Hi LisaRose
Missed you, good to see you back.
MarkofCane
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what era do you feel like your starting out from?
by sowhatnow inanyone else feel like they were just woke up from a long coma?
or emerged from a time capsule?.
i mean seriously, its rather creepy and disturbing , some of us are at sea without a compass .. like an orphan, like someone said, , heres a birth certificate go find yourself.
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what era do you feel like your starting out from?
by sowhatnow inanyone else feel like they were just woke up from a long coma?
or emerged from a time capsule?.
i mean seriously, its rather creepy and disturbing , some of us are at sea without a compass .. like an orphan, like someone said, , heres a birth certificate go find yourself.
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MarkofCane
Coming out of a coma is a good analogy. I sometime need to stop and figure out who, I really am and not just remnants of my cult personality coming through. Its like learning how to be a person again, how to be part of a wonderful global community. How to feel empathy for people and not chuck it up to Jehovah will take care of everything. I still tend to judge things for what I perceive them to be and not what they really are.Working on that!
Its like waking up 40 years into the future, your life is gone, In a "blink of an Eye".
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Be ready to obey!!
by kairos inhttp://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131115/seven-shepherds-eight-dukes/.
from paragraph 17-. at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.
all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.. i think i know what the instructions will be.it's nothing new.
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MarkofCane
They already have - for all intents and purposes - a loyalty oath (in the form of the baptismal questions). Vidiot
True but nothing like Jim Jones loyalty test. Check this out.
Loyalty Test
In anticipation of an assault, Jones had his followers practice revolutionary suicide, drinking from vats of flavored water which he announced was poisoned. When they survived the “poison” the residents realized it was another test of their loyalty and that they had passed. -
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Endure! Life is hard! Lost? We are Miserable ? Don't think so
by ducatijoe inits a rainy day and have been reading posts.. i would like to respond to the comments of those still in, post to those who have decided to leave.. what ever you have been told or may think about what will happen without "the truth" , is not true.
my life without the wbts is fantastic.
no stress, live in a beautiful place, great new friends and total peace of mind.
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MarkofCane
Positive post for a Sunday morning. Hope everyone had a awesome weekend.
Remember to be happy, even if you have to schedule it.
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Today's Text - Jehovah Is SPEEDING Up The Work!
by Divergent intoday's text:.
saturday, april 30. the little one will become a thousand and the small one a mighty nation.
i myself, jehovah, will speed it up in its own time.—isa.
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December 18, 2012The Global Religious Landscape
Christians
Christians number 2.2 billion, or about one-in-three (32%) people worldwide. About half of all Christians are Catholic (50%). An estimated 37% of Christians belong to the Protestant tradition, broadly defined to include Anglicans as well as independent and nondenominational churches. The Orthodox Communion, including the Greek and Russian Orthodox, make up 12% of Christians. And people who belong to other traditions that view themselves as Christian (including Christian Scientists, Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses) make up about 1% of the global Christian population.7
Looks like Jehovah's witness are in last place 1% of the global Christian population. Statistically looks like God is with the Catholics. We need to start fact checking these truths!
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Baby talk...
by The Rebel ingee reading my earliest posts, i feel i arrived here needing a head transplant.
of course we can't ban our earliest posts, and we can't claim we were misquoted, but then again think about it, many of us come here with geoffrey jacksons brains and mind control ruling our thinking.. so i looked back at my earlier posts, and i imagined the man i was who made them.
to be honest i hardly recognized him, i feel infinitely a better and wiser less pious now, however i i don't feel so clever nor do i have such a deep religious faith.. anyway, the thread was made because i have often read posters past threads in order to get to know them better, but it never occurred to me to read my own past threads, and i learnt i am glad i had the guts to make my earlier posts, but the person that made them is in the far distant past.
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MarkofCane
Hey Rebel
If I would of posted when I first started to wake up, I would of come off as an apologist! Mind filled with fever like delusions. I'm so glad I waited for the fever to subside and logic to kick in. Now I probably just offend some with my remarks! I honestly would never say half the stuff I share here, I'd come off as extreme. Normally, I never talk about my faith or religion unless you insist.
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Hello
by WITNESS-FOR-WATCHTOWER-REFORM injust to say a big hello.
i have been reading this site for some time now and have been very unhappy with some of the things emanating from watchtower head quarters in new york.
the final straw for me is the upcoming watchtower study this weekend encouraging us to shun our own family members (our own mothers if need be) if they are disfellowshipped....a step too far for my liking.
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Hi WFWTR
Good luck with that! I think you're wasting your time, I'm positive that, they know and have had closed doors meetings about their failed doctrines, inhumane dealings like shunning and how to deal with the rank and file leaving, (damages control). One measure they use to minimize damaging information is rewriting there literature, who do you think is behind that? Disfellowshipping & Shunning isn't so much to keep the congregation clean but to eliminate those that might expose their lies and questionable history. Silence the opposer, eliminate the information.
You can't be under the impression that they don't know anything is wrong, that perhaps they have been deceived or are innocent victims themselves? Those type of letters serve one purpose, to keep the janitor busy emptying trash bins. You will have better success writing to Kim Jong-un, apparently he's holding 25 million people captive.
Welcome to the forum and good luck
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Be ready to obey!!
by kairos inhttp://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131115/seven-shepherds-eight-dukes/.
from paragraph 17-. at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.
all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.. i think i know what the instructions will be.it's nothing new.
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Waking up - introduction
by Dreamerdude ini am a male, born into the jw cult(ure), baptized as a teen, now mid fifties.
most of my life i dreamed of hugging pandas and lions, punctuated at times by nightmares of armageddon or jw drama and politics.
still going through the motions for still-in wife.
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MarkofCane
Welcome Dreamer Dude
Theirs a lot of us with mates still in. The struggle is real the end game is the same, unplug! Keep us posted on your progress.
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Why are witnesses all so highly stressed?
by stuckinarut2 inwitnesses are so anxious, stressed, highly strung..... so much for ones who are supposed to be "the happiest people"..... thoughts?.
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MarkofCane
Why are witness so stressed?
Well from birth they are told you are a sinner, not worth the dirt your made from. Convinced that a ridicules fruit and snake story, came the original sin. So, Christ was sacrificed to appease the ancient desert God, because millions dying every day is not enough he wants his own son to die to appease his blood thirst. Now you owe Christ your life, he gave his life as a ransom! How can you ever pay back that ransom for your worthless pathetic life? The only way is to give your life to Christ, slave for Christ carry your torture stake and own your suffering. Then maybe he will grant you everlasting life, don’t ever slow down because it’s conditional.
A rational person bombarded with this day after day will become psychotic. The Old Testament is filled with atrocities committed by god towards mankind and revelation continues with the attack, God will wipe out 8 billion people. This now become your problem …yes their blood is on your hands so go out and boldly preach salvation, for both your lives depends on it…..really?
Then for good measure you’re infused with illusions of demons and angels; There was a war in heaven, the Devil was hurled downward to earth with mankind (why? why not out into space, maybe a black hole?) no down to earth……what a heartwarming expression of love. So the Devil and evil demons are among us; “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour”.
We are being attacked, God true organization is being attacked, every one stay close…… Listen obey and be blessed. Gather the lambs to the shepherd, the attack is imminent…."Imminent I tell you"! This tribulation will be horrible! Be fearful; For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. Mathew 24:2.
"We will hide in basements"……….. "remain loyal till death".
And you’re wondering why there stressed?