Posts by freemindfade

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Hello everyone! I am new here and want to tell you about myself - my bio

by Hollywood20 in

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grew up in east la in a bad neighborhood to a black mother and white father.

i never knew my father because he died in a car accident when i was a few weeks old.

my mother converted as a jw soon after when two sisters came to her door and offered her comfort, which was something she needed.

Humility

by freemindfade in

"...those who preach humility should be the first in exemplifying it".-ray franz crisis of conscience active lurkers give this some thought

freemindfade

"...those who preach humility should be the first in exemplifying it".-Ray Franz Crisis of Conscience
Active lurkers give this some thought

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Pledge for Global Assistance Arrangement - $15 per publisher!

by nmthinker in

last night our congregation read a letter for the global assistance arrangement combined with the traveling overseer assistance arrangement.

the "recommended" amount was $15 per publisher, which was well over $1000 for our hall.. it seemed steep.

our congregation does not have this type of money.

freemindfade

I have already prophesied they will tithe under the guise of another name. Sounds like tithing.

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Something interesting!

by John Aquila in

i was invited to a small get-together by a long time friend.

we both served as elders for years.

he is in his late 70s.

Annual Meeting 2015 Rant

by freemindfade in

well i didn't watch all of it, but i did watch a good deal.

it reminded me of the times i actually physically attended in the past.

lets start with am3.

boc don't watch unless you are a sadist and like to suffer. The two helpers speak like they are talking to preschoolers. Ol Judge rutherford would have slapped all these bastard around then made them bring him scotch. he must be rolling in jw hell

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The Effects of Sexual Abstinence Before Marriage

by cofty in

very interesting article on the psychology of sexual abstinence and the effects it can have on sex life after marriage.

it focusses on an evangelical group for single men called "the river" but the attitudes will be familiar to born-in jws.. ___________________________.

..respondents had been told, since they were young, that women were nonsexual.

freemindfade

I have always felt fundamentalists and bible attitudes or ideas towards sex are unhealthy psychologically. Even the idea of marriage (not dissing monogamy) but this obsession with god+your relationship.

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Just found out their about to baptise my 14 year old boy.

by Crazyguy in

there doing this right under my nose but i just found out.

not sure what to do but would like your help on getting me wt information on my headship role and how they shouldn't be doing this with out my permission.

also would like some help on showing my son the ramifications on what happens to someone when they get baptized and how they'll expect him to treat me.

freemindfade

Watch some documentaries with them about Scientology and the billion year contract and how it is used to control people. show the similarities.

Sorry man, this sucks

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Annual Meeting 2015 Rant

by freemindfade in

well i didn't watch all of it, but i did watch a good deal.

it reminded me of the times i actually physically attended in the past.

lets start with am3.

freemindfade

Gorbatchov

yep, strange robots, with really cheesy demeanors. The one on the right is like a religious nut, and the left there is something evil about him.

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Annual Meeting 2015 Rant

by freemindfade in

well i didn't watch all of it, but i did watch a good deal.

it reminded me of the times i actually physically attended in the past.

lets start with am3.

freemindfade

Herd was going in circles saying that the growth is accelerating so fast that the have to spend their resources wisely (which all of us know is total BS). He made an illustration to a "head of a household" who must make decision on how to spend the resources available to the family, out of what they have. So the perception will be not that they have lost a bunch of money and are in trouble, its that they are just more wisely spending what they have.

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Annual Meeting 2015 Rant

by freemindfade in

well i didn't watch all of it, but i did watch a good deal.

it reminded me of the times i actually physically attended in the past.

lets start with am3.

freemindfade

Well I didn't watch all of it, but I did watch a good deal. It reminded me of the times I actually physically attended in the past.

Lets start with AM3. Really I didn't feel there was anything too notable about his delivery. I would say less than standard AM3. But when the two clowns came out (helpers), my stomach really churned. I have a feeling these people are really the ones "driving the chariot" so to speak. The whole thing was strange, wearing the headset mics, the way they talked, it is cultish and gross on another level. The helper on the left looks like serial killer, and the guy on the right looks like some right wing fundamentalist senator from the bible belt. It was very telling to hear him say how much he loved the name "digging for spiritual gems" or whatever the hell its called. I bet he came up with that stupid name while digging in his butt. What is happening to your religion when words like "study" and "school" are replaced with "digging"? really lame.

Letts part really blew my mind, and not in a good way. So he start out this this "clarification" talk on the exile of from babylon with a jab at reason. So ironic because this is the one major teaching of theirs that needs clarification the worst, as it is so factually WRONG. And they dogmatically and arrogantly refuse to acknowledge reality. So he begins by saying "when was the exile? if you say 607 youre right!" Massive fail right off the bat. He then proceeds to go into some convoluted diatribe about spiritual exile with dates (1918, 1919 etc). This is what is important to note, first of all he is clarifying something I would wager most every witness 1. doesn't know about and 2. doesn't care about. First of all its every changing nonsense they made up in the first placed based on nothing more than their own wacky ideas about bible prophecy.

So here is what chaps my ass. They blow all this hot air "refining" some BS witnesses didn't even understand/know/realize in the first place, just to replace it with more of the same, some overly complex, made up, crock that makes everyone clap even though they have no damn idea what its all about. All of this wasted energy while glossing right over an obvious LIE and falsehood about 607 that could be so easily and logically be fixed! So this clarification they are thanking the desert god for is really just an insignificant bunch of gibberish that becomes a smoke screen, and illusion to the weak minded that something actually was said , and something significant changed.

Also the excuses made by Sam Herd over the letting going of bethelites and special pioneers. Making a point to say this isn't for financial reasons... LIE. Also when he said bethelites would be "invited to serve in the field" have you ever heard of such a double tongued way of saying fired?

I couldn't stomach much more of it, all i can say is that the more lies you tell, the more intricate maze and web of BS you weave and people will start noticing.