They will tell you that it's not them threatening you, but God. And it's because he LOOOOOVES you. Why this is seen as a valid rationalization, I have no idea.
bluecanary
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Question to ask them
by is there help out there innext time they knock on your door ask then this question.
you want to buy a new car and you go into a new car dealership.
as soon a you go in the salesman put a gun to your head and says it you do not buy a car i will blow your brain out and kill you.
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A little advice needed on disassociating myself
by MisfitMeL inyes i know i tend to post here only when i need advice or have something to rant about .
so i'm living in the uk but leaving very shortly to go back to my home country of india and try my career luck there (what with the recession and all that).
i'll be living with my mum for a while and i am soooo not looking forward to it.
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bluecanary
I’m going to borrow an illustration from Buddhism:
Let’s say there is a man named Jack who has a phobia about snakes. Jack walks into a dimly lit room, sees a snake coiled up in the corner, and panics. In fact, he is looking at a striped necktie, but in his terror he has misinterpreted what he sees to the point that he could even die of fright—death caused by a snake that does not truly exist.
Fortunately for Jack, his friend Jill walks into the room. Jill is calm and sane and knows that Jack thinks he sees a snake. She can switch on the light and reveal that there is no snake.
When Jill finds Jack frozen in terror, she has some choices about what to do. She can directly point out that there is no snake or she can use a skillful method such as escorting the “snake” from the room. But if Jack is so terrified that he is unable to differentiate the snake from the tie, even with the lights on, and if Jill is not skillful, then she can actually make things worse. If she dangles the necktie in front of Jack’s face, he could die of a heart attack.
But if Jill is skillful and sees that Jack is delusional, she can say, “Yes, I see the snake,” and carefully take the tie out of the room so that Jack feels safe for the time being. Maybe then, when he is relaxed, he can be gently guided to the point of seeing that there was never a snake in the first place.—What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
I think you can see where I’m going with this. Drop an apostate bombshell on your mom and she may not be able to deal with it. If you can start from a common perspective you may be able to gently guide her to see the truth rather than alienate her.
Do you have a back-up place to live in case it all goes to hell?
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why I don't flip off women drivers
by John Doe ini was riding to work yesterday when i observed a female driver who cut right in front of a pickup truck, causing the driver to drive onto the shoulder to avoid hitting her.
this evidently angered the driver enough that he hung his arm out his window and gave the woman the finger.
'man, that guy is stupid,' i thought to myself.
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bluecanary
I remind myself that they usually have something that is at least twice as high and twice as heavy as I do.
Ha! At first I thought you meant breasts.
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God's Conversation with Job
by under_believer inso i'm still stuck on the jw email spam train, and my mom sends me this powerpoint with a horrible, horrible presentation with job 38 set to a bunch of pictures of the universe and whatnot.
you know the passage, it's all "where were you when i created the earth, you insignificant gnat".
and the point, i guess, is to show that god is all powerful and awesome.
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bluecanary
I LOL'd.
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The Realization of Whathehadas
by whathehadas inas a jehovah's witness, i always thought via the bible that we had all of lifes answers.
after my investigation which is not condone by the fds.
i have come to the realization that we don't have all the answers.
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bluecanary
NMKA, it's: I'd rather have questions I can't answer than answers I can't question. A sentiment shared by many of us. When I told a friend I was leaving, she pointed out how I always thought I knew everything. Now I told that I didn't have any answers but at least I feel free to ask questions.
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"Unconditional love"...is there such a thing?...i am not sure........
by oompa inthat phrase is on this site a lot....and although i have been judged a bit by my old friends......i also do not think i can have friends without conditions......like if i had a friend.....and found out he was beating or abusing his wife.....esp if she was also a friend....that would be a "condition" where he would no longer be my friend....so what does it mean...what about you?....oompa.
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bluecanary
I have never believed in unconditional love. I didn't as a witness and don't now. It would take a hell of a lot for one of my loved ones to make me stop loving them, and the love that I've had for them in the past can never be erased, but there are definitely certain conditions under which I would no longer love a person. I don't have children, though, so I cannot speak from a parental POV.
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New here
by FinchAndWeston inhi, everyone, just wanted to say hi to y'all.
i've been lurking for a long time... .
i only wished i had visited sites like these before!
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bluecanary
My understanding on beards is that it's not a disfelloshipping or even a reproving offense, but anyone who has one would be seen as slightly worldly and not elligible for positions of privilege. Otherwise, a brother can have a beard and people are free to associate with him according to their conscience. Anyone can correct me on that if I'm wrong.
I've also heard that in certain countries where men are expected to have facial hair or long hair, brothers are allowed to do this.
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Puppeting the Message
by Hope4Others inquite a few years back i had various pioneer friends who were asked to give experiences at the circuit conventions.. they were to write up there experience first give it to the elder and they would go over it.. however, when it came time for this the elder who was giving the part decided to change their experience and it did not.
and was not even truthful now, it was not how it happened.
my one friend in particular was very upset about this because.
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bluecanary
The same teenager I mentioned above applied to several prominent colleges, just so she could tell everyone she turned them down in case they accepted her.
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Puppeting the Message
by Hope4Others inquite a few years back i had various pioneer friends who were asked to give experiences at the circuit conventions.. they were to write up there experience first give it to the elder and they would go over it.. however, when it came time for this the elder who was giving the part decided to change their experience and it did not.
and was not even truthful now, it was not how it happened.
my one friend in particular was very upset about this because.
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bluecanary
I knew a teenage girl who was in an assembly part on appropriate dating. It was a lie because she constantly dated both witness and worldly guys behind her parents back, but I assume the brothers who asked her to do the part were unaware of it. Of course, the rest of us teenagers whom the talk was aimed at knew exactly how good an example she was.
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Did You Feel The Love As A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus inother than feeling "love bombed" when you first started associating with the "brotherhood", did you experience the "love" in your years within the organization?.
if you felt truly loved, was it in reality, a "conditional love"?.
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I came from a family that was ready to show love to others. We often had people live with us who needed a place to stay, both witnesses and worldly relatives. We even gave one family a car. When the situation was reversed and my family needed help we got nadda. I know there are individual witnesses like us who would do anything to help their fellows. They are by far the exception, when they were supposed to be the rule. Shortly before I left, I learned that there are worldly people like that, too. We didn't have the monopoly on love that the society says we did.