I love south park, dispite the fact that they have shocked me more than a few times. Because I'b be shocked 100+ times more if they lost their right to shock me!
StephaneLaliberte
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The Apology Tour
by minimus ineveryone seems to be hitting the apology circuit.
if you ever said anything inappropriate or what might be considered offensive, then you must apologize.
if you possibly could have hurt someone’s feelings, you need to say sorry.
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How to delete posts to this forum?
by deanxxx inhi, .
i would like to delete all my post on this forum, particularly topics i have started.
how do i do that?.
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StephaneLaliberte
Simon: If there are specific posts containing personal identifiable information, we can edit those out, but we don't do "I'm moving on now, please trash everything for me"
Thanks Simon. We know that the situation of many of us is very sensitive and thus, your willingness to assist in removing personal identifiable information is reasuring.
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StephaneLaliberte
The sad thing about woke culture is that it has a real visible effect on everyone else. For instance, in Ottawa (Canada), a teacher in a class asked her 6 year old students to position themselves on a boy to girl spectrum and than stated that there wee no boys and girls. Then went on to introduce them to the concept of non binaries.
How the heck to you want kids to understand that kind a thing? Seriously?
Pissed off parents complained to the school board and the schoolboard stands behind the teacher.
Because 0.001% of the population don't identify as man or woman, lets raise the kids to believe that they are neither.
Ridiculous.
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JWs reach new milestone - JW.org reaches 1,000 languages
by Wonderment inbelow is the copied page found in jw.org from nov. 4, 2019:.
the governing body is pleased to announce that a new milestone has been reached in our efforts to make disciples of people of all the nations.
jw.org now has articles, videos, and audio content available in 1,000 languages, including 100 sign languages..
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StephaneLaliberte
I remember my dad using this as an argument when I left the JWs. And I told him: They translated the message that the generation that saw 1914 would not pass away in hundreds of languages and printed and distributed it in the billions of times. Did it make it true?
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StephaneLaliberte
I don't believe that someone who is "woke" would know that they are "woke".
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Hypocritical Tyndale video
by neat blue dog inat a recent midweek meeting, a short documentary about translator william tyndale was shown.
it begins with this statement about his death:.
"his crime?
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StephaneLaliberte
I remember, identifying such hypocrisy when I was "in"; however, I didn’t understand at the time how serious it actually was. I’d go on believing that such small harms were offset by all the “good fruits” the watchtower was doing.
This flawed reasoning collapsed after I read Raymond Franz’s books. It helped me understand that, in order of priority, one should first live with these values and then preach to others about it. Hence, preaching, building and organizing congregations are not “good fruits” in and of themselves. The Pharisees were doing the same things and Jesus called them out as hypocrites.
The fruits are how the members of that religion live their day to day lives. How they display love, charity, etc.
That is when I realized that such hypocrisy was very, very serious. I could not pass this down to my kids and I left.
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Narcissistic Elders/Pioneers
by StephaneLaliberte intoday, while listening to a book that covered narcissism, i was a bit surprised to find a connexion with those “seeking privileges” in the organization.
while not being paid, pioneers, ministerial servants and elders invest a great level of time and effort in upholding their responsibilities.
fear of being destroyed by god for not doing enough.
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StephaneLaliberte
Millie210: Interesting that you mentioned that the JWS are also a pedophile heaven; it crossed my mind when I wrote the post.
Even if the initial intent of the "organization" is not to attract narcissists and pedophiles, it is nonetheless a by product of their teachings when combined with their organizational structure.
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Narcissistic Elders/Pioneers
by StephaneLaliberte intoday, while listening to a book that covered narcissism, i was a bit surprised to find a connexion with those “seeking privileges” in the organization.
while not being paid, pioneers, ministerial servants and elders invest a great level of time and effort in upholding their responsibilities.
fear of being destroyed by god for not doing enough.
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StephaneLaliberte
Today, while listening to a book that covered narcissism, I was a bit surprised to find a connexion with those “seeking privileges” in the organization.
While not being paid, pioneers, ministerial servants and elders invest a great level of time and effort in upholding their responsibilities. Why?
Fear of being destroyed by God for not doing enough
Some brothers or sisters have the energy to do more and so, will take on responsibilities. Not out of their own good will; rather; by fear of being punished by God should he find that they were not doing enough. Overtime, as people grow older and loose that “extra” energy, they will quickly release themselves of these responsibilities, no longer burdened by a guilty conscience.
A genuine altruistic disposition
These are people who know they can help their peers and do everything they can to help. They believe that their actions can bring benefit to the lives of others around them. They will give their best, often at their own expense and as long as they can, often demonstrating extraordinary resilience in their tasks. Altruism is a powerful motivation.
A strong desire to be recognized by others and have power over them.
These are people that are fueled by the attention they get; it becomes their source of energy. Hence, if demonstrating extraordinary resilience results in being recognized as perhaps assist in climbing the organization’s hierarchy, they will. While they might appear helpful to others, this is usually for selfish reasons.
Considering the amount of work and time required to fulfill their responsibilities, we should agree that this requires “extraordinary resilience”. For such a motivation to keep hold, there is only two reasons: Altruism or Narcissism. While selfless altruistic individuals can be found out there, they certainly are hard to find.
So, let’s run some numbers with a simple congregation. 80 publishers with 3 elders, 2 ministerial servants and 3 pioneers. Now, let’s take away the kids, the single parents, the sick/old/handicapped and those who are, for lack of better terms, “limited”. This brings the potential adults to 30.
This means that the JWs expect to find one extraordinarily altruistic for every 4 healthy adults. If such ratio is accurate, could we still call them “extraordinary”
Of course not. This is why you end up with so many Narcissistic people in charge. There is simply too many positions to fill against the pool of possible candidates.
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I attended my JWs Grandfathers funeral
by joe134cd ini attended my grandfathers jw funeral the other day.
firstly i am a rabid apostate, and certainly not wt greatest fan.
that been said however, i will certainly stick up for them when they do the right thing.
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StephaneLaliberte
Is this change going on world wide or was this just a one off example.
It largely depends on the congregation. Most will follow the funeral guidline which invites the brothers to limit the personal experience and focus on the spiritual aspect of things. I'd say that in average, I have seen about 20% personal, 80% religious preaching.
There has also been two instances at which a member of the family steped up on the platform, without being invited, and started to talk about their father/mother. This shows that some family members were shocked by the lack of personal content and decided to take the matter in their own hands.
As for me, should I need to prepare my parents funeral, I will make sure to host a small catering event where friends and family will be invited to talk about them. I will not rely on the JW talk.