You describe a pretty useful approach for anyone to examine and reroute a disfunctional life. Ex-JWs can benefit but other people, too. We all grow up with unexamined concepts of one kind or another. Thanks for the thread.
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WHO is the programmer for.........................what YOU are?
by Terry in(if you just read that short sentence you thought about what i meant when i wrote it and its implications.).
our very lives depend on how efficiently our thinking supplies our human needs.
survival=efficient thinking.. i ask you now: is that true (what i just wrote about survival=efficient thinking)?.
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No memorable talks at assemblies? Sorry to sound cynical!
by punkofnice ini used to give public talks from the rigid outlines from borg hq.
i remember altering some talks from 45mins to 30mins.. this was great because before we were given 30min scripts i could take licence and pick and choose which bits i felt were more christian.
before my exit i gave resisting the spirit of the world 30min with my own spin on true christian love.
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The only memorable was a funeral talk given by an anointed brother who had the difficult job of staying "in the lines" of JW doctrine because the deceased was the much-loved elder of our congregation--and had died by his own hand. This brother had long suffered from profound depression add finally a pill overdose ended his life.
The talk walked along the edge of athoughtful merc that I had never heard in a KH. It made allowance for this suicide to have been--just maybe--- forgivable. It allowed for the unknowable psychological moments of this lovable brother's suffering.
Many of the non-believing relatives who attended were disgusted that the talk didn't put him in heaven straight-away. But the JWs there were delighted that Dear Brother hadn't been absolutely cast into the outer darkness.
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Pronouncing things differently so they don't sound rude. Typical CULT persona. Political correctness?
by punkofnice ini noticed over the years how bros & sis(tm) would pronounce words/names differently or totally substitute them so as not to sound offensive.. egs:.
instead of 'bible aids' a bro(tm) said 'bible helps' thus avoiding aids disease!?!.
instead of sodom the bro(tm) pronounced it 'sow dom'.
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I heard of a brother's slipping up at a study describing the difference of belief between the Pharisees and the Sadducees he said: "The Sadducees didn't believe in the erections----er, ahem--- and that is why they're sad, you see."
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Are there any former Circuit Overseers on this site?
by Robert7 ini've seen responses from a number of elders, but have any co's become enlightened?
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Still wondering what happened to Will and Bonnie Gorham.
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7 graphs that prove America is overrated
by Simon inbefore the usual suspects start reaching for the pich-forks and forming a mob, i invite you to actually read and consider this, not just leap to conclusions.. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130607/7-graphs-america-overrated-nsa-prism-privacy.
why do i care?
it seems the people being screwed the most are also the most visciferous defenders of the status quo which sees them being severely disadvantaged.. maternity leave?
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It is totally rotten what is being done in the name of security. They'll take down Ed Snowden if they can--If we let them. But we have tolerated the School of the Americas to operate for years here exporting human rights crimes to South America. Wake up. Wake up!
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Tonight. Husband in his cups and unhappy because I have to live in town away from the farm. I have begun working again. Cancer treatment over for now. Get assessed for salvage surgery in 6 weeks. I am 61 years old. No insurance and I am tired.
Who' d a thought?
Not a rip-torn cry-out. More a wet-eyed, runny-nosed sort of thing.
It's complicated. There is plenty that has gone well. Plenty.
Wish I could cry a little harder and get it cleared out.
I don't know if I'll post this.
tomorrow will be better.
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7 graphs that prove America is overrated
by Simon inbefore the usual suspects start reaching for the pich-forks and forming a mob, i invite you to actually read and consider this, not just leap to conclusions.. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130607/7-graphs-america-overrated-nsa-prism-privacy.
why do i care?
it seems the people being screwed the most are also the most visciferous defenders of the status quo which sees them being severely disadvantaged.. maternity leave?
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SNOWDEN IS CARRYING HIS BURDEN FOR U.S. FREEDOM. U.S. citizens need to back him. Are we free and fair? How many lights are there?
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The Apostle Paul: Control Freak, Delusional, Lawyer, Gets a Following And Forms a Cult
by frankiespeakin intrue or false?.
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For fear the ekklesia of Jesus would derail, Paul imposed his stamp on it and subsequent admirers followed suit. Big "C" Church big "C" Cult.
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The Apostle Paul: Control Freak, Delusional, Lawyer, Gets a Following And Forms a Cult
by frankiespeakin intrue or false?.
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Is This Site As Active As It Was In The Past?
by minimus ini'm just curious if jwn is as busy as it was even a year or two ago?
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sometimes it seems this place buzzes and other times, not so much....but maybe it's all in my head..
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minimus,
Maybe it is slower. It FEELS that way to me.
Also, maybe there is a harder edge to the board--again, It FEELS that way.
I miss snowbird and burntheships, shamus et all, and there is not as much searching dialogue for those of us who have faith in a supernaturual goodness that Jesus channeled. (There, did I say that with enough PC to allow my idea to have a moment to be heard?) Respondents tend toward derision, if not superiority. Understandable in so many ways--so very un-christian ;-)
Don't get me wrong, the board has been a vast benefit to me in backing up to review my faith. I need to do that.
But, it may be a hard place for some to convalesce from the spiritual abuse at the hands of the JW handlers. Perhaps that creates some loss. If so, that is not good.
Maeve