You will find witnesses idolize and worship unity, and this is the big central doctrine that underlies all else, but unity does not always = good, in fact sometimes it means people have lost their freedom of thought.
freemindfade
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I have tried really hard to be worldly, for ten years, tried to get worldly friends, and get back with family.
by Sledracer ini am so bad at being worldly, it's not like i gave it a good try, we are just not good at it my husband and i, i see him light up as he has started to read the bible again.
i'm good at being a witness, i am accepted, and hold the same beliefs, i have tried to find somewhere else, if there is a place, why hav'n't jehovah and the angels directed me to it?
thank you for all the loving posts, some of them have been just what i needed.
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I have tried really hard to be worldly, for ten years, tried to get worldly friends, and get back with family.
by Sledracer ini am so bad at being worldly, it's not like i gave it a good try, we are just not good at it my husband and i, i see him light up as he has started to read the bible again.
i'm good at being a witness, i am accepted, and hold the same beliefs, i have tried to find somewhere else, if there is a place, why hav'n't jehovah and the angels directed me to it?
thank you for all the loving posts, some of them have been just what i needed.
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To sledracerI will try not to be negative about this as your choice seems genuine and honest. The most important thing is too be honest and live your life as your true self, you seem pretty convinced JW you is the real you. I know some people that if they weren't JW might be drug addicts lying in a gutter or dead, it does happen, some people need to be told what to do. Hell, there are some people who can't function outside the walls of a prison, but inside they are at home. Freedom aint for everyone.
To lurkers
To others who read this I would just say this, Trying to be "worldly" may still be trying to be something you are not. You should find out who you are and be that person.There is beauty in the struggle if you don't give up. Religion is a social technology that runs on fear, when you stop being afraid you do see it as a prison you were in. If you don't really want out, you'll never really leave.
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Kobe 60 points last game
by James Mixon inthe old guy went out with a bang..l.a lakers.
a great career
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Kobe 60 points last game
by James Mixon inthe old guy went out with a bang..l.a lakers.
a great career
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At times in his younger days I really did not like him. But there is no denying his greatness and his over all contribution to the game. His career had a great conclusion and I gotta hand it to him.
It was historic night with Kobe closing out his career and the warriors making history with 73 regular season wins. Curry hitting over 400 3's in a regular season. Great night for basketball.
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Cognitive Dissonance is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time.
by Sledracer incognitive dissonance is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time.
this is what is wrong with me, i have a love hate relationship with the jw's.
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You will come to find there is nothing wrong with loving the good people in it and hating the organization.
Also at some point you may come to peace with the fact that it is an overbearing and dangerous cult but even other ones that aren't jw did give people some safety in their lives in certain ways .
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Update - Talk # 6 THE FLOOD OF NOAH’S DAY AND YOU
by ttdtt ininstead of scraping this talk they updated it.. so they still try and make this look like it happened, and that there is plenty of evidence.to do that they refer to the (w08 6/1 8) found at http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2008411the main evidence is that floods have happened in the past, including.... geologists studying the landscape of the northwestern united states believe that as many as 100 ancient catastrophic floods once washed over the area.
one such flood is said to have roared through the region with a wall of water 2,000 feet [600 m] high, traveling at 65 miles an hour [105 km/hr]—a flood of 500 cubic miles [2,000 cu km] of water, weighing more than two trillion tons.
similar findings have led other scientists to believe that a global flood is a distinct possibility.. i could not find such an event, except for remembering one of those "disaster" shows on discover about that.
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April 11, 2016 BOE Re: Literature Offers for September and October 2016
by wifibandit inapril 11, 2016 to all bodies of elders re: literature offers for september and october 2016. .
reminders for those assigned public talks s-141-e 4/16.
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I like the part about not using coded cult speak, at least not without explain what it means to outsiders
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Another Newbie
by Drifting Away inhello, i have been lurking for a while, but discovered ttatt for about 8 months now.
i am trying to fade out, problem is i have a big family i would lose if i got df'ed or da,'ed myself.
my wife knows how i feel, and is not thrilled but i cant hide my feelings.
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Divisions among ex jw activists
by Truthexplorer ini just watched a youtube discussion between marc & cora and unwitness.
it was regarding their unhappiness over a few prominent individuals in the ex jw community, one individual in particular.
this individual who on the one hand produces excellent videos highlighting wt issues, yet has been known to peeve a lot of ex jw activists off.
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When I first gave myself the freedom to explore exjw critics on the internet I had no idea where to look. So just googled some things. Most the you tube videos I watched were more aimed at the bible in general and not jw's.
I found Barbara Anderson's site and story. That was a good one! Also cedars site and his personal story made a lot of sense to me. Honestly most of his videos were a little long winded and slow for me to watch regularly and Marc and Cora came across as still having the ick of religion on them, they still have the cult look in their eyes and voice and I found the videos uninteresting. The information on jwfacts has to be the most sound and direct, for someone waking up it feels very logical and secular. Not packed with emotion, opinion or activism.
It takes all types to get to speak to us and if they aren't unified that's a good sign of freedom. People need to learn how to separate emotion from logic. I know as well as the rest of you about Lloyd aka cedars ego and personality. However things like his video on abuse was one of the most comprehensive summaries I've seen. Why do I care if he's an ass or not? He's not my buddy. Like it or not he will continue to help people wake up like the others do.
I will say this for any current or future activists. People waking up may not have much time to watch or read info and peoples attention spans in our time are getting shorter and shorter. Its not always easy to say everything you want in a direct short manner, but you should try. It may have a better chance of getting through to someone dabbling in "apostacy".
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My 14-year-old niece is being disfellowshipped
by keyser soze ini was contacted by my ex sister-in-law yesterday.
she asked me if i wanted to spend some time with my niece, while she went to her sister's baby shower.
it turns out my niece can't go because she's about to be disfellowshipped at the ripe old age of 14. .
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freemindfade
So they remove the father from the equation, then eventually social "execute" her?
Sickening. I'm very sorry for her.