree
Yes and No. I mean how could I not take what the "FDS" said seriously? On the other hand for me, like for many JW's Armageddon wasn't exactly real. I mean year after year nothing happens. It's hard to maintain the urgency.