shouldn't this site really be called "ex jw" instead or something like that??
(in my country the eqivalent site is called "the support source").. isn't the name a bit misleading since most of us aren't jws anymore and doesn't want anything to do with them?.
just my thought.
if they named it any different, they wouldnt nearly get their jollies off as much by attacking pro-JW viewpoints (even for people that have many negative points as well... NO PRO JW POINTS ALLOWED HERE!)
seriously, its named to draw JWs in. thats it.
if it was ex-jws.net it would just them.
purps, its like you are afraid...
...and makes it say what they want it to in order to fit their doctrines???
nearly every jw and non would answer no!
i wish i had started off my last elder visit with that question.
you mean like every so called christian religion out there?
doesn't it just make you sick to your stomach?.
dozens of doctrine changes that effect the lives of the rank and file: the fds are only imperfect men and didn't understand the bible truths at the time.. pedophiles that are protected or not reported and allowed to stay in the congregation: these men are imperfect and this sin isn't unique to jws.
the organisation has it's problems just like any other...they are not perfect after all.. all their prophesies - failed: the fds are only imperfect men and have never claimed to be a prophet.. i am truly sick of this overused excuse.
reinna brings up some interesting points and arguments...
of course the banhammer is asked for.
anyway, they ARE imperfect. imperfect men running a perfect organization.
i cringe at that statement. however, "the light gets brighter" makes sense, i am sure they couldnt get it all right off the bat.
problem is, they dont admit it nearly as much as they should.
As it stands, they have doctrinal stuff right miles above any other organization. But their other bullshit kinda ruins it all.
wt november 1st has a two page article on how the early sahidic coptic version of the new testament translated god with an indefinite article in john 1:1 and argues this supports the new world translation's rendering "and the word was a god".
online witness apologists have been using this piece of evidence in support of the nwt for a few years now.
in particular solomon landers promoted the coptic version of john 1:1 in discussions with evangelicals and other who oppose witness theology.
hehe, so, if you defend the WT translation of john 1:1, you are automatically a "watchtower apologist" ??? I fucking hate the watchtower, but logically, what seems right, seems right... to label anyone is many times a sure sign of insecurity.
this is something i've thought about over and over in my mind.
anyone df or da are viewed by active jws as "dead when armageddon comes".
are they waiting for us to die?.
you people are so bent on the witnesses all being bent on us dying, wanting to kill us, etc...
its all projection.
for the most part, witnesses just want to see people "repent" - it is offensive enough to be called "unrepentant sinners" - no sense in projecting an additional psychopathy to them, that is likely not mostly true.
some exjws carry the persecution complex with them
this article must have passed me by before (taken from the "jws and shrinks" thread).
now i understand the mechanics of cult mind control, i can see precisely why they make the statements highlighted in bold.
it does make me question whether the governing body are cognizant of their use of mind control.
besides the very last sentence, i dont see the problem.
mental health providers are all too often, drug pushers.
once your kids move out.....and you hit midlife crap..........just how much do you or should you do this?.....here in usa......times are pretty awful moneywise/workwise.......i just feel the need to downsize bigtime..........anybody gone supersimple and are now superhappier??........thanks......oompa.
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simplifying your life was one of the positive things the witnesses instilled in me - and i think its just best to kinda ignore ads for the latest and greatest things, and love what you have.
as a musician/producer this is difficult for me, for instance, but i think the end product is much more important than the gear that got you there :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkaylufnd1k.
awesome!
more fodder for the mentally weak!
six years - six years of this shit i've gone over and over, and i am officially done.
there are plenty of flame warriors out there to push people in the right direction.
barring that, common-sense will surely prevail for the rest.
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To those that do want out of this cult, and are still unhappy, you really need to take responsibility for your happiness - something someone probably never taught you - and do something about it. If you don't, you will remain unhappy in this stupid fucked up high control group for the rest of your life. Or better, a whiney ornerey lonely drunk."
this much is true
they have a law saying everyone should have candles in their windows when a certain saint festival happens.. i wonder what jws will do.
PROABBLY THEY WILL TURN OFF THEIR CAPS LOCK INSTEAD
