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  My mom is into "The Secret"

  by BlackWolf in

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  lately my mom's gotten into all kinds of weird "power of positive thinking" kind of stuff.

  she watches "the secret" and bob proctor videos all the time, and now she's trying to get me into it.

  to me her being into this sort of thing seems kind of hypocritical.

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  Ha thats funny - I guess the WT isnt the existential be all for everyone:)
  

  In the 80's my mom was reading Dianetics :) Not a WT approved book:)
  Funny - I guess cults are cults:)
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  Why did Satan tempt Eve with a talking snake when he could have materialised as another human to tempt her ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  since the angels that followed satan could take on human form and even have sex and bear offspring to females of earth why would satan not have used this avenue instead of talking through a snake .?

  which really makes no common sense ?.

  why wouldnt eve question how a snake could talk?

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  Its REALLY because Snakes are so Cute and Cuddly and look so Trustworth - especial Talking Snakes.

  Thats why Satan being so smart picked it instead of a Scary Bunny.
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  WT July 2017 Study (Pecuniary) Edition

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

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  2. bible

  this edition of the wt has an article ("seeking riches that are true) which forcefully seeks financial contributions..... .

  paragraph 3 equates giving to the wtbts as synonymous with giving to god.... .

  "as christians, we do well to examine our view of today’s commercial system by asking ourselves such questions as these: ‘how can i use my material possessions to show faithfulness to god?".

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  steve2 you are right - but

  Other religions don't keep you from going to College - having a Career you love - working Overtime - working to gather Wealth for yourself and your family.
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  “Well…it was a test”, says a laid-off Bethelite

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got this account second hand.

  a former bethelite was reassigned to a local congregation.

  he had been at bethel for years and is now in his fifties.

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  Jah loves his servants so much they are all Disposable.

  Blow your nose on a person, wad them, flush them away, reach for another, blow, wad, flush.

  Ray Bradbury
  
  
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  Women are a "stack of bones and a hank of hair" - J.F. Rutherford

  by krismalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have heard rumors and anecdotes of j.f.

  rutherford calling women "a hank of hair and a stack of bones" but i never thought it was documented.

  well thanks to jwfacts i finally found the quote in print.. this j.f.

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  Thanks WIFI!
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  Are people free to leaving the Witnesses, and shunning.

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  2. beliefs

  is it true, as bro jackson testified to the australian royal commission, that people can leave the religion freely?.

  in my own case, yes.

  i just stopped going and was never announced as ''no longer one of jw's''.

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  It is NOT FREE when you will lose many relationships because of their rules for DFed and also those who fade.
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  Witnesses' Moral Apathy

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the hardest things for me to learn about myself as i have mentally exited "da troof" is that i have a weak moral compass and i think this is common to many witnesses.

  i mean that as i have allowed less and less of my thinking to be framed by witness doctrine, i have had to start thinking for myself about how i feel about certain things.

  for example, what do i feel about war, freedom of speech for extremists, charitable works, political views, animal welfare and much, much more.. this was underlined this weekend when i attended the circuit assembly (approx 900 attendees, 3 baptised - 2 born ins btw) where the bethel speaker said that witnesses have booked their ticket out of this system and don't have to worry about the wars and famines of this world because they know it's all going to pass with the new system.. in another thread it's been mentioned that the wts is failing to mention other groups being marginalised and persecuted in russia alongside witnesses.. as a witness i never realised the extent to which i was blind to the moral dilemmas that most other people have to think about, educate themselves on and come to a point of view about.

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  don't have to worry about the wars and famines of this world because they know it's all going to pass with the New System.

  Really? Then why is there a Writing Campaign to Russia right now?
  Sounds like there is a LITTLE BIT of worry?

  MORE Hypocrisy!

  Oh and by the way - if if you are totally Galant - you will worry if your KIDS are affected by WAR and FAMINE.

  CULT BS CRAP!
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  Dear God,

  by punkofnice in

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  i miss you.

  you were supposed to be a hope in bad times.

  when i was in my darkest hour you weren't there.

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  I feel like all you.

  Bad enough you know death is the end.
  WORSE is that you gave a giant chunk of it to a pointless mission.

  We are like the 20 year old guy who wakes up out of a coma to realize he is an old man now.
  
  
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  Were You Ever Disfellowshipped or Judicially Reproved?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i never got into trouble with the elders.

  i served on judicial committees too many times.

  i am happy that i no longer have to "judge" whether someone is a "sinner" any longer!

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  Yes I was reproved just before getting married.
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  Atheism = self defeating.

  by towerwatchman in

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  2. beliefs

  atheism = self defeating.

  first may we define our terms.

  the word atheism comes literally from the greek, alpha the negative and theos [for god], therefore “negative god” or there is no god.

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  MAN punkofnice!
  

  I feel just like you:(