Nothing wrong with the reasoning Daniel . . . I think one or two here may even have done something similar.
But painless? . . . I doubt it.
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How To Leave Jehovah's Witnesses Easily and Painlessly
by Daniel Metz ini have just thought of a way to leave jehovah's witnesses using information from the new shepherd the flock of god book.
it's quite simply: rebaptism.
here are the steps:.
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Watching Worlds Apart
by man in black inabout a year ago i saw this movie for the first time.. and while watching it, most of the points showing how controlling the jw's are did not really stick out to me, (shunning,emotional abuse, etc.).
but last night i was bored and watched it again, and wow was it amazing to me how strange this religion can be.. i find it somewhat amusing how long the wt mentality can remain in the subconscience unnoticed.. for example at the end when sarah attends the funeral of her good friend who died because of the no blood policy, her father walks up.
and tells her that she is selfish for attending.
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sizemik
I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago on youtube. I too was impressed how it managed to capture the reality of what this cult does to a family. The movie was able to subtly include so many of the elements of JW family life. The loveless marriage, the total rejection of eldest son by his father, the eldest's sons pain, the wife's secret disbelief, the teens double life, the Elders false love and legalistic mindset. I could go on . . . but I've seen all of those elements myself . . . and sometimes in the same family . . . and on this occasion it looked . . . well, evil and debasing.
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Funniest Thing to happen during a meeting?
by truthseeker1969 ini am sure all of us have laughed at something that happened at the kingdom hall or assembly.. the first one i can think of is a brother giving a talk on voting and saying " why is it that men sit iin pubs and discuss how bad the economy is and the cost of everything and yet when the 'erection" (election) comes up they never do anything about it.. my brother in his best beavis n butthead voioce said " huh huh he said erection".
we sat for the next 45 mins trying hard not to laugh.. of course, i got the look from the elders and the talk about not laughing.. .
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sizemik
In my first congregation (early 80's) there had been a family next to the hall who resented our presence. During the WT Study there would be a loud rock 'n roll drum riff belting out for about 20 secs following the reading of each paragraph. The timing was perfect and obliged the study conductor to either wait or raise his voice.
Eventually after about 5 paragraphs someone worked out what was going on. The youngster next door had rung in on the recently provided telephone hook-up and was sitting at his drumkit listening to the program on headphones. The "brothers" were embarrased, the rest of us thought it was hilarious.
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Pedophilia
by imasheilatoo ini'm fairly new here, so i don't know if this has been discussed before.
we used to have a member of the "remnant" in our congregation (chester g), who lived at bethel.
he was an older man, and had been a witness for a very long time.
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sizemik
Brother Chester the child molester.
It's disturbing how many "latent" pedophiles lurk in this organisation. Positions of authority seem to provide the perfect conditions for them emerge and become "active" . . . and then the conditions exist for them to persist with impunity. I find it hard to accept this is all because of some "pre-disposition". Some have a pre-disposition to violence . . . but we don't make excuses for violent behaviour. This type of behaviour is even more destructive to the victim in many cases.
These are the worst lind of low-lifes . . . total, heartless, self-interest . . . and "annointed" . . . pffft.
Welcome to you imasheilatoo . . . sorry you have to have such a memory.
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Paradise Earth
by MrFreeze inso, lets speak hypothetically here.
lets say the wt is right about paradise earth and the new world.
if we did live forever, what would happen if we fell off a cliff accidentally?
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sizemik
Designed to live forever?
Permanent teeth
Permanent teeth are the second set of teeth formed in humans. There are thirty-two permanent teeth, consisting of six maxillary and six mandibular molars, four maxillary and four mandibular premolars, two maxillary and two mandibular canines, four maxillary and four mandibular incisors.
The first permanent tooth usually appears in the mouth at around six years of age, and the mouth will then be in a transition period with both deciduous teeth and permanent teeth (mixed dentition) until the last deciduous tooth is lost. The first of the adult teeth to erupt are the permanent first molars that come through the gums at the back, right behind the last 'milk' molars. These first permanent molars are the most important teeth for the correct development of an adult dentition. Up to the age of thirteen years, twenty-eight of the thirty-two permanent teeth will appear.
The full permanent dentition is completed much later. The four last adult teeth, one at the back of every arch will appear between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one years. This is the reason they are named wisdom teeth.
In rare occurrences, a third set of teeth is possible. It's been reported to happen to very elderly humans and in even more rare cases of younger people who have had their permanent teeth removed.
In light of the very rare occurrence of multiple "sets" of teeth in humans, some new studies have proposed that the OSR2 (gene) could be responsible for this.
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Paradise Earth
by MrFreeze inso, lets speak hypothetically here.
lets say the wt is right about paradise earth and the new world.
if we did live forever, what would happen if we fell off a cliff accidentally?
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sizemik
So base-jumping is out? . . . pffft . . . some paradise.
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WTS Quotes on Evolution
by sizemik inthe official wts website has a short article entitled .
is evolution compatible with the bible?.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20080101a/article_01.htm.
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sizemik
Very interesting post Atlantis . . .
Fair to say the JW take on Evolution has significantly regressed as the certainty of it grows . . . strange isn't it?
Thanks for the post Nickolas . . . the last sentence says it all really.
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Friday Fun Post
by OnTheWayOut init's been quite a week for congressman weiner in the united states.
that was funny enough.
we also had some of the hottest weather in many areas for a couple of days.. but the weekend is upon us and many jwn people need their own laughs.
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Toilet Humour
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I remember an illustration "something" like this in a talk one time LOL
by therevealer inmy wife stood before me with some items in front of her.
without a word, she emptied a large jar of mayonnaise and proceeded to fill the empty jar with rocks right to the top, rocks about 2" diameter, then asked me if the jar was full.
i agreed that it was.. she then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them in to the jar.
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sizemik
Yep . . . we even got the rocks and the spring illustrations down here in New Zealand . . . roung the mid-nineties if memory serves. That got plenty of milage out of that little bit of creative thinking . . . and probably stole it in the first place . . . and we all went Hmmmmmmmmm (collective nod)
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Friday Fun Post
by OnTheWayOut init's been quite a week for congressman weiner in the united states.
that was funny enough.
we also had some of the hottest weather in many areas for a couple of days.. but the weekend is upon us and many jwn people need their own laughs.
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