Mary J Blige

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  Help me Out Here

  by vinman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been out about 9 months.

  and yes i am still obsessed with anti-watchtower material.

  i've been married 23 years.

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  Mary J Blige

  I hear you. The prospect of living forever on earth gave no urgency to living life in the now. Leave it till the new system! You'll have plenty of time to study, learn music and do your own thing then! So you never needed to think about life goals and if you did, it was more of a fantasy.

  For the now, my interests come last and my family's interests first. My down time now is reading and researching all of 'this' and I am becoming consumed by it.

  I still don't think that I am living an honest and authentic life but will integrate more things in every now and then. Hence my garden goal this year :)

  Guess what. I want grandkids to pick fruit from nanas garden. Didn't ever think about having grandkids coz surely that would be after a thousand years. Good god yes it is layers and layers of cultedness.
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  Cognitive Dissonance Runs Deep

  by vinman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while it is true that maybe 1 or 2 things woke you up (like myself), it is interesting to reflect on the reality of what you did not believe, even if you were a true believer and would of died for the organization.

  here is my list (not a complete list, i'm sure their is more).

  what is your list like?.

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  Mary J Blige

  Like Faye, it was death and resurrection with no hope of any normal happy life. Almost a hell on earth and what loving god would torment any living thing like that? That really stumbled me.

  The shunning practice too. I had bad memories as a child of how others were treated and I remember being embarrassed by it.

  Belief that only JWs were good people and were going to survive the big A.
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

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  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Have been trying for a while to upload 'before' image with no luck. Will give it a try again later.

  Possum - would you believe that we have had some heavy frosts but my rhubarb is still growing strong and insanely, while some strawberries have died down, I have a handful of flowers (still)...

  Bonsai, I have just shopped around on line and see I can get a ready supply of heliotrope and cosmos so as I have never grown either, I shall do so on your recommendation! Your courtyard sounds amazing!!!
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Mary J Blige

  Gardening is my physical activity thing. I like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty. The front lawn is around 40m2 and I am converting it to potager this year. Already have a few seedlings on the grow so what I want to know from you lot who are enjoying the last of your summer gardens is:
  "What have you enjoyed growing this season?"
  "What new tips have you picked up this season and are keen to share?" and
  "What suggestions do you have for my empty but ready for something spectacular space?"
  
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  Geoffrey Jackson on "corporal punishment"

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  here is another jackson's misleading answer, from the transcript of august 14 :.

  25 q. do you accept corporal punishment?

  29 a. not not personally, no, and not as an organisation 30 we don't encourage it.

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  Thank you defender of truth. I must confess that I am a physical book freak no matter how fabulous and convenient modern technology.

  "That is why Jesus on certain occasions refrained from giving full information or direct answers to certain questions when doing so could have brought unnecessary harm. (Mt 15:1-6; 21:23-27; Joh 7:3-10)

  Evidently the course of Abraham, Isaac, Rahab, and Elisha in misdirecting or in withholding full facts from nonworshipers of Jehovah must be viewed in the same light.—Ge 12:10-19; chap 20; 26:1-10; Jos 2:1-6; Jas 2:25; 2Ki 6:11-23"

  Interesting. So Jesus who never told a lie, the mirror image of his father who also cannot lie... are likened to imperfect humans?

  We "evidently... must.. view in the same light" Rahab's example? Quite a long bow! There goes that suggestive speech again... "evidently we must view" but in 1975 evidently, it appears that some people misunderstood the WT and misapplied doctrine that WT may have suggested...
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  Recommended Read

  by vinman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since i discovered ttatt, i am always looking for a good book that can help me recover.

  if you think you need a therapist but can't get to one, i highly recommend this book: exiting the jwcult- a healing handbook.

  the author (bonnie zieman) was a witness for 30 years, then became a professional in psychology.

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  Mary J Blige

  Thanks, have not heard of this one. Will track it down.
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  search box not working

  by lefty in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  using a samsung galaxy s4 , the search box opens, but once selected the box diappears.

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  Mary J Blige

  Ditto. Heaps of people have suggested using it for research but it never worked for me (Samsung s4). Glad you posted this lefty, that Simon is on to it and bandit has a work around!
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  Nice Old Dears Tried to "Witness" to me Today

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  an older man and wife - ray and mary - got chatting to me today.

  they were tourists admiring local wildlife.

  i gave them a few tips on where to go to see some interesting things and it wasn't long before they were telling me about how awful the world is "nowadays" and paradise yadda yadda.

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  Cofty - you probably got them at the best time - holidaying and relaxed - a window that will probably seal shut for the remainder of their years. The only thing you left out was the money grab. Haha. I'm only commenting so I can reinforce the line of questioning at a later date. You're awesome.

  Honestly though, I was so sure you met my grandmother Margaret who never shuts up. Got so animated trying to insert herself over the conversation that she slid off the couch like an egg in a pan! Promptly resumed position and never faltered in the sentence.
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  Geoffrey Jackson on "corporal punishment"

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  here is another jackson's misleading answer, from the transcript of august 14 :.

  25 q. do you accept corporal punishment?

  29 a. not not personally, no, and not as an organisation 30 we don't encourage it.

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  @Defender of Truth

  I am after the Insight book vs Aid book definitions of lies.... can you help?

  I think this relates to GJs testimony and will be the next dubbins defence.
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  Cognitive Dissonance

  by LexIsFree in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the cognitive dissonance amongst jws has never been more obvious to me then what i just experience in the last 5 min.

  long story short i had a phone conversation w/my mom about some things and i mentioned to her to look up what has been going on with their beloved organization in australia.

  brother geoffrey jackson of the holy governing body was caught lying numerous times about several subjects including disassociations & shunning.

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  Mary J Blige

  @LexIsFree did you 'reveal' who GJ was or did you stay quiet to spare your mother embarrassment? If you 'revealed' who GJ was, what was your mother's response? As my parents friends used the defense that the video had been doctored and while it looked like GJ it was cleverly edited and voice overed to discredit GJ and the org. So it wasn't in their opinion actually GJ.