Posts by ctrwtf

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Tom Petty has passed away

by sir82 in

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a12766936/tom-petty-critical-condition-cardiac-arrest/.

sad..

ctrwtf

NYTimes writes that reports of his death are premature...........

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Not A Day Goes By Without Me Thinking About Watchtower

by pale.emperor in

although i consider myself completely "cured" from watchtower brainwashing, guilt tripping and propaganda, i realised today that there's not a day that goes by without me thinking of the cult we left.

i think of my former family and what i'd like to say to them, what i'd try to explain and how i'd say it without them switching the "ignore" button and running away.. today on my instagram account my little step-brother "liked" a picture i posted.

i didn't even know he was still on my friends list.

ctrwtf

Just have to look at all those that post here regularly for years to realize that it's hard to shake off what the cult has done to you and your family. I faded 9 years ago.

Having said that, counseling is a wonderful tool that can help you gain perspective and lessen the pain.

Best to you...

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Just woke up turn TV on to hear yet another nut case with a gun.

by Still Totally ADD in

jw
friends

first they said 20 dead with 100 injured.

now i just heard 50 dead and 200 injured.

whatever it is it just another nut case who was able to get a high power gun to kill people.

ctrwtf

This is just another sign that we are living in the final, final, really final part of the last days.

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New Song to be sung for Warwick Dedication on Oct 7

by Drearyweather in

jw
friends

a place that will bring you praise.

https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-jwb_201801_8_video.

ctrwtf

Sounds like the Russian national anthem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOAtz8xWM0w

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JW Stumper Questions - List You Best Here

by pale.emperor in

hi guys.

sooner or later we're going to get a jw knocking on our door.

just like when we were jw's doing the knocking, it's good to have a question prepared to get them thinking about their own beliefs.

ctrwtf

Explain your belief that modern man appeared out of nowhere 6000 years ago in Mesopotamia.

Please also explain how you can deny the mountain of evidence that points to the contrary.

13

So you've successfully faded

by ctrwtf in

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friends

so i'm pretty sure my fade is complete.

haven't stepped foot inside a kh in 9 years.

but the concept of fading still makes me wonder.

ctrwtf

So I'm pretty sure my fade is complete. Haven't stepped foot inside a KH in 9 years. But the concept of fading still makes me wonder. I know the idea is that one slowly fades away and does nothing that would put them in jeopardy of committing a "sin" worthy of a JC.

But the reality is, that as one fades, the odds of committing a sin worthy of a JC increase only because one begins a "normal" life not influenced by a cult. So for you faders out there I'm wondering what sins you've committed that are worthy of a JC if you were still in.

I'll fess up, I've:

Celebrated Christmas complete with a tree and gifts.

Voted in national and local elections.

I have gotten a tattoo of a Celtic Cross on my bicep. (This was my personal way of DA'ing without actually sending a letter)

Sometimes I drink to excess.

I've seen many, many R rated films.

I use the F word pretty regularly.

I visit and post on apostate websites.

I've enjoyed weed a time or two.

I've donated to the Cathedral of St Cristobal in San Juan, PR and was given a St. Christopher medal that I wear everyday.

So if ever I'm invited to a JC, I've got a lot of ground to cover.

Any of you other fellow postate faders care to confess?

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2017 Convention Video Remember The Wife Of Lot

by pale.emperor in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.

the dad in this is a total douche.

i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.

ctrwtf

Okay, one more comment about this. If I were to remember the wife of Lot, I would remember that her husband pimped out her daughters to protect mighty spirit creatures. Then, in a perfectly normal human response to gaze upon the spectacular destruction of one's home, she was mercilessly put to death by an angry, jealous, pitiful spirit creature that couldn't put up with her shit.

That's what I would remember.........

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2017 Convention Video Remember The Wife Of Lot

by pale.emperor in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.

the dad in this is a total douche.

i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.

ctrwtf

I saw that I was going to have to waste an hour and a half on this and decided ahead of time that it's more cult recruitment bullshit.

22

Most Popular Boys Name in England?

by cofty in

anybody want to guess?

for some years the office for national statistics tried to hide the answer by counting different spellings as different names.

it no longer matters.

ctrwtf

Re read the right leaning Examiner's coverage again. Not 15% of immigrants are terrorists. Rather 15% of the FBI's overall investigations focus on immigrants. I'm glad they're investigating, that's what they do. But not 15% of immigrants are terrorists. The title of the article is misleading.

The FBI has revealed that at least 15 percent of the agency's terrorism investigations focus on immigrants who arrived as refugees.

I just don't see the islamic terrorist behind every bush. I live and work in NY and aside from 9/11 most of the "terrorism" is one off nutjobs. Nutjobs. Get the Comey reference?

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Most Popular Boys Name in England?

by cofty in

anybody want to guess?

for some years the office for national statistics tried to hide the answer by counting different spellings as different names.

it no longer matters.

ctrwtf

It appears to me that much of the wave of immigration can be traced back to the Syrian civil war and the West's inability/refusal to really deal with an obvious crisis. I understand how war weary the US and others are, but if there were ever a reason to go to war, it seems to me that Assad's regime deserves to be ended.

Years later, now that Russia has taken a side, there is no real hope for those people and the mass immigration will continue, no doubt fueling nationalistic sentiments.

How does western civilization claim the moral high ground, while ignoring suffering at the hands of a dictator, then turn around and deny these people refuge?