Posts by MarkofCane

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I am pleased for the lucky bastards who have been spared my bible bashing.

by The Rebel in

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friends

i am seven months without bible bashing, without door-knocking, or standing by a trolley cart looking like a prat.

and i feel the real winners are the " lucky bastards" who haven't been told about jehvover.

furthermore they are spared super pious me telling them what they can and can't do.

MarkofCane

So true, Religion in my opinion has been to control and divide people throughout mans existence. I hated going to people homes uninvited to deliver a message not of hope but of doom. Ya we dressed it up as the "good News" but we understood destruction was upon them and their blood upon us, if we didn't boldly proclaim the message.

Fast forward to present and to realize its all a man made delusion.How presumptuous indeed to assume we only have the truth! Wasted so much of my life with this and I will never get those years back.........so time to start living like I'm dying.

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Hulu’s ‘The Path’ portrays family life inside a cult

by freemindfade in

this looks great for people who are both cult survivors and aaron paul fans!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/slow-but-emotionally-creepy-hulus-the-path-portrays-family-life-inside-a-cult/2016/03/29/43840c46-f2c5-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca_story.html.

slow but emotionally creepy, hulu’s ‘the path’ portrays family life inside a cult.

MarkofCane

Just saw Aaron Paul on the tonight show, he was promoting his new series "The Path". So me and the wife are watching and he gives a brief summary of his new show. The wife turns to me and said "Holy shit that's totally you".

He was awesome in "Breaking Bad"

youtube.com/watch?v=-CJGX50Pt4s

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Has Anybody Hear a Rumour That Prince Died?

by cofty in

why do people care so much about celebrities?

MarkofCane

Just in!.......Prince died.

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Prince was on the board of directors for the WTS

by Barrold Bonds in

jw
friends

i was talking with a friend of mine who knows a few people in the home department at bethel.

apparently, prince was, as i noted in the title, on the board of directors.

he apparently was sort of a silent partner or advisor in the whole thing.

MarkofCane

Not even the smell of truth.

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Being Positive around family that are still in.

by freddo in

jw
friends

if you are a fader or you have reduced activity markedly - say resigned as a pioneer or an elder or ms or gone inactive and still have some relationship with your immediate family or spouse - how do you stay positive around them when you feel like shaking them out of their stupor but believe deep down it would be counter productive?.

thoughts from all most welcome..

MarkofCane

I talk about life, the real me. Being happy! Content! If they talk about religion, cult talk I leave the room or change the subject. If they insist sometimes I'll just listen, maybe they will drop a gem or a bomb....you never know with this bunch. It really just depends on the group how zealous the are or how feed up they are or disappointed.

Then you just ask question to get them thinking more on the trail you set out. Maybe lead them to a ARC website you just discovered or here's one I used. I took them to the JWorg website and showed them the sign language masturbation video. Funniest shit you will ever see. They cant believe it's on their website. At first they insist there no way then they realize yes way. The look on there face is priceless. Then they go quiet, then I go watch basketball....... LMAO

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Leaving The Cult is Exactly Like This...

by cofty in

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MarkofCane

Great visual of the ttatt. The society drill into your head, heart and soul that you need them to be content and happy. Its not until your forced to examine your whole existence, every word expressed to you as a child, everything you took for granted that you realize, the very thing that was your faith your stronghold, was really your prison. The ideology that you believed in, would of died for......... was all an illusion. The instrument (faith, bible) that protected you from all the evils of the world, that subjugated your mind with fear, obligation and guilt was all a self imposed determent to living the one life........ we are all given.

When you have this one epiphany your life changes forever and you stand apart from what was once, all you knew. You realize your delusion, feared and labeled an outcast.

You breathe in new life, the world is at your feet.............you are free!

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A troubling visit with a satisfying end.

by Bonsai in

so, i've been out for 2 years now.

just picked up and walked away from the wacky religion that tried to control every part of my life through fear and guilt.

i've been wondering as the months go by what would happen when an elder finally showed up at my door and pressed the issue as to why i ceased all activity and then tried to reactivate me.

MarkofCane

Thumbs up Toes up

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A troubling visit with a satisfying end.

by Bonsai in

so, i've been out for 2 years now.

just picked up and walked away from the wacky religion that tried to control every part of my life through fear and guilt.

i've been wondering as the months go by what would happen when an elder finally showed up at my door and pressed the issue as to why i ceased all activity and then tried to reactivate me.

MarkofCane

That's happened to me, elders just dropping by. We live somewhat close to the Hall and it seems there always a steady flow of car groups that drive by. If they see us outside they drop in. A few times, I've just played with them, minimizing everything about the troof..... I'll get a confused look. Example last time they dropped off they invited me to the Sunday talk and said a guest speaker was going to give the talk and would be about the 'urgency of the days we live in', I nodded and said "oh, we made plans with friends to be on the lake, yeah that's not going to work. Maybe you can record it for me and I will listen to it when I'm not so busy". The look is priceless.

Sometimes, I will just be a smart ass. Like "Thank god we have the truth otherwise we wouldn't have a clear understanding of the overlapping generations thing, have they changed that again?". Haha, you can see the wheels falling off the wagons.

Hopefully, the hall close by will be sold off so they will have to drive 20 min in the other direction to the other hall.

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Circuit Overseer say. . .

by Ringo in

last night i had to suffer through the bs spouted by the new co. some garbage about the bible transforming us as people.

he went on and on about how we can look good to people at the hall who see the outside, but the bible will tell us what we are inside.. then he proceeded to use a few select verses to say sex is bad and so is the desire for it.

a healthy bank account or savings is wrong, shouldn't have that either.

MarkofCane

Its all mind control and their masters at it. They break you down to a insignificant nothing. Tell you, "you cant even take your own step with out them". Then they infuse you with their ideology, there so called logic; work for us, give us your money, live your life for the organization your treasure awaits you in heaven.

When your life is all used up they discard you like the insignificant nothing they told you you were. Lurkers! wake up, your just a resource for them nothing more, once completely exploited they move to the next victim. Just look at the special pioneers and DO's and bethelites. kicked to the curb.

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Fade question: New Cong or stay.

by Darkknight757 in

i have a question with regard to fading.

the wife and i have plans to move to another hall and continue our fade from the organization.

we are already missing quite a few meetings and we are not reporting time.

MarkofCane

I thought about that some, I think its would only be beneficial to move to another hall if you are planning a fast fade, like stop cold turkey. If your playing the long game stay at your current hall whats the point of having more elders knowing your business and looking for you. If you can move to another city, that would be the best. New hall no one knows you have your card sent over and disappear.