Topics Started by Heartsafire

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Did an EX-JW wake you up to TTATT or did you put the effort to wake up yourself?
by John Aquila in
1. jw
2. experiences
how many of us were woken up by some apostate yelling false prophets at a convention?.

how many of us were woken up by someone holding a sign and yelling, what happened to 1975.

how many of us were coerced to investigate the wt because some ex-jw pulled up a bunch of old watchtowers magazines and told us to read the false predictions?.
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Similarities between the Governing Body and an abusive spouse
by Zoos in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was looking at a list of methods used by abusive spouses to manipulate and control their "domain" and was struck by how similar the mentality is to the governing body's approach to the flock.

obviously not everything on the list applies as there is no sexual component in the congregation and there is no physical contact, but the similarities were shocking.. http://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/domestic-violence-and-abuse.htm.

abusers use a variety of tactics to manipulate you and exert their power:.
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Belief in God Can Be Turned Off Like a Light Switch
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
researchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.

a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.

the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.
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My mom passed away yesterday....
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.

finally, she is at peace.

i was with her , holding her hand when she died.
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Hello. New here.
by ULFBERHT in
1. jw
2. friends
new around here.

wanted to say "hello".. +ulfberh+t.
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My experience with a Judicial Committee, when in my early 20's
by Dunedain in
1. jw
2. experiences
i joined this wonderful site, only a few weeks ago, although i have been away from the borg, for almost 20 years.

i didnt introduce myself, on a personal level, but i jumped right in, commenting, making threads, and just immersing myself in this community.

what a time, indeed, to be here, its almost as if i was "called" here, because the week i lurked, and joined, was when all this recent stuff came out.
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"The likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed"
by nicolaou in
1. social
2. current
presidential hopeful ben carson of course.

this isn't another gun control debate, i just thought it might be fun to have a topic where we can dump all the hysterical quotes from the candidates.. it's a deep and plentiful mine folks!

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Hello to everybody!
by John Free in
1. jw
2. friends
i wanted to introduce myself.

like many of you i was born-in, am married with one child.

after 36 years of this cycle: doubts-thought stopping- suppression- indoctrination-cult mode i realised enough was enough.
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Introducing...ME
by Heartsafire in
1. jw
2. friends
long time lurker here.

i'm a fifth gen born-in baptized jw.

to say i've been struggling with doubts is an understatement.
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My family has known I'm an apostate
by cognac in
1. jw
2. friends
i found out that my husband has not only gone to the elders, but has been going to members of my family about me over a period of a few years.

this piece of news is just so depressing.

i've been wondering how my family knew i didn't go and thats why so many of them have becoming more and more distant.