Posts by freemindfade

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am i overreacting?

by freeandcontent in

hi, new here but have been lurking for a while.

some background first, i am from the uk, 3rd gen born in, dad, grandad elders etc.

17 years ago i left, no df or da just left, 18 years old and alone but i did it and have had no regrets.

Fleecing the Flock

by Coded Logic in

at the last assembly i attended in 2005 the cost was $11,000 per day in yuba city (just over two hours away from our circuit).

this always seemed a bit high for a facility that was built on donated land and whose construction loan had been paid off for 20 years.. i just looked up the cost to rent the redding civic center, which is just as nice if not nicer and a whole lot closer for our circuit, and it only costs $2,500 a day plus $250 for consumables (parking included).

if it would save the brother's and sister's $8,250 a day and they could have the assembly locally why wouldn't they do it?.

freemindfade

Damn dude. I got baptized in yuba city assembly hall lol. I remember staying in that shithole town. It had like the highest crime rate (per capita) in America. Havent been there since the 90's. I remember when I was super young going going to the redding convention center, that was in the 80's.

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More proof the Bible is bunk.

by Crazyguy in

we all know about the story of the tower of babel where by god confused the languages to make men spread out and stop building the tower.

well when one studies the languages of the near east he will find that all the languages we're from one common language akkadian.

all semedic and even sanskrit can be traced back to akkadian.

freemindfade

And these are the things that woke me the hell up way back when

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Proof of any Dragons

by pleaseresearch in

does anybody have any proof of the existence of dragons?.

we read in revelation about satan being the dragon, but aren't dragons mythological creatures?.

freemindfade

None made it on to the ark... so... they aren't around anymore. Think about it, all that wood, last thing you want is some fire breathing, flying lizard on there...

plus this

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Only a few days ago I was entirely lost and without hope the rug was pulled out from under me

by elderess in

jw
friends

only a few days ago i was walking around the house in a mindless wander thinking if i needed to seek professional help.

then i got the courage to seek the comfort of complete strangers on the internet and found a world of support here on this website.

thank you simon and whoever else has made this website possible.

freemindfade

We stayed up the whole night talking about everything. Sleep was not necessary because our bodies are running on emotion and joy and hope and peace.

This is so awesome! I am very happy you two can face all this together and not divided.

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JWs Do Not Know How To Think

by xjwsrock in

i recall a conversation i had after an international convention.

it was recently in the united states.

the one where they played the jesus drama and all that.

freemindfade

Know one likes to feel embarrassed. JWs keep members working away because they are so embarrassed to feel weak or doubtful or like they are "bad". It can work the other way too though. I started to feel embarrassed by the things I niavely accepted as a jw. Believing in Noah's flood became too embarrassing to admit to believing when I know for a fact its about as real as star wars. So it's good to throw these things out there. Once people start to breakthrough the fear emotion and dig you can learn to think for yourself again.

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JWs Do Not Know How To Think

by xjwsrock in

i recall a conversation i had after an international convention.

it was recently in the united states.

the one where they played the jesus drama and all that.

freemindfade

Yep. You were taking them into the danger zone, rational thought.

That blank stare was their minds slamming on the brakes and going into reverse. Trying to get back to the purely emotional way of thinking.

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OKAY, GAME OVER! The number one reason the New Testament amounts to bunk

by Terry in

for me, the dead giveaway is this.

jesus wrote nothing.. stop and think about that.. if jesus were the authentic messiah, his ministry would not simply be local.. his instructions, his mission, the details of his teachings would be too precious to risk leaving it in the hands of "men unlettered (illiterate) and ordinary (blue-collar yokels).".

jesus, were he the one and only hope of mankind, would be absolutely certain to write down with great simplicity and specificity the exact owner's manual necessary to rescue mankind.. never happened!.

freemindfade

There were time its says he was alone and said "xyz" and these supposed bible writers knew what it was he said while he was alone and wrote it down 80 years later... yyyyyyyyyea

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Urging More Lurkers To Sign Up

by freemindfade in

i have seen a lot of new posters intro stories on here, also updates from those who have been around for a while.

i just want to take 1 post to beg those reading to speak up.

it was a big turning point for me and one of the best decisions i made.

freemindfade

I just posted for that reason, seeing so many new posts. Want to lend to any momentum in any way we can.

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Beards

by pgjallan in

i left the witnesses.

returned full bearded, which drew censure from a district overseer: “peter, you can’t witness door-to-door with a beard”.

bewildered, i asked for an explanation.

freemindfade

Welcome