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  After being a JW, do you experience panic when someone expresses disapproval

  by Elsewhere in

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  having grown up in the wts i was always taught that there are very serious consequences that result when those in authority do not approve of you.. q: what happens when you break a wt rule?.

  a: very quick and brutal punishment in the form of shunning and ostracism.

  there is no middle ground... you either get no punishment or extremely severe punishment.. having grown up knowing only those two possible outcomes i find that i tend to become panicked when friends or authority figures express disapproval.

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  Do you have to be "gullible" in order to be a good JW?

  by JH in

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  in french we use the word "naif", which means to believe anything that's said without proof of it being true.

  i think that gullible is the english translation.. i was very gullible in my early jw years.

  i guess it's not faith that one needs to be a good jw, but gullibility...

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  Does anyone have experience with SYNESTHESIA?

  by Nathan Natas in

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  i had a very interesting discussion with a genius friend of mine not long ago about the subject of synesthesia.

  if you have personal or professional experience with synesthesia, drop me a line.synesthesia - a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color..

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  Anyone like me....

  by Keepitsane in

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  not feeling like there life's been affected that negatively by their involvement with jw's?.

  i ask because while i do believe being raised a jehovahs witness has probably done me some considerable emotional damage, i still can't imagaine it hurt me anymore (and in a lot of cases i'm sure it did far less damage) than the average non jw upbringing.

  i had no debilitating diseases, no broken family, kind and loving parents etc...you get my point though?.

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  When you receive an ...shepherding visit, why not express appreciation ..?

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "when you receive an encouraging shepherding visit, why not express appreciation for it?

  " wt may 1, 2006, p. 21 pp.

  sorry for stealing your thunder blondie, but this suggestion really struck home.

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