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My 2018 convention review (BR)

by Ray Frankz in

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so this years convention was all about:.

1) neutrality means not taking sides.

jws must not have any opinions about politics, even if it affects you or your job or your social class directly.. also .

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Someone posted on facebook that they said JWs are supposed to just about shun anyone who is no a JW.
Is this true? Even family members, the FB poster was saying.

Not quite. They never came out and said that but it was implied that even being friendly at work, going out to lunch or happy hour with workmates could lead to bad things like thinking for yourself. The also mentioned that spending a lot of time with "worldly" family members could be bad for you spiritually as well, instead try to convert all the time.

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Proof of God

by MrDantastic in

i'm an atheist as i do not see any evidence for the existance of a god.

i encourage critical thinking in everyone and am ready to debate anyone on whether or not there is a god and what that god might be like.

hmu..

JW_Rogue

Black holes, what kind of god makes black holes??

Maybe eventually the black holes eat up all the energy and matter in the universe and condense it allowing another big bang to occur and a new universe to be born.

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Proof of God

by MrDantastic in

i'm an atheist as i do not see any evidence for the existance of a god.

i encourage critical thinking in everyone and am ready to debate anyone on whether or not there is a god and what that god might be like.

hmu..

JW_Rogue

ExJW here also. I am not an atheist because I can not prove a universal Neg. It would take faith to say you are an atheist. I am an Agnostic. I can not prove there is or is not a god but since I have seen no evidence of one, I tend to lean that there is not.

An impersonal God that exist solely as a power outside of our physical universe would be pretty hard to disprove. However, a personal God with a personality like that described in the bible is easy to disprove as there our many contradictions to his personality found in nature. To get around this JWs fall back on "Satan did it" and "Imperfection though."

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Anyone pissed at their parents for raising you in the cult?

by blownaway in

my mother was not the most emotionally stable person.

she was a follower and instilled in me the idea we were better than those worldly people.

its hard to go to school as a child and you can not be friends outside of school, you can not celebrate any holidays, and you are told all these people are going to die.

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I could be a smoker. Into drugs. Who knows? It's the story of anything. The butterfly effect. If you change the littlest thing, your life could have a totally different arc and maybe not good.

I think parents can raise good, moral, and sober kids without religious brainwashing. Would it have happened with my family? It's really hard to say one way or another. I think it's best not to worry too much about the past. It's important to realize that even if being raised the way we were did keep us out of trouble, it doesn't mean we owe anything to the org or our family. We still have the right to believe whatever we want and to live accordingly.

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Welcoming Our Latest JW Apologist JTrottigy

by pale.emperor in

i'd like to take this opportunity to warmly welcome our newest jw apologist jtrottigy.

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he'll likely only be here for a few days like most jw defenders before he runs away when presented with his own doctrine.. so far he's already said some hilarious stuff, like "there's no such thing as nepotism in jehovah's organisation", "confidentiality is paramount to elders" and, my personal favourite "the overlapping generation is so simple to understand".. yh don't think i don't remember you from jwtalk..

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If they were smart they would only put attractive young people on cart duty.

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Anyone pissed at their parents for raising you in the cult?

by blownaway in

my mother was not the most emotionally stable person.

she was a follower and instilled in me the idea we were better than those worldly people.

its hard to go to school as a child and you can not be friends outside of school, you can not celebrate any holidays, and you are told all these people are going to die.

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I am not resentful because looking back at the circumstances it makes perfect since that she would fall for JW doctrine. I'm sure she felt it was the best way to raise us, that we were protected from bad influences, drugs, alcohol, promiscuity. The sad part is in all the years that have past she has never questioned whether it is really the truth.

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Tell me this is not more locker room talk!

by JaniceA in

https://thetab.com/uk/warwick/2018/05/09/named-and-pictured-the-warwick-boys-who-made-rape-jokes-in-their-group-chat-28615.

these look like nice, middle class boys going to uni, involved in sports, government, etc.

they are pretty much standard college kids.

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This is easy to explain, these young men aren't getting sex with the women they want so in their frustration they are lashing out with these "jokes," I doubt they mean any of it just trying to boost their own ego by putting others down.

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2018 Regional Convention

by Addison0998 in

well guys, after a spiritually encouraging convention, i’ve decided to return my heart back to jehovah.

i realize i was just being too negative and i need to adjust my attitude.

just kidding suckers.

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Focussing on 'Jesus' poses a threat on the Organization, it takes away the rank and file focus on them(Borganization)

Jesus was against the Pharisees because they cared more about outward appearances than people
Jesus said that it doesn't matter where we worship as long as we worship in spirit and truth
Jesus said to do your good deeds in secret so you may be rewarded in secret
Jesus was against having titles like Rabbi
Jesus said as long as two or more people were gathered in his name the holy spirit would be there
Jesus said mercy was more important than sacrifices

It's no wonder they try to avoid talking about him, they do the opposite of many of his teachings. Maybe they'll do a convention on Paul they seem to really like him and all his commands and rules.

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Welcoming Our Latest JW Apologist JTrottigy

by pale.emperor in

i'd like to take this opportunity to warmly welcome our newest jw apologist jtrottigy.

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he'll likely only be here for a few days like most jw defenders before he runs away when presented with his own doctrine.. so far he's already said some hilarious stuff, like "there's no such thing as nepotism in jehovah's organisation", "confidentiality is paramount to elders" and, my personal favourite "the overlapping generation is so simple to understand".. yh don't think i don't remember you from jwtalk..

JW_Rogue

Congrats, JTrottigy, you should do a lot of research here because apostates are known to target the carts and try to rattle JWs.

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Re: the woman parking attendants and real life

by carla in

with much amusement i read the thread on women parking lot attendants and it got me to thinking about life at home for the average jw.. i believe i am correct in thinking that anything to do with jw-ism requires a penis, except all the leg work (fs & pioneers).

meaning the mic's, talks, etc... but yet the same guy who thinks his wife (or any other woman) is not bright enough to run the sound system for example doesn't mind his wife hauling hay, digging in the yard, managing the checkbook and other various physical jobs as well as jobs that do in fact require a brain larger than that of a gnat?.

let's say a guy is a bit technologically challenged but he can manage the sound system at the kh ok. i imagine he feels proud that he is getting to do this great privilege?

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You hear a lot about submission but let's be honest, it rarely works that way in real life. Men may have all the privileges in the org but at home many times it's the opposite. Most of the time decisions will be made by the person who cares the most and often times that is the wife.

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