The Almighty Homer

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  To tell my parents or not to tell my parents...unfortunately that is a question

  by feenx in

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  i could use some perspective on something i'm struggling with.

  first off, a little background info.

  i am an only child and my parents, in addition to quite difficult circumstances we've all experienced, both personally and as a family while i was growing up, remain devout.

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  Another part of me doesn't want a very hurtful part of my past present at a ceremony celebrating my future. And especially if they wouldn't be there in support, but more out of morbid curiosity, I don't want them there either.

  I don't think your being selfish at all, your parents abandoned you, they have also abused you by instilling you into

  corrupt and devious religious cult, which they haven't obviously left yet.

  Thats a dark and regrettable past that is not worth repeating itself for you or your soon to be wife and children.

  Now is the time to work on your future, toward something better for your new family.

  Stand up and take responsibility for yourself and your family.

  Bringing your parents to your wedding where they would mostly have a sullen look on their faces

  and intensionally sadden an otherwise joyest event would be a miss step by yourself.

  This is your day to shine and is a beginning to make everything wrong for what your parents did to you.

  Look at it this way do you think they would invite you to day that they celebrate like a wedding anniversary.

  The truth of it all is your parents wouldn't really want to be there anyways, so why put them in that position

  with the added potential of ruining a very special day for you and your fiancé. Take care
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  Intellects do not believe in God

  by garyneal in

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  on our trip back home from the thanksgiving holiday spent at our home town my wife labeled me an intellect.

  normally, i would've been flattered with the title but when she called me that she was referencing the bible verse matthew 11:25. this offended me to say the least.. she said that it was hard for people like me to have faith in something because i will always investigate it and make sure of it.

  for example, if someone told me that the grass was green, she said i would not believe them and research grass and the color green to ensure that it really was.. i told her that this was absurd and that i see no reason to research whether or not the grass was green when i can see with my own eyes what color it is.

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  A good measure of intellectualism might be when a individual listens to a talk by one of the representatives of the WTS.

  and does not draw the conclusion that what is being said is about the proliferation of their published literature,

  which inadvertently gives financial support to the organization.
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  Intellects do not believe in God

  by garyneal in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on our trip back home from the thanksgiving holiday spent at our home town my wife labeled me an intellect.

  normally, i would've been flattered with the title but when she called me that she was referencing the bible verse matthew 11:25. this offended me to say the least.. she said that it was hard for people like me to have faith in something because i will always investigate it and make sure of it.

  for example, if someone told me that the grass was green, she said i would not believe them and research grass and the color green to ensure that it really was.. i told her that this was absurd and that i see no reason to research whether or not the grass was green when i can see with my own eyes what color it is.

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  Intellectuals do not believe in gods because they have used their intelligence to determine if there are gods.

  Being that the only evidence of gods comes from the ignorant hearsay and imagination from ancient men the conclusion is drawn.
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  A theory about Michael Jackson's voice

  by Lady Lee in

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  ok i will start by admitting i went to see "this is it".

  a couple of things struck me.

  they repeatedly said mj could still move and the video clips of rehearsals proved it.

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  Two problems with MJ that may have actually been the cause of his own death was his extreme narcissism , combined with

  all the money in the world to nurious it. Quite frankly I thought his voice just before his death was sounding a bit weird.

  Like the aging process was changing his voice on to another level, it sounded strained and lose, I bet even he knew he was losing it.

  His style of singing didn't accompany well with an aged person as when he died.

  He created himself into a persona of a feminine woman from masculinity of his young adulthood and his big Thriller days.

  Years of drug abuse and psychological problems ended up taking its toll which inevitably lead to his death.

  In many ways Micheal Jackson killed himself with the delusion that he was a king of sorts with all the accompanying glory and importance of one,

  an image that would eventually kill him.
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  To you what was the Watchtower Socity's biggest lie ?

  by The Almighty Homer in

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  yes, what was the biggest lie that you can think of, that persuaded you to realize that they were not who they said they were ?.

  for myself it would have to be the year they picked as the destruction of ancient jerusalem 607 bc.. i have an assumption this was done purposely to coincide correctly with making 1914 an a important pivotal date.

  in human history, which by all factual evidence it was not.. unassuming and deceiving manipulation for self marketing purposes.

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  Ted Jaracz said once while being interviewed by a journalist " That we don't go beyond what it is written in the bible ".

  Funny I don't remember the bible say go spread falsehoods and try and sell them to the public.

  Must have missed that scripture .
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  Ray Franz Views of "Information Control" by WT Society Agree with Hassan

  by flipper in

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  having read ray franz's " crisis of conscience " 3 years ago -before i read steve hassan's 2 books on mind control - my wife and i thought it would be good to re-read ray's " crisis " book again now that we know more about the workings of " cult mind control".

  we just finished chapter 2 and i noticed striking similarities i thought i would share.. notice this quote in " crisis of conscience " on pg.

  28 & 29 by franz , " thus numerous factors that are relatively common knowledge in many religious organizations are known only vaguely , if at all, by the vast majority of jehovah's witnesses.

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  The Almighty Homer

  Your right Flipper the WTS. has practiced and put mind control as part of their self cultivating initiative.

  Indoctrination begins at the very first call at the door and carries itself from there.

  Their intentions of luring people and then entrapping them in might be considered spiritual manipulation

  for reasons of control, by means of most notably simple fear. I think the better of the population is on to this

  though and thats why a organization that has been selling itself hard to the public for as long as it has,

  has only 7 million members worldwide. They get hooked by the publishers who they exploit,

  only to realize later on it was all a scam. The workings of a cult are definitely there and were most likely

  created out the needs and commercial agenda of the publishing company. Sometimes you have to look closely

  inwardly at things to completely understand what is happening outwardly.
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  Think the GB Knows much about WT's Financial Holdings? Think Again

  by flipper in

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  i missed this point the first time i read ray franz's book " crisis of conscience " 3 years ago.

  but it leaped off the page at me the second time around reading it this time.

  on page 28 in discussing how secretive the gb meetings are and only rarely will an outsider be let in to gb meetings to give a report- then were sent away out of the room so the gb could continue meeting in secret.. franz in discussing financial issues states on pg.

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  The Almighty Homer

  I'm sure the GB are privy to the basic financial standing of the organization in a non involving way, the deep elaborate accounting part

  handed over to others of the administration and over looked by the legal department as well..

  Hey these guys aren't just writing articles for the literature.

  Knowing that they are playing around with hundreds of millions of dollars probably adds I'm sure to their personal stature.
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  To you what was the Watchtower Socity's biggest lie ?

  by The Almighty Homer in

  1. watchtower
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  yes, what was the biggest lie that you can think of, that persuaded you to realize that they were not who they said they were ?.

  for myself it would have to be the year they picked as the destruction of ancient jerusalem 607 bc.. i have an assumption this was done purposely to coincide correctly with making 1914 an a important pivotal date.

  in human history, which by all factual evidence it was not.. unassuming and deceiving manipulation for self marketing purposes.

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  The Almighty Homer

  Thank you for all your comments and opinions, there certainly are indeed a lot of lies perpetrated by this organization,

  that have unfortunately caused so much damage to peoples lives, one could really write a book on them all.
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  Do you ever actually tell your family you're not coming back? What do I do?

  by stillAwitness in

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  i've been "inactive"for four years now.

  i am quite proud of myself for making it this far since i moved out on my own at 22 for the first time.

  i've remained in school, try to live a balanced and productive life and still drive home to visit my parents at least once a month (they live 45 minutes outside of the city) luckily, my parents and i still remain close (as much as a baptized inactive child and still fanatic jw parents are able to be) and besides my mom's constant pestering about me attending meetings again and coming back to the troof, i haven't had to much stress from them or the elders.

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  The Almighty Homer

  Never did say that to any of them and I have a rather large family,

  my fade out was gradual and quiet one, no big fanfare, simply stating that I didn't believe to a extent

  to continue on and just left it at that.

  If I would offer some recommendation I reply with something similar, light and respectful.
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  why jehovah created and destroyed dinosaurs

  by dudeson in

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  practice?.

  was it to get a head count on about how many vultures, ravens and crows he'd need to clean up the planet?.

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  The Almighty Homer

  When Noah was gathering animals for the Ark for the soon to be flood, he tried to capture a T Rex and some

  of the other rather large dinosaurs.

  He asked god if he could omit a few animals that posed a problem and god said oh alright just do your best.