"Disabled self-expression". Beautifully put, Terry. i can think of so many times I was personally aware of any individuality being squelched. Back when I was in, we had a piano at the Kingdom Hall. One sister played beautifully and would often put a little extra in to a rendition of a song. It was melodic and pleasant to hear. She was counseled to stick to what was in the songbook. We felt bad for her. Now it is what? Recorded music so all the good little robots are listening to the same tune. It might seem like a small thing, but it is just another facet of total control by the WT.
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A cult of Sociopaths undergoing a makeover
by Terry incult members are property.. living property consisting of non-persons and non-individuals with disabled self-expression.. the tool used by this religion to control a member's desire to self-improve is attaching guilt as a stop-sign and crying: "disloyal.".
like any owned property, you are under the total control of others.
any wrong move, word or deed can label you a "danger" to the group-think.. there exists in such an authority structure only three possible stats you can achieve.. 1.compliant usefulness in carrying out assigned missions.
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Will cong members support charity challenge?
by newdawnfades ini am going to participate in a physical challenge for charity with some non jw workmates which will require many hours spent in training.
i am intending to publicize this in the congregation.
do you think i will receive much in the way of donations for the charity?.
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spellcheck: examples the Witnesses are no part of
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Will cong members support charity challenge?
by newdawnfades ini am going to participate in a physical challenge for charity with some non jw workmates which will require many hours spent in training.
i am intending to publicize this in the congregation.
do you think i will receive much in the way of donations for the charity?.
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SafeAtHome
Some years back my husband, daughter and I participated in the local Relay for Life event. Two of my daughter's classmates had been directly affected by cancer with the early deaths of their mothers. I wrote a heartfelt letter with the info I sent out to friends and family for a small contribution to support our efforts. I received donations from everyone except two Witness families that I am still connected with through family, and I am on good terms with. These people had also been directly affected by cancer, the women having had breast cancer. I wasn't really surprised, having grown up for 25 years in the cult, knowing how they don't contribute to charities. But, I still had to shake my head and feel sorry for, and a little disgust for people who won't contribute to something, yet are more than willing to benefit from it as in so many other exaples the Witnesses "are no part of" yet benefit from.
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Did you ever do something so stupid you could have died?
by NewYork44M inmy experience, and shame on me.
in a snowstorm in pa on a highway, i ran out of gas.. this was one of many mistakes for the evening.
the general rule is that a person should stay in the car and wait for help.
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That's why a AAA membership and cell phone are worth every penney if they are used, even if only rarely, in a situation like this. So happy you are safe, don't be too hard on yourself. Sounds like you learned a valuable lesson and won't get yourself into a situation like this again.
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My Wife & I Came Across our Niece in the street today....Am I shunned ? Apostate ? or not ?
by smiddy init was quite unexpected , we were walking my mil`s dog when we saw my neice up ahead , after leaving a morning meeting oh ,theirs xxxx , ( what will we do ,what will she do ?
) my wife who is a genuinely loving person , with good pr i might add , unhesitatingly welcomes and embraces her as a long lost freind/relative , my neice reciprocates ,saying" i miss you, i really miss you "to my wife then turns to me and says i miss you too uncle xxxx , and embraces me also , saying i miss you both .
(reading between the lines come back to the meetings ) just the way she said it .. a week ago the witnesses bypassed my house as they went d2d , ?
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Does she shun family who have never been witnesses? She sounds very cold and unbalanced and the husband does too. He sounds very controlling to encourage her to cut herself off from all family. I feel sorry for the kids, the older ones have to wonder why they don't associate with any family members. Hopefully their heads are not so full of such crap that the cannot one day break away from such an unnatural and unhealthy environment. You can only pity someone like that. Sounds like you have enough other "normal" family around you though.
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What you wish you had been told when you were younger
by Most Noble inwhat do you wish people told you when you were younger?.
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These are all so true, especially to us boomers who grew up thinking there wasn't going to be anything of "this system of things" after 1975 and wasted the opportunity to get an education.
And, to iamwhoiam, so sad, sending a hug
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Doomsday e-mail has my co-worker paranoid
by fade_away ini cannot stand the doomsday people trying to spread fear amongst everyone.
i've had enough doom and gloom from the 25 years of my jw service...i just want to be happy and positive.
but my co-worker is very pessimistic, anti-social and an extreme negative energy all around.
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Sounds like he watches too much FOX news.
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It's the 46th anniversary of Star Trek TV series
by moshe ingoogle reminds us how long ago this was, 1966 (or was it 67?
) - i was a teenager in high school and guess what?
i never saw one eposode on local tv.
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Yeah, the crew member who wasn't a regular member of the cast, you knew he was going to be toast!
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It's the 46th anniversary of Star Trek TV series
by moshe ingoogle reminds us how long ago this was, 1966 (or was it 67?
) - i was a teenager in high school and guess what?
i never saw one eposode on local tv.
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I love the original Star trek and got hooked on it in the 70's when it was in syndication. It would come on each night around 6 and my new husband and I would watch it while we ate dinner. I wondered why I didn't watch it while it was on, and of course found out it started out on Thursday night, Service Meeting & Ministry School night, so no way could I have seen it. My favorites were "The Trouble With Tribbles" and the one that had Spock's human mother. Spock almost showed some emotion in that one. We missed a lot of good shows on meeting nights. I do remember hurrying home on Thursday nights to catch the Dean Martin show that started at 10. He could be a bit risque but my elder dad thought he was hilarious.
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Jehovah's Witness DC in Buckingham, Pa and the societies user friendly Hotel Arrangement
by DaCheech inthis past sunday, i was browsing in the kingdom hall bulletin board.. i noticed that the list of "approved" hotels for the dc was up there.. noticed that in the assembly to take place in pennsylvania, only 2 hotels were in pennsylvania................ #3 on --> were in nj.
so, i get on my smart phone and gps a route from hotel #3 in princeton, nj to buckingham, pa.. my little gadget tells me that there is 27.9 miles of driving and 46 minutes of traffic.................... do these sheeples have the stupidity of driving this far to an "approved" hotel?.
are they blinded enough to not look for the 300 or more hotels in the county?.
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Man, memories of Society recommended hotels. Back in the 60's when my folks first came in and were using our vacations to attend assemblies (back when they were 8 days I think) they would recommend hotels but were not so adamant about staying at them as they seem to be now. Anyway, my memory is of going to the convention in Detroit and having reservations at the recommended Hotel Wolverine. I think the name said it all. It was a run down, crap hole of a place (although my Googling told me it was once quite the place to stay in the 30's and 40's, by the 60's it was in decline and housed indigents under the welfare department. That was shortly after we were there!) My folks took one look at the room and we left. We stayed at some other motel further out. We went to several conventions in Buffalo also, but we always stayed over the border in Niagara Falls Canada. I will have to give that to my father, who was a long time elder, he showed that consideration for his family.