Ugh!
Sorry you have to go thru this.
again, i apologize to any who think i may be going overboard posting these letters, but i am hoping that i can help prepare others for the type of bombardment that they may face when dealing with mentally diseased witness parents who have no idea just how much control this cult has over them:.
august 19, 2013. dear <my name removed> & <my wifes name removed>, .
i had the privilege of attending the convention this weekend for a second time and i must say that i enjoyed it more than the first.
Ugh!
Sorry you have to go thru this.
have you ever heard a jw say, after someone calls them brain washed, that: "well, my brain needs a good washing???".
share your account & experiences.
I do remember hearing something like that YEARS ago.
That's up there with, "Yeah, so-and-so was sooooo smart, he thought himself right out of the Truth!"
Evidently, this is my problem, too!
remember , there's three pointing back at the wt !
the following quote is taken from the awake 22nd april 1970 issue, pg 8 : -.
"one of the reasons is that people are disturbed by what is happening in their churches.
That's a classic!
i'm 15, and i'm an unbaptized publisher... so i've been what you call "lurking" here for the past few weeks and i have some questions.
i hear you guys constantly mentioning ttatt so where can i go to learn more about this (links please)?
also i've already told my mom that i don't believe in the governing body and she is making me do even more!
Welcome DEMOKAN!
At 15, you've got a great headstart on life. Research all you can on the religion you were raised to know as the "truth".
You seem to have a good head on your shoulders; you'll figure it out.
BOC
how can we maintain.
a waiting attitude?
article,,just to wait and wait and wait.
Defineitely check out the picture on pg 14!
One of the cult-iest things I've seen yet!
Caption:
It is now time for us to close ranks against Satan and the demons
i usually dismiss the "drinking the kool aid" scenarios that are posted from time to time, but the latest wt has another bit of fearmongering.
the quote from page 20, para 17. elders who are reading this article can draw some useful conclusions from the account we have just considered: (1) the most practical step that we can take to prepare for the coming attack of the assyrian is that of strengthening our faith in god and helping our brothers to do the same.
(2) when the assyrian attacks, the elders must be absolutely convinced that jehovah will deliver us.
DESIGNER STUBBLE nailed it!
I think he is dead-on
trieste, italy - icsa conference - july 6, 2013. both roberto di stefano and steve hassan were speakers at the conference.
you can see the hassan interview on his website.
here's the link:http://freedomofmind.com/media/video.php?id=59.
Nice little video. This guy could've been the PO in any of our congregations - seems like a genuinely nice person, which makes the video quite effective.
Also glad to see Hassan getting ex-JWs into the mix. Good stuff.
PS: is it just me, or does Steve Hassan bear a ballpark resemblance to Peter Sellers when he's viewed in profile. . . . .?
i typed in my name, password and the captcha, expecting to see my name come up in the top right corner and what i actually saw was someone else's name!
(the name was another member of this board).
i looked at it for a few seconds feeling a bit puzzled and not sure what to do about it and as i looked it automatically changed (whithout me doing anything) back to my own name.. has anyone else had this happen to them?
Now I'm Data Dog
i typed in my name, password and the captcha, expecting to see my name come up in the top right corner and what i actually saw was someone else's name!
(the name was another member of this board).
i looked at it for a few seconds feeling a bit puzzled and not sure what to do about it and as i looked it automatically changed (whithout me doing anything) back to my own name.. has anyone else had this happen to them?
Evidently, I am Amelia Ashton.
my friend hector who is an ex-jw had me laughing so hard i started crying when he asked me this question.
i was over his house for coffee one day and somehow the subject came up and he said jehovah has to accept some of the blame for the problems of the world.
he said if he were da he would charge jehovah with child endangerment and child neglect(killing all of the children in the flood, sodom and gommorrah, 42 kids with the bears in the ot) he also said he would charge jehovah with flip flopping on his own laws such as you can eat meat(after the flood) then certain meats were forbidden(leviticus laws such as rabbit, beef, duck,) then nt said you can eat all meats again.
Racketeering!