Topics Started by erandir

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Agression @ latest Broadcasting
by Gorbatchov in
1. jw
2. friends
what i don’t get, is the agression seen in the latest, september broadcasting.. if something is not usefull here at g.’s home, we look if it can be used for an other purpose or store it or put it away in a trash bin.

that’s what we learn our children.. it seems that for jw.org officials it is practice to get very angry and smash items on the floor.

somehow the real face of brotherhood is showed here.
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The UN Files - Print Out And Keep For Your Next JW Visitor
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i've been researching the wt and the un involvement.

when i was still in and i first seen the un letter online, my cognitive dissonance kicked and i told myself it'll be a fake.

an apostate lie.. and seeing as no jw i've spoken to has ever heard of it, and flatly deny any involvement "no, they wouldn't do that", i decided to do a little "personal study" of my own.
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Surprise ! Surprise ! 2015 Arrives and NO Armageddon or World's " End " - Go Figure
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
i guess 99.9 % of ex-jw's here could have predicted as much .

armageddon didn't happen in 1914. it didn't happen in 1925. it didn't happen in 1975. and it did not happen in 2014. since the wt society first predicted a world's end when their organization started in 1879 - 126 years have passed which according to any dictionary in any human language 126 years comprises of 4 separate generations each totaling 30 years each.

plus 6 years into a 5th generation.
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BOE 2014-11-06 Procedures when legal issues are involved
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
full set: http://imgur.com/a/z4k2t.

sample:.

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What products have you bought that exceed your expectations?
by skeeter1 in
1. jw
2. experiences
well?.
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YOU 'THINK' YOU ARE FREE when you leave the Org. . . but it can be an ILLUSION
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
did you know there is nothing more insane than being partly indoctrinated and partly free?.

the level of cognitive dissonance is ridiculous!.

i have told this story before, so i'll shorten it to cut to the chase.. in 1987, i was dating a professional psychotherapist with a view to marriage.
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Did you AWAKEN from the JWs by yourself?
by cultBgone in
1. jw
2. friends
i was thinking about how so many posters here on jwn are frustrated and frantic to help their loved ones get away from the brainwashing of jws, and how much advice is given about how to help family members and loved ones.

i considered my own leaving and that it was internal turmoil based on the teachings getting weirder and child abuse issues, to name just a few, and it made me wonder:.

did you self-awaken or were you assisted by the gentle proddings of a friend or family member?
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DNA memory
by poopsiecakes in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone here ever researched or thought about dna memory?

there's a lot of weird, esoteric stuff out there concerning this, like you can somehow access your ancestors' memories.

that's not really what i'm talking about - to me, that sounds a little too fanciful.dna is a relatively recent discovery and obviously, there's still a lot to learn.
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What I Learned from Bro Lett's DC Talk
by Rohag in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what i learned/derived from steven lett's dc talk (thanks again, ynot, for providing access to the .mp3 files!).

brother lett - or the committee that produced the talk - really loves food metaphors.well-dressed people, especially children, produce a good witness.if you're an apostate, chances are bad conduct/secret sin/moral depravity made you that way.

apostasy is usually founded on sin and rarely on conviction.the bible is an insufficient - or overly cumbersome - guide to godly conduct.
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Did anyone else get the message for amama's site account suspended?
by StoneWall in
1. jw
2. friends
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i can't get back on and tried with both firefox and ie....says account has been suspended.

i think the whole site not my personal account..i even tried from second computer and says same thing..