One elderly man who had been "anointed" for years explained, "It's just like how you know if you're a boy or if you're a girl!"
Somehow, that didn't clear things up for me...
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Stories you've heard from what makes one believe they are 'anointed'.
by EndofMysteries init's funny, how the bible describes it is far different from those i had spoken with or heard about.
let's all start listing the many different stories.
i'll start.
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New sad song: 0940 Our Spiritual Mother
by 9.40am inyou might like our new song on you tube titled '0940 our spiritual mother' about the experience her 'children' have had as jehovah's witnesses.
it's a reworded version of mother (pink floyd) set to new and historic watchtower images.. some who've already seen it have been kind enough to describe it as 'incredibly sad', 'powerful' and even 'poignant'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3krimouav0&feature=youtu.be .
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....yup.
Good job, thanks.
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Thought Reform and the Psychology of the 'Safeguard Your Heart!' 2012 Convention
by breakfast of champions into make attendance at my second district convention "mentally out" both a little more bearable and meaningful, i decided to take some notes of key points as if i were an outsider studying the thought reform methods of jehovah's witnesses.
at first, i was only going to share these notes with my therapist, but inspired by the "parsing the watchtower double-speak" thread, i figured i would share my amateur analysis with everyone.
here are some of the highlights:.
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mostlydead
Brilliant definition, figurative heart=self-concept. Thank you very much for that!
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Russia:Moscow May 22: "Earlier, the claimants stated that the watchdog's orders were unlawful, as publishing and distributing media are its core economic activities"
by BroMac inhttp://rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20120522/263233138.html.
moscow, may 22 - rapsi.
the moscow district federal commercial court has suspended until may 29 its hearing of jehovah's witnesses' complaint about the ban on its awake!
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/15/kremlin-purge-russia-internet-western-influences
It may not be as easy as passing out an URL. Anti-extremism laws are being used to control internet content as well...
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Sleep Paralysis
by NewChapter inthis subject has come up on several different threads, and i thought it might make an interesting topic.
i've experienced sleep paralysis since i was quite little, but didn't know what it was until i was in my 30's.
since this is often mistaken for demons or alien visits, it sometimes soothes people to know that others experience it and there is a scientific explanation.. when it happens, it is extremely real.
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Berengaria, not sure if it's the same as night terrors. One of my daughters had night terrors as a young child, but she would have no recollection of them at all the next day—not even of having had a bad dream. This sleep paralysis seems to be something people recall quite vividly, sometimes for years after.
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Sleep Paralysis
by NewChapter inthis subject has come up on several different threads, and i thought it might make an interesting topic.
i've experienced sleep paralysis since i was quite little, but didn't know what it was until i was in my 30's.
since this is often mistaken for demons or alien visits, it sometimes soothes people to know that others experience it and there is a scientific explanation.. when it happens, it is extremely real.
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mostlydead
I experienced this quite a lot when I was an older teenager. I'd come home from work and/or pioneering in the afternoon and be so exhausted I just had to sleep for a while. It would always happen during these nap times. I'd come to consciousness, but couldn't open my eyes or move or breathe. I felt like if I didn't open my eyes or move in some way I was going to die...literally. I'd have to summon up every ounce of strength and force my eyes open. The feeling would be gone instantly, but sometimes I'd fall back to sleep (probably never really woke up at all!) and the whole cycle would start over. I've also had teeth grinding problems, and dreaming that my top front teeth were locked behind the bottom teeth and I couldn't resist the urge to keep pushing until I thought I was going to break them. But I experienced those dreams as a separate issue from the sleep paralysis. For some reason, I never thought it was demons, and never experienced a "presence". I'm sure I would have been freaked out of my mind if I had!
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The THIRST for the Totalitarian......for ALL
by Terry intotal anything is everything.. total control of you is totalitarianism.
it controls everything about you.. .
why do some crave to be thus controlled?
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Excellent post Terry. "When men who judge you cannot be judged the problem consumes all." This is one reason many of us feel a sense of exhileration when the legal system investigates any part of the organization. It's the one entity that they still must answer to, and hope springs eternal that they'll finally be judged as they themselves judge.
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My son was murdered today
by truman ini have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.
i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.
maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.
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mostlydead
My sincere condolances, truman. Thinking of you and your family on this most difficult day and hoping that the outpouring of love and support on this board provides a measure of comfort and peace.
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Help.. was the 8/15/68 WT altered later?
by Norcal_Sun inhello, i am doing some research on 1975 again, and i came across this on a couple different sites:.
are we to assume from this study that the battle of armageddon will be all over by the autumn of 1975, and the long-looked-for thousand-year reign of christ will begin by then?
possibly, but we wait to see how closely the seventh thousand-year period of man's existence coincides with the sabbathlike thousand-year reign of christ.
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mostlydead
Good resource, Haelcer. Thanks!
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I'm feeling rather lonely and down today.
by PaintedToeNail ini'm rather down today, feeling like my relationship with husband is sad, we don't have anything in common anymore.
i'm feeling outmoded, old and lonely.
just verbalizing what i can't say to anyone else.. .
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mostlydead
My husband is still very much in too, in fact it seems like he's doing more now than he ever has in our 30+ year marraige. This has been bothering me a lot more lately, and I'm trying to figure out why. No flashes of insight yet about that, but in the meantime, I try to keep from dwelling on it. I've allowed myself to explore some hobbies/interests that I never did while "waiting for the new system" and use the time he's gone to meetings and service to enrich my life in other ways. We don't have a whole lot in common anymore, but we still do share a similar sense of humor which is a big thing on a day to day basis. We also have a long history and kids together. I've been out about 6 years now, and I have to say that some things are easier now, and I'm glad I didn't throw in the towel on our relationship like I felt doing a while back. There's a lot of loss and change when one mate leaves this religion. Time helps you assess what's left and what can be improved.