Posts by freemindfade

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What is the best debate you've ever read on this board...

by The Rebel in

jw
friends

who won, and why?.

the rebel..

Intriguing - but Unsubstantiated!

by The Searcher in

according to one source on a western european 'apostate' website, the org's plan is to abandon the name "jehovah's witnesses" in the future, and replace it with "worshippers of jehovah.".

http://www.bruderinfo-aktuell.de/index.php/fixnews/#comment-4313 .

the gist of the account appears to be a repeat of rutherford's re-branding and debunking of old predictions made by the previous shower of fakers.

I gotta hand it to them, whether or not this is true, they have done a pretty good job of migrating cult members into a different religion. Couldn't this be one of the strongest cases for those choosing to stay in as brainwashed?

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Intriguing - but Unsubstantiated!

by The Searcher in

according to one source on a western european 'apostate' website, the org's plan is to abandon the name "jehovah's witnesses" in the future, and replace it with "worshippers of jehovah.".

http://www.bruderinfo-aktuell.de/index.php/fixnews/#comment-4313 .

the gist of the account appears to be a repeat of rutherford's re-branding and debunking of old predictions made by the previous shower of fakers.

freemindfade

The religion has changed so much right under the R&F nose so far, why not?

The witnesses are being lulled into another cult day by day to the point they wont even remember the one they used to be in .

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Double Standards in the JW world

by nevaagain in

jw
friends

no other organization has so many written and unwritten rules like the jws.

so it comes to no suprise that there are a lot of double standards.. even though the end is "near", wt is building new and bigger offices.

while the small jw should live in a closet and should make plans to have a bigger house in the new world.

freemindfade

Standard double speak.

Protect pedophiles "we don't protect pedophiles"

Believes the rapture now "we don't call it the rapture"

Begs for money "we never ask for money"

We don't pass the plate "contribution boxes at every row of assembly"

Is wrong and lies "light get brighter"

This could go on for days.

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Young JW's with crazy abusive parents: You are not alone. Here's a crazy story from my past.

by cappytan in

first off, if you are in an abusive household and don't have the means to leave, you need to get help immediately.

contact the police.

they have resources to help you, especially if you have proof.

freemindfade

Not good. And he was an elder no? Did the two of you ever speak of it since?

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Beast of no nation

by WasOnceBlind in

i always had a problem with the belief that god is allowing all the suffering in this world to go on just to vindicate his name and prove the devil wrong.

i watched this movie on netflix and i can really see why the atheist movement is growing.

it really does a good job of portraying the suffering in some parts of the world.

freemindfade

So how can you better explain what you are holding onto, you said God or Creator. What about creators? How would you describe this person, is it a person or a thing? What did it actually do? Where does the creation part begin and end? What are you holding onto exactly?

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Beast of no nation

by WasOnceBlind in

i always had a problem with the belief that god is allowing all the suffering in this world to go on just to vindicate his name and prove the devil wrong.

i watched this movie on netflix and i can really see why the atheist movement is growing.

it really does a good job of portraying the suffering in some parts of the world.

freemindfade

I saw that on Netflix. I will check it out now, you made it sound interesting.

I would suggest a couple things based on things you said.

Take a closer look at evolution. Not as the source of everything but as the progress of it.
Then explore the real reasons you feel the source had to be a creator of any kind. What do you solidly found that on. If our explanation for needing a creator is the complexity, beauty etc then by that very thought a creator would also need a creator endlessly...

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4 Dirty Psychological "Tricks" Used by Bad Leaders

by onightdivine in

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/201510/4-dirty-psychological-tricks-used-bad-leaders.

1. in-group/out-group bias.

2. demanding unquestioning obedience to authority.

freemindfade

Sounds like yesterday's watchtower.

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No longer wanting to attend meetings

by breezy in

hello everyone.. first post here.

long time follower of this website, probably 4 years now.

i've known about ttatt since ive been 18, im now 22 going on 23 but still go to meetings because of parents.

freemindfade

Hello and welcome. So fortunate you never got baptized. You are in a good position. Maybe check out the July 2009 awake I think it was. That is the one that talks about not having to choose between your family and religion. It's written for non witnesses who are being challenged by their family for studying with the cult. But flip it around. Apply the principles to you.

Edit. Looks like bonsai beat me to it :)

Guess I should read everyone's comments before not after. :p

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What if.

by LAWHFol in

what if we only find god, once we have found our self?

freemindfade

Then myself and god shall have a beer.