Posts by satinka

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Being honest with yourself, could you have reasonably adjusted your attitude and continued on as a JW?

by miseryloveselders in

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i ask this question in harmony with deedub's swan song thread which i linked below.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/205902/1/time-to-say-good-bye.

to some degree, i think i understand where she's coming from.

just speaking from my own experiences since stepping into the world of anonymous apostacy, i went through a few different phases of personal outlooks.

satinka

the pros of being a JW, if even conscious of its many faults, far outweight being a disgruntled, hardheaded apostate?

Do you mean to say there are pros to being a brainwashed book seller?

Do you really think that apostates are disgruntled and hardheaded?

Why are you putting us in a box?

To answer your question about being honest with myself... that is exactly the point...it was time to be honest with myself. After spending my entire life as a JW and adjusting my view, my thoughts, my beliefs to the very uncomfortable, constricting, restricting JW box, when I finally left, I decided it was time *finally* to find out who I truly was and be true to myself. I am happier now than I ever was as a depressed, mal-adjusted JW-in-a-box trying to please an un-please-able, punishing god and demanding, controlling patriarchs.

Gone dancing!

satinka

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University student's JW based honors thesis research. PLEASE HELP!

by honorsthesis in

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/defectedmembers_honorsthesis.

hello community,.

my name is brett w., and i am senior undergraduate student at the university of florida.

satinka

Students who approach the public for surveys...don't their questions need the approval of the University Ethics Board?

Furthermore, I see he claims to be an "independent researcher." Which leads to my next question. I understood the term "Independent Researcher" to mean he has no institutional affiliation.

Based on the Facebook comments above, it seems the JWs think he is an apostate.

satinka

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Awake!: For Idiots - Or Just Written By Them?

by metatron in

good grief!.

how dumb can this future landfill waste magazine get?

take a look at the march issue, "five keys to better health".

satinka

A wake!: For Idiots - Or Just Written By Them?

ummmm...both!

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Does anyone know what happens to full-time JW's(DO's, CO's, Missionaries, Special pioneers, etc) when they reach old age?

by african GB Member in

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i am just wondering since these people never work a secular job.

is there some sort of an arrangement from the society to care for them?

presuming they don't even have children of their own to look after them when they are old..

satinka

No one expected to die...

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Has Feminism Screwed with the current Generation ?

by caliber in

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i present this video as a starting point to spur discussion (this is like a red dot topic.... wink wink .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwr1z4aiywm&feature=related.

satinka

I hear your frustration, caliber. Sorry, but feminism is important and not to be feared, but rather embraced by men. Women can't be expected to live a disempowered life. Feminism is necessary for our growth. And, contrary to some beliefs (like the jws) it is not a threat to real men. It may ultimately benefit men because it will challenge men to grow.

Women are growing emotionally. If men don't grow their emotions also, men and women will only grow apart.

Mr Satinka happens to agree with me on this point. He's a keeper.

satinka

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University student's JW based honors thesis research. PLEASE HELP!

by honorsthesis in

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/defectedmembers_honorsthesis.

hello community,.

my name is brett w., and i am senior undergraduate student at the university of florida.

satinka

I attempted to take the survey, but some of my feelings and opinions did not fit into any of the selections.

I can't think so much "in the box" any more...sorry...

So I bailed.

satinka

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My conversation and growing friendship with a 68 year old Witness (a victim of the '75 lie) Most older witnesses know something isnt 'right.'

by Joliette in

great friendship that i'm growing with a older woman here in milwaukee.. she's a really nice woman.

i like talking to her, and she tells me that she tries to listen to the 'younger folks.

' she said, she actually enjoys talking.

satinka

After it dawns on them late in life that they have been lied to...Maybe they finally start to wonder...is this all there is to life?

no paradise after all...?

Too late to start over...?

I don't think its too late, personally. It's never too late to open a mind, learn and grow.

satinka

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My First Post on JWN- Hello!

by Philadelphia Ponos in

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i'll give some background information before i introduce myself.

i faded from the organization three and a half years ago.

i have no family members who are jws and haven't thought about this religion at all over the past three and half years.

satinka

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponos

ah, he's a god who will convert all the JWs to him and he will be known as Jepono!

satinka

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My First Post on JWN- Hello!

by Philadelphia Ponos in

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i'll give some background information before i introduce myself.

i faded from the organization three and a half years ago.

i have no family members who are jws and haven't thought about this religion at all over the past three and half years.

satinka

Some things you just have to experience for yourself!

Maybe its a bet...

Any elder lurking here is going to be wary of a newcomer... But do keep us posted.

satinka

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What is the JW view of the Ichtus (Fish) christianity symbol?

by james_woods in

the thread about the cross got me to thinking about this - i think i read somewhere that the earliest known christian relic was a mosaic display of the fish symbol - which was taken as a sign of christianity.. has the watchtower ever explained why they avoid the use of this symbol?.

have they ever explained why it is ok for them to use the watchtower as a symbol but not this?.

satinka

JWs demonize everything that they have not themselves made up.

So the fish has gotta be demonized, don't you think?

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