Posts by Hadit

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BrotherDan's POV

by PSacramento in

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brotherdan seems to have left and before he did he psoted this:.

so this is goodbye.

thanks for the help in getting out of the cult.

Honestly, I think that there is just too much going on for him at this time. It's not that he is a drama queen, or unable to take cricism. It's just all too much at once. Finding out the truth about JWs, wife not listening, threat of losing family, elders, loss of JW faith, trying to keep some faith, new ideas conflicting with ideas he's trying to hold on to . . . it becomes too much. I think he needs a break. Dealing with every one of these things at once can drive a person crazy. It's not healthy. It's scary to have a belief and think you have it all figured out and then . . . WHAM . . . it's all gone! You try to keep a shred of hope. You try to keep some of your beliefs, even if the evidence is lacking. You once had a future of forever and now it's threatened. It's scary and it's overwhelming. It's hard to break free of mind control. It's hard to get through to your own thoughts and mind.

Dan - if you are reading this . . . you are a kind, sincere, honest and loving individual. You do what is best for you and your family. Take one thing and one day at a time. You can't figure out everything at once. Breathe! Take a break. Exercise, spend quality time with your family, get involved in a hobby, something to build you up. Take care of your inner being. Everything shifts and changes with time.

I wish you all the very best. There are a lot of people that care about you here. You would be welcomed back with open arms if that is what you choose to do one day.

Peace and healing to you.

Hadit

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My Dad's passing

by happyexjw in

quite a while ago i wrote about my dad who has been living with prostate cancer for 13 years with secondry bone cancer for the last 2 years.

we all thought he was going to leave us back in april when he had a bad chest infection.

i was talking about wanting to be able to say some words at his funeral.

Hadit

I'm so sorry for your loss. It is awful what the elder and your aunt & uncle put you through. Completely inappropriate and unloving. Your dad sounds like a wonderful man - continue to keep his memory alive.

Please take good care of yourself and your mom. Peace and healing to you and your family.

Hadit

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Oompa update

by Robert7 in

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i don't post much, so most of you don't know me.

i live in nc near oompa, and he has become a good friend with my wife and i over the last few years.. so as an update, my wife visited oompa today!

he's recovering, but has a long recovery to go.

Hadit

I had no idea he had an accident! I'm so sorry! Get well soon - glad to hear you're on the way. Please take good care of yourself.

Hadit

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Does the Watchtower contain photo's of the Devil

by jwfacts in

i have not been able to find any photo's of satan the devil in the watchtower.

there are photo's of the serpent with eve, satan's hand offering kingdoms to jesus and a shadowy cloaked figure speaking to jesus on the mountain.

apart from that i cannot locate any of a proper looking devil.

Hadit

Well. . . since they say that Satan is Jesus' brother - wouldn't he kinda look like Jesus?

Hadit

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George Orwell's '1984'

by Winston Smith :>D in

on a thread it was asked how we chose our screen name.

mine is from the book george orwell's, 1984. .

'winston smith' is the protagonist who big brother tries to crush.. the book, along with george orwell's animal farm, are required reading imo for any jw/x-jw.. actually, the book is a great insight into what can happen when individuals surrender their freedom to any high control group.. .

Hadit

Give me the judgment of balanced minds in preference to laws every time. Codes and manuals create patterned behaviour. All patterned behaviour tends to go unquestioned, gathering destructive momentum.

Wow - that is one powerful statement! When people don't ask questions or are fearful to do so they are kept asleep. Independent thinking is demonized. Very dangerous indeed.

When I read 1984 the similarities with the WTS were staggering. I wish I read it at a younger age. Although I might not have "got" it at that time. You have to be in a certain mind set to see things for what they are.

Chrysalids is an excellent book!

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at the toilet paper comment!

Hadit

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Are you suspicious of LURKERS?

by VampireDCLXV in

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we all know they're here but we don't really know who they are.. they are people who sign up here and then never comment (or rarely ever do).. doesn't that make any of you regulars here at the very least a tiny bit suspicious?.

why would a person sign up to a forum like this and then never say a damn thing?

it seems to me that there is a primary reason why some folks sign up and then never comment on anything: to spy.

Hadit

Grace - Hah! I do NOT need glasses! I don't say anything I don't mean. I GUARANTEE you everyone on here agrees with me .

I am going to give you a call soon and pick your brain - you have some great ideas!

Have a great day! Sending you a big hug,

Hadit

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Are you suspicious of LURKERS?

by VampireDCLXV in

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we all know they're here but we don't really know who they are.. they are people who sign up here and then never comment (or rarely ever do).. doesn't that make any of you regulars here at the very least a tiny bit suspicious?.

why would a person sign up to a forum like this and then never say a damn thing?

it seems to me that there is a primary reason why some folks sign up and then never comment on anything: to spy.

Hadit

Wow Grace! You are awesome! Good for you for actively helping others. That picture of you is great - you are absolutely beautiful!

I agree - lurkers - lurk away - you are bound to learn something regardless of why you are here. Fear had a lot to do with it for me so good for you for lurking!

Hadit

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Biblical Prophecies written BEFORE fulfillment

by brotherdan in

satan and nvl recommended that i start this thread.

i'm not sure anyone will have interest.

but one of the things that proves to me that the bible is accurate is the prophecies that were written before the fullfillment, in detal.

Hadit

It's comforting to Christians to think that somehow Daniel wrote a detailed prophecy hundreds of years in advance, but as has been stated, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof". In this case it just ain't there.

Agreed.

Hadit

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Can we understand the Bible without the Watchtower?

by brotherdan in

not according to c.t russell.

in the september 15, 1910 wt he made these shocking claims regarding the 6 scripture studies that he wrote:.

"that is to say, they are not merely comments on the bible, but they are practically the bible itself...".

Hadit

The Israellites, after first coming to the promised land, refused to get rid of the demon worshipping people. And it was THAT that caused them to commit horrendous acts in the future.

People cannot cause others to do anything - demon worshipping or not. The only cause we have is OURSELVES. Saying that someone else causes us to do anything is taking away our own responsibility.

There is nothing loving in genocide, rape and pillaging.

How is it loving to take all the women and young girls from their devastated homeland (no matter what it was like – it was their home and their security) and plant them with strange men who have now taken them as their property? Their property!!! How is a human life anyone’s property? Then to live a life of rape and servitude to men who say their God gave them this? WHAT? Meditate on that for a while.

Would a loving God really do that? Or . . . would men who want to justify their actions SAY that God is with them. Because if your answer is that God did indeed say this then please explain where God would be for the women and children that he DELIBERATELY gave over to a life of HELL.

The LITERAL or what is called "vulgar" reading of the text is designed to keep the uninitiated powerless while the priesthood dominates them, acting as "mediators" and collecting tithes while they withhold the spiritual truths from the metaphors that would clue a person in on how to awaken his consciousness and connect with God directly.

I agree – it’s all about power and keeping the masses asleep. Asleep and chanting their magical word “Jehovah.”

Hadit

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Suicidal

by Billen76 in

i found the solution!

my little brothers eyes were gleaming at me and he was obviously very proud.. ruben always wanted to impress me and gain my recognition.. .

our father had given us each a toy rubber kangaroo.

Hadit

My heart goes out to you. I'm so sorry.

Hadit