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  my JW brother's reply on facebook? what should I say next

  by Found Sheep in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was my poststrong conviction does not make your belief true, people die for lies every daythis is his-you're spot on.

  truth really matters:.

  john 17:17 - god's word is truth.

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  Found Sheep

  I didn't write it for my brother to be honest didn't think he ever read my posts... His reasoning is so flawed! wondering what everyone else thought of it on my facebook. There is only one other JW and him on my facebook. I deleted them all yesterday before this post because I was shunned by someone that was on it... I was dissapointed reading his post seeing how IN he is. So far no response to my question "does truth change" I don't think he will
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  I pray to the snow god...

  by Newborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...that he will calm the snowstorms over europe so that i can get to my family for christmas!!.

  keep your fingers crossed for me please!.

  newborn.

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  Found Sheep

  be safe - I guess i'm doing my part it has been snowing for a month now at my home USA so maybe it will just stay here
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  Probably going to be DFed for "apostasy" soon

  by WontLeave in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i've been doing a lot of research lately and decided i'm not going to allow the losers in cheap suits to order me around like their dog.

  they are not masters of my faith and have no authority to 'lord it over' me.. all the same, many even of the rulers actually put faith in him, but because of the pharisees they would not confess [him], in order not to be expelled from the synagogue; for they loved the glory of men more than even the glory of god.

  - john 12:42-43 .

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  Found Sheep

  Congrats! you are better off... are you going to tell them all about it?
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  my JW brother's reply on facebook? what should I say next

  by Found Sheep in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was my poststrong conviction does not make your belief true, people die for lies every daythis is his-you're spot on.

  truth really matters:.

  john 17:17 - god's word is truth.

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  Found Sheep

  can't say i know history either so i'll just stick with "does the truth change" but need a rebutle for when he rights "the light gets brighter" crap..
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  Are Faith and Reason Compatible? Jan Awake

  by DanaBug in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here's some quotes from that article:.

  the bible says, for example, that if your worship is to be acceptable to god, it must be a sacred service with your power of reason.

  in other words, you must worship god in a way that is worthy of thinking beings.

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  Found Sheep

  they are such hypocrites... they say test your faith but don't read anything that is negative about the Org, or writen by an ex-jw... test your faith but only read what we write and only the new stuff cuz we change our minds a lot...
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  'Inception' raises some interesting thoughts/questions

  by sd-7 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know i am awfully late in having seen 'inception' for the first time on saturday night, but, i saw it.

  for the first time.

  on saturday night.

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  Found Sheep

  never saw the film i'll put it on my netflix
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  Sticky Situation - What to do?

  by I<3MYGod in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have posted about my experience with the cult....so now i find myself in a difficult position.

  i have left it alone for many years but i wonder what you guys think.. i faded away from the cult and stopped going for quite a while.

  my older sister took it upon herself to meet with my family and discuss all my sins and actions (they were active).

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  Found Sheep

  Ya i agree if your goal is to gain your sister have a heart to heart. After what she did to you it may make her wake up
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  my JW brother's reply on facebook? what should I say next

  by Found Sheep in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was my poststrong conviction does not make your belief true, people die for lies every daythis is his-you're spot on.

  truth really matters:.

  john 17:17 - god's word is truth.

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  Found Sheep

  umm thinking I like that... "and the Beroeans didn't even have a Bible - yet Truth can't change"

  how does that sound?
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  my JW brother's reply on facebook? what should I say next

  by Found Sheep in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was my poststrong conviction does not make your belief true, people die for lies every daythis is his-you're spot on.

  truth really matters:.

  john 17:17 - god's word is truth.

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  Found Sheep

  it's funny i fell for it. His responce has nothing to do with my post. I need to put something this is the ONLY contact he has with me. not sure why he feels safer having a internet relationship? I don't think he knows i DA myself a month ago....
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  Examples of how indoctrination, belief, cognitive dissonance, and confirmation bias work with cult members

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance have been discussed here and elsewhere quite a lot (if you're unfamiliar, google them).

  we all use confirmation bias to some extent to reaffirm ourselves and our beliefs, and cognitive dissonance is something we all have to deal with, but cult members who have been indoctrinated with thought-reform (aka mind control) techniques display these in predictable ways when you know what you're looking for.. below are two scenarios and a cult member's interpretation of the events.

  notice the belief that the cult is "the truth" is always reinforced by the member's interpretation of events, even when those events seem to be totally opposite.. scenario one.

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  Found Sheep

  cult member depressed in cult - leaves and is happy

  they are not "truly" happy they are now under Satan's controll

  cult member happy - leaves is depressed (because they lost there friends and family)

  no one can be happy with out the org