Posts by freemindfade

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Why all the hate...
by Dystopia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
...toward jehovah's witnesses?
freemindfade
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Shunning: is it still practiced?
by FinchAndWeston in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
are df, da and apostates still shunned?

are each treated differently?

i heard a secondhand report that they seemed to have eased up on this practice ...
freemindfade

Im not even DA'd or DF'd but still shunned by most my family.
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Pshycos! - 2016 "Remain Loyal to Jehovah" Regional Convention Program
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
wow this is interesting!

i think how much emphasis this puts on "loyalty" shows their is an issue.

they're trying to plug the wholes as much and quickly as possible.
freemindfade
Fixed it!
FRIDAY
1. Chairman's Address: Watchtower Corporation Deserves "Undivided Brainwashing"
2. Maintain Brainwashing in – Thought!
3. Maintain Brainwashing in – Word!
4. Maintain Brainwashing in – Action!
5. DRAMATIC BIBLE READING: "Who Is on Watchtower Corporation's Side?"
6. Watchtower Corporation's "Brainwashed Love Is Better Than Life"
7. Be Brainwashed, as Jesus Was – When Young
8. Be Brainwashed, as Jesus Was – When Persecuted
9. Be Brainwashed, as Jesus Was – When Tempted
10. Be Brainwashed, as Jesus Was – When Praised
11. Be Brainwashed, as Jesus Was – When Tired
12. Be Brainwashed, as Jesus Was – When Abandoned
13. Be Brainwashed, as Jesus Was – When Facing Death
14. Brainwashingly Uphold Watchtower Corporation's Judgements – Hate What Watchtower Corporation Hates
15. Brainwashingly Uphold Watchtower Corporation's Judgements – Shun thinking people
16. Brainwashingly Uphold Watchtower Corporation's Judgements – Be Forgiving sometimes
17. Brainwashing—Part of the New Personality
18. How Christ's Brainwashing as High Priest Helps Us
SATURDAY
1. Helping Others to Become Brainwashed to Watchtower Corporation – Unbelieving Mates
2. Helping Others to Become Brainwashed to Watchtower Corporation – Former Bible Students
3. Helping Others to Become Brainwashed to Jehovah – Inactive Ones
4. Helping Others to Become Brainwashed to Jehovah – Relatives
5. Do Not Imitate Unbrainwashed Ones – Adam
6. Do Not Imitate Unbrainwashed Ones – Absalom
7. Do Not Imitate Unbrainwashed Ones – Solomon
8. Do Not Imitate Unbrainwashed Ones – Judas Iscariot
9. Imitate Brainwashed Ones – Ruth
10. Imitate Brainwashed Ones – David
11. Imitate Brainwashed Ones – Hushai
12. Imitate Brainwashed Ones – Shiprah and Puah
13. BAPTISM: Never Abandon Your brainwashed Love for Watchtower Corporation
14. Lessons on Brainwashing From the Book of Job – Brainwashed Despite Rationality
15. Lessons on Brainwashing From the Book of Job – Brainwashed Despite Evidence
16. Lessons on Brainwashing From the Book of Job – What We Learn From Natural Forces
17. Lessons on Brainwashing From the Book of Job – What the Animal Creation Teaches Us
18. DRAMA: "Hope for What We Do Not See( believe in myths and fantasies"
19. Keep Waiting Eagerly With Endurance!
SUNDAY
1. Avoid What Erodes Brainwashing – Pride
2. Avoid What Erodes Brainwashing – Improper Entertainment
3. Avoid What Erodes Brainwashing – Bad Associations
4. Avoid What Erodes Brainwashing – Fear of Man
5. Pursue What Builds Brainwashing – Appreciation
6. Pursue What Builds Brainwashing – Self-Control
7. Pursue What Builds Brainwashing– Love
8. Pursue What Builds Brainwashing – Faith
9. PUBLIC BIBLE DISCOURSE: When Will Brainwashed Love Triumph Over Hatred?
10. Summary of The Watchtower
11. DRAMA: "O Watchtower Corporation, ... I Trust In You"
12. Watchtower Corporation Will Treat His Brainwashed One in a Special Way
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I would rather be in the JW cult than the ex-jw cult
by questioningmyfaith in
1. jw
2. friends
i have posted one other time on this website.

just for the mere fact that i wasn't anger and bitter and ready to declare the gb the sociopathic criminals that so many here ascribe to, my initial question digressed to bickering over ad hominem attacks against the gb and not my beliefs that i'm questioning.

some did give me some help on my questions.
freemindfade

I hate it here, let me continuously stop by to say why
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It's so awkward that people have to touch the emblems
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. bible
it's just so weird to me.

for a group that is against idolatry so much and yet each person has to "touch" the bread and wine.. one lady was standing and holding a baby.

she called the server over just so she could put her thumb on the bread and wine.. did jesus ever clarify what he wanted them to do in remembrance of him?
freemindfade

I agree. I asked my wife why don't they just ask any anointed to come up and have some instead of this passing the shit around nonsense.
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Did the Brother giving the Memorial talk mention Nisan 14 ???
by RubaDub in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in our congregation, the brother mentioned nisan 14 a dozen times.. i thought, with the fact the jewish calendar has nisan 14 in april this year (april 22 i believe) that the nisan 14 thing would be hushed up.. was it mentioned where you attended?.

rub a dub .
freemindfade

Nope. I've heard the phrase "born again" more than I ever remember growing up in this crap.
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I would rather be in the JW cult than the ex-jw cult
by questioningmyfaith in
1. jw
2. friends
i have posted one other time on this website.

just for the mere fact that i wasn't anger and bitter and ready to declare the gb the sociopathic criminals that so many here ascribe to, my initial question digressed to bickering over ad hominem attacks against the gb and not my beliefs that i'm questioning.

some did give me some help on my questions.
freemindfade

You can only play the hand you were dealt. I try not to have regrets about my mom raising me in the religion. There are a lot of good people in it that I still call friends. And definitely some good things can come from a systematic life with boundaries. It's best not to be bitter, I try to only look back to see how far I have come.
And when it comes to labeling EXJW that label can mean anything, really the only thing all these people have in common is they were once JW, beyond that there are all types. You say exjw cult? Well honestly I don't think there could ever be that much unity in this community. And I am not saying that as good or bad, just the way it is. Once people leave they go a million different directions. I am forever fascinated by this "thing" that had so much influence in my life, how it worked, what's happening to it and so on. I had my bitter moments and lived through them.
For the record any group with as much influence as watchtower is not good. The Jones town crew wasn't drinking Koolaid all along, and radical Islamists were at one time not so radical.
Religion is a social technology of bygone era, it just happens to still work.
f-ck "god" and f-ck religion. Time to evolve.
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If God is all powerful why did it take six days
by James Mixon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
if god is omnipotent (all powerful) why did he take six days (or six thousand years jw.org) to.

crete everything.

why not speak everything into existence all at once?
freemindfade

The bible: the goat herders guide to the universe...
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Those of us going to memorial
by All for show in
1. jw
2. friends
how are you feeling?.

we weren't going... but a confrontation with family blew things up.

we decided we are going- because we are planning on moving and this is the last jw thing.
freemindfade

To me its no biggie. I go to keep the wife company. When ever I do end up at a meeting no matter how bad it is it just shows me how far I've come. It gives hood perspective.
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Pshycos! - 2016 "Remain Loyal to Jehovah" Regional Convention Program
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
wow this is interesting!

i think how much emphasis this puts on "loyalty" shows their is an issue.

they're trying to plug the wholes as much and quickly as possible.
freemindfade

I see your point on "Shun." Some JW's have managed to even deny that such a thing exists while they do not speak to their families
I was told by my aunt sometime back when I was being banished by my family (and I used the word "shunning) that saying "shunning" is an apostate word. I kid you not.