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Posts by DIM
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20Update...Letter from Wt
by peacefulpete innot long ago i started a thread about how my wife & i sent letters to the society but received no response, well we got one.
my wife wrote a letter asking about the similarity between pagan mystery cults and christianity, especially she mentioned the eucharist meal of bread and wine representing blood and body of dying saviors such as mithras and dionysus.
their response was: .
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The Society's worst release
by Nosferatu inwhat, in your opinion, is the worst thing that the society has released?
(book / tract / video / audio cassette)
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DIM
The Daniel and Isaiah books were easily the funniest books to sit through at book study....it all seemed made up!
the various chapters in "your youth" directed at women were very funny, they really can't hide how sexist they are, can they?
a recent watchtower or awake that i just saw that bashed religions for asking for money and then in the 2nd article talked about the contribution arrangement. Nice!
an article from Christmas 2002 that said that JW's shouldn't have a rehearsed statement about Christmas so that they don't appear to be in a cult but then it goes on to tell them what to say....
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J.W. Apologist
by Kenneson ini have recently been reading from the watchman.com site.
while this forum questions some w.t.
teachings, it nevertheless defends it vigorously.
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DIM
sometimes the brainwashing is so deep, you don't even realize it. As an example of this, an old friend of mine who used to post here (Collegegirl) clearly saw certain things but really couldn't get around the fact that her friends / family would treat her differently. So she reverted back to "going through the motions". Unless you make a clear break, you will always be defending the corporation.
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Why cults hide their old publications.
by refiners fire inhere is a classic example of why it is that cultic religions find it necessary to conceal their old publications from the scrutiny of the membership.
this example is from 7th day adventism, but i assure all readers it is a classic and well worth the reading.
still, it is necessary to lay out a little background to the speech i will be quoting from before proceeding.
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DIM
all seems like religous babble to me, just as bad as the JW's. I'd rather read the Lord of the Rings and drink an Americano than be bothered with 1844. Pass me my bagel please.
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My first meeting after becoming an "apostate"
by Winston Smith :>D inwell, i went to my first sunday meeting after realizing the real "truth" about the wts today.. it is interesting sitting there with a liberated mind-set now.. at one point my wife turned to me and asked during the public talk, "whats so funny?".
", i asked her.. "because youre smiling.".
smiling at the kh, a sure sign that your not a jw i guess.. ~.
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DIM
Funny, I was going through some of my mother in law's magazines today (she just moved out here from PA) and had to crack up at some of the titles - "what would you say to god", "is it safe to fly" and some other one about how churches are begging for money. total hypocrisy, very funny.
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Money obsessed JW's
by DIM ini happened to have a conversation over aol im with an old friend of mine back in pa....she is the kind of girl who is going to college, watches r rated movies...basically puts herself first but is still very brainwashed.....i never really noticed this before but she kept talking about herself, even mentioned how much her (very small) condo is worth now....i found it very odd....i thought the paradise is right around the corner?
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DIM
I happened to have a conversation over AOL IM with an old friend of mine back in PA....she is the kind of girl who is going to college, watches R rated movies...basically puts herself first but is still very brainwashed.....I never really noticed this before but she kept talking about herself, even mentioned how much her (very small) Condo is worth now....I found it very odd....I thought the paradise is right around the corner??
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Hillary Clintons new book
by freedom96 in.
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will it be found under the fiction or non-fiction section?
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DIM
I love both of the Clintons. Bill Clinton makes more sense in 5 minutes than George Bush has in the last 2 1/2 years. Hillary is great too, I love her. I'm gonna vote for her.
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Dinner last night with our JW friends
by Mulan indave and i have a nice friendship with a jw couple from our teen years.
all of us are now pushing 60 or in the 60's.
the wife is an old friend of mine from childhood, the daughter of a very well known elder in our area who passed away a few years ago, and her husband is a man we all met in our late teens, when he was studying.
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DIM
sounds like a very nice dinner...wish some of my old friends weren't so brainwashed!
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Heavy Matrix: Reloaded Thoughts *Spoilers Alert!*
by Yizuman inposted from the corporate mofo website.
http://www.corporatemofo.com/stories/051803matrix.htm.
corporate mofo.
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DIM
This guys theory is way off. How can Neo have powers in Zion if he's outside of the Matrix? He can't. Zion is in the matrix, its a sub-program of the main program. Smith is sitting on the table next to him at the end. HE IS STILL IN THE MATRIX!! I haven't figured out if Neo is a machine or not though, but I can tell you that this synopsis is WAY OFF!
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Before You Actually Stopped Meetings, How Many HATED Being There?
by minimus inwhen i listen to anything at the meetings, it is with a critical eye.
i really can't stand going, especially today.
did you feel that the meetings were grating and extremely irritating, just before you stopped going altogether?
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DIM
I hated it with every ounce of my body. But I learned to have fun along the way. Using the mantra "submission is the best rebellion" I played along w/ their rules, but did it just sarcastically enough to get people wondering. I'd never set foot in the Hall of Emotional Abuse again though...maybe for my sisters wedding (she's only 16) or if something happened to my mom or dad.