The ones I knew that claimed to be of the anointed were sincere, if maybe a little mental. I'm sure there are a few out there faking it, but I didn't know of any.
LisaRose
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So, I ran into an Elder at supper the other night........
by WingCommander in**note: i was never baptized, only raised as a jw from birth.
i am therefor not df'd, da'd, or marked.
probably viewed as inactive though.***.
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LisaRose
I think the religion trains you to deny all normal feeling and only express thoughts which mirror the "Party line" . I was in many awkward situations like that, on both ends (the "good jw" and the "failing JW"). When you have a religion that, that sees everything as black and white, with no sympathy for people in different situations, it causes that kind of thinking. I'm sure that some part of that guy had some normal concerns, but he just couldn't express that. It's very sad.
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Even now I still suffer from Demon-phobia at night anyone else?? {Bump??}
by Witness 007 inthings that go bump in the night still force me to get out of bed and check them out even though at 35 i know it's just the house rafters shifting, temperature changes etc...sometimes i wake up to see strange shapes in my room...switch on the light and it's my jacket.
i think the witnesses have conditioned me to believe in demons on a sub-conscious level.
i know they are not real...but i still check.
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LisaRose
It takes time to re-program the brain. For now when you hear noises and fell anxoius, you associate that with demons. You know in your mind that is not the case, but jw brainwashing remains. When I think something like that I try to replace it with an alternative, but less scary thought. For example when I have turbulance on a plane, instead of freaking out, I think of it as God rocking me to sleep. It's all in how you think of it. I think of the noises my house makes as it's way of communicating with me. Silly, but less scary than buglars or demons. I still don't like the wind blowing though. Can't think of anything to make that acceptable to me.
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I Felt So Much Rage !!
by Maddie ini watched the programme on channel 4 tonight called " the end of world cult", and had an idea what it would be like but i was still badly affected by it.
perhaps it's the way i am feeling at the moment, but to see the self-named michael travesser proclaiming himself to be the son of god was mortifying.
he manipulated his pathetic deciples (mainly women), for his own narsistic perversions, while they obeyed his every whim with glazed expressions.
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LisaRose
I felt the same when I saw a recent show on the Jim Jones mass suicide. It's odd, becasue at the time of the Jim Jones thing, I was thinking it was soooo different from my religion. Now 30 years later, I see there are some similarities. What's the difference between drinking the kool-aid and refusing a blood transfusion. You are just as dead either way, and only because someone else decided it was the right think to do.
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ORG's Stand on Child Abuse
by Wordly Andre inin the press release made public addressing abuse, it states that: "however, even if the elders cannot take congregational action, they are expected to report the allegation to the branch office of jehovah's witnesses in their country, if local privacy laws permit.
in addition to making a report to the branch office, the elders may be required by law to report even uncorroborated or unsubstantiated allegations to the authorities.
if so, we expect the elders to comply.
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LisaRose
The statement makes it sound like they want abuse reported, but since they leave wiggle room, what in fact happens is just the opposite. The elders know if it is reported, it may become known in the community (thus bringing shame upon Jah), and they know it will become known in the congregation, causing talk and contention. Easier to just decide they don't need to. And other children are put at risk becasue they are all wussies
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Anyone else feel like an emotional mutant at this time of year?
by tall penguin ini've been attempting to infiltrate my friend's christmas traditions in an attempt to understand and appreciate the holiday.
i only had christmas until i was 5 when my mom converted to jw.
before that, christmas was really big in our house.
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LisaRose
Holidays were lonely for me as a witness, as it felt weird. I didn't have a happy marriage, so I really had nothing to replace the holidays with. . What I found was, after I left, I could pick and choose what things I did or did not do. My new hubby likes the holidays, so it really is fun for me. My kids, raised as JW's don't have any expectations so are just happy to get some presents. They may or may not come and visit, and it's not a big deal either way. I like to decorate (I have an antique and home decor business), so it's fun for me. I also like to bake. I even have a Mrs Claus costume and take pictures of the kids with Santa at my store. I guess I have totally lost the JW Brainwashing where that is concerned!
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Getting married too young
by freedomfighter inhave noticed an inevitable trend in australia.
(probably is all over the world).
as a jw u can't have sex before marriage right?
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LisaRose
I got married before I turned 18. Big mistake. Definitely the teachings of the Watchtower were an influence. It was stupid on my part, but I was just a kid and didn't know any better. As a Witness, you feel you options are limited. Education and a career are not encouraged. So what's left - Pioneer (didn't want to) or get married. I got married. I realized pretty soon what a mistake it was, but I stuck it out for 28 miserable years.
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Your Christmas Elf Name
by Bumble Bee intry this out!.
i did it twice and got "wacky monkey-buns" and "batty monkey-buns" .
what's your elf name?.
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LisaRose
Bumblebee, I am Cheerfull Monkey-Buns, we musst be related!
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How many Christmas yard ornaments is too many I ask? (New Pictures)
by erynw inthere is a house in my neighborhood that has to hold the record for christmas decorations in their yard.
the neighborhood i live in has one road in and out so we can't avoid this eyesore.. i swear, they have every inflatable, plastic, lit up, wire formed, animated yard decoration that has ever been manufactured.
it looks like k-mart threw up in their yard.. they have enough lights on the house, bushes, trees, eaves, roof, fence to signal the mothership into a safe landing from any galaxy in the universe.
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LisaRose
I don't mind the over the top displays unless they have those ugly inflatable giant snowglobes and Santa's. I think there ought to be a law against them.
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LisaRose
What's weird is one of the shootings was at New Life Church. This is the church that Ted Haggert founded, then left when it was found out he had hired male prostitutes. I worked whith a guy who went to that church and his wife was an employee of one of the church charities. She got laid off and went off the deep end and shot herself and their two boys. So I went to the funeral (at which Ted Haggert talked). So is that church some kind of vortex of evil, or what? Frankly, the place kind of creped me out, it's just too freakin' big. It's all just kind of strange. I still think about that poor guy, lost his whole family. By the time this had happened he had been laid off (I was laid off two years after him). Money was always tight for them and I know that was one of the problems. He had taken a job on the East Coast, and wasn't around when this happened. I mean, if he had been laid off first, instead of me, this might not have happened. She was mentally ill, so it wasn't the whole reason, but still the whole money thing was a factor. We were in a small group of 4 or 5 people, he had the next cube over. So I found out about it by reading the paper. There was this picture of the family I had seen every day for years. And its in the paper, and it was horrible. I still think about it.