Well folks, so far I would rate this thread as an absolute " 10". Ya gotta admit that at least 2 people have been served well today.
My 2 cents worth.
NMG
i decided to take in my first meeting today in an effort to better understand my girlfriend's family.
to be honest, i am not looking forward to this at all.
i know most all the people i am going to meet are nice and mean well.
Well folks, so far I would rate this thread as an absolute " 10". Ya gotta admit that at least 2 people have been served well today.
My 2 cents worth.
NMG
a huge announcement will be made in the end of watchtower study next weekend.
we may post here the main issue soon.
JWRESEARCH WELCOME TO JWD.......ENJOY
NMG
...cult, a cult, an f***ing cult!!!!
(had to get that out of my system (no-pun intended)
i've been visiting this site for a week or so and it just hit me.
WELCOME TO JWD!!! You can vent your spleen to your hearts' content here. And , oh yes, don't worry about bleeding to death, the blood issue is not an ISSUE here.
NMG
im just wondering because it seems like you have no hope.
please set me straight.
I am no longer a Theist, I enjoy the life I have now as I have not been given any PROOF of another life to come. I am existing in a body that serves me well and I enjoy all the comforts that it gives me. I have seen NO evidence that proves to me that any other existance is out there. Whether it be a spirit body or a resurrected body. If there were to be a heavenly HOPE, then what satisfaction would there be to living that way?
Theism makes absolutely no sense to me any longer. Live your life now and enjoy every waking day of it.
NMG
in steve hassan's book, " combatting cult mind control" - one of the points that assisted me the most is understanding that all cult members have a " cult " personality which turns on when defending their faith, and they have an authentic, non - cult personality they were born with- the personality they had before being programmed by the jehovah's witnesses or any other " cult".
how is this dual cult/ authentic personality manifest ?
hassan mentions in his book that, " one moment the person is speaking cultic jargon with a hostile or elitist know-it-all attitude .
Fliiper, you have a PM.
NMG
this is going to be fun !
being raised for 44 years in the witnesses myself as i'm sure many of you heard rumored experiences dealing with celebrities.
funny stuff !
The sone, " Crystal Blue Persausion", by Tommy James and the Shondells was about the " Truth Book". he was a newly converted JW. Listen to the lyrics and you'' see what I mean.
Don Ho, of Tiny Bubbles fame, was playing at his local venue in Hawaii. There happened to be a jw convention in town and he observed that there were many dubs in his audience. He asked them to leave....
President Eisenhower's mother was a jw.
NMG
i have been lurking here since last fall.. i had done a 2 year bible study and finally sort of mentally lost it ( study nights, clean house, constant worrying).. i was looking for a reason to quit and told my study teacher ( an elder and wife) that i would not dedicate myself to an organization , so they could forget about me being baptised.
no one speaks to me now even though i was not baptized.
they said i "knew enough".
WELCOME to JWD!!!
Eyes are being opened to the TROOF!!!
NMG
I always had this feeling that in the original Dracula movie that there was a sexual undertone to the act of the drinking of the blood.....Sucking the neck, an extreme HICKEY??? MMmmmm do you get my thought?
NMG
i came to realize smoking had me under control.
i didnt have it under control.
i dont like being told what to do especially by inanimate objects.
IP_SEC..... Good suggestions, the part of with coffee and beer hits home.
Thanks
NMG
i came to realize smoking had me under control.
i didnt have it under control.
i dont like being told what to do especially by inanimate objects.
IP_SEC........I don't know if you've read my thread on CHANTIX, I am still trying to wuit but i can't take that med any more. How did YOU quit?? Just need some help here as I see many others quit and I just want info.
Thanks
NMG