Good post. But I doubt you'd see much of that. Chlisten at that age are very dependant on their parents and adults around them. The fear of being ostracized would be an overwhelming thought for someone so young. It's hard for us grownups to lose association with loved ones. Dfing works on fear and kids especially in the org are raised in a persecution complex atmosphere of fear! It's all they know. I still think most wouldnt act against their billion year contract until teen years. But yes the whole thing is sick. I was baptized at 15 and it was almost like I was late to that party and still I regret it and feel I was not equipped to make such a binding decision. Jesus f%@#ing christ was 30!
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How Soon Will We See 9-Year-Olds in Committee Meetings?
by TTATTelder inthat teddy bear baptism video was shocking.. if you haven't seen it yet.
check it out on this thread:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/271170002/on-subject-child-baptism-video.
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John Denver hates JW's
by problemaddict 2 ini remember this making the rounds and people swearing by it.
knew someone at the concern and whatnot.
how does this crap come up?.
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freemindfade
The Denver story I heard a few different ways in the WITNESS URBAN LEGEND tradition, one involved Johnny Carson, who was hailed as a champion of the witnesses, who came to their defense and hired many according to the legend, in fact there was a specific confrontation related between Denver and Carson.
Also heard Gloria Estefan is fiercely anti-jdub
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'Anointeds' Do you know any and if so what are they like ?
by Introvert 2 inwould like to hear about any experiences anyone has had with the so called ' anointed ' .
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Ive known the whole range... from sincere and sweet to full blown insane, interestingly enough, most have been the latter, crazy. Haven't met a normal sweet, sincere one since I was a little boy -
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Will they jump of the building?
by John Aquila induring the depression people committed suicide because everything they had invested in was gone overnight in an instant.
many people are very fragile creatures.
if by some freaking chance, (like enron, tiger woods, or the morning of august 1945 in hiroshima) the wts gets caught in a humongous scandal, say like links to human sex trafficking, (i can fantasize right) and the government steps in to investigate and finds them guilty and legally shuts them down permanently, will there be tons of suicides?
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freemindfade
Just from speaking to many super in people, they talk about their whole life being a waste if its not the truth.
Now if it all crashed down to the point of nonexistent people ARE going to kill themselves, who and how many, not sure.
I liken it to the Matrix and waking people up, some people just couldn't handle it if they are not prepared, even for us who were prepared, we often go through a great deal of psychological distress, imagine those that are no where near that.
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Luxury Apartments
by freemindfade inthis article is basically about how watchtower is going to put the kibosh on some taxes for this rural area of upstate new york, but to me that is not what i find most interesting.
thinking of it from the psychology standpoint of north american witnesses far removed from ny, first, they hear lett "not" begging for money, then they see an article like this that calls them "luxury" apartments.
now... i know they are probably not really the height of luxury in fishkill ny, however most witnesses in the country don't know that, they just hear "we need money" & "witnesses obtain luxury apartments".. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/05/12/jehovahs-witnesses-fishkill-tax-exemption/27206609/.
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This article is basically about how Watchtower is going to put the kibosh on some taxes for this rural area of upstate New York, but to me that is not what I find most interesting. Thinking of it from the psychology standpoint of North American witnesses far removed from NY, first, they hear Lett "not" begging for money, then they see an article like this that calls them "Luxury" Apartments. Now... I know they are probably not really the height of luxury in Fishkill NY, however most witnesses in the country don't know that, they just hear "we need money" & "witnesses obtain luxury apartments".
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HELP - A Guide to Fade
by cognitivedizzy inhey everybody, been here lurking for years now... i tired of all the gb 2.0 shit and need to fade successfullydo we have a guide, i am very tempted to go out with a bang, but i want my wife with me, she aint a strong witness and would happily trust me ... i love her a lot.
status as of now,,, read coc isocf, been through jw facts and am convinced this religion is bs, also a ms now :( damn.
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freemindfade
Do a little research on kaizen theory. Great way to approach big change through small steps. It's often used in business, but it's works in life too. If you focus on the big overhaul it's goning to give you an anxiety attack. Maybe for now forget all the rest and concentrate on getting out of the MS thing in a quiet safe way that won't cause you to trigger and unload ttatt on the elders or wife. Then when that's settled move to another small step. -
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HELP - A Guide to Fade
by cognitivedizzy inhey everybody, been here lurking for years now... i tired of all the gb 2.0 shit and need to fade successfullydo we have a guide, i am very tempted to go out with a bang, but i want my wife with me, she aint a strong witness and would happily trust me ... i love her a lot.
status as of now,,, read coc isocf, been through jw facts and am convinced this religion is bs, also a ms now :( damn.
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How Do You Feel About All The Time You Wasted Being. A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus inall that i can say is....what a shame!
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freemindfade
It's shitty. But you have one life to live and be happy so you have to not live in the past because no one is going in that direction.
If you live in the past, you're depressed. If you live in the future your anxious. If you live in the present you can be happy.
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Average Age of this Forum?
by Garrett inheyo!.
i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.
i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..
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freemindfade
35, 36 in july curious what the results will be
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I wonder if you can be spiritual and religious at the same time??
by Deltawave inok again i would like to apologise as i did come across preachy.
i am not going to debate whether or not i am a bk as you have your opinions either way.
what i was trying to write though was my thoughts and feelings which i hope don't offend anyone on this forum.
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freemindfade
Only by accident...
I think i was for a while and it's why i hated and abandoned religion, because spiritual does not jive with religion, especially witlesses. I feel similar to Cappy. My spiritual side is still and atheist, but always looks to higher wisdom, growth, and the physical side of what seems metaphysical at this time. Your thoughts, your positive actions, your wonder and ability to learn and experience all you can, that's spiritual to me.