Posts by Spectre

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Favorite Big Bang Character?

by snowbird in

#1 rajesh koothrappali.

#2 amy farrah fowler.

rajesh because he's got sheldon's number.. amy because she reminds me so much of me.. when i was in school, i was never part of the "in" crowd.. i was viewed as weird and nerdish.. lol..

Spectre

Leonard is the only one I can't stand.

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Does the Watch Tower Society have a clue how to HELP people?

by Terry in

jw
friends

this is a great example of the difference between the watch tower society approach to life and the power of one person to change the world for the better.. the game of chess is the example!.

here is what jw's are taught:.

chess has been a game of war since it originated...a play substitute for the art of war....a danger of stirring up competition with one another even developing hostility towards another, something the bible warns christians to avoid doing 1973 awake!.

Spectre

If I remember right, they criticized Dr. Spock for his "failed" psychological studies with children. This from the brilliant minds that brought us, "The Youth Book".

I count myself as a failed result of that damn book.

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My Book of Bible Story Memes

by Beth Shan in

i really enjoy making memes from the my book of bible stories..

Spectre

Awesome!

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First Post - Emotionally Torn

by scaredtospeak in

i haven't been on here long but i found this site a couple days ago and quickly realised it had a lot of posts by people going through similar experiences as me.

i read some of the answers and it helped relieve some inner anguish i've been carrying since everything i came clean to my parents about everything i've been reading about.. .

i just have been going through a rough patch right now; that might be an under or overstatement depending on your own personal experiences with this kind of stuff.

Spectre

Yep, BoC. That's the one.

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First Post - Emotionally Torn

by scaredtospeak in

i haven't been on here long but i found this site a couple days ago and quickly realised it had a lot of posts by people going through similar experiences as me.

i read some of the answers and it helped relieve some inner anguish i've been carrying since everything i came clean to my parents about everything i've been reading about.. .

i just have been going through a rough patch right now; that might be an under or overstatement depending on your own personal experiences with this kind of stuff.

Spectre

Welcome! Interesting how you have awakened because of biology. I was taking a class about California Indian history that made me say, "waitaminute....."

If you have time, I would recommend watching the dvd set by Joseph Campbell about myths (I can't think of the name right now). It gives you a lot to think about.

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So...Assuming God exists, if he were on trial and you were the prosecutor, how would you present your case?

by androb31 in

feel free to skip the intro down to the actual purpose of the thread lol!!.

i'm a born in, 32 years in and almost 6 out.

i've been out of the jw's since october of 2008. i came out due to a variety of factors, blood, historical roots, false teachings etc... my older sister helped me out back in 2008 and i subsequently helped my brother exit and the 3 of us became "born again" christians.. i've been mostly lurking but occasionally posting on jwn for around 5 years.

Spectre

Funny how in the original post, "yadda yadda" is used.

My first thought when reading the topic was the last episode of Seinfeld when they are tried under a good samaritan clause (kind of ironic, eh?)

Who better than God to be tried using the good samaritan clause?

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I'm a cannibal

by Zoos in

the doctor used cadaver bone to fix my spine.

i understand that makes me a cannibal in watchtower land.. .

"it's feeding.

Spectre

Nice!

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I'm a cannibal

by Zoos in

the doctor used cadaver bone to fix my spine.

i understand that makes me a cannibal in watchtower land.. .

"it's feeding.

Spectre

That would be a great quote to find, notsurewheretogo.

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10 Pragmatic facts why Jehovah's Witnesses can't face reality

by Terry in

jw
friends

1.the organization itself denies access to reality and substitutes its own version, interpretations and meanings.. a.only watchtower approved publications are allowed.. b.no higher education is to be pursued.. c.no non-jw friends or associations are encouraged with their "outside" points of view.. d.no free-style questioning of doctrine or criticism permitted.

curiousity is verboten.. e.threat of being "marked" or disassociated looms over them.

2.between every real-world event and the rank and file jw's mind is a roadblock.. a.the moment of identifying is short-circuited by an interpretive moment of re-labeling in watchtower-speak.. b.all things happening are forced into a narrow storyline and propagandized as end times happenings leading to armageddon.. 3.social and personal identity is expunged and replaced by a collective persona: "jehovah's witness".. a.private thinking is red-flagged as selfish and sinful.. b.personal improvement, welfare and ambition is crushed and door-to-door ministry substituted as "worthy" endeavors.. c.self-conscious obsession permeates witness awareness as each person is transformed into a public spectacle of performance for judgement.. d.since you aren't an individual you don't really have a right to fall in love and marry or educate or earn.

Spectre

Great post!

Reminds me when I was younger and my folks asking what I kind od job I wanted. "Oh, you don't want to do that. That takes some college and also, we won't need that in the new system."

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I'm a cannibal

by Zoos in

the doctor used cadaver bone to fix my spine.

i understand that makes me a cannibal in watchtower land.. .

"it's feeding.

Spectre

Wasn't an issue for me. I had a bunch of titaniun braces put in to fix my shattered vertebrae.