Posts by Georgiegirl

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Jehovah's Witnesses---A Cult or Not?

by minimus in

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when i first got on this site, i would bristle at the thought that i ever belonged to a cult.. do you believe that witnesses are truly "cultists"?.

Georgiegirl

Public Service Announcement for those of you who might have missed it:

SOM is mentally ill (look at his member postings and read his history and intro posts) and also believes he is the Faithful and Discreet Slave. He isn't a witness or a troll - he is ill.

By his own admission, he has been kicked off the board many times under different member names. Please have some empathy and kindness for his mental illness and just ignore him. Don't feed into his delusions and keep this going. We can rise above, right???

gg

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-01-09 WT Study (ATTITUDE)

by blondie in

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comments you will not hear at the 11-01-09 wt study (september 15, 2009, pages 7-11)(christ's attitude).

review comments will be in red or headed by comments.

wt material from today's wt will be in black.

Georgiegirl

@ ATJ - I think another HUGE issue is that these kids will internalize the lack of concern into believing THEY are wrong and bad and not worthy of love. And thus another generation of emotionally damaged kids grows up...trying desperately to "Do MORE" to prove they are worthy. And the cycle continues...

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Brilliant Talk Yesterday

by Violet in

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just thought i would share this.........a brother who used to be a mercenary before he came into the truth gave the talk at the hall yesterday and he said that the bible was like jehovah's cv.....it told us everything about him.....so we can really know him.. he also said with all the governments and all the rules and regulations in the world, and nothing working at the moment, we should appreciate that jehovah only has 2 laws.............love him above all other things, and love our neighbours..........if only the whole world obeyed those 2 laws there would be peace without the need for armageddon................so its all down to humans why things are going wrong.. if we abandoned the planet tomorrow the earth would repair itself and there would be peace and harmony in nature.......... man has really messed up.. thank goodness we have had the chance to know jehivah and have a hope for the future!!.

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Georgiegirl

Mongolia: Touching your girlfriend's tatas for longer than an "acceptable" period of time?

DANG IT? There's an acceptable period of time? Wish I'd known about THAT loophole! I would have bought an eggtimer!!! ;)

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Jehovah's Witnesses---A Cult or Not?

by minimus in

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friends

when i first got on this site, i would bristle at the thought that i ever belonged to a cult.. do you believe that witnesses are truly "cultists"?.

Georgiegirl

THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE?

And honestly everyone - why are you even playing with him? Time to leave the sandbox.

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Jehovah's Witnesses---A Cult or Not?

by minimus in

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friends

when i first got on this site, i would bristle at the thought that i ever belonged to a cult.. do you believe that witnesses are truly "cultists"?.

Georgiegirl

Ah, that's right. I forgot you aren't a JW.

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If You Never Were A JW What Religion Do You Think You Would've Been In?

by minimus in

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my family were all catholics.

i think i would've been one simply because i was raised in it and even if i didn't agree with everything, i would still be able to talk to my friends and family.. i would think i'd be a catholic in name only.

"religion" doesn't get me excited..

Georgiegirl

I think it would depend on where I was born. If I was born in Japan, I might be Buddhist. Pakistan? Muslim. India? Hindu. United States? Some kind of protestant. Italy? Catholic.

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Jehovah's Witnesses---A Cult or Not?

by minimus in

jw
friends

when i first got on this site, i would bristle at the thought that i ever belonged to a cult.. do you believe that witnesses are truly "cultists"?.

Georgiegirl

Um, so why are you here and not shunning us, exactly?

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Jehovah's Witnesses---A Cult or Not?

by minimus in

jw
friends

when i first got on this site, i would bristle at the thought that i ever belonged to a cult.. do you believe that witnesses are truly "cultists"?.

Georgiegirl

Oh wait! I thought you were going to shun us since we are non-believers? You aren't following god's direction! Why, SOM, doesn't that make you a...non-believer?

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Jehovah's Witnesses---A Cult or Not?

by minimus in

jw
friends

when i first got on this site, i would bristle at the thought that i ever belonged to a cult.. do you believe that witnesses are truly "cultists"?.

Georgiegirl

oh, please, please do. Then shun us.

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Why is the label (or not) important to you?

by Georgiegirl in

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minimus' thread (plus the massive research i had to do this weekend; my head is still reeling) made me wonder -.

why is labeling your experience with jws as an experience with a "cult" important to you?

there are so many heated opinions on this (for both sides).

Georgiegirl

Oh! And for the record, my paper is part of a larger dissertation on cults, brainwashing, and thought control. For those of you who don't know anything about me, I'm out and have been for a couple of years (so you don't have to convince me about the harm - grins). This is strictly an exploration into the strong identification many seem to have with the word cult and with applying it to the WTS. I'm curious as to WHY that label is important to those who have left.