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  Understanding the Witness trained mind! Theocratic schooled =always defending without thinking!

  by Witness 007 in

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  theocratic mid-week meeting was just a session of "defence tactics" training witnesses to automatically think of a defensive answer without even pondering the other persons point of view.

  witnesses send everything you throw at them in the "trash basket" of their brain...only thinking of thier next defensive response.

  this is typical cult thinking.

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  AllTimeJeff

  Good thought.

  I just want to isolate one item, because I really feel it is frequently overlooked.

  "without thinking"

  Obviously, if we abdicate our responsibility to do our own thinking, we are responsible for that. But so often, I read of former JW's who don't seem to understand why their family shuns them. Why JW's are so happy to accept this decades version of what the generation of MT 24 is? How JW's can't see the contradiction between their door to door apostate making work, while never listening to opposers of JW's who are themselves deemed apostates?

  I am not using that as an excuse. However, it is good to keep in mind that most JW's are NOT evil. They are in a cult.

  If those who don't want to acknowledge that JW's are a cult, I give you this simple piece of logic, introduced here in this thead. JW's to one degree or another, are indctrinated to act and behave automatically. They are trained to react, never to think or reason.

  Thats cold comfort I realize when you are the victim of the cult and the people, but, truth is truth. Understanding why JW's act (generally) from the correct perspective can help in many ways.
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  Who is the Man of Lawlessness

  by wannabe in

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  did not jesus serve warning, that prior to his coming there would be some, teaching so close to the truth that they would, if it were possible, mislead even the chosen ones?.

  24 "for there shall arise false christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

  " {matthew 24:24 dt}.

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  Wannabe (as in Wannabe prophet)

  Hi there. Whenever someone would like to do an exegestical smackdown of JW dogma, count me in as an interested observer. The fact that you on a few threads write very indepth essays just to prove that JW's are not correct is cool with me.

  It's not like its that hard, lets be honest.

  For example, some people who aren't caught in a superstitious mindset would probably read the man of lawlessness passage and think literally, "Hey, I wonder if that means a lawless man!"

  But I digress. Paul (supposedly) wrote this close to 2000 years ago if you believe that. To date, no man of lawlessness has appeared matching the description. Which leaves that scripture open to interpretation. Your interpretation is no different then JW's. Would you like to know how? Because as your responses bear out, you condemn people with the same ease that the Governing Body does.

  So ultimately, your conclusion for whatever exegesis you delve into is that Jesus will destroy people who don't believe in him? Ok. Count me out.

  I am used to having people think I am dead. JW's, many fundamentalist Christian religions, Islam, etc, all have me as dead because I don't worship their god.

  So get in line Wannabe. Maybe you condemners can make some small talk and figure out your next strategy to scare the weak minded with a 2000+ year old collection of scrolls into following your god.

  Your desire to expose the GB as false is commendable. The fact that you would replace their dogma with a competing dogma designed to frighten, scare and condemn just like Jehovah's Witnesses do makes you no better then Jehovah's Witnesses in my opinion, and waters down whatever value your exegesis might have.
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  To All Our Canadian Friends

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
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  when you are done watching the opening ceremonies, come in and say hi.. hey outlaw, they are doing the prarie tribute as i write this.

  hope you like joni mitchell.... ;).

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  By old flame, do you mean a refinery? (seriously, I don't know... oh! duh, the old Calgary Olympic flames... double duh! I think I am getting tired, because I am introducing too many parenthetical thoughts in my post. Next I will start "quoting" again...)

  ("!")
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  To All Our Canadian Friends

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you are done watching the opening ceremonies, come in and say hi.. hey outlaw, they are doing the prarie tribute as i write this.

  hope you like joni mitchell.... ;).

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  AllTimeJeff

  Simon, you can always wear two hats, esp when curling comes on...

  Btw, I love watching curling... I have no idea why....

  I just want Canada to win hockey. The whole damn place might implode if they don't.....
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  To All Our Canadian Friends

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
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  when you are done watching the opening ceremonies, come in and say hi.. hey outlaw, they are doing the prarie tribute as i write this.

  hope you like joni mitchell.... ;).

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  Hey, thats a 10 year old Gilead grad elder to you. (doesn't sound too hot does it?)

  Have a plantain, its the best I can do. I don't photograph well with regular bananas.
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  To All Our Canadian Friends

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you are done watching the opening ceremonies, come in and say hi.. hey outlaw, they are doing the prarie tribute as i write this.

  hope you like joni mitchell.... ;).

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  AllTimeJeff

  Ok, you are back in my good graces Shamus...

  
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  To All Our Canadian Friends

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you are done watching the opening ceremonies, come in and say hi.. hey outlaw, they are doing the prarie tribute as i write this.

  hope you like joni mitchell.... ;).

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  AllTimeJeff

  Poopsie, I know... very sad.....

  Shamus, hockey is overrated??? Do you EVER want a banana from me again?? Where's my tranq gun??!!
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  To All Our Canadian Friends

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you are done watching the opening ceremonies, come in and say hi.. hey outlaw, they are doing the prarie tribute as i write this.

  hope you like joni mitchell.... ;).

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  AllTimeJeff

  Eh, Mario is better then Gretzky anyway... And he saved hockey in Pittsburgh. Gretzky saved hockey in Ari... never mind...
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  To All Our Canadian Friends

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you are done watching the opening ceremonies, come in and say hi.. hey outlaw, they are doing the prarie tribute as i write this.

  hope you like joni mitchell.... ;).

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  AllTimeJeff

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-tJBsOsboM

  For you, you canadian monkey. Next time, get it right, hit him!

  Btw, isn't it true that Saint Mario of Lemieux is more revered these days in the hockey parts of Canada?
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  To All Our Canadian Friends

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you are done watching the opening ceremonies, come in and say hi.. hey outlaw, they are doing the prarie tribute as i write this.

  hope you like joni mitchell.... ;).

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  AllTimeJeff

  Thats Snowbird from Anne Murray poopsiecakes. I was raised by Hippies. I know Anne Murray pretty well....

  Shamus, they just missed him. If only they aimed for his nose....