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My Story: from JW Elder to Born Again Christian to Agnostic

by passwordprotected in

i first posted here on 3rd june 2008. at the time i was an elder, appointed the previous october, i was 36 and i was a born-in.

at the time i'd become disillusioned with the society due to the governing body's letter explaining why the book study in private homes was being abolished.

april 2008 saw me start questioning this decision, privately of course, and this eventually led me to this site, to jwfacts and to many youtube videos, all of which began to errode my faith in the leaders of the organisation.. in july 2008, having discussed my doubts with my wife, i attended the district convention, deciding to give the society one last chance to convince me it was the truth.

John_Mann

{But I accept this fact as just the way it is. I have the power to change it, if I so choose.}

Words of wisdom.

Great experience. Thanx for sharing.

It's eerie how we can perceive a clear pattern among born-in's.

I'm following quite the same life pattern of yours:

* Born-in

* Ex-JW

* Mainstream evangelical christian

* Lost of faith in a god

* Sympathy of eastern religion/tradition/philosophy (buddhism, yoga, etc)

* Entrepreneurship

* Divorce

* Peace found in uncertainty

I would recommend to you to learn a lot about the theory of evolution and its several applications (in economics, computation, astronomy, psychology, etc..).

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Jesus was a false prophet?

by opusdei1972 in

and he said to them, "i tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of god come with power.

(mark 9:1).

when you are persecuted in one place, flee to another.

John_Mann

Jesus was a false prophet?

No. He never existed.

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Controversial Opinion: Why the web site campaign is actually brilliant

by Apognophos in

there's a lot of talk right now about how stupid it is to have jws hand out leaflets with urls on them.

"why go to someone's door to tell them they can visit a web site that lets them ask for someone to come to their door?

" well, i'm sorry, but i have to weigh in with a contrary opinion here on how clever the society is.

John_Mann

JW.org on TV is the next step of GB 2.0

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Controversial Opinion: Why the web site campaign is actually brilliant

by Apognophos in

there's a lot of talk right now about how stupid it is to have jws hand out leaflets with urls on them.

"why go to someone's door to tell them they can visit a web site that lets them ask for someone to come to their door?

" well, i'm sorry, but i have to weigh in with a contrary opinion here on how clever the society is.

John_Mann

I don't agree with the OP.

I think is a complete failure. And is so evident among them that until now they don't published no ONE experience about someone reaching to The Troof through the website.

They made up a lot of experiences about Andre, why not made up just ONE about the website?

Because even they know it's a complete failure.

And it's not like Youtube because people on internet likes to speak up, to interact and the JW.org is all about listen and obey. Even if they get some "guilty curiosity" about the JW's, people will search some forum to get personalized answers. Nobody online agree 100% of something why expect that with JW.org?

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GREAT SONG FOR THOSE OF US STRUGGLING TO LEAVE THE JW CULT!

by ADJUSTMENTS in

jw
friends

this is a song by lauren hill she had family ties to the jw cult, so it is very touching and moving, she even gets choked up in the middle of the song.

i like to share this song with new ones or old ones and those who have heard it before every now and again, it so refreshing and hopefull!

enjoy it!!!.

John_Mann

Eyes without a face - Billy Idol

Sunday morning - The Bolshoi

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Just Curious About Something

by EmptyInside in

jw
friends

sorry,couldn't think of a better title for this post,without it being long.. i was thinking this morning,if ex-jws, who were born into the group less likely to join another religion after leaving.

vs. the witnesses who belonged to a church before joining the religion.. from my own prespective,being raised a witness,i have no intention of joining any religion.

and it seems that born-ins are less likely to join a religion after leaving the cult.. in my own experience,i think it's religious burn-out to tell the truth.

John_Mann

The JW.org is the perfect example of enantiodromia.

It produces a high percentage of atheists among ex-members.

I'm a born-in and I don't believe in any religion.

Those who don't believe will never be fooled. It's that simple.

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Some of My Thoughts on Jung, Individuation,Wholeness, The Unconscious and Enlightenment

by frankiespeakin in

as some already know or perhaps guessed i'm interested in jung's ideas on the psyche, have been since a teenager and then the jws got me at and closed my mind.

after leaving mental "the truth" in my forties, my intrest renewed very quickly, a post leolia made to me on some subject unknowingly gave me my first prod, thanks leo.. well i was exploring my mind soon as i left the jw with some lengthy excursions into being a semi hermit in order to give myself over to much inner time, it even feels a bit selfish to do now so i gave it up,, for how long?

still probing but at a reduced rate.. jung studied all the religions, and all the ancient text he could get his hands on, and his knowedge of mythology was extensive.so he also is very understanding of what is enlightenment, as he said the experiences he had with the unconscious nearly tore him apart but he manged to survive it without loosing his sanity, jung also said that he was surprised at how much of the unconscious the buddha had made conscious without going insane.

John_Mann

Yes it is.

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Just an old illustration from "Religion"

by wifibandit in

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source:.

John_Mann

A clapping "snake"! LOL

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Some of My Thoughts on Jung, Individuation,Wholeness, The Unconscious and Enlightenment

by frankiespeakin in

as some already know or perhaps guessed i'm interested in jung's ideas on the psyche, have been since a teenager and then the jws got me at and closed my mind.

after leaving mental "the truth" in my forties, my intrest renewed very quickly, a post leolia made to me on some subject unknowingly gave me my first prod, thanks leo.. well i was exploring my mind soon as i left the jw with some lengthy excursions into being a semi hermit in order to give myself over to much inner time, it even feels a bit selfish to do now so i gave it up,, for how long?

still probing but at a reduced rate.. jung studied all the religions, and all the ancient text he could get his hands on, and his knowedge of mythology was extensive.so he also is very understanding of what is enlightenment, as he said the experiences he had with the unconscious nearly tore him apart but he manged to survive it without loosing his sanity, jung also said that he was surprised at how much of the unconscious the buddha had made conscious without going insane.

John_Mann

This is a bunch of woo.

If you are really interested in the human mind follow the Human Brain Project.

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Do Jehovah's Witnesses actually HATE?

by clarity in

do jehovah's witnesses actually hate?.

hatred (jwfacts).

the direction given in the watchtower goes strongly against christian examples when demanding members hate an apostate.. *.

John_Mann

It's a cult of pure hate.

John_Mann

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