Posts by Terra Incognita

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How far will you let people go?

by Lozhasleft in

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reading the thread about people self destructing on here combined with some experiences of my own has set me thinking.. i seem to have developed an intolerance to any kind of abusive behaviour.

of course none of us should tolerate serious abuse, i do realise that.

but whereas in the past and particularly whilst a jw i learnt to turn the other cheek or ignore as best i could any insults/sniping/snide comments from whoever fired them at me....now i simply cant.. its as if i have 'found' that i am worth more...that its totally unacceptable, and i wont allow it.

Terra Incognita

"I seem to have developed an intolerance to any kind of abusive behaviour. . . . Can anyone relate to what I'm saying?"

I can relate to what you're saying totally!

I used to be the kind of person who would respond back to anal orifices and willful idiots with persistent logic and facts. I eventually learned though that ideas and opinions are not about the factual or the logical but the psychological. The willfully ignorant; the arrogant; the Bully; are simply incapable of being changed no matter what approach you take. At least 99% of the time.

My approach now is to take one or two punches but as soon as the third one comes I go wild. I explain things rationally, with a lot of attention to detail and factuality. But when posters react arrogantly right from their first response, I go into sarcastic mode. Depending on the subject, I still include reason and facts but I mix them with razor sharp sarcasm. Then the bully and/or idiot starts crying.

"I'm not sure that my 'new' attitude is healthy. Many people expect us to put up and shut up, for all kinds of reasons. I cant. Not anymore."

Not only do some reach the stage where they can't take it anymore but they shouldn't have stood up to it for as long as they have; me included. If we "put up and shut up" the situation will only worsen. If you do something, then the situation will worsen anyway. The reason is that some people have a sense of self entitlement and it's their intrinsic nature to be that way.

The end result is that we have two choices:

Do nothing and die. Psychically or physically. You won't be in control of your destiny.
Fight back blazing. No matter how much the situation escalates and how bad it gets, you will be in control of your destiny.
The result is; and this applies to physical combat as well; that even if you were to lose the war, you have depleted your enemy of resources and inflicted some damage. That weakens your enemy, making him more vulnerable to his next victim; should that victim choose to fight back.

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FAITH, the biggest excuse for IGNORANCE.

by nicolaou in

when you claim that some impossible account from the bible is true are you doing so because of evidence and honest reasons or simply because you want it to be true?

if the evidence your claim is based upon ends up being proven false would you stop making the claim?.

if your claim is based only on wishful thinking then you are being dishonest with yourself.

Terra Incognita

"FAITH, the biggest excuse for IGNORANCE."

And the rhyming word ARROGANCE.

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Did Noah have a pet dinosaur?

by Resistance is Futile in

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They never made it through the flood.

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What would the world be like if everybody was a Jehovah Witnesses

by TotallyADD in

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on the news the other day they showed a young man after graduating from high school went out and got drunk and had a bad car accident.

he was paralyze from the waist down.

instead of going into deep depression of what he did to himself he started his life over and went to college and was involved in inventing a exoskeleton for disable people.

Terra Incognita

What would the world be like if everybody was a Jehovah Witnesses?

Jehovah's Witnesses taking a stroll through the neighborhood.

Jehovah's Witnesses at the District Assembly.

Apostates protesting the Witnesses.

Jehovah's Witnesses at the outdoor strip mall.

Jehovah's Witnesses catching the tram on a festive weekend.

Elders giving spiritual counsel to a wayward brother

Jehovah's Witnesses going to a family study.

Jehovah's Witness pets.

One of the Sisters waving at the camera.

Waiting for a cup of coffee and some donuts.

Notice the hottie, freshly dead Sister.

Jehovah's Witness newlyweds.

One of the Brothers asking for a ride.

Zombies Solar Cars 4 Zombies vs Solar Cars

Watchtower Jesus.

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What would the world be like if everybody was a Jehovah Witnesses

by TotallyADD in

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on the news the other day they showed a young man after graduating from high school went out and got drunk and had a bad car accident.

he was paralyze from the waist down.

instead of going into deep depression of what he did to himself he started his life over and went to college and was involved in inventing a exoskeleton for disable people.

Terra Incognita

Diamonddiz:

"Child abusers would need two witnesses to the event as lack of professionals couldn't assess the victim so the elders would have to take the abuser's word."

Below you'll find one of the multitudes of Jehovah's Witness abominations that people like Maze sweep under the carpet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZpScLCMqEk

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The Christian Onslaught

by satinka in

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*sigh* i have been noticing lately there are a number of groups of "christians" signing up as members of this forum, with the obvious agenda of gaining converts for their own cult-like religions.

i have been wondering things like:.

hmmm...maybe i'll try ignoring them.. thank you simon for the space to vent.. satinka.

Terra Incognita

Godrulz, Post #474:

"Jesus is not evil. Human courts deal with temporal laws based on Judeo-Christianity. The righteous Moral Governor of the universe deals with sin against Himself and others. . . . If someone raped and murdered your child, but was never caught, do you expect a holy God to pat him on the head and tell him to go to his reward in heaven, along with Satan, Hitler, etc.? You are clueless about the blazing holiness of God and the horror of sin."

You are clueless as to the demonic hypocrisy of using the example of child rape when "the horror of (such) sin" was divinely sanctioned in the Bible:

13 Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. 14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.

15 “Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them. 16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the LORD’s people. 17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

Numbers 31:13-18--New International Version.

"The passion of the Christ shows His great love for sinners, yet great hatred for sin."

Jesus, by virtue of his being God, wrote the Old Testamnet. If Jesus believed that a woman, who went to their husband's defense by grabbing his assailant's testicles, deserves to have her hand amputated; then you are clueless about the horror of your demon God and His (Their) insanity in declaring such actions "sin".

11 If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, 12 you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

Now instead of giving us platitudes about how it's so naughty of us to condemn such psychopathic actions why don't you grow some Godly balls and respond directly to the issue by answering this question?

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IT WAS RIGHT OF JESUS/GOD TO CUT OFF WOMEN'S HANDS BECAUSE THEY CAME TO THEIR HUSBAND'S DEFENSE?

Inquiring, moral minds would like to know.

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New Curcuit Overseer Brainwash Talk....Obey the Slave even if you find a serious Flaw in JW Doctrine

by foolsparadise in

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http://www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/media/circuit-overseer-5-15-11.mp3.

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brainwashing at its best here.

Terra Incognita

Next they'll be saying that if you don't follow their orders to execute someone then you're against God; even if he told you in a vision that it's wrong to do that.

Or how about preventing the molestation and rape of children?

Please notice the ingenuity of the examples he was giving in order to justify subservience. They were doctrinal matters that did not have any grave repercussions that would allow death dealing situations or gross immorality to go unchecked. This is a gross example of using a false equivalency.

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New Curcuit Overseer Brainwash Talk....Obey the Slave even if you find a serious Flaw in JW Doctrine

by foolsparadise in

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http://www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/media/circuit-overseer-5-15-11.mp3.

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brainwashing at its best here.

Terra Incognita

LostGeneration:

"A wife is left without a husband and two children without a dad. I believe that this Cunningham is partly responsible."

Not partly responsible but entirely responsible even if that Ministerial Servant had other issues.

It's no different than seeing a man who is extremely ill, barely able to walk, who then gets slapped on the back with force. He falls down, suffers a concussion and never recovers.

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Real Jehovah's Witnesses (djeggnog, StandFirm, etc), I'm trying to understand you.

by pirata in

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i'm an active jehovah's witness.

i've obviously lost my faith, that's why i don't feel bad posting here anymore.

i'd probably be disfellowshipped as a division causing, teaching, apostate, faster than you can say "maher-shalal-hash-baz" (isaiah 8:1), should it be found out that i was posting here and did not repent of the things i've said and stop participating in this forum.

Terra Incognita

Pirata:

"@Wontleave, JWs are not lying in wait, ready to turn in each other for "glory". I talked to one brother who turned in another brother recently, and he felt really bad about it, but did so out of obligatoin and concern."

Pirata; you cannot assume that all Jehovah's Witnesses are alike. I knew one elder who enjoyed digging up dirt. He would come in uninvited, to informal counseling meetings set up by another elder. He would probe you and keep notes on your behavior apparently to stir up trouble. He was the congregation hatchet man.

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Real Jehovah's Witnesses (djeggnog, StandFirm, etc), I'm trying to understand you.

by pirata in

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i'm an active jehovah's witness.

i've obviously lost my faith, that's why i don't feel bad posting here anymore.

i'd probably be disfellowshipped as a division causing, teaching, apostate, faster than you can say "maher-shalal-hash-baz" (isaiah 8:1), should it be found out that i was posting here and did not repent of the things i've said and stop participating in this forum.

Terra Incognita

Athanasius:

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but none of the JW apologists have admitted to their elders that they visit this forum and discuss spiritual matters with known apostates."

And yet, like StandFirm, they have the audacity to claim that the elders would be allright with their doing so.