Do JW's or ex-JW's seem to be more prone to conspiracy theories than the average person? I've know a lot of conspiracy theorists in various congregations. Is our brain more suseptiable to these things than most other people, after all, we all fell for a huge conspiracy that has left our lives in ruin.
PaintedToeNail
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Any conspiracy theories you're convinced has some truth to it?
by MC RubberMallet ini do.. 1) new world order.
2) weapons testing.
3) surveillance, espionage, and intelligence agencies.
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How Cults Seduce (PDF)
by Bangalore inhow cults seduce (pdf).
www.mindcontrol101.com/pdfs/how_cults_seduce.pdf.
bangalore.
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Strange-this article says 'Jehovah's Witnesses aren't allowed to wear gold rimmed glasses'...I've never heard that one before. Noticed another factual error in the quick scan of the article. They need to check their facts to make this article more reliable.
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The Ride Across Minnesota (TRAM)
by poppers inhi people.
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/ ... g=personal.
this year's 300 mile 5 day bicycle ride starts in bemidji, minnesota as we make our way from there to our first stop in walker, minnesota on monday, july 23. then it's on to park rapids, minnesota on tuesday.
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PaintedToeNail
Here's to hoping for cloudy skies, cooler temps, a light breeze and no rain for your TRAM!
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It's Thursday night, and I get to be here, instead of at the KH!
by PaintedToeNail init is great to not feel compelled to go to the kh on thursday nights.
for years i hated going out on thursday evenings.
now, i get to stay home and do what i want, while several family members feel obligated to go through the motions.
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It is great to not feel compelled to go to the KH on Thursday nights. For years I hated going out on Thursday evenings. Now, I get to stay home and do what I want, while several family members feel obligated to go through the motions. It is nice to get onto this website and be able to read about what others are experiencing without having family members, who don't like this site, lurk about checking on what I'm viewing.
I hope everyone is having a great evening!
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My demon experience
by SweetBabyCheezits inone recent afternoon, me and a buddy were taking a trek around a nearby neighborhood and made our way past a delapidated house that had all the familiar symptoms of being haunted.
he suggested we check it out so, of course, we did.
it looked like it had been abandoned probably 30-40 years earlier but the previous owners had left behind a small coffee table.
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Ah yes, sleep paralysis. Very Scary when it happens and you don't know what it is! I read about it years ago, and was relieved to learn that what I was experiencing had a name. Now when it happens, I just talk myself through it. Knowledge is power.
Witness My Fury-When I was really little, I had a dream about a Fisher-Price toy phone talking to me. I have hated those damned little phones ever since. It was very real and for years, I too, thought it really happened!
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new here but old
by mattishere inhi everyone, it's me, matthew hill.
long time, about 6+ years........ .
used to post as revmalk.
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PaintedToeNail
matt-sorry that you are confused right now, but welcome back again.
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Why does the WT care if a sister is over 40?
by NewChapter inhttp://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/226253/1/special-pioneers-i-wonder-if-this-is-what-jesus-wanted-their-assignment-deduced-to.
in the above thread, the special pioneer slip asks if a sister is over 40. i had never seen anything like this, and wondered if anyone knew why.. nc.
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Cuckoo-that's what I thought, though I wondered if it might be a stipend for 'feminine hygiene' products, and they were hoping that soon they wouldn't have to pay for these necessary things.
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Special Pioneers - I wonder if this is what Jesus wanted their assignment deduced to...
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Why do they ask if the person is a "Sister over 40"?
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I have a very good question, maybe one of you can answer this question.
by Iamallcool ini watch cops tv show(usa) from time to time.
i noticed that some cops intitated traffic stops of people that went to the well known drug houses and they take the buyers to jail because of possession of drugs, but i was wondering why they leave the well known drug houses alone?
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PaintedToeNail
A traffic stop can be initiated for almost anything...burned out taillight, failure to signal a turn, swerving in traffic, known driver without a license. When asked if they can search the vehicle, many people say yes. Also, drug paraph. is often visible just by looking in the window, the cops then have probable cause to search the vehicle.
A search warrant on a house becomes much more difficult to obtain. Most people do not have drug paraph. sitting in their house window, evidence must be submitted to a judge to substantiate a search warrant.
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What the Watchtower needs to do to survive.
by jwfacts indrop its teaching on paradise earth.. the primary issue facing the watchtower results from it's teaching that members will never die, but live forever on this earth in paradise.
this teaching is cause of most of the doctrinal failures, and will be its eventual demise.. the promise of never dying is one of the foremost motivations for people that join the religion, and the message of living forever in paradise is compelling.
however, it is also the watchtower's achilles heel, as it forces false predictions of the nearness of the end.
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outsmart-you have described my spouse exactly, he agrees with almost everything I tell him, yet he couldn't stand the trauma and does ask "where else will I go?"...sad.