paganism from my view is just a mental fantasy.
it's not real.
so why do jws get mad at it anyway?
I think the JW definition of pagan is often blurred with unbeliever.
Aint that the truth. It wasnt until I was about 15 that I learned that "pagan" is an actual religion. My uncle (another exJW) actually is a pagan. It's rather insulting, I feel, to label every other non-JW Christian religion as pagan.
JWs use wedding rings and wedding cake which originate from pagan traditions.
hi everyone my name is reg anderson i am from new brunswick canada.
i have currently relocated to toronto canada.
i am currntly working in downtown toronto .
Isnt is a shame? Poor Reg acknowledges his depression and uses "praying to Jehovah" as a method of trying to deal with it.
I do hope he's also seeking help from the medical community too.
with the ramped up rhetoric the last few years many were totally convinced the end would be here by 2019-20 .
and instead of making due, the org.
has burdened the brothers once again to donate and volunteer for the new and improved patterson and video production center to be completed by 2026!
Hey, I remember when it would definitely be here before 2000 as “the world” was “so bad”.
i wasn’t even supposed to graduate high school... 16 years ago.
has anyone else seen the netflix documentary “explained: cults”?
i thought it was well done.
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.
Ooh! I'll check this out tonight. Thanks for the headsup.
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?
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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!
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?
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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".
https://www.moshoodkarim.com/2019/07/jehovahs-witnesses-changes-doctrinal.html.
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.
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.
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.
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.”.
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.
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..
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.
