for me, i was 100 percent brainwashed.
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I was a born-in, so consider me fully brainwashed. I didn't allow the WT to tell me which movies I could watch or what games I could play, but otherwise I pretty well thought they were looking out for me.
Boy was i surprised to find out what they actually had in mind...
Engaged couples have already made a commitment to each other, which is what marriage basically is, plus the piece of paper you sign. I think that committed couples should have as much sex as they want with each other because they are already married mentally to each other. To quibble over a piece of paper and a ceremony, thinking that God cares whether or not you've reached that point in your relationship, is a ridiculous, antiquated notion that does nothing to help the bond of your union.
...you ever feel like you are debating basic addition or multiplication or something like that?
you ever stop in your head and say:.
"why the hell am i spending time doing this?".
... you quickly realize you need aspirin.
i thought i might have been placed on the do not call list, but apparently, it was just one pesron that chose not to stop at my house her last time down our street.
i was surprised more came this close to the last visit!
(they need to work on their territories/organization, lest people really become annoyed and feel harrassed with 2 visits in a row.).
Classic JW. A spiritual giant in their own mind, only to be baffled by a couple of inconvenient facts about their religion. Questions and facts are the kryptonite of their imaginary world.
now up on jw.org.. it would seem that the days of "local needs" berating the flock may be coming to an end - one article instructs that elders should ensure that meetings are "encouraging" and that where counsel is needed for just a few people then it should be given privately rather than from the platform..
OneMore, I'm with ya. I'm gone and done also.
It's classic abusive spouse mentality. After a while, the abused thinks he/she can't survive without the abuser. This only fuels the abuser's will to exert even more control and heap more abuse on the victim. To get out, you have to see the the Society for the abusive spouse/parent they are and escape.
now up on jw.org.. it would seem that the days of "local needs" berating the flock may be coming to an end - one article instructs that elders should ensure that meetings are "encouraging" and that where counsel is needed for just a few people then it should be given privately rather than from the platform..
I agree with Sherilynn. The Society is very predictable. Their long history of controlling the friends with this kind of easing up and then coming back with something even more in-your-face will not change.
I think the Society enjoys whipping the friends and then handing them ice cream, only to give them another beating afterwords for eating too much. It's sick.
i had my religious view on my facebook profile stating that i am a cult survivor.
my dad saw it and is trying to get the family to not speak to me..
FP, I feel your pain. My dad has also been caught stirring up trouble for me. He recently claimed to be anointed and didn't like something on my Facebook. He spoke to my (former) elders and CO. He banned me from his presence at a family gathering (which was sweet). And he has slandered my name to every JW family member within a thousand-mile radius.
The good news: I recently discovered he went to a strip club a few years back. He doesn't know that I know. I'm just waiting for the perfect moment to bust him on it, probably when plenty of family members are around and he is slamming me for "leaving Jehovah."
Revenge really is a dish best served cold...
imagine that!.
invisible persons!.
from ancient times some of us have imagined there to be living persons that can't be seen but that are more than real!.
Firmly? God. That's it. Whatever he/she is. I can't believe that when I die that's it for all eternity.
it occurred to me the other day that it's been forever since we've had a jw knock on our door, leave a tract or magazine, etc.
we live in a suburb of a major u.s. city.. what about you?
when is the last time the witnesses visited?
Been two years+ here. Of course, our house may be marked as "Avoid" on the territory cards by now.
john: "hi!
i'm john, and this is mary.".
john: "well no.
Kissing Hank's Ass is priceless! A buddy of mine showed it to me a few months back. I still laugh when I read it through again.
