If he never got therapy for being raised a JW then he should.
All born-ins/raised-ins need therapy, IMO. It did wonders for me and my wife.
Mad Sweeney
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Need some advice, PLEASE!
by TweetieBird ini don't even know where to begin but i'm having trouble with my oldest son (grown) who just moved back home.
he recently got fired and kicked out by his roommate because he has (in my opinion and the rest of my family) an alcohol and pot problem.
he doesn't think he does because he can go days without either, a whole other story.
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R.I.P. *animal*... We'll miss you, buddy... :'(
by VampireDCLXV ini have an announcement to make:.
rick henry aka "animal" has just passed away.
on july 26, 2011, rick suddenly fell ill (for no apparent reason at the time) and had to go to hospital.
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Mad Sweeney
I only knew him on FB.
Frankly it is kind of shocking because just a few days ago a family member posted on FB that he was diagnosed with cancer. You usually have more than just a few days between diagnosis and death.
Damn. I probably ought to go get that physical checkup I've been postponing...
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Im Going To Be Disfellowshipped!
by TimothyT inin 6 months, my life has completely changed!.
i have chosen to be gay, i no longer suffer with guilty suicidal feelings, i have the most amazing boyfriend, and my parents and friends accept me for who i am.. i was informed today that a judicial comitee will be formed to disfellowship me.
i dont feel any kind of bitterness or sadness despite the fact that this is all i have known for 20 years and im about to lose some very close friends.. on the contrary, i feel fabulous!!!
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Mad Sweeney
Congratulations, man!
Are you going to attend the hearing or just blow them off, so to speak?
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Who wrote the May 22, 1969 Awake article "What Future for the Young"?
by VM44 indoes anyone know who wrote the may 22, 1969 awake!
article, "what future for the young?"?.
i wonder if they still are at bethel.. .
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Mad Sweeney
BTW, someone earlier asked whether this was a filler article because it was so brief.
The entire first half of this issue of the Awake was devoted to youth and young people, I don't recall what the second half entailed. So this was just the final part of an entire section on related topics. Most of the earlier articles in the mag were geared toward the fear of youth crime and riots and street gangs and war/the draft and how they are all a sign that the world's a complete mess that only Jehovah can clean up. It was kind of a nod to the hippies that they're right - the grownups aren't going to leave much of a world for you to inherit, if any, and so you may as well join the Borg because our god is going to kill "The Man".
It worked on my older sisters, who then roped my mom into the cult.
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Who wrote the May 22, 1969 Awake article "What Future for the Young"?
by VM44 indoes anyone know who wrote the may 22, 1969 awake!
article, "what future for the young?"?.
i wonder if they still are at bethel.. .
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Mad Sweeney
Harry Peloyan was Awake! editor for a number of years but I don't know when he took on that role.
He's dead now.
BTW, I'm working on an article on the topic of education and the Watchtower for www.InsideTheWatchtower.com. It should be up within a week or so. We also had a Cult Free Radio episode on the topic. I think it was show #002. Three GREAT interviews and my usual ramblings. http://ex-jw.com/web-directory/cult-free-radio-archives-1-6
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"Finding the real truth is like tacking into the wind"
by WTWizard inhow often do you hear this excuse when doctrine continually changes, often back and forth?
the filthful and disgraceful slavebugger is altering its doctrine, often going right back to the original belief.
when pressed for answers why, they claim they need to "tack" to find the real truth.. now, from information readily available online, i checked up what this all means.
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Mad Sweeney
I had a brief Service Meeting part on that "tacking" article once. Hard to imagine I bought into that at one time...
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THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: What if the Governing Body ... ?
by 00DAD inas part of my post-exit recovery, i've been doing quite a bit of thinking, trying to figure things out, trying to make sense of it all .... in the form of a "thought experiment" this question came to my mind, .
- matthew 24:34 .
i mean, i don't know what he meant and i'm ok with it.
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Mad Sweeney
I'm enjoying your pessimistic view so keep it coming. You're helping me flesh out my own ideas on this subject.
So do you think if there is such a guy as I describe - one who rarely gets his way - that he will never get angry/frustrated enough to just resign and walk away? Either because he's too much the company man or because he's been too sheltered within the Borg to have any hope for a life on the outside?
If that's the case, what is this guy's future? Slowly sink into bitterness and insanity?
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Curiosity/ Create the universe Stephen Hawking
by jam inif you have not seen it, it,s on the discovery station.
tonite, 8:00 pm west coast, two parts..
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Mad Sweeney
People like to pick on Shel because she is an easy target.
Why do you call her an "easy target" PSac? How is she an easier target than anyone else on a message board? Why aren't you or I 'picked on' in the same manner?
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THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: What if the Governing Body ... ?
by 00DAD inas part of my post-exit recovery, i've been doing quite a bit of thinking, trying to figure things out, trying to make sense of it all .... in the form of a "thought experiment" this question came to my mind, .
- matthew 24:34 .
i mean, i don't know what he meant and i'm ok with it.
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Mad Sweeney
I dig ya.
I have no hope for organizational reform but I'm always looking for an angle by which there might be a rebel or two in HQ. I think a guy who doesn't get his way often enough is ripe for disgruntlement no matter how much of a true believer he is. If the rest of the body isn't clever enough to throw the oddball in their midst a bone now and then, they are in danger of creating a monster.
It seems like most people who leave the Borg voluntarily finally crack because they've been pissed off one too many times. We all harbored piles of crap on our cognitive dissonance shelves but we "waited on Jehovah" until we just couldn't take it anymore. If a GB member is captive to the same "It's God's Organization" and "Where else will I go?" concepts as the rest of us are/were, why couldn't it be possible for a similar outcome for one or more of them, as well?
Here's hoping!
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THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: What if the Governing Body ... ?
by 00DAD inas part of my post-exit recovery, i've been doing quite a bit of thinking, trying to figure things out, trying to make sense of it all .... in the form of a "thought experiment" this question came to my mind, .
- matthew 24:34 .
i mean, i don't know what he meant and i'm ok with it.
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Mad Sweeney
I am currently re-reading CoC, Leaving, and have just finished the chapter on the Malawi v. Mexico situation. A question that keeps popping into my mind is this:
Assuming they all are still true believers in the overall doctrine and rightness of the Borg, and assuming there are a good number of non-unanimous votes in the GB meetings there is a chance that at least one of the members is on the side of the losing vote more often than the others. If such a guy exists, does HE believe the GB - as a body - is directed by holy spirit? Or does he think HE is and the rest of the guys are full of crap?
I know how I would feel being in a group whose decisions often ran counter to my vote. I wonder whether there is a brother or two there who personally doubts the group based on something personal like being on the losing end of too many voting decisions.
I guess my view is that there could very well be a doubter among them but for no doctrinal reason whatsoever. He may be an idealist who votes his conscience all the time while the others - even if they agree with his stance on an issue - err on the side of organizational pragmatism, making him look like an outlier on many occasions.
If a guy like that exists on the body he is bound to start doubting SOMEthing, either his qualifications for membership on the GB or the qualifications of his peers.