the unabashed aggression of scientology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocw90w44boc&feature=related.
you think ex-jws being shunned is bad.... there are bigger things out there!.
Our plight is becoming more and more visible as stories of cults reach the mainstream media. We are not so different from the Amish or the LDS situation. We just don't physically seclude ourselves from the "world". Jws have much the same kind of brainwashing , however.
i read the wiki on Toni, wow she sounds exactly like an xjws, Hers is a bit more high profile.
the unabashed aggression of scientology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocw90w44boc&feature=related.
you think ex-jws being shunned is bad.... there are bigger things out there!.
Randy
so the girl who kept repeating " how many crimes have you covered up today?" is a Scientologist ? wow, she was really aggressive. I thought at first it was an X-Scientologist .
I've read a bit about them and yes, they can be very aggressive. the son of Ron L Hubbard has gone public about this.
suppose you had a business that didn't make money.
you would try to make the thing more efficient and probably lay off.
some workers to cut costs.
I too agree with NEJ I can only imagine if the Net had been around when Rutherford took over and the org switched directions. There are probably many people in the ranks of bethel who would like to see a more humane org. ( our own Barbara).
The main reason the org has ever done anything is legal. ( we all know that) The drop of DF to DA for serving in the military, blood transfusion., All legal. Not charging for literature- all legal. Anytime anything has been changed it was due to protecting the wts assets , eg taxation, or fear of legal problems mostly with the USA laws. ( of which they take full advantage of ) Most of the older jws understand this, They know they must protect "mother" - however they do it.
I totally agree that we are in a transition period now, sort of a "which way do we go?" feeling. They are probably trying to figure out how to change the "end time" doctrine without losing all but the 3+ generation hard core jws. How has the catholic church stayed alive? or any mainstream religion, eg Baptists for instance?
If we look at the jws religion now and 50+ years ago- it has changed a lot ( sad to say I was actually there 50 yrs ago so i can say that with actual real time knowledge). Would the jws of that time been willing to accept the jws of today? Maybe not, but over time, as a boat drifts out to sea ( heard that one at a convention) well, you'd hardly notice it. I recall one vivid description at a convention, the Chariot--if we don't stay on Jehovah's Chariot we will get left behind. Jehovah's chariot may take us in some unforeseen directions- will we question it or trust Jehovah and hang on for dear life?
I wish I could clear my brain of all this c*ap. It does not scare me like it used to, but I still recall some fiery sermons at the DC.There are some mean*ss CO's and DO's out there.
Flipper, that is so true about fear of the Net. I was speaking with someone recently and so fearful were they of the Net, that they would not even type in a medical name for information. They would have to wait for their spouse to do that. ( they had the Net, but only hubby can use it)
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229.
the above website was posted by zensim on the thread about indigo children.
the site has nothing to do.
It was a inspirational video for me and watching /listening to her speak I was able to possibly understand the NDE experiences and the akashi records experiences/ other out of body experiences that occur sans drugs and psychosis. I heard her say we may be able to learn to tap into this area of our brain more readily .
Since I started reading literature other than jws, i have stopped being afraid of ideas. . Ideas do not scare me and I do not let others dictate what I read/watch .
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229.
the above website was posted by zensim on the thread about indigo children.
the site has nothing to do.
you might also enjoy this one
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/184
he discusses phantom limb, capgras syndrome, and synesthesia
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229.
the above website was posted by zensim on the thread about indigo children.
the site has nothing to do.
I really enjoyed watching her describe how she found " nirvana". what she experienced could explain the NDE and the akashi records.
What a powerful experience she had and to be able to relay it to all of us with such clarity.
what you think, what do you know, how do you feel about indigo children?
I just followed the link from above post
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229
I want to say to anyone reading this thread
listen to this . It is so heartfelt, and passionate and inspiring, and reality . It s worth the time and may just alter your reality.
thanks so much for the best link I've seen in some time.
ok, not the awake!, but in consolation, it's predecessor.
refer to this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/128918/1.ashx.
there appears to be a "dirty joke" in the first issue (november 29, 1939) posted in the thread.
yes, I still use the term " blew money, time etc" or blow time, money"
also, I have heard brothers from the platform say
they were blown away, someone blew them off
it is a slang term much like saying " screwed up". i have heard that too from the platform, the speaker was counseled privately.
he he he
what you think, what do you know, how do you feel about indigo children?
btt.
what you think, what do you know, how do you feel about indigo children?
I was watching a program regarding this last week. The also talked about "crystal" children.
I see aura's .
I think some of what we call mystical and psychic now is persons at a higher level of human development.
I have "something " where years that are ending with 0- ie, 1980 , become days of the week, ie 1980=Sunday. I think this may be a form of
ordinal linguistic personification, . , or number form synesthesia,
