Posts by pale.emperor

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Material such as the film at the end of this years convention confirms that I was right to take my kids out the religion

by jambon1 in

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it’s quite affirming to see the horrific material that they’re serving up at the convention this year.

aside from blatant homophobia, the scenes at the end of the convention that are discussed on another thread stoop to new levels of fear mongering.

it seems to occur to nobody inside the organisation that this kind of material could trigger fear, deprsssion, anxiety, stress.

pale.emperor

Ok, now that I'm back home, I've managed to watch the video.

HAVE THEY ABSOLUTELY LOST THEIR MINDS?!!!

If this doesn't cause more people to take up then i'll be very surprised.

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Material such as the film at the end of this years convention confirms that I was right to take my kids out the religion

by jambon1 in

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it’s quite affirming to see the horrific material that they’re serving up at the convention this year.

aside from blatant homophobia, the scenes at the end of the convention that are discussed on another thread stoop to new levels of fear mongering.

it seems to occur to nobody inside the organisation that this kind of material could trigger fear, deprsssion, anxiety, stress.

pale.emperor

My wife's father is NOT going to be okay with this. The man skipped all the parts in the Bible that were too violent, including Jesus' death. He would fast forward through drama tapes that they'd listen too. Of course, it's not like he's going to leave, but it will get to him.

What a shame for him. Being a follower of a book so violent DeSade would have blushed.

I read all about the scourging and the crowning with thorns and I could viddy myself helping in and even taking charge of the tolchocking and the nailing in, being dressed in the height of Roman fashion. I didn't so much like the latter part of the book, which is more like all preachy talking than fighting and the old in-out. I liked the parts where these old yahoodies tolchock each other and then drink their Hebrew vino, and getting onto the bed with their wives' handmaidens. That kept me going. - Alex Droog from A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.

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Gonna read the new bible front to back

by Jayk in

i'm gonna read the new light bible front to back.

(see how far i make it).

besides wanting to read more.

pale.emperor

I would but i used my NWT bible for rolling papers. It was the only useful thing for it apart from using it to pick up the cat shit in the littler tray.

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"Demons" Living In My Brothers Gym Equipment

by pale.emperor in

spoke to my younger brother dan yesterday (he da'd about 6 months ago).

he was telling me that he got a visit from our older brother the day before.

our older brother was raised a jw but never committed, lives a full-on "worldly" life - smokes, binge drinks, hangs out with non-jws, but he's been studying for about 6 years would you believe?.

pale.emperor

Spoke to my younger brother Dan yesterday (he DA'd about 6 months ago). He was telling me that he got a visit from our older brother the day before. Our older brother was raised a JW but never committed, lives a full-on "worldly" life - smokes, binge drinks, hangs out with non-JWs, but he's been studying for about 6 years would you believe?

So anyway, Dan is selling his freeweights, and older brother say's he'll buy them off him. Great. Wonderful. What could possibly go wrong?

A week later, older brother turns up and says he's not going to buy them after all because, after speaking an elder, it could bring demons into his home.

Demons. Really?

Yes, because you see, Dan studies Taoism and meditates. (It's actually benefited his life immensely. He's lost weight and overcome a lot of stress and anxiety issues). HOWEVER - as everyone knows, Taoism is surely from the devil and influenced by the demons. The demons are living in my brothers freeweights and if my older brother brought them home the demons would then be in his house.

Where do I even begin with this one?

Aren't they supposed to stop studying with someone who doesn't make changes after a certain length of time?
Demons like to live in gym equipment now?
Even if this were true, Jehovah is powerless to protect this person who is studying?
How come the demons dont live in my older brothers cigarettes and porn collection?
Isn't it funny how demons dont live in banknotes and coins that non-JWs might put into the contribution box?

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Overlapping Generations

by JRK in

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i remember when that came out, my mother didn't catch it in the original article in the wt.

it was in one of the review "do you remember" thingies that she caught it.

she asked me if it means what she thought it meant.

pale.emperor

By the time this came out in print i was in the mindset of "this religion is the clostest thing to the truth, take it with a pinch of salt and dont say anything".

It's like the emperors new clothes, you see that it doesn't make sense but everyone else seems to accept it. Therefore they must be seeing something i missed because im not clever enough.

When in reality, everyone is thinking the above.

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Ryde ( I o Wight UK ) KH now a vets.

by stan livedeath in

was:.

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now:.

pale.emperor

Yearbook 2000, page 121
The Isle of Wight, off the south coast, has seven thriving congregations.

That's a 71% drop, what happened? Who's waters are supposed to be drying up again?

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JW MATCH——Is this an acceptable site for JWs?

by minimus in

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how does watchtower.org feel about this site for jehovah’s witnesses who want to find a partner?.

pale.emperor

I doubt the site is actually set up by a JW. I wanted to see if anyone i knew was on there so signed up for a free account under the name SATAN THE DEVIL. Since then i keep getting emails telling me someone has "liked" me or sent me a message. Obviously bots just wanting me to sign up to a paid account.

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The Label Of "Apostate" And It's Effects

by pale.emperor in

in my psychology studies we've been examining the use of "labels" and how they influence peoples behaviour.

i sometimes wonder if the gb or their helpers know exactly what they're doing when it comes to psychological manipulation.. it's been observed that by labeling someone or something it changes your entire perception of that person or thing.

it colours it entirely, quite unfairly in some cases.

pale.emperor

Someone.... somewhere.... knows exactly what they are doing.

I sometimes wonder if the GB are really running this circus? Could there be a 9th member above them all? Could there be just one GB member who's wide awake and manipulating the others?

This would make a great movie.

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The Label Of "Apostate" And It's Effects

by pale.emperor in

in my psychology studies we've been examining the use of "labels" and how they influence peoples behaviour.

i sometimes wonder if the gb or their helpers know exactly what they're doing when it comes to psychological manipulation.. it's been observed that by labeling someone or something it changes your entire perception of that person or thing.

it colours it entirely, quite unfairly in some cases.

pale.emperor

If these scam artists can warn against propaganda and the like, they know what it is and how to use it.............and use it they do. Evidently.

The thing is though, when it comes to utilizing propaganda they're doing a crappy job of it. Look at the kind of propaganda Mao, Goebbels and the North Korean Kim dynasty have used. In North Korea people believed their "dear leader" controls the weather for crying out loud!

I think they're "having a bash at propaganda" but using it unskillfully - balls-ing it up. Sometimes they're quite good at it with their labels.

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The Label Of "Apostate" And It's Effects

by pale.emperor in

in my psychology studies we've been examining the use of "labels" and how they influence peoples behaviour.

i sometimes wonder if the gb or their helpers know exactly what they're doing when it comes to psychological manipulation.. it's been observed that by labeling someone or something it changes your entire perception of that person or thing.

it colours it entirely, quite unfairly in some cases.

pale.emperor

My opinion (valuable or valueless as it might be) is that the GB have not studied psychology. They are, for the most part, nitwits.

Yeah, i think we can all agree there.

I think it just sort of comes "organically". Leaders of high-control groups tend to have similar psychological & emotional profiles - that sort of person is "drawn" toward trying to control the thoughts & actions of others. I.e., such people tend to join, then "float" to the top of, such organizations.

I think you're probably right actually. I dont think this religion set itself out to become what it has now become. It's evolved over time with the right (or should i say, the "wrong") people with the biggest egos and bigger personalities finding themselves in the driving seat.

Have you noticed how they always insert their own adjectives into statements to?

"The Russian government have unjustly banned our work." - well, according to the Russian government it wasn't unjust at all.

"The unscriptural misuse of blood".

Take out the adjectives and you're left with simple statements. Add an adjective and you're directing someones thinking.

"The wonderful forum writer Sir82 bought me a Starbucks".