The Berean

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  What Were Your Consequences For Leaving The "Truth"???

  by minimus in

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  was it as bad as everyone says, that if you leave the organization, you'll go back to the world, get into trouble and suffer?.

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  The Berean

  My greatest challenge for decades is totally severing myself from an insanity that probably will never leave.

  How many recall the movie "Beautiful Mind"? Based on real events, John Nash never achieved mental health until late in life when he came to understand that the voices and people who had controlled his existence for decades were no more than an illusion. A key line included the revelation that the young girl who was influencing him "isn't real" because even after many years "she never gets old."

  What has helped me the most was recalling that when John admitted, when asked, that although phantoms over his shoulder might always be talking to him he had no choice but to ignor them ignor.

  It's possible but at the same time difficut to eradicate brands forcibly burned into a psyche by selfish herders.

  But just as in the movie, once one does, great things are possible
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  Hackers and Attorneys?

  by The Berean in

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  i wonder if there are jw internet hackers working underground at the wtbts to intercept, sanitize, or delete any information which might be damaging to the image of the organization.

  also, might i assume that gb attorneys are at the switch ready to threaten any whisleblowers with law-suits in order to discourage sharing of potential negative evidence?.

  has anyone experienced such supression?.

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  The Berean

  I wonder if there are JW internet hackers working underground at the WTBTS to intercept, sanitize, or delete any information which might be damaging to the image of the organization. Also, might I assume that GB attorneys are at the switch ready to threaten any whisleblowers with law-suits in order to discourage sharing of potential negative evidence?

  Has anyone experienced such supression?
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  Hi

  by First Last in

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  i'm new here and couldn't find a forum for introductions.

  so here it is... i'm tom.

  born in 73 to jw parents, left home when i was 17 because of the mind control.

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  The Berean

  Hi Tom:

  I'm 62 years old and have watched several generations of JWs come ... and go. I have many things to share, but will only do so when you are settled in and only IF you wish.
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  have your kids screwed u over bad?...stolen from you?...how often?.....

  by oompa in

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  i gotta tell you.....it hurts....bad!.........one kid could never do it ever....one can't seem to stop......i recently told him "showing your sorry is way more important that saying it again".....it just sucks...........oompa.

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  Perhaps the important thing is not to blame ourselves for choices people make simply because they are our offspring. I have two boys. One is a financially successful businessman (and Elder) and one just got out of prison ... penniless. I did read a survey yesterday that claims adults without children are reportedly happier. One of the reasons cited was a lack of stress generated by the next generation. Maybe some of the JWs got that part of it right by rufusing to have kids. (Or maybe they're just too repressed to have sex.)
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  WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ANGIOSPERMS DURING NOAH'S FLOOD

  by badboy in

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  there are 300,000 species in the world,so what happened to them during the flood?.

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  The Berean

  Noah's wife did the motherly thing and stored them in her bank ...
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  How Should We Deal With "Pirates"?

  by minimus in

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  i'm talking of sea pirates..

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  Send the looters to Pittsburgh to play with those Pirates. They'll all drown with that sinking ship ...
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  Can a jw get disfellowshiped for eating easter eggs?

  by badboy in

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  only wondering.

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  The Berean

  Only if Easter falls during "that time of the month"
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  MEMORIAL SHOCK!!!!--- Part 2

  by african GB Member in

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  a few days ago i started a thread about a "brother" who is climbing jw corporate ladder in the speed of lightning...he was only baptised recently, but already "anointed" and therefore partaking..... well, at this year's memorial we were subjected to an emotional showoff...his wife cried her lungs out as he partook....apparently she is upset at the fact that they won't be together in the new system, because he will be in heaven and she will be on earth!!!.

  a lot of people in our cong were also touched and almost half of them were in tears....i have to say that it looked so convincing that even the worldlies will think that this is the truth....

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  The Berean

  Who are we kidding?

  The KHs are controlled by and for women. How many husbands and children would join such an organization without some wife and Mother making life miserable by beating the same drum of association constantly.

  Mrs. annointed is likely crying because she is losing CONTROL. She can no longer get her way because hubby now claims to have a better "bride class" to put up with. She's been dumped! At her age w here else is she going to find another sap to put under obligation for giving up her virtue way back when? No more guilt for this dude. After probably being bagered to join up in the first place by this "Eve" , the old man can now can drink all the wine he wants and spend the bread she was counting on after his death and she can't even bitch! She is no longer always right!

  BACKFIRE!

  PS Do any others see the wisdom of claiming to be of the "Anointed" even if you believe it is all a crock?
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  Did you ever feel "Gods' Holy Spirit"?

  by Quirky1 in

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  i can actually say i never did.....

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  The Berean

  I must confess that as a youngster I did feel up "Holly's skirt" and it was my first glimpse of heaven.
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  Does the rapid end of paper news forbode a crisis for the WT?

  by jamiebowers in

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  according to this article, not all papers will be gone, and some that are gone was due to mismanagement more than the bad economy: http://www.slate.com/id/2215154/?gt1=38001.

  that being said, i'm sure the wb&ts will do whatever is most profitable for them, as usual..

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  The Berean

  Proibably not. The sign on the Societies back door reads "the scene of the world is changing."

  All the WTBTS would have to remind followers of is that early Christians had no printed material, only word of mouth.

  Also, my experience in the org is that the term crisis is interpreted: "proof of being a chosen one."