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  As A Former JW Are You Patriotic At All?

  by minimus in

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  jehovah’s witnesses were drilled with the idea that all governments are from satan and that we should have nothing to do with anything involving support of the government, voting, or political talk for one party or another.. now that you are out, is patriotism important to you?

  is voting important to you?

  are you supportive of your country?.

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  What is a guy like me to do? Born in Panama, from a Venezuelan mother and a German father, raised in Honduras and now living in Germany. Yes, that Honduras and that Venezuela.

  To be honest, having lived in ALL of those countries at different times of my life, I learned to love them and appreciate them, but it was always hard to be patriotic per se. I consider myself a citizen of the world, and I've learned that it is more about the people and not the subjective concept of "nation". In every country I have lived, I have found lovely people, as well as people who were relatively easy to despise.

  Do I vote here in Germany? Of course I do! I am part of this society now, so I participate in it.

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  Who Do You Think Is HOTTTT?

  by minimus in

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  what attracts you in a male or female?

  give me an example or better yet a pic to tell me what you like.😈.

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  Elizabeth Lail from Netflix' You.
  
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  Naked JW;s - the saga continues

  by Moster in

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  naked and not alone.

  https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nfl/people-involved-in-naked-kidnapping-have-disorder-court/ar-bbreoq7?ocid=calheader.

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  Nutters!
  
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  Yesterday's WT slip up

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when the israelites left egypt in 1513 b.c.e., they may have numbered more than three million.

  spanning three or even four generations.

  🤭.

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  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/193970/bowel-movements-israel-campament

  Yeah, it was neither a nice picture or a pleasant smell...
  
  
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  Explain Your Avatar

  by new boy in

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  i know this thread has been done before.

  however maybe some of the new comers might like to know.. my avatar is the cover of my first novel "your crazy life.

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  This is just me at the Mas Palomas Dunes in las Palmas, Canary Islands.
  
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  "We don't do that" - Serena Williams talking about celebrating birthdays

  by vivalavida in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i guess you can be physically out, like in a huge way, but definitely mentally in.. serena williams claims she won't be celebrating her daughter's first birthday.. i did know people like that, raised as a jw but never actually baptizing.

  that didn't mean they were not messed up in the head though..

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  @blisterfeet - Yes, it is amazing how little is necessary to actually mess up a kids mind. In my opinion the problem has to do with the fact that kids trust their parents. They're their first contact with the world at large, so what they say or teach, goes. By the time they're old enough to think by themselves, it requires a concerted effort to eliminate those beliefs.

  @pale.emperor & diogenesister - EXACTLY!!
  
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  "We don't do that" - Serena Williams talking about celebrating birthdays

  by vivalavida in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i guess you can be physically out, like in a huge way, but definitely mentally in.. serena williams claims she won't be celebrating her daughter's first birthday.. i did know people like that, raised as a jw but never actually baptizing.

  that didn't mean they were not messed up in the head though..

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  I guess you can be physically out, like in a huge way, but definitely mentally in.

  Serena Williams claims she won't be celebrating her daughter's first birthday.

  I did know people like that, raised as a JW but never actually baptizing. That didn't mean they were not messed up in the head though.
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  Alex Jones, Infowars Ban on Youtube, FB and other platforms

  by pleaseresearch in

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  what are you thoughts on this?.

  i find this alarming because jones was very outspoken and had great guests on discussing topics most other media outlets wouldn't go near.. the fact that many have restricted him access to their medium what does this say on our freedoms of speech?.

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  He should just move to Dlive.io and actually make more money with his videos. Like the Hodge Twins did.
  
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  Apostasy Movie

  by The Fall Guy in

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  i found it extremely accurate, and as such, not a pleasant experience.

  merely reinforced my certainty regarding the org's venomous teachings & practices.. a very well made film for non-jw's to get a good insight into the minds & attitudes of the cult and its members, but not really one i'd urge faders to go and see.

  victim returning to the scene of the crime scenario.. opinions will differ..

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  Rodrigo, the British use "cheers" also as a synonym to "thanks" or "thank you".
  
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  Cotton wool jws

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  there was a talk i heard recently given by a top bethel bro, he was complaining that the type of young jws that have been joining bethel in recent years has been totally unfit for work or even life.

  he called them "cotton wool jws" as he says that the parents of these young ones have kept them so sheltered from life that by the time they are of age to strike out on their own they are completely unable to cope socially, emotionally, mentally and that they have no practical life's skills or instincts of common sense or responsibility.

  he said that the brothers at bethel have to work at peeling off the layers of cotton wool these ones have come wrapped in and that often when exposed to the reality of life away from mummy they quite literally go running back home.. for once i actually agree with a brother on the platform, i've met many a young teen or young adult whose life has been one long warm bath as it were.

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  I guess they are the result of a type of helicopter parenting lots of universities have been complaining about.

  The problem is not limited to just JW Kids though, but it is more a general western society thing. So much so that even Jordan Peterson assigns one of his 12 rules for life to this, namely, his 5th rule "Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them".

  But as spiral mentioned, JW kids have a huge disadvantage on top of this for "striving to not be part of the world".