IMO the most destructive "off" thing i see in our way of measuring is our rediculous Calendar... it off just enough to interfere (i.e. prevent) with a natural way of life. 13 moons divide quite nicely into 13, 28 day months.
Bodhisattva1320
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Ever wonder why we picked
by John Doe in360 degrees to equal a circle?
it seems such an off the wall number.
why not 200 degrees?
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Vote:DO you think the WTBTS will end with a BANG or a WHIMPER
by superman inpersonally i think it will end with a whimper.
i think that they will always have members, but after the "system" continues and more and more people get discouraged, df'd, da'd, or fade after a long enough time they will slowly continue to consilidate halls (lose members) until it finally get so small they eventually go by the wayside or switch to something like e-meetings or web-meetings or once yearly conventions.
any takers??
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i think the WTS will not be able to continue to attract a base that will be intelligent or organized enough - awakening is happening. people now are becoming open to leaving religion all together i feel - maybe that just my wishful thinking. "non-believer" is a word that i am watching break into the collective conciousness - have you noticed too? it's validated, there really are a LOT of us
so i say whimper. but i sure would enjoy watching it end with a big nasty bang! =) i'll admit to that.
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7 Congregations in My Area, VT, MA, NH, Have Been Cut to 3!!!
by Seeker4 ini got this verified today.
seven congregations that were in my old circuits now are only three.. north and south gardner, ma were merged.. north and south claremont, nh were merged.. north adams, ma and bennington, vt were merged.. the wilmington, vt congregation was dissolved.. there has been discussion to merge the keene and swanzey, nh congregations, but there are some strong personalities among the two bodies of elders opposing that, so it is not likely to happen, though i hear that keene has got some big problems in its boe and very poor service, etc.. that's 9 congregations within about a 70 mile radius that are all seeing some serious trouble.. anyone hearing anything similar happening where they are?.
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Bodhisattva1320
YAY! i love this news seeker!! less power to them =D
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JW's "Genius" Brainwashing Technique - DID YOU FEEL THIS WAY?
by Good Girl or Bad Girl? ini'm sure i'm not having some great big ephinany that no one else thought of, but to me this is sorta big to realize:.
so many people in both congregations i attended as a witness were soooooo depressed, severely, traumatizingly depressed, i would say.
they would all comfort each other and say that satan was attacking them personally and their depression was proof of it, and that this was the "best place this side of paradise" they could be.
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girl YOU KNOW IT!! You are giving me a gift by letting me *see* you free yourself and others from the lies. I thank you for that-
here's something beautiful a friend gave me
Good and bad, self and others, life and death: Why affirm these concepts? Why deny them? To do either is to exercise the mind, and an integral being knows that the manipulations of the mind are dreams delusions, and shadows.
Hold one idea, and another competes with it. soon the two will be in conflict with a third, and in time your life is all chatter and contradiction.
Seek instead to keep your mind undivided.
Dissolve all Ideas into the Tao.Namaste
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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JW's "Genius" Brainwashing Technique - DID YOU FEEL THIS WAY?
by Good Girl or Bad Girl? ini'm sure i'm not having some great big ephinany that no one else thought of, but to me this is sorta big to realize:.
so many people in both congregations i attended as a witness were soooooo depressed, severely, traumatizingly depressed, i would say.
they would all comfort each other and say that satan was attacking them personally and their depression was proof of it, and that this was the "best place this side of paradise" they could be.
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WOW GIRL!!!!! you are so right ON!!!!
i can relate personally as well- yes SOOO many in the congregation i was raised in were very depressed, suffered for it, wallowed in it- very sad. My mother is also on anti-depressants, that happened right about when i left JW when i was 15. Funny thing tho that DRUGZ are OK but counseling is SOOOO NOT OK. GAWD it's so assbackwards....
WTS/JW's are master's at spiritual abuse and manipulation and this is clearly what you have pointed out - good on ya ((((((GGBG))))))
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I ONLY HAD ONE CHOICE - a "poem" by GG/BG (work in progress...???)
by Good Girl or Bad Girl? inso i wrote this poem, if that is what you can call it.
not saying it's good or anything, but it's how i feel.
it's about my experience as a jehovah's witness.. .
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wow sweetie- this is so powerful- beautiful- i LOVE IT!!! you make this world brighter friendship (((((((ggbg)))))))))
i'm with kerj- i want to read the novel asap!!!!! =D
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GG/BG & OFG Sitting in a Tree.....
by OpenFireGlass inwhere the hell have i been?
ummmmmmmm... i've been in love!.
it's been so long i don't even know where to begin...... well... i guess it all began here at jwd... the beauty of it all, it that this is not a dating website, and the very fact that i was falling in love with a person whom i had no idea of her physical appearance... i was falling for her inner beauty and strenght to leave everything she knew to be happy, to live life.... i had finally met a person who understood me, and i could relate to her stories.... i had met my new best friend, but didn't know it yet... things progressed..... we emailed (which later led to unsolicited photos from her).... then exchanged phone numbers, etc..... then before i know it she had convinced me to purchace an airplaine ticket to meet her.
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awwwwwwwwwwwwww you two are THE cutest couple EVER EVER EVER i love both of you so much- i don't know to people better for one another. i love you guys! can't wait for the roadtrip- destination TERA =D
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MANY PBS STATIONS WON'T SHOW KNOCKING !
by DannyHaszard insome pbs stations won't show knocking .
even though knocking is scheduled for a national pbs broadcast on may .
2007, as many as one-quarter of local pbs stations will not show .
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thanks for the informative thread- i just used the 'Knocking' web site to find my local PBS channel's email to request they NOT PLAY CULT PROPOGANDA!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHA
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Skeptical of the Apostates Motivation
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 18px; } .style2 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style4 {font-size: 16px} --> skeptical of the apostates motivationmy best friend presented a hard-hitting question about former jehovahs.
witnesses.
he believes that many individuals leave the truth because it is hard; and they look for any miscue to escape the organization and their responsibility to god.
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It IS hard for some of us to live a lie yes... i agree...
many "apostates" just can't pull it off and prefer just being a 'good human'
Another thought for your friend- how much easier is it to believe what you are spoonfed by WTS, compared to searching and finding your own spiritual path....
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YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS!! ONE OF THE JWs THAT EGGED OUR HOUSE KNOCKED
by Lady Liberty inunbelieveable!!!.
well, that was unbelieveable!!
just after i posted our latest ordeal with our jw neighbors, and their jw friends pulling down our frosty, egging our house and car, we got a knock on the door!
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Bodhisattva1320
WOW!!! This is great! I hope your neighbor continues to question his religion. You and your husband are awesome!