Posts by Heartsafire

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2015-2016-More BOEs just arrived!

by Atlantis in

these boes just arrived!.

.. re: global assistance arrangement for the 2016 service year .

http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/xnlm2ba.

My experience with a Judicial Committee, when in my early 20's

by Dunedain in

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.

Heartsafire

Now that is one helluva experience! I'm sorry to hear that happened to you, but it sounds like you are better off and much the wiser for it.

Ah yes, the elders...I have seen quite a variety in my life from the totally clueless to the borderline psychotic and everything in between. Many play favorites, but it sounds as though your JC was pretty much standard procedure--anything hidden gets the dfing despite obvious repentance and improvement (I know, I know, total palm to forehead bs).

The part where they screamed at you and wouldn't listen reminded me of this:

2 Corin 2:7,8 (NWT) 7 now you should instead kindly forgive and comfort him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by excessive sadness. 8 I therefore exhort you to confirm your love for him.

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Hey! Wanted to say Hi!

by Miss Worldly in

jw
friends

hey!

i've been hanging around her for a while.

this is the third attempt at my 'hello'.

Heartsafire

Hey there Miss Worldly! Love your username. Can't wait to hear more about you and what brings you to this site 😊.

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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

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?.

Heartsafire

I woke up myself. No apostates necessary. As far back as I can recall, I have always been somewhat aware that it wasn't the truth. I wasn't fully awake until this year, but there were always things I heard or saw within the org that didn't sit right with me. About a month ago I stumbled acrossed an old diary I kept around the time I got baptized. In one entry I had written that I thought JW's twist scripture to make it fit their doctrine. Sheesh. Hindsight is 20/20.

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Similarities between the Governing Body and an abusive spouse

by Zoos in

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:.

Heartsafire

Wow Zoos! This is a great point! The gas lighting, the deceit, the manipulation, etc. Not to mention the literal abuse of thousands of children covered up and hidden away. No wonder their followers are so co-dependent (or sadistically jump on the abuse bandwagon themselves).

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Hello. New here.

by ULFBERHT in

jw
friends

new around here.

wanted to say "hello".. +ulfberh+t.

Heartsafire

Cool story behind your username! I'm rather new here myself, but it's not so bad:-). Hello there and welcome!

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Belief in God Can Be Turned Off Like a Light Switch

by cofty in

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.

Heartsafire

Obviously this study was conducted only on people who believe in angels, God, and heaven. I wonder what would happen if it were conducted on atheists? Nothing? Or, what about conducting this experiment on people who are polytheists? Agnostics? It would be interesting to see how conviction of belief might be altered acrossed various belief systems. And...oh no I've gone cross-eyed. 😲

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My mom passed away yesterday....

by minimus in

jw
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.

Heartsafire

Minimus,

My heart goes out to you. It is obvious that you and your mother shared a special relationship. A beautiful example of love conquering all. I am so sorry for your loss.💐

HAF

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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

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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Heartsafire

Wielding a knife...sorry guys...autocorrect can be a real b***h

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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

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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Heartsafire

I don't own a gun. But lately I have been thinking about buying a rifle of some sort simply for my own protection at home. I am not a large nor muscular woman, and if a man broke into my home yielding only a knife I would be pretty defenseless.

I don't believe guns are the solution to all the problems in the US, but I don't think banning them is either.

One of the problems with gun control is that it is merely an illusion. Only responsible gun owners would be the ones punished by gun control laws because guns are SO easy to come by illegally in the U.S. Unfortunately, I happen to know people who have dabbled in this criminal activity as they are convicted felons with violent backgrounds and have no trouble buying or trading firearms under the table so-to-speak.

Although guns are easy to come by, ammunition is less so, and very expensive too. It probably would be easier for the government to ban the manufacturing of certain ammos and/or tax the bejeezus out of ammo that is made in effort to control it better. Just some food for thought. I'm not really persuaded any one direction for or against guns, but I definately feel like using them for protection or hunting is a-okay.