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  Need to vent: My loathing for the JW cult increases more and more, while my wife clings more and more to it

  by goingthruthemotions in

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  just as i think my loathing for the jw cult has peaked, it goes higher and higher.

  i wish this cult would just go away.

  i wish my wife would just wake up.

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  freemindfade

  Hang in there my friend.
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  Christadelphian

  by Billy1000 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my name is stephen and i am new to the forum.

  i am a christadelphian and through my discussions with fellow members of my ecclesia it has inspired me to reach out to other religions to find out exactly what others believe to enhance my own faith and further bring me closer to our heavenly father.

  in no way do i mean disrespect if it has been caused.

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  freemindfade

  Religion is a social technology of a bygone era. A left over of our imagination. God is a place holder simply for things we don't understand yet, born out of fear and ignorance.

  You need to take a serious exegesis look at the bible, outside of any organization religion. You will find it is:

  • Inaccurate
  • Abhorrent
  • Not really harmonious in anyway you thought
  • Plagiarized
  • Contradictory
  • And never intended to be what people have made it

  And welcome
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  Help finding a video of GB member saying that Jehovah may not really be God's name

  by mamacita29 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone i'm at work and need to show this video to a jw.

  i saw it a few weeks ago i think it was geoffry jackson who said that jehovah may or may not be gods real name but we use it anyways.

  can someone help me find that video?

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  freemindfade

  I am not going to jump into the back and forth debate about this, but just point something out.

  All this convoluted discussion about the name of the supposed goat herder God of everything in the universe who is suppose to want us to know him and use his name just shows how god damned stupid "God" and "religions" (especially those of "abrahamic" origin) are. It's a total clusterf-ck.

  Hi my name is Freemindfade, that's my name here, and I just told it to you, how about you god, what's your name? Keep digging for those "nuggets" of truth there kids :)

  FML...

  I think a more interesting discussion and research project is the origins of the name.
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  X-Men Apocalypse & Yahweh

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i have watched the trailer for this movie , and the bad guy in this makes the statement something like this, when asked who are you ?

  his reply , i have been called many names over time , and yahweh was one of them .. will jw.org ban the jdubs from seeing it ?

  being not suitable for a christian ?

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  freemindfade

  Some self righteous witness told me they wouldn't see it because it said that. I was like "wow".

  Even if i was still in that line would not have phased me one bit or made me think about not watching it. Witnesses act borderline superstitious about this crap.

  It does make a great point though about myths, and "god's" of the past. I think its cool because it shows a real perspective on these gods and how the names and ideas morph over time, and stories are retold and changed and so on. We live in a great time of information and the movie fiction is simply playing into the knowledge about how there really is no vishnu, yeweh etc...(there are no xmen either but this is entertainment not religion lol)

  I've enjoyed the X-Men franchise.

  I have as well, I am not a comic fan, but since the first one they have consistently impressed me.
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  What movie best decribes your sex life rite now??????

  by karter in

  1. jw
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  gone in 60 secounds..

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  freemindfade

  Boogie nights
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  Another one bites the dust...

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so despite glimpses of hope here and there, the wife is just not seeing this cult for what it is.. so who is the one the bit the dust?

  i've not been feeling so well lately.

  a bit of lightheadedness.

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  freemindfade

  Hang in there buddy. And I agree with this:

  For your own health and well-being, you need to stop going to the meetings. Let her go alone.

  I was going through something similar not too long ago, the anxiety of everyone in my family against me, and wife (pioneer) being one of them. She has changed so much I hardly recognize her now. When she was with me on the receiving end of the my families behavior, I think her rose colored glasses with the cult came off. She saw my health (mental, emotional, and physical) being assaulted by her beloved religion.

  A lot of this anxiousness comes from feeling trapped. You need to try to change your perspective so that neither of you feel trapped.

  saying that she never thought she'll belong to the group of women who show up to meetings alone.

  This shows me progress but still being so early on in waking up. You guys need to band together to get healthy and stable. The FOG of this org plays on everyone not wanting to be humiliated or embarrassed by being weak or in danger. When I got passed that, shit man, I felt w world better. I look at witness as pathetic, scared, sheep. I don't give 2 f-cks what they think. And I never give a sign of weakness or sadness because I am not, I am happy healthy and far more adjusted than most all of them and it shows, I am proud to be an inactive fader in their midst. So I enjoy putting that in their face (in a nice way). they can think whatever they want, I am doing me. many socialize with me often, at first I think it was weird for them, but i refuse to play by the cult road map. She needs to see this and so do you. You have to find that place.

  lions don't lose sleep

  over the opinions of sheep

  Hang in there my friend.

  FMF
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  Should I get babtized?

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know this sounds like a ridiculous question but i was talking with my mom in the car today and of course we got on the topic of getting babtized again.

  she told me that jehovah holds me accountable for my sins regardless of wether i am babtized or not so i have no reason to be holding back because it won't change anything.

  my parents are the type of super strict jw who will shun you just for not being a witness.

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  Don't do it. The greatest prison people love in is the fear of what others think. Free yourself from that.
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  Caption This Photo From The January Study Edition

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. social
  2. humour

  so as some are probably aware the january study edition has two articles on the anointed.

  one basically discouraging people from believing they are anointed and another about how ones should view partakers.

  this photo is from the second article:.

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  freemindfade

  He's coming up with responses to trolls on JWN...

  Its the standard witness illustration "million mile stare".
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  Evolution and Atheism - please help

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not being familiar with either, my question is:.

  what is the relationship between evolution and atheism?.

  i'd love to hear from anyone and everyone, and also from any perspective.. without limiting the conversation in any way, i would of course also appreciate comments that are simple, clear, direct and correct (as i don't have the capacity to do a phd in evolution or atheism)..

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  freemindfade

  They should not be thought of as being related. Atheism is not a religion and evolution is not it's dogma.

  Evolution is related to science and evidence. Often once people begin seeing things this way a biproduct of this is atheism or agnosticism.

  They are separate things. Evolution does pose problems for creationists and Abrahamic religions that try to explain everything from the perspective of bronze age goat herders.

  Evolution = there is evidence of evolution.

  Atheism = there is no evidence of "god"

  Not really the same thing.
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  Did you get " Counseled " about the Music you Listened to While you were a JW ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the time i was a small boy - i loved rock n' roll music.

  beatles, rolling stones, led zeppelin, hendrix.

  i started getting slighted for the music i listened to as i lay in my bedroom listening on headphones to led zeppelin's song " black dog " at age 14 with my elder dad looking suspiciously at me as i'm rocking out .

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  freemindfade

  My music era was the 90's and even though I listened to gangster rap, I mostly took heat for the alternative music of the time and the old stuff too.

  I had family members that spoke of all their scary experiences back when they used to listen to led zep. Funny i had all the stuff and no demons were summoned...

  Also was told that soundgarden, nirvana, alice in chains etc was depressing and would cause suicide. Shit... I think that music kept me from committing suicide being in a damn cult!

  metal, alternative and rap, I got the most crap over classic rock and alternative. Silly stupid cult.