Posts by freemindfade

the whole meeting for me was nauseating yesterday... the talk was on "science".. nuff said... then the watchtower, they are just spinning in circles patting themselves on the back lately it seems, but this is one thing that really stuck out to me.. i heard the comment multiple times about how the 2013 version of nwt made things "easier to understand" "simpler" and so on.

this has been one of my main beefs with yhwh and his book.

this is supposedly the tool for mankind to all live or die based on whether or not they:.

freemindfade

One of my favorites is their changing the phrase "mental regulating"... must have sounded too... culty?

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(Not)Preaching advice

by paradisebeauty in

jw
friends

having recently had an "awakening" - not from reading awake .... i realize i can not preach doctrines i do not believe anymore .

but i do not want the elders to start following my every move, because i also have plans to check other christian denominations.. so i am thinking, should i chat for an hour or two with an old visit and report the hours, should i tell the elders i have some doubts and i do not want to preach for now or should i just stop reporting and avoid the elders attempts to talk to me?

what do you think is the best sollution to get away with this?

freemindfade

I turned in fake time for some time before I got comfortable and actually preferable to be known as inactive. I would just write down 2 measly spiritually weak hours a month then one day I was like f%$# it...

even though I was fully awake, it was really deeply disturbing to me, I knew it was crap but facing not turing in my time for the first time in 30 years or so was daunting. And people say it's not a cult.

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Yesterday's Watchtower, Bible Comments

by freemindfade in

the whole meeting for me was nauseating yesterday... the talk was on "science".. nuff said... then the watchtower, they are just spinning in circles patting themselves on the back lately it seems, but this is one thing that really stuck out to me.. i heard the comment multiple times about how the 2013 version of nwt made things "easier to understand" "simpler" and so on.

this has been one of my main beefs with yhwh and his book.

this is supposedly the tool for mankind to all live or die based on whether or not they:.

freemindfade

The whole meeting for me was nauseating yesterday... the talk was on "science".. nuff said... then the watchtower, they are just spinning in circles patting themselves on the back lately it seems, but this is one thing that really stuck out to me.

I heard the comment multiple times about how the 2013 version of NWT made things "easier to understand" "simpler" and so on. This has been one of my main beefs with YHWH and his book. This is supposedly the tool for mankind to all live or die based on whether or not they:

Understand it
Believe it

Why would something of that magnitude need, simplifying, or made more understandable. The truth should be f%$#ing simple, end of story. Salvation, love, morality should be plain and simple to begin with, and not some cryptic books taken out of a much greater library of books, then reduced down, then massaged every century to make it more "cohesive" or appear to be somewhat cohesive through indoctrination in a religion (even though its really anything but).

Why does the word of God need help from men? If god wanted everyone to be able to understand, and believe something, he would have done a hell of a lot better job than this book

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Nothing Says, "I Love You!" Like Institutionalized Shunning!

by Oubliette in

why disfellowshipping is a loving provision.

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may 15, 2105 watchtower, pp.

freemindfade

Is this a pleasantville reference? Like the world is dreary fake, boring, and black and white... then you wake up and oh shit look, color!

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The Bible Does Not Say - But ...

by berrygerry in

painfully reading an article of may 15, 2015 (extra-simplified edition) and again observed this phraseology: the bible does not say, but .... so, did satan hope to tempt her with the luxurious palaces of pharaoh and abimelech?

did satan think that she would betray her husband and even jehovah by marrying one of those kings?

the bible does not say, but it is very likely that the devil would have been overjoyed if sarah had lost the opportunity to become part of the messiahs family line.. .

freemindfade

they use this loaded language then alter blame the sheeple for being over zealous... sickening

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Can they disfellowship my father?

by cookiemaster in

this has nothing to do with my facebook endeavors.

when the elders visited us last week, they also discussed my father.

my mother called them about him.

freemindfade

If I saw anyone hitting an animal with a bat they'd be going to the ER...

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The Bible Does Not Say - But ...

by berrygerry in

painfully reading an article of may 15, 2015 (extra-simplified edition) and again observed this phraseology: the bible does not say, but .... so, did satan hope to tempt her with the luxurious palaces of pharaoh and abimelech?

did satan think that she would betray her husband and even jehovah by marrying one of those kings?

the bible does not say, but it is very likely that the devil would have been overjoyed if sarah had lost the opportunity to become part of the messiahs family line.. .

freemindfade

Pure simple loaded language. On paper it gives them an out for making any kind of claim. But they know in the fragile, hope hungry, persecution complex mind of the followers of watchtower that call themselves sheep, even with the qualifier that gives the watchtower an out, in their mind it amounts to this us exactly what happened. They take it in their heart and mind to be FACT. I hate this stuff.

I have known even se devout witnesses to proclaim that the "society" makes an awful lot of conjectures that they have no way of knowing. But on the other hand people like my mom who read between every line to predict how and when Armageddon will start, they eat it up.

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Assembly Survival Kit

by pronomono in

so, i've got the assembly tomorrow, or so the wife says.

i should have bought this in preparation..... .

http://cdn.blessthisstuff.com/imagens/stuff/gentlemans-survival-kit-2.jpg.

freemindfade

Jack Daniels Honey?? oh no...

I would suggest a portable sensory deprivation kit and real whiskey