Many of the petty rules that were quite arbitary; the negativity and counsel against higher learning; the overuse of guilt and fear to motivate people; the harshiness and obsessiveness of some elders; the incredulous logic used to prove points; etc..
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The most annoying issues you found within the organization were ...
by The wanderer inuntitled document <!-- .style1 {font-family: verdana} .style2 {font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; } --> the things that seemed to bother us the most before leaving the organization there were a number of.
things that used to bother me within the organization.. for example, the time that the organization use to.
absorb, it seemed that i gave more than i received.
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PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME A NEW FRIEND
by schne_belly incalico ethel.... one of my best friends!!!
glad you joined us!!!
now you can see for yourself why i talk about jwd and all the sweet people on here!
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thecarpenter
did someone say fresh meat???
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Is John Travolta gay?
by dorayakii inhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=404299&in_page_id=1773&in_a_source=.
well i thought travolta was married with children, but that doesnt always mean anything these days.
is travolta gay or bisexual?
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thecarpenter
One never knows but I don't really wanted know
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Name the Books That Impacted You The Most.
by XJW4EVR inanything by raymond franz is a given.. 1984. siddartha.
lord of the flies.
grapes of wrath.
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thecarpenter
I have read many books that have influenced me one way or another but if I had to narrow it down to four books that made a significant impact for the positive in my life, it would be the following books:
the bible - I still believe in it although I recognize that there are many more accounts that have to viewed as allegorical. It still has powerful personal messages for me.
Seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey - Helped me to make enormous personal growth (This book prepared me to leave the borg and to start to see that there was serious problems with the religion and not me)
Feeling Good Handbook by Dr David Burns - Helped me to overcome common negative thinking errors (wish I had this book growing up)
Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz - I had so many doubts about the religion and was starting to record doctrinal errors on my own. After finally getting enough nerve to pick up the book, it put the final nail in the jdub coffin. I stopped going to the meeting after finishing reading this book in two days.
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Just for fun: Help me name my dog??
by whyizit injust adopted a collie mix from the pound.
4 yrs.
old and has had about as many litters of puppies, from the looks of her.
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How many hours do your work a week?
by liquidsky injust curious.
i work between 50-to 65 hours a week, sometimes 70. in fact i don't of anyone in the company i work for that works less then 48. does anyone here work a "normal" 40 hour week?
does it even exist anymore?.
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thecarpenter
35 hours a week, union carpenter in NYC, overtime sometimes; go to college part-time because I always wanted to finish my degree. (really don't plan on leaving my job but you never know)
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Help ... Any handy men/women out there
by looking_glass inmy microwave is not heating up food.
it activates and everything seems to work, but it does not heat anything up.
i have taken out the panel underneath to see if anything is leaking or wires hanging out or exposed and nothing.
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thecarpenter
take a look at this link about problem GE is having with its microwaves
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The Truthiness™ Will Set You Free....
by Scully indisclaimer: this rant is intended as a work of satire.
wow.
in january 2006, the american dialect society announced that it's word of the year for 2005 is truthiness.. truthiness is a term that has been popularized by satirist stephen colbert on comedy central's show the colbert report.. what, exactly, is "truthiness"?
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Why is the WTBTS so against mental health professional treatment?
by Gill infollowing on from sandy's thread on her brother's pt, i wondered exactly why does the wtbts take such an opposing stand to professional mental health treatment?
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thecarpenter
Well, the society can't control the mental health profession and its views. When a mental health professional treats a dub or other conservative Christian, they can certainly see some aspects of mind control. On the other hand, red hot issues such as homosexuality and modern psychology's view of it really conflict with bible teachings. There has been movement on the both camps to be respectfully of each view while maintaining a core belief of its own. The society isn't as vitriolic in its views today as it once was (although there are strong undercurrents that are very anti-psychology). Also, many psychologist aren't anti-religious or atheist as they are made up to be.
As we know, many religions use guilt and fear to keep people in line and actually, these emotions have kept people from engaging in destructive behavior. The part that upsets most people though is the deliberate overuse of this emotional manipulation and the overstepping of church authority. This has led to much depression, anxiety and a host of other type of mental afflictions. I think that people have a certain mental threshold that if they are pushed too hard, it tips them past their emotional ability to handle the dissonances. Then what ever mental predisposed weakness they have will start to exhibit itself (note: illness that are more physiological based will exhibit itself regardless but the influence of the organization can exacerbate the illness) So the illness is related to the heavy handed tactics employed by the organization. When the therapist tries to point this out, now the organization feels threatened and hence their adversarial stance toward mental health professional.
I like Gary's explanation better, makes me laugh.
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I'm thinking about going to a meeting today . .. 9/3
by sandy inmy brother is giving a public talk today.
my mom is acting as if the pope has arrived.
she planning a bbq afterwards.
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