Is it good old fashioned aging, starting to face our own mortality. Was it guilt about the kids..fear of being responsible for their death if she doesnt give them a 'bible grained conscience'. Even though I was out for ages I still beleived inside, the fear never left (although not born in my timeline similar to your wife's) for me the key was EDUCATION. I did a philosophy degree. End of. However any info you can get to her..science of evolution, history of borg, biblical history, history/beliefs of judaism, zoroastrainism and its relationship to judaism/monotheism. "The bible uncovered" is a good DVD/book to get to plant those little seeds.
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BORG choke hold on my wife: what brand of indoctination is she? fear of armagedon or looking forward to new lion in paradise
by goingthruthemotions infirst let me preface my statements about my wife has such: .
she is allowed to believe what she wants and however blind .
and brainwashed i believe she is....she has her rights..
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Beware the will use legal means against lies
by Listener ini am posting a transcript a part of the talk given by anthony morris iii from jw broadcasting july 2015. i've posted much much more than necessary but i wanted to keep it in context.
the governing body has approved of my speaking of something that jesus himself spoke of on a number of occasions.
and i might say at the outset that this is by no means a pessimistic speech meant to discourage anyone.
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What kind of errors in the Bible?
by TheWonderofYou inthe new testament specialist daniel wallace notes that although there are about 300,000 individual variations of the text of the new testament, this number is very misleading.
most of the differences are completely inconsequential--spelling errors, inverted phrases and the like.
a side by side comparison between the two main text families (the majority text and the modern critical text) shows agreement a full 98% of the time.[18].
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How do you deal with Anxiety!
by little_Socrates inso the other day i was walking through the huge local regional outlet shopping mall.
i see this sign "how do deal with anxiety" didn't take very long at all to confirm it was a jw booth.. that sign bothered me.
do jw actually think they have something to say about anxiety?
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Are they actively recruiting people with mental health problems? Do they see them as an easier mark?
IT WAS EVER THUS
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Theists, why does God allow suffering..
by The Quiet One in..specifically, the suffering of animals.
you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.
i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.
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Bioflex how do you explain vestigial organs like whales with vestigial legs ...google it. The genes for vestigal organs are still there...like humans in the womb get a complete covering of hair at PRECISELY the same stage as apes do, but because our fur gene is 'switched off',dormant if you like, we loose ours.
Some animals DO MOURNE their dead. Some human animals dont. How many times do you see someone killed on tv, or witness an accident and just continue on with your life...no tears shed. The point being made is that no loving god in the Judeo-Christian sense could have created a world based on predation of other (or in many cases their own) species.
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Metro-pioneers
by oppostate infound this video on youtube about metro-pioneers.. watch out!
tight pants exiting the kh!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldb0oqpcupe.
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Metro-pioneers
by oppostate infound this video on youtube about metro-pioneers.. watch out!
tight pants exiting the kh!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldb0oqpcupe.
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List of Prominent JW Urban Legends...
by Tuesday inhey folks,.
i'm wondering if you all could help me with my next video that i want to put up in the next couple of days (though i'm hoping for tonight), i want to come up with a list of the most prominent urban legends surrounding jws and then refute them whatever they may be.. i'm thinking there's the urban legend about the question on jeopardy that said the nwt was the most accurate would be a good one.
that one stems from an online powerpoint presentation named theological jeopardy and a book which was written comparing six different translations of the bible.
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I think Dwight.D.Eisenhower came from an Adventist background, could be where that rumour sprung from. Anyone remember the talking demon teddy in England? I know amoung Indian witnesses in England in the late 70 's the evil de -materializing Hindu mother in law was big ( demons with knives Shiva style accompany her!) -
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Reliable source - new round of US Bethel layoffs coming soon
by sir82 inwas talking to an ex-bethelite who is still very well-connected to those in the ivory tower.. he says that there will soon be a(nother) large number of us bethelites who will be "reassigned to the field" as pioneers and special pioneers.. he did not give his source, but he is pretty reliable.
incidentally, he was "reassigned to the field" in the last big purge about 7 years ago.. i imagine those so reassigned would be pretty teed off.
let go just before the golden lakeshore palace was completed..
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Why all the hate on this forum about middle aged women...we don't just talk about recipes you know...we talk about Noam Chomsky, menopause, dark web, menopause, Kant's categorical imperative, menopause, neoclassicism and nineteenth century architecture, menopause..... -
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Disfellowshipped at 18
by asensier inyou can probably guess how this story goes.. i began dating a non-witness boy.
he knew i was a baptised witness and understood the consequences i faced for dating him.
we agreed to keep our relationship secret, which was easy considering our 200 mile distance.
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Sorry, just saw your'e second post, England eh ?welcome homey! In that case, your college should have an in house psycologist who will be able to help. Be aware though not all ( very few in fact) therapists have a good understanding of what it is to grow up in a high control religon. Unfortunately, our cousins over the pond are light years ahead of us in that dept, but again, Steve Hassan is willing to conduct 'supervisions' if u can find a therapist willing to undertake you. Check out his website, and check out the B.I.T.E. model https://www.freedomofmind.com/Info/BITE/bitemodel.php