does anyone remember the time the TMS went through all the charaters ever named in the bible? even if they only got mentioned once?!
" you know sister? the other day i was thinking about Hezzikiah?..."
am just remembering the awful headache that came with having to put say " how do we know that mary was a virgin?
" subject matter , into a "first call" setting with a " work on gestures" ... all together into a script that would kinda make sense!!
all in 5 mins with at least 2 scriptures used, both of which normaly seemed to have nothing to do with the subject matter!.
does anyone remember the time the TMS went through all the charaters ever named in the bible? even if they only got mentioned once?!
" you know sister? the other day i was thinking about Hezzikiah?..."
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i've been using spotify for over a year, there's no way i could give it up now!.
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ninja, is that actauly your picture? your not one of those hoodies that prowl sauciehall street and swing on the rims of the glasses of the statue of whats-his-name ( you know the statue i mean, its the bronze one outside the Buncanan galleries) Douglas Hurd? no maybe not, someone scottish who died...
am just remembering the awful headache that came with having to put say " how do we know that mary was a virgin?
" subject matter , into a "first call" setting with a " work on gestures" ... all together into a script that would kinda make sense!!
all in 5 mins with at least 2 scriptures used, both of which normaly seemed to have nothing to do with the subject matter!.
am just remembering the awful headache that came with having to put say " how do we know that mary was a virgin?" subject matter , into a "first call" setting with a " work on gestures" ... all together into a script that would kinda make sense!! All in 5 mins with at least 2 scriptures used, both of which normaly seemed to have nothing to do with the subject matter!
oh how i hated it! do you remember having to paste or pin the notes into the different portions of your bible? because they weren't meant to be visable?!! Sitting up there on the platform, with everyone staring at you! awfull experiance! and i don;t actualy mind public speaking...
sorry just a late night rant... but i'm sure i'm not the only one?
i am currently reading take back your life: recovering from cults & abusive relationships: recovering from cults and abusive relationships.
the writers prefer to use the term "thought reform" rather than "mind control" to refer to the process employed by cult leaders to hold their membership captive.. it suddenly struck me that when an individual is thought to be "straying from the path", elders attempt to "readjust their thinking" aka reform their thoughts.
i had never thought of it like that before.. .
wow! its amazing when lighting strikes you like that isn't it! so many years of warped thinking undone!
ok this is the europe divison signing off and going to bed.
i guess its over to the usa now, come on you dozy yanks!
you've missed all the excitment(!).
darling the uk is 2 hours behind me.... enjoy the frost sweetheart;) have you got the central heating on yet? oh and don't forget the hot water botties!:) hehe just playing with ya;)
ok this is the europe divison signing off and going to bed.
i guess its over to the usa now, come on you dozy yanks!
you've missed all the excitment(!).
ok this is the europe divison signing off and going to bed. I guess its over to the USA now, come on you dozy yanks! Where are you?! You've missed all the excitment(!)
anyway what i mean to say is: this is a great site, full of amazing eye opening debates that really do help JW's and ex JW's alike. Recently its become about just certain people alone. I'd love to see us all move on from this and when i wake up tomorrow and log in, ... i'd love to see pages of those great debates and infomation once again! So how about it???
Kalinikta!
bit fed up tbh , the recent lies and slander levelled against me which has remained unanswered has left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth, plus probably spending a little bit too much time on web forums, see you all in a while.
i'm not even sure whats been happening? whats this al about? i've been at work all day... i sign in to find theres been some kind of major bust up????
when i once went to my dr about panic attacks i was having he told me that he wasn't surprised because as he said, " youv'e lived your whole life on the precipice of imminant disarter".
i didn't understand what he meant at the time, now i do.
he meant that the strain of living ones life beliving that the whole world is about to end and possibly you with it ( if you havn't been doing enough for jehovah, and lets face it, your never doing enough) is too much for the human mind to cope with.
When i once went to my Dr about panic attacks i was having he told me that he wasn't surprised because as he said, " youv'e lived your whole life on the precipice of imminant disarter". I didn't understand what he meant at the time, now i do. He meant that the strain of living ones life beliving that the whole world is about to end and possibly you with it ( if you havn't been doing enough for jehovah, and lets face it, your never doing enough) is too much for the human mind to cope with. Of course it will have consequences like panic attacks and mental disorders!
the JW's claim that they give people "good news", when actualy its a recipie for total misrable life!
dos anyone else remember the many ones with fear of crowds/ large spaces, panic attacks, depression... who just couldn't seem to find a reason for it? They mostly blamed it on "this system of things" when the real reason is... is the JW's and the way they make you think
this was a question i can remember asking as a child.
i never got a satisfatory answer ( you think that might have set alarum bells ringing but there you are) the answer i got was " apostates belive werid things... they are out to destory your faith!
" which didn't seem to make too much sense.
this was a question i can remember asking as a child. I never got a satisfatory answer ( you think that might have set alarum bells ringing but there you are) the answer i got was " apostates belive werid things... they are out to destory your faith!" Which didn't seem to make too much sense
For any lurkers here asking the same question, here is the real answer... Apostates never go back, because they have found out that its all false! And why would you go back to somthing thats false???!
i've noticed recently as i make more and more freinds that are non jw, that i seem to want to reassure them that i hold no religous views at all.. it almost as if i fear they can tell i was once a devout jw.... trouble is noone talks about religon unless they are interested in it do they?
and i don't want to loose my freinds.
oh dear i need help!
i've noticed recently as i make more and more freinds that are non JW, that i seem to want to reassure them that i hold no religous views at all.
It almost as if i fear they can tell i was once a devout JW...
Trouble is noone talks about religon unless they are interested in it do they? and i don't want to loose my freinds. Oh dear i need help! anyone else know what i'm talking about?