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  WT Society's Sly Guilt & Fear Tactics on Young People in Nov.15th WT

  by flipper in

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  as many on this board are aware- the wt society is losing younger members in big numbers.

  statistics show that 2 out of 3 jw's raised in the cult leave between the age of 18 to 35. so like they always do- if the wt society sees a " need " or " problem " arising they address it in wt study articles.

  thus notice how manipulative the wt society uses fear, guilt, and put down type comments to intimidate young jehovah's witnesses in this wt study article in nov. 15th issue.. under the titled article " young ones - what will you do with your life ?

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  Nothing is EVER good enough...

  Those hammer talks based on that theme used to affect my ex so badly that one time coming back from an assembly she was trying to throw herself out of the car while I was driving Our daughter was struggling with her holding the lock down so that she couldn't. We were approaching the top of a bridge the site of many suicides. I knew that if I stopped and let her she would have been out of the car and over the side without a second thought. So it is not only the young who are affected
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  I can't really seek professional help. Any self-help suggestions for depression?

  by easyreader1970 in

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  i really don't have the time or the finances for a professional psychiatrist.

  i know i am depressed and i know why.

  the problem, as i have said before in one or two other threads, is that the solution won't really change my depression and may, in fact, make it worse.. so i am resigned to being depressed but would like to know if there are some coping techniques or other suggestions.

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  Is your depression caused by living with a bipolar as reading Grandma's post seems to indicate. If so I may be of some help since I lived with this for for 20 years My wife was bipolar
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  No Sex In the New System - It's Impossible

  by mentallyfree31 in

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  fyi:.

  if you think through the jw belief system, we would have to renounce sexual relations forever to get into the new system.

  jw's believe that those coming back in a resurrection will not be married or given in marriage.

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  Jesus did not say no sex but no marriage. When I was a JW I figured since we would all be perfect then there would be none of the complications like jealousy and disease that there are now when we sleep around. So I imagined one big love fest. Single horny young brother that I was . I really looked forward to the new system
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  Hope for prisoners. Or, why not commit suicide?

  by easyreader1970 in

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  this is copied from a post on reddit.com.

  while i don't (yet) have the urge to remove myself from life, i can understand the hopelessness part of this.. .

  the reason i am making this submission with this title is because i find my life to be mostly similar to a prisoner.

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  I don't see why sucide can't be a rational decision
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  I feel bad about what i just did to my aged mom

  by recovering in

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  i was disfellowshipped when i was 21 (raised as a witness).

  my mother who is now 80 and a diehard witness always hoped that i would return.

  she is concerned that she will soon pass away and the arrangements.

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  Let her think you will go But don't She'll never know (theocratic strategy I learnt as a JW)
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  Is Annihilation of the Unrepentant Wicked Justice?

  by Ding in

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  we all understand the justice argument against hell: the idea that god might decide that a wicked person's sins merit everlasting conscious punishment offends our sense of justice.. do even hitler's sins merit never-ending conscious punishment for all eternity?.

  we know that the wtbts takes an annihilationist view of the "everlasting" punishment described by the bible.. they teach that there is no separate "soul" or "spirit" that survives physical death and that the ultimate fate of the unrepentant wicked is annihilation by jehovah.. let's assume for the sake of argument that they are right.. is this justice?.

  over the years, the wtbts has flip-flopped on whether or not these wicked people will be resurrected for purposes of judgment or whether they simply will remain dead with no hope of any sort of resurrection.. let's look at various possibilities.

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  Please forgive me if I am off topic But I want to take the opportunity to express a thought that puzzles me re everlasting torment. As I understand the term eternal it does not mean unending time but being outside time not subject to time Time being a creation of God had a beginning I can't get my head around a consciousness that is not time based. Being eternal I don't believe it means suffering while you watch the seconds tick by endlessly That would be cruel and not justice
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  Hi Everyone! My introduction.

  by cherrypye in

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  i am a former dub, born and raised and left at the age of 18. i was baptised at nine, aux pioneer, regular pioneer and around 16 started to see the light.

  my parents give me the heave-ho the day i hit 18 (at midnight, to be precise.

  ) i was marked at 17 for dating a "worldly".

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  Wow Cherrypye Your a legend. So many of us sacrifice our life present and future to the past but not you You took the lousy hand you were dealt and became a winner. An inspiration to us all.

  Re your Mum She can't give you what she has not got to give but as I'm sure you already know you can break the cycle and love your children unconditionally
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  Toilet quandries: The seat: Up/Down and Toilet paper direction

  by Terry in

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  those who have lived with the opposite sex know of the frustration of being lectured about some triviality.. the toilet seat/paper controversy is among the most inflammatory.. men who forget to put the toilet seat back down inspire anger, rage, resentment and the stern lecture.. the easiest solution is to train the man to always sit down when he goes.. .

  others argue over the direction of the toilet paper: forward overlap or backward underlap.. .

  how do you deal with these issues and how violent do you become?.

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  After forty years or so of marching around announcing that they can do anything a man can do, I can't figure out why women still need us to operate the toilet seat for them.

  I'm with Jefft on this one. Before use... Man leaves it up Woman puts it down . Woman leaves it down man puts it up. It's not rocket science girls!
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  can we talk "public apostacy" for a moment?

  by chickpea in

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  how public have you been as an apostate in your community, where your activities.

  that are decidedly contrary to the bleatings of the b0rg and publicized?.

  i am about to commit a humdinger of a display of worldliness, with potential for.

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  Was interviewed on SBS which was televised all over Australia. Definately burnt any bridges back . One Elder I ran into in the shopping centre , turntailed and ran, mumbling something about Satan. Seems I must have grown some horns
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  Children of 1975

  by d in

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  what was it like to live in the 1950's 1960's and early 70's as a jehovah witness.when they started to push the 1975 date..

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  Luo bou to

  Children of 75 of which I was one.... listen to me.... don't take Debator seriously..... As Woody Allen said Never argue with a fool, they will lower you to their level and then beat you with experience