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  My first week here ...thoughts

  by emy the infidel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been hear for about a week now, and have not been is such a strange mental place since i was a witness.

  it has been good, the programming still kicks in however, but i'm getting less and less afraid to reason with it.

  i got my coc book yesterday.... i sat looking at it and thinking of all the years i avoided it, mischaracterized and marginalized it, w/out having any specific knowledge of what was actually in it.

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  Thanks to everyone for their support! This week has been dramatic, and I'm not a dramatic type person. But, I threw it out for all to see.

  RollerDave, you got it exactly right:

  "Isn't that thought-shutdown process that keeps you from seeing the bullshit in one compartment of your life just a beast?

  Stopping it is such an effort as it is rooted in all of your subconscious habits, the stuff you do without even thinking about it.

  It's as if the WTS has installed 'antivirus' software in your brain, only its WTS Antidoubt V1.9.14!" LOL LOL When WTS Anitdoubt V1.9.14 kicked in...get this...

  I would get a mental image from some old WT study article about apostates, of a woman screaming clasping at her face looking up. It's been 22 yrs!!!!!!! Yes it's twisted and illogical. But uninstalling it is going fine. The power of the mind.....

  We'll talk politics some time RollerDave.
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  My first week here ...thoughts

  by emy the infidel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been hear for about a week now, and have not been is such a strange mental place since i was a witness.

  it has been good, the programming still kicks in however, but i'm getting less and less afraid to reason with it.

  i got my coc book yesterday.... i sat looking at it and thinking of all the years i avoided it, mischaracterized and marginalized it, w/out having any specific knowledge of what was actually in it.

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  Sure golf2, and you be yourself too. thanks
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  My first week here ...thoughts

  by emy the infidel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been hear for about a week now, and have not been is such a strange mental place since i was a witness.

  it has been good, the programming still kicks in however, but i'm getting less and less afraid to reason with it.

  i got my coc book yesterday.... i sat looking at it and thinking of all the years i avoided it, mischaracterized and marginalized it, w/out having any specific knowledge of what was actually in it.

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  nvrgnbck-- I enjoy your posts too! That 'hat wearing multitude' gave me a good chuckle. I look forward to many more.

  stillin74-- Your wife threw away you book! Aaaaahhhy! Sheesh. I just started CoC this morning and am up to his examination of the yearly reports, baptisms vs active publishers. It is eye opening the amount of people who leave. Perhaps some never should've been there in the first place, but the majority of those no doubt leave over the strong arm tactics feeling as though they are the failure, psychologically harmed. I was part of that group, and have had a distrust of religion in general since. Therein lies the paradox, still clinging to the beliefs to the point of rejection of anything other than what officials of the group say, and unable to trust anything anyone else has to say (stockholm syd.). I think we've solved it all now. Thanks so much for your kind words and I look forward to seeing your posts as we continue to roll on.
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  My first week here ...thoughts

  by emy the infidel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been hear for about a week now, and have not been is such a strange mental place since i was a witness.

  it has been good, the programming still kicks in however, but i'm getting less and less afraid to reason with it.

  i got my coc book yesterday.... i sat looking at it and thinking of all the years i avoided it, mischaracterized and marginalized it, w/out having any specific knowledge of what was actually in it.

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  I have been hear for about a week now, and have not been is such a strange mental place since I was a witness. It has been good, the programming still kicks in however, but I'm getting less and less afraid to reason with it. I got my CoC book yesterday...

  I sat looking at it and thinking of all the years I avoided it, mischaracterized and marginalized it, w/out having any specific knowledge of what was actually in it. If the truth is the truth, nothing Ray F. or anyone else says will change that. In fact, how could anyone honestly devote their entire life to an organization, w/o examining all sides of the issue? But that's what I did at one time, and probably a lot of you did as well.

  The scary thing is the mind games that I'm becoming aware of, that were played and held me firmly for many years after leaving. As I've posted, I changed and grew dramatically over the years, acquired vast amounts of higher education and critical thinking skills and have become accomplished in many areas. But that compartment of my life remained unchanged, unquestioned and unquestionable. A self-imposed unconscious 'purgatory' of sorts. The block that my experience as a witness left in that 'compartment', caused a shut down in that area. If that's not kinda of scary, I don't know what is. Thanks to all of you and your candid and encouraging posts that helped me to get motivated to clear the cobwebs off.

  You meet all kinds here, and I love reading the posts. It's interesting to see people in all phases of witnoos-dom, hear experiences and have some good laughs.

  Thanks guys! emy
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  ATTN WT MONITORS!! Enforcement Action Needed NOW!!

  by Open mind in

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  2. friends

  there is a disturbing trend in my area that desperately needs attention from headquarters.

  congregations are getting together for picnics, parties, "fun nights", etc.

  this shocking disregard for theocratic order reached a head recently when what should have been termed a "get together" was flagrantly referred to as "the congregation picnic"!!!

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  BrentR "That is why JW's can't have sex standing up. It could lead to dancing."

  You seem knowledgable about the wrongdoing(s) that occur at these revelries, is there something you want to confess to?
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  ATTN WT MONITORS!! Enforcement Action Needed NOW!!

  by Open mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is a disturbing trend in my area that desperately needs attention from headquarters.

  congregations are getting together for picnics, parties, "fun nights", etc.

  this shocking disregard for theocratic order reached a head recently when what should have been termed a "get together" was flagrantly referred to as "the congregation picnic"!!!

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  SHOCKING! Hopefully they're smart enough to send in diligent spys to identify the ring-leaders.

  Let the denounciations being!
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  New RBC arrangements/directives

  by bud2114 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i joined awhile back and haven't posted much - just lurking like many others.

  for the past year or so i have been trying my best to fade away sooner rather than later, but the wife and most of our family have decades of involvement in this mess and well, it's difficult.

  little by little i have been sowing seeds of doubt and it does seem to be working somewhat.

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  Who holds the deeds on these properties?
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  Sep KM Question box: Research on the internet is disrespecting the slave

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  well folks, if anyone here thought that the fds weren't being explicit about researching websites or checking the accuracy of the nw bible, you should have been in our hall.. some choice quotes from the "glorious ones".

  the faithful and discreet slave gives us everything we need.

  if we disrespect the slave we are disobeying jehovah god.. .

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  I'm sorry Gary....for all your losses (not that you're not a bum on the streetcorner!).

  Sad to see that after all these years of being away, nothing has changed at all.
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  yoga/ vegetarianism are religions

  by tula in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  some of the jw's i know think yoga is spiritism and can be df for practicing.

  others say it is question of conscience.

  what is general concenus here for your kh group?.

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  I eat vegetarians. Isn't that even better?
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  A muslim guide to countering Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Cindi_67 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i found this website interesting.

  they have scans of very old magazines and books, countering jw's beliefs and exposing failures.. thought you all might want to read this.. http://www.jamaat.net/comp/jw/jw.html.

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  emy the infidel

  

  That pretty much sums it up.