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  Need to vent: Wife just went in full cult mode, huge fight. she is so brainwashed

  by goingthruthemotions in

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  out of the blue my wife started to ask me about my feeling about the borg.

  i told her i didn't want to talk about it...she persisted.

  she already knows how i feel, i told her that my biggest beef is that they use mind control, and yep she went in to how i was an apostate and how she doesn't want to be married to an apostate.

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  hang in there. Que Sera Sera. 

  My mom went into cult mode tonight over the phone. [redacted]

  She started blabbing about Holy Spirit, and I shut down and just started parroting the party line. Felt like such a hypocrite afterwards. 
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  E-mail address of WT usa

  by paradisebeauty in

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  anyone knows the email address of wt usa?

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  cappytan

  I don't know if this address still works, but I have it in my contacts from back in the day. 

  [email protected]
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  A Mind at War

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
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  right now, i feel like my mind is at war with itself.. on the one side is reason, logic.. on the other is tradition, hope and fear.. reason and logic are challenging life-long beliefs.

  they are telling me, "is this any more believable than the story of the lord of the rings?".

  certain doctrines of my belief system are crumbling.. my mind still wants to hold on to the belief in a creator, his son jesus and the bible.

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  cappytan

  Man, freemindfade, you're right. This does feel like a detox. 

  Thanks all for the words of encouragement. I'm using y'all as a sounding board, a therapy. It's selfish to use others, but as Ayn Rand implied, there can be a virtue to selfishness. (Paraphrasing)
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  3rd Gen DF'd finally writing

  by AFreeBeliever in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been reading many of the postings on this forum for a couplefew years, finally joined today.

  i think reading cappytan, and others like that, compelled me to share, it seems i might have a bit of a different outcome than many i have read, perhaps it will be hopeful/helpful to someone.. i was a born-in, 3rd gen jw, my entire family (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and most all of my childhood friends) were in.

  some dropped by the wayside as the years went on, but many stayed in, and if they didn't, they still acted/talked as if they believed it was "the truth" and it was their weaknesses/failings that made them stop attending.

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  AFreeBeliever: thanks for your story. It actually is strengthening that there are those here that haven't completely abandoned certain ideals. 

  I don't know where this rabbit hole will take me. 

  The beauty of human rights, though, is we have the opportunity to believe and not believe.

  I'm looking forward to finding my spiritual center, whether that be based on science, scripture, philosophy or a combination thereof.
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  A Mind at War

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  right now, i feel like my mind is at war with itself.. on the one side is reason, logic.. on the other is tradition, hope and fear.. reason and logic are challenging life-long beliefs.

  they are telling me, "is this any more believable than the story of the lord of the rings?".

  certain doctrines of my belief system are crumbling.. my mind still wants to hold on to the belief in a creator, his son jesus and the bible.

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  cappytan

  The Watchtower Yoke is not kindly and their load is not light.
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  A Mind at War

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  right now, i feel like my mind is at war with itself.. on the one side is reason, logic.. on the other is tradition, hope and fear.. reason and logic are challenging life-long beliefs.

  they are telling me, "is this any more believable than the story of the lord of the rings?".

  certain doctrines of my belief system are crumbling.. my mind still wants to hold on to the belief in a creator, his son jesus and the bible.

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  cappytan

  Right now, I feel like my mind is at war with itself.

  On the one side is Reason, Logic.
  

  On the other is Tradition, Hope and Fear.
  

  Reason and Logic are challenging life-long beliefs. They are telling me, "Is this any more believable than the story of The Lord of the Rings?"
  

  Certain doctrines of my belief system are crumbling.
  

  My mind still wants to hold on to the belief in a Creator, his son Jesus and the Bible. Those aren't crumbling at this time (yet).

  However, as other deeply held doctrinal beliefs fall like dominoes, I can't help but fear that it will affect my faith in the scriptures.
  

  I'm worried right now. Worried because I know where this path leads. It leads to both freedom and heartache. It leads to moving forward while leaving others behind. It leads to the possibilities of new beginnings, and the likelihood of personal loss.
  

  Do I take that path? Or do I ignore my reason and thinking ability to preserve such things as family, friends and comfort?
  

  I don't know. This is hard. It sucks. A lot.
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  Recorded argument with elders trying to DF someone

  by Jay Elle in

  1. watchtower
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  this video may have been posted here before but it is new to me.

  the lingo seems very very famillar with the bullying that the elders give us all.

  they want their pound of flesh...but call it loving and theocratic.

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  cappytan

  Worked for me. 
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  2015 Regional Convention Theme - unofficial-

  by WatchTower87 in

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  news about 2015 regional convention theme?.

  list of my preview:.

  - the end is at hand.

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  cappytan

  Welcome to the 2015 "Kool-Aid is Delicious" regional convention....Three days of programming has been prepared for you. On Sunday, after the session, a reception will be held on the arena floor with refreshments for all. Are you not pleased?
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  Canada branch visit March 21-22, 2015.

  by wifibandit in

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  full set: http://imgur.com/a/ablie.

  pdf: https://mega.co.nz/#!gxc0wyct use key:osv-jurzqa8_i7-fpqpiu2kfumx-2uozpoyqevvhvdm.

  sample:.

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  Ours was 3 hours...no fair.

  I wonder if they cut out a particular controversial talk. 
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  I'm at a loss at how to get thru to my parents. I fear they will die before they will stop shunning me.

  by cognisonance in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all i want is this: for us to be a family, to spend time together enjoying life.

  i don't wish to debate about their beliefs when together.

  they can remain jws for all i care.

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  cappytan

  If you don't mind my asking, would you qualify as "sexually immoral or a greedy person or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner"?

  Because, if you don't, you may be able to convince your father that 1 Cor. 5:11 doesn't apply to you.