Posts by pale.emperor

i feel like a jw might watch it and feel uncomfortable as the show goes through the definition of cults and then the step by step indoctrination process.

pale.emperor

Ooh! I'll check this out tonight. Thanks for the headsup.

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How Long Did It Take To Finally Leave The Organization Once You Realized It Was Really Not The Truth?

by minimus in

jw
friends

it actually took me a few years to finally leave the organization so i was mentally out for a while before i simply stopped all meetings altogether.. how long did it take you to finally make the break?

?.

pale.emperor

The emotion I felt wasn't one of disappointment - it was one of relief! No more meetings, no more door to door work and i could finally say goodbye to that rather unpleasant person with whom I was sharing my life.

I remember that feeling. If I could feel that all over again I would. What a drug!

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How Long Did It Take To Finally Leave The Organization Once You Realized It Was Really Not The Truth?

by minimus in

jw
friends

it actually took me a few years to finally leave the organization so i was mentally out for a while before i simply stopped all meetings altogether.. how long did it take you to finally make the break?

?.

pale.emperor

I came to the conclusion that it wasnt 100% as much as 10 years before I left. I used to say "It's the closest thing to the truth there is" (cringe) - but that all changed after I discovered the UN letter and read Crises Of Conscience.

But, as we all know, even when we discover it isnt true it's not very easy to leave without your life being turned upside down. I played along for about 6 months trying to fade out until I was reported for "apostate ideas".

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Is this true:

by crmsicl in

https://www.moshoodkarim.com/2019/07/jehovahs-witnesses-changes-doctrinal.html.

pale.emperor

Huge clue was where it said:

...this teaching is one which arose as a central aspect of the 19th Century Adventism which so influenced our founder, Charles Taze Russell and his early associates and continued to be promoted throughout much of our history.

a) They dont regard CT Russell as their founder.

b) The blood ban came in during Knorrs tenure. Not Russell. Even Rutherford was ok with blood - but vaccinations were discouraged.

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We pray for the governing body

by StephaneLaliberte in

since when has it become cool to pray for the gb?

i noticed that at the begining of my fade back in 2015, it had already been there for a good while and was already getting on my nerves.

i means, i grew up in it, but can't remember much further than the 90s and i don't remember this being always in the payers.

pale.emperor

It's becoming trendy here in the UK for them to use the American versions now. I've head my mother use the term "the friends" and "service". Here in Liverpool at least, we always called it "the work". As in "I'm going on the work on Saturday".

But yh, the American versions are slowly seeping into the British.

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Terrence Howard quitting acting to bring "the truth"

by neat blue dog in

https://thegrio.com/2019/09/13/terrence-howard-announces-hes-done-with-acting-after-empire-ends/amp/.

after leaving the limelight his plans include “bringing the truth to the world.”.

pale.emperor

So he's had his career, made his money and is now ready to setting down and join the cult. Much like that basketball player a few months ago.

I hope he finds what he's looking for... although we all know he wont.

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clinking of glasses

by sosad1 in

hello all - long ago i posted under sosad..... cant get back under that name so hello again.

i though i remember in hte last couple of years that there was a change in the strict practice of not clinking glasses and toasting,,, that it was more of a conscience decision.. was i dreaming this?

any help towards printed information on this subject is very much appreciated..

pale.emperor

It was never allowed when I was a kid with any of the families that I knew. One time a non-JW guest at our house did it and my mum put a tea towel on her head and started praying to Jehovah for protection from bad spirits.

He must have thought we were mental.

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I'm Watching The Exorcist Right Now...

by pale.emperor in

as an ex-jw recovering for cult indoctrination and paranoia there are a few things that make us realise how far we've come.. eating black pudding.

smoking a joint.

sleeping with someone on a first date.

pale.emperor

I didnt find the film even remotely scarey. The only bit I found uncomfortable was when the doctor was sticking a tube in her neck and the blood was spurting out.

Black pudding is crap. I would not eat blood pudding or sausage on a bet.

I'm with you on that. Tried it once, it tastes like metal. Shan't be eating it again. But at least I have my own reason to not eat it.