Posts by breakfast of champions

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"20,000/month being baptized into the organization"

by NeverKnew in

this is something i heard an elder say... .

is this possible?.

how many were baptized in all of 2012?.

breakfast of champions

Unfortunately, 8.4 million babies are born every month, leaving Jehovah with millions of extra people to kill.

Oh well. . . .

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Can this logic be refuted?

by notsurewheretogo in

i was an elder until march 2012 until i resigned.

i then stopped going to meetings in october 2012 and have enjoyed 9 months of freedom that i have found to be jouful!

i loved learning ttatt and sites like this and jwfacts.com have been excellent.. i told the elders that i needed a break and that they should not contact me unless it was a social visit and true to their word they have done that.

breakfast of champions

This is where the whole Cognitive Dissonance Theory kicks in and logic goes out the window.

They believe they have the truth, so much so they devoted their entire lives, families and everything to it. You come along with logic and facts that punch holes in their "truth". Because of what you say, they will experience dissonance, or unease, and they have two choices when it comes to reducing this dissonance. One would be to change their beleifs: perhaps this isn't the truth, maybe it wasn't what I thought it was. This is the effortful route. Much more likely is the easy route: disregard what you have said as apostate lies from satan and get rid of you.

We all experienced CD - that's why we're here! But we all took the effortful route, and it was worth it.

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Post 7: Hopefully the last letter I recieve

by sosoconfused in

i think my mother has lost it.

i really do and i am in fear that she is literally losing touch with reality to some degree.. even my father is telling me that her responses to me are growing weirded:.

the scriptures tell us that we can be wrathful.......but don't sin.

breakfast of champions

Could it be something left in your new home that you were not aware of?

Tell her you checked in your attic and found several smurfs living there listening to Led Zepplin albums

Seriously, I almost laughed out loud when a speaker at the DC said that joining Jehovah's Org protects us from having superstitions.

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Wheat and Weeds artwork in July 15th Watchtower

by Indian Larry in

on the back cover of july 15 watchtower magazine is an article entitled look at the artwork!

it tells us that:.

"the beautiful pictures and photographs that are painstakingly produced are there for a purpose.

breakfast of champions

Great observation!

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Your views and ideas on forum areas and organization?

by Simon in

this may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.

there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.

'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.

breakfast of champions

iPad friendly

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Who from JWN would you most like to have dinner with?

by laverite in

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friends

if you could pick anyone from jwn to meet in real life to meet and have dinner with, who would that be?

let's exclude all those who you are already friends with, who you know and love from jwn in real life.

so or me, that excludes my friend ann and also curious butterfly.

breakfast of champions

I would love to go to FLIPPER's Tahoe Apostafest one of these days. . . I reckon at some point in the future I'll make it. . .

Otherwise I quite enjoy my dinners with Mrs Breakfast of Champions

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Your views and ideas on forum areas and organization?

by Simon in

this may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.

there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.

'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.

breakfast of champions

A 'Welcome' section under Members Only might be a nice addition. Would help keep track of all the newbs.

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Who I really am, my story on YOUTUBE!

by Gojira_101 in

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friends

the death of a jw and the birth of me the apostate.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2lwgowdpj8.

a huge thanks to my friend ray publisher (jwstruggle) for posting my video for me.

now that i am no longer held prisoner from the fear of watchtower, i can now help others!.

breakfast of champions

Great video, wonderful that you got out with your husband and parents. Sad the rest of your family has taken their position against you, but that's what they're programmed to do (honestly it doesn't sound like you're missing out on much. . .)

Best of luck to your husband in school.

BOC

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