I was bitten by a dog while pioneering. I guess I was practicing some secret sin and the angels stopped looking over me.
mentallyfree31
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How dangers is field service really, has anyone ever heard of someone being hurt or killed while doing some form of witnessing
by life is to short inok my other thread was not totally what i was after.
after thinking it through i was wondering if any of you have ever heard of someone being hurt by a householder in field service.. .
like i mentioned in my latest thread about the sister who was murdered and then her death was blamed on her.. i know in the hall i grew up in there were many sex offenders living in the area.
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Think of JW 's as Victims Instead of Enemies ? They get Conditional Love
by flipper ini have to give credit for this thread where credit is due- to the poster black sheep who used this expression in an answer on another thread recently.
" black sheep.. perhaps the leaders of the wt society are not victims - they are the ones handing out the mind control to the rank & file - ( i know some differ as to whether the leaders are victims as well ) - however that is not the purpose of debate on this thread.. the rank and file jehovah's witness members are trained to have relationships based on " conditions of obedience and membership ".
notice this quote from steve hassan's " releasing the bonds - empowering people to think for themselves " on the last paragraph of his introduction .
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mentallyfree31
I agree 100% that they are victims.
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607 B.C.E. - A Trip To The Local Library! With Pictures!
by mentallyfree31 inwatchtower says 607 bce.
i decided to dig into this matter myself at the public library yesterday.
i examined every book i could find that contained facts about jerusalem.
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mentallyfree31
Lady Liberty - I clearly remember the day I deconstructed 607 / 1914 back in December 2009. I didn't sleep much for 4 days I was so shocked. It was the weirdest feeling. I just kept saying all night long for 4 nights "can this really be true that I'm in a cult and have been fooled?" LOL!
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607 B.C.E. - A Trip To The Local Library! With Pictures!
by mentallyfree31 inwatchtower says 607 bce.
i decided to dig into this matter myself at the public library yesterday.
i examined every book i could find that contained facts about jerusalem.
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Lady Liberty - I clearly remember the day I deconstructed 607 / 1914 back in December 2009. I didn't sleep much for 4 days I was so shocked. It was the weirdest feeling. I just kept saying all night long for 4 nights "can this really be true that I'm in a cult and have been fooled?" LOL!
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Do you remember the moment that you stopped believing that it was "The Truth"?
by freeflyingfaerie inwas there one incident or epiphany that struck you hard?
or was it a slow...gradual awakening (no pun)?.
my coming out of the jw coma (as i like to call it) began at a family rendezvous in the beautiful florida gulf coast.
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mentallyfree31
I remember that moment clearly. It was 15 minutes into reading Captives of a Concept.
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607 B.C.E. - A Trip To The Local Library! With Pictures!
by mentallyfree31 inwatchtower says 607 bce.
i decided to dig into this matter myself at the public library yesterday.
i examined every book i could find that contained facts about jerusalem.
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mentallyfree31
I think I may visit another library this week, and expand my collection. Just for laughs.
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Did you ever play this legalistic JW game?
by no lies please ini remember years ago playing a game at gatherings wherein the object was to get into the new system.
they would hold up a nwt or a knowledge book (or similar)and after clearing their throat would state the name of the book that they were holding and state that if you read it and apply it you would get into the new system.
after which you were told whether or not you made it into the new system by precisely repeating what you had heard.
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mentallyfree31
I have played this game many times, but it was never related in any way to theocratic issues. Just a game to play. However, it was our bible study conductor that introduced us to it, but he didn't mention anything about getting into the new system.
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Talked to an OLD friend...he has NO desire to 'return' to the fold either!!
by babygirl30 inthere was a family in my cong that i was really close to...dad's an elder, mom's a pioneer, they had a son and daughter.
about 5yrs ago though, when i was still in my jw trance - the son married a non-jw and faded while the daughter was df'd.
due to my judgemental training, i 'shunned' both of them out of duty (not because i didn't care about them).
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mentallyfree31
I have some old friends that I'm wondering about too...i have an inkling that they have figured things out too. I need to reach out to them and see if i'm right.
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I'm Very Encouraged...
by Cthulhu inby the fact that in under one day we have 2 new members on the board, hadit and thor.
that people are leaving that nutty religion and doing so in a rather public manner is a wonderful thing so far as i am concerned.
if you two happen to read this, hadit and thor, please know that seeing you here has made my day!.
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mentallyfree31
Very nice.
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Making the leap - lurker to member - Hello!
by Hadit inive been lurking here for the past couple of months since i started researching the organization.
i dont have many people to talk to and its been a saving grace to read your posts.. i dont really know where to start so here i go.
its been a long journey getting here and it looks as if i still have a long ways to go to get somewhere healthy, stable and strong.
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mentallyfree31
Read Steve Hassan's book Combatting Cult Mind Control asap. It is a must read for anybody exiting a cult.