Posts by DesirousOfChange

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I have a tee shirt idea

by mickbobcat in

i have an idea for a jw tee shirt.

jehovah's witnesses redefining words since 1914.

DesirousOfChange

Million now living

~~will never die~~

are dead!

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Ron DeSantis signs Bill which bans trans girls in girls' sports

by LoveUniHateExams in

well done, ron desantis.. biological males should not be participating in female sports.. everyone but lunatic activists knows it's common sense, and the right thing to do.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2alku-rhw.

DesirousOfChange

This guy WILL run for President (if Trump doesn't) or at least VP for Trump (since Pence is washed up).

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This is how stupid college kids are today

by mickbobcat in

not only college kids but a lot of liberal idiots adults.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-knh46tlcwm.

DesirousOfChange

She should start a new Millennial Age religion.

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Governing Body; Villians or just Deluded?

by pistolpete in

are you sometimes dumbfounded at the direction the governing body takes?.

thousands of documents proving 607 bce is wrong, yet the gb sticks to the date, why?.

the generation that would not die, yet they continue by introducing an overlapping generation.. disfellowshipping at a time when everyone is leaving, not a good idea, yet they continue to disfellowship.. here is a video that addresses these questions.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbgeqhp9o9i.

DesirousOfChange

I think the majority are just delusional. Or at least they start out that way.

Why do I say that? I'm basing it on how I felt as an elder. I really believed it was The Troof. I'm actually a pretty bright guy. Pretty successful in life despite being hampered by following the JW rules against education, etc. I knew there were "problems" with some of the doctrine/dogma, but I really, really thought the basic things were solid. Of course, I'm more from the Franz/Knorr generation of JWism. Freddy Franz was a wizard. He was magic. Without any doubt, he was a very gifted man. But not a savvy businessman that Knorr was. Freddy dreamed it all up and Knorr sold it.

The shit they peddle today is........well........shit. How can ANYONE (with any reasonable sense) buy into the overlapping generation BS?It should be obvious to everyone that it's just a "Band-Aid" to try to stop the hemorrhaging that was happening when many began to figure out that the old doctrines had "expired". They had to replace the "1914 generation" with something. Sadly, the overlap was evidently the best thing these bumbling idiots could conceive.

Still there MUST be some "at the top" who know all the dirty secrets, ie, the twisted quotes and false information put into publications like the Creator Book and the Trinity Brochure. When you have to twist and lie to peddle your shit, then you know it's a lie. Perhaps those are just so deep in the Borg that they cannot do anything else? Perhaps they fear it all falling apart and where would they be? Old. Broke. Uneducated. And, without any marketable skills. So they just keep pushing the BS that they know is BS because their future depends on it.

I believe the delusional ones are just praying that Joe Hoover bails them out real soon. They pray every day and night that Armageddon come tomorrow just to prove them right.

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Do You Know Of Anyone That Has Seen A Therapist Because Of Being A Witness?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i really don’t know of many people who got into therapy because of their jw dealings but i would think that if someone remains depressed or severely affected by their past witness life, it’s not a bad idea to speak to someone to get you on the right path.

i think this site has been very therapeutic for many over the years..

DesirousOfChange

It is vital to ask any counselor you intend to go to if they are experienced with cults. If they are not they are likely to see the wt as just another religion.

I found this to be true. I was seeing a counselor for other issues -- not anything specifically pertaining to JWism, but the subject of religiosity/spirituality came up and I was frank about the JW issues. The counselor had no idea they practiced shunning, etc. He simply had always viewed them as just another protestant fringe religion without having any understanding of the psychological damage that can be inflicted by the Cult and its members.

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What Do You Think of Dr. Fauci?

by minimus in

jw
friends

last year millions of people were singing his praises.

what’s your opinion of him right now?.

DesirousOfChange

Fauci is a drama queen who loves the limelight!

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British BLM activist has been shot in the head - media bias?

by LoveUniHateExams in

sadly, british blm activist sasha johnson is critically ill in hospital after being shot in the head.. first, i'd like to wish her a recovery if this is possible.. but i also think this could be a good test case of how the british media report this event.. i think it could be good to explore media bias.. so, we have the right-wing daily mail saying that, according to her friend, sasha johnson was shot in the head due to being in the cross-fire of a gang shooting, and that she wasn't the intended target, neither was she targeted because of her politics.. at the other end of the spectrum, the left-wing guardian is saying that she was shot after receiving death threats, according to her political party that she founded.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612115/drive-gunmen-shot-black-panther-oxford-sasha-johnson-head-fired-house-party.html.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/blm-activist-sasha-johnson-in-critical-condition-after-gunshot-to-the-head.

DesirousOfChange

Black Lives only Matter to Black people on the rare occasions that a white cop is involved.

WELL SAID

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British BLM activist has been shot in the head - media bias?

by LoveUniHateExams in

sadly, british blm activist sasha johnson is critically ill in hospital after being shot in the head.. first, i'd like to wish her a recovery if this is possible.. but i also think this could be a good test case of how the british media report this event.. i think it could be good to explore media bias.. so, we have the right-wing daily mail saying that, according to her friend, sasha johnson was shot in the head due to being in the cross-fire of a gang shooting, and that she wasn't the intended target, neither was she targeted because of her politics.. at the other end of the spectrum, the left-wing guardian is saying that she was shot after receiving death threats, according to her political party that she founded.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612115/drive-gunmen-shot-black-panther-oxford-sasha-johnson-head-fired-house-party.html.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/blm-activist-sasha-johnson-in-critical-condition-after-gunshot-to-the-head.

DesirousOfChange

I'm all for defunding the police in those "problem" areas.

INTERESTING TAKE ON THE PROBLEM FROM A BLACK POLITICIAN:

ST. LOUIS • Jimmie Edwards, the city’s new public safety director, did not waste time getting to his point.

“This message is for black folk,” Edwards said during remarks Monday at the annual downtown ceremony honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Of the city’s 205 murders last year, 204 of the victims were African-Americans, Edwards said. “One hundred percent of the people that were caught and accused of those crimes were African-Americans. We have to address that. We cannot go forward and continue King’s dream unless we look in the mirror and address that problem. That’s a problem that’s on us.”

ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH 01/18/2018

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