can you imagine what this world would be like today , with 7 billion people , if their were never , ever a religous concept in anybodys mind ?.
wouldnt this world be such a better place to be in if it was devoid of all religion ?.
if religion never existed from the time man/woman first walked the earth until now how do you see , pros or cons , how humakind would fare today.. as i said in my o.p.
From: http://mkaku.org/home/tag/telescope/
Quick — name the invention that has done most to redefine our place in the universe. Hint: This invention was also the most seditious, blasphemous instrument of all time, shaking the very foundations of society. The answer, if you haven’t already guessed it, is the telescope. Read the WIRED.com article “The Telescope: 400 Years and Counting”
can you imagine what this world would be like today , with 7 billion people , if their were never , ever a religous concept in anybodys mind ?.
wouldnt this world be such a better place to be in if it was devoid of all religion ?.
if religion never existed from the time man/woman first walked the earth until now how do you see , pros or cons , how humakind would fare today.. as i said in my o.p.
I believe if we all had only ever been exposed to the liberating gospel, human society would have been very different and much better.
like they say in the movies, "follow the money.
" the thought occurred to me the other day - the wt scam rakes in billions of dollars, and yeah some of that goes to operations and equipment.
but bethelites at farm and factory get only a bare little dorm room and a monthly pittance.
For me the ultimate hidden player is the god of religion who is desperate to hide the liberating gospel message from us.
this is not meant to be a slag off the bible thread.. i had a question asked me the other day and it was: 'do you live by anything from the bible?'.
i had to think about that one because i was force grown in the filthy, disgusting cult of the paedophile loving watchtower(r).. you know what?
i really don't know if i just naturally am a great bloke or if any 'nice' bits in the bible influenced me......or has western culture been influenced by the bible for good and bad?.
I have been greatly influenced and changed by focussing on the central message of scripture and the prophets, namely the relationship between two opposites - the liberating gospel, versus the bondage of religion.
for reasons i am still trying to fully understand and explain i was not able to properly pinpoint, identify and name the phases of my cult exit journey as i was going through them.
now i feel the need to even more.. some phases that came to mind this morning for me:.
identity crisis (who am i, what do i believe).
Hey Dis-Member!
I'm still trying to gain a better understanding of the process and phases.
It has been 5 years since walking out for me.
Maybe it took longer in my case since I was 3rd generation, and in for more than 4 decades, and was quite devout.
this was posted in the men's room stall, i hear the instructions in the womens room was more detailed.. this was in addition to having a "bathroom attendant" handing out 1 paper towel per person.. i haven't felt so childish since i was in grade schooll, i had to wonder if all the tall people around me were really grown men and women.. .
Calebs Airplane has just outed himself as head honcho of the writing department.
at the international convention here i just got off the elevator with anthony morris.
he was heading to the basement and i was heading up to administration.
i rode one floor down with him before i went up to my destination.
A bit of a conundrum if you despise the ʽam-ha·ʼa′rets (dumb sheeple) but need their praise and worship.
for reasons i am still trying to fully understand and explain i was not able to properly pinpoint, identify and name the phases of my cult exit journey as i was going through them.
now i feel the need to even more.. some phases that came to mind this morning for me:.
identity crisis (who am i, what do i believe).
For reasons I am still trying to fully understand and explain I was not able to properly pinpoint, identify and name the phases of my cult exit journey as I was going through them. Now I feel the need to even more.
Some phases that came to mind this morning for me:
identity crisis (who am I, what do I believe)
consolidation (merging of my thoughts as they became clearer)
integration (joining of the dots)
wholeness (a cohesive and complete picture emerges)
What helped me most in getting through each phase was:
Psychologists with personal cult exit experience, psychotherapy, CBT, EMDRAA
workshops with ex-members of other cults
voracious and relentless reading/writing/speaking/meditating
Can you share and explain your perspectives, and list some of the phases you have experienced or read about, and maybe what helped you along the way?
at the international convention here i just got off the elevator with anthony morris.
he was heading to the basement and i was heading up to administration.
i rode one floor down with him before i went up to my destination.
What led us to idolise the Pharisees and Sanhedrin?
What were we thinking when we believed meeting one of these apostates was the closest any of us would ever get to God?
question: can any of you that have successfully faded out of the jw world without being df'd or da'd relate to me/us how you were able to maintain at least one or a few of your "still in" friends or family?
(and even if you were df'd or da'd and still maintained some relationships, how did that go?).
obviously, the truly demented, sick and twisted (and highly effective) policies and structure of the wtbt$ to set up a system by which anyone that chooses to no longer believe or participate must be treated as "mentally diseased" and a pariah by their own friends and family is the hands down, numero uno reason why many hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of jw's do not leave.
We avoid speaking against their idols (GB & Org & FDS & hierarchy).
We focus instead on "the truth" of "the good news" in their own publications.
