Psychotic Parrot

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  Is the internet hurting new JW recruits?

  by JimmyPage in

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  if someone came to your door with a religious message and you were attracted to it, would you immediately google the religion and find out its pros and cons?.

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  Psychotic Parrot

  I wouldn't be attracted to it. If i were to feel attracted to it, i'd go to the doctor & ask for an MRI scan of my brain.
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  JW hijacked sisters my wedding

  by artemis.design in

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  just a few months ago my little jw sister got married at 19. i remember how excited she was when she started planning the wedding.

  both she and her partner made it clear that there were lots of none jw's present (myself included) so it was not to be a "theocratic" event.

  none of those stupid plays or performances.

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  My sister's wedding (at age 20, to a 35 year old divorcee) was 4 days after 9/11. It was quite liberal for a j-dub wedding, partly because i think everyone was in party mode cause they thought 9/11 meant the great tribulation had started
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  Do JWs pave the way for Agnosticism/Atheism? My story.

  by Open mind in

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  2. beliefs

  most j.w.s i grew up around werent superstitious.

  friday the 13th, walking under ladders and spilled salt were for the blind and the ignorant.

  we had been set free and knew better.. to be sure, some j.w.s had their own special theocratic superstitions.

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  Psychotic Parrot

  Yes they do.

  I was raised a j-dub from birth to 18.

  I'm now an atheist.

  I would like to thank the watchtower organisation for making it so clear to me that God doesn't exist.

  Cheers
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  How much age difference

  by John Doe in

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  2. relationships

  is socially acceptable for dating people?

  is there a double standard?.

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  I'm 21 & i regularly date girls half my age
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  The small mental world of j-dubs

  by Psychotic Parrot in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i will have a conversation with a j-dub in which i will attempt to understand why they are so certain that they are in the troof.

  the conversation will usually involve myself asking them how they know they are the true christian religion.. the answer?

  "we are the only ones doing god's will!".

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  Psychotic Parrot

  It's impossible to have a thread like this without throwing in that all important phrase... cognitive dissonance

  I think it's basically that which causes them to be so closed to ideas.
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  The small mental world of j-dubs

  by Psychotic Parrot in

  1. jw
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  i will have a conversation with a j-dub in which i will attempt to understand why they are so certain that they are in the troof.

  the conversation will usually involve myself asking them how they know they are the true christian religion.. the answer?

  "we are the only ones doing god's will!".

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  I will have a conversation with a j-dub in which i will attempt to understand why they are so certain that they are in the troof. The conversation will usually involve myself asking them how they know they are the true christian religion.

  The answer? "We are the only ones doing God's will!"

  I will accept this conditionally. It isn't neccessarily true, but i will accept it for the sake of argument, as it is at least something that they can back up with their own bizarre interpretation of scripture.

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  I will then ask them how they know that they are the only ones doing God's will.

  The answer? "We are the only ones following the bible correctly!"

  Once again, i will accept this conditionally (even though it cannot possibly be true, since the bible is open to wild interpretation), as it is at least something that they can back up with their own bizarre interpretation of scripture.

  But then here comes the roadblock!

  !!! !!! !!! !!!

  I will finally ask them how they know that the bible is God's word.

  The answer? *insert baffled j-dub face here*

  The simple fact is this: the very thought that the bible isn't God's word never even enters their mind. It is a non-question to them. You may as well ask them how they know that grass is green. They simply cannot think beyond their own little mental world where the bible is God's word simply because in that little world it is God's word, period.

  It is like they are stuck on their own little sphere, or a planet if you will. They cannot go upwards & break away from the gravitational pull of that planet because the planet's gravity (the thought that the bible is God's word) is simply too strong. The result is that no matter how much they think, or how far or fast they move across the surface, they only ever end up going round & round in circles on their own little mental planet, but never actually manage to leave the planet altogether.

  I simply cannot understand how someone can confine their mind so much, it scares me.
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  will those crazy j-dubs ever learn?

  by Psychotic Parrot in

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  they're all over this video!.

  as if it means that we are nearer the end.

  and yet in this video the u.n. appears to be attempting (in a rather lame way) to protect religion, & those crazy j-dubs are interpreting it as a sign that the u.n. will soon destroy religion.

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  Then why are they all over what's happening now if what's happening now is irrelevant? They're clutching at straws. There really is nothing going on in the U.N. It's a non-entity.

  And to jookbeard, my inbox appears to be empty
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  will those crazy j-dubs ever learn?

  by Psychotic Parrot in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they're all over this video!.

  as if it means that we are nearer the end.

  and yet in this video the u.n. appears to be attempting (in a rather lame way) to protect religion, & those crazy j-dubs are interpreting it as a sign that the u.n. will soon destroy religion.

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  Psychotic Parrot

  lol
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  will those crazy j-dubs ever learn?

  by Psychotic Parrot in

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  they're all over this video!.

  as if it means that we are nearer the end.

  and yet in this video the u.n. appears to be attempting (in a rather lame way) to protect religion, & those crazy j-dubs are interpreting it as a sign that the u.n. will soon destroy religion.

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  They're all over this video!

  As if it means that we are nearer the end. And yet in this video the U.N. appears to be attempting (in a rather lame way) to protect religion, & those crazy j-dubs are interpreting it as a sign that the U.N. will soon destroy religion. THE 100% POLAR OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING!

  Christ almighty what is wrong with these morons!?
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  What do you know "without googling" about the reputed mechanisms for evolution?

  by gubberningbody in

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  2. friends

  i see people take positions all day long and i rather suspect both sides are woefully ignorant.. i read and hear people speak of the volumes of data pro or con and when i ask for specific examples of what each may be referring to, i am often met with silence.. .

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  Psychotic Parrot

  gubberningbody, are you a troll?