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Kick Back and Relax to Some Music
by Finkelstein in
1. social
2. entertainment
that's right folks time to kick back , pour a cold one and in take in some tunes.. what are you listening to right now ?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu87294pvx8.
stuffwotifink

Was listening to a track on my computer from a game I have, when I looked at your thread.
Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Yj0TC4BJs
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Just me?
by stuffwotifink in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my family are no longer in the shadow of the watchtower.

(2nd generation born in, but only a small family)for that i have to offer my thanks to simon and everyone on this forum whose posts helped expose me to ttatt (i struggle to say quite how much it actually means to me, so i won't say more than, thank you).it all took a year or two, but i've read enough to know that i'm incredibly lucky and that it all happened for me in a very short time.although time turns to syrup when you have to wait.

"expectation postponed..." will the platitudinous catchphrase scriptures ever stop coming to mind?when i started to tell my family some of the things i'd been learning online, they looked at me with no little fear and trepidation.
stuffwotifink

I wasn't beating myself up, I think a bit of shame is healthy, it was bloody shameful.
But I understand your point, "If you brought 2 in then at least it wasn't 3 ... and so on", we did what we did and it's done. [to construct as redundant a sentence as I possibly can.]

I've shunned a parent and been shunned by a parent. I know both sides of the deal.
Damn, that is a rollercoaster and no messin'. It is a wonder, the positions this cult leaves people in.
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Cult or Religion
by Richard C B in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is a cult and what is a religion?

its open to debate.

who has the authority to say for certain what is a cult and what is a religion?
stuffwotifink

Hold on a second. You said:

the actual dictionary word full meaning of cult,, the cult or movement is led by a charismatic leader.
And then you told me that you don't know enough about the GB to decide if they are a "composite charismatic leader".

Seems slightly dishonest to now say they are not a cult, without knowing enough about their leadership to even tell if they meet a criterion you set on cults... Jus' sayin'.
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Cult or Religion
by Richard C B in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is a cult and what is a religion?

its open to debate.

who has the authority to say for certain what is a cult and what is a religion?
stuffwotifink

If you don't know enough about the leaders of the religion to comment upon them - Perhaps you are in no place to judge if the religion is a cult or not.
(and this thread becomes pointless. Go research the GB.)

Just a thought.

I'll respectfully leave your other point. Either you don't understand me, or I don't understand you. But we're speaking past each other.
Peace out.
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Cult or Religion
by Richard C B in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is a cult and what is a religion?

its open to debate.

who has the authority to say for certain what is a cult and what is a religion?
stuffwotifink

I think what im trying to say is many have misinterpreted the religion which has caused them harm
Bro, I'm not trying to be funny... But all you are doing is repeating the claim that there is a "true" interpretation (now of the religion, not bible), and they don't have it.
To make that statement you would have to have it yourself.
Do you?

And for the third time: Do you not consider the GB to be a composite charismatic leader?
I do - which sort of answers the question in regards to being a cult - for me.
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Cult or Religion
by Richard C B in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is a cult and what is a religion?

its open to debate.

who has the authority to say for certain what is a cult and what is a religion?
stuffwotifink

@stuffwhatifink I dont think you have read my earlier posts, ive explained wht i meant by that
I did.
You did not. (Unless I misunderstand you)

Quoting something Jebus said does not demonstrate that your understanding or "interpretation" is the "true" one. The argument as to the bible's "True meaning" is hardly over, hence sects and denominations...

And as I asked before (the formatting is odd on that page, perhaps you missed it), do you not consider the GB to be a composite charismatic leader?
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Cult or Religion
by Richard C B in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is a cult and what is a religion?

its open to debate.

who has the authority to say for certain what is a cult and what is a religion?
stuffwotifink

But I am still of the opinion that a person would actually bring this on themselves down to false interpretation of the religion they follow.
Can you please explain the true interpretation? You could clear up a great deal of fuss, all over the globe, if you know.

There are no "False" interpretations unless you have reason to believe there is a set objective message to that bibliography of conflicting religious texts?
Can you elaborate the "True" interpretation? If not you can't call others' interpretations "False".
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Cult or Religion
by Richard C B in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is a cult and what is a religion?

its open to debate.

who has the authority to say for certain what is a cult and what is a religion?
stuffwotifink

Ignoring the fact that you and I don't find the GB all that charismatic:

Do you not think that the GB is just a composite cult leader?
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Cult or Religion
by Richard C B in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is a cult and what is a religion?

its open to debate.

who has the authority to say for certain what is a cult and what is a religion?
stuffwotifink

*double post
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Does Anyone Still Believe in God?
by LaurenM in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.
stuffwotifink

Nono, I made a sweeping statement. You are very correct to come along and point out that you know someone who doesn't fit what I said.

I didn't mean to seem cagey about accepting the correction.
"Even the staunchest", implies all. Something I should have avoided doing.