Posts by ctrwtf

Not trying to be disrespectful to anyone. I understand perfectly the PTSD that comes from leaving a belief system. I admit that I've had a brief (very brief) pang of what if?

Still, the thought that unseen spirit forces are somehow monitoring our every thought and action is primitive and vesigial.

I'm perfectly comfortable with the thought that something horrible will definitely happen to me at some point in time. I'm just not going to blame "the spirits."

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Do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?

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it has been a long time.. thanks to jw.org, i was reading some jw material (what does the bible teach i believe).

it was the first time reading a "book study" book in many years and i was blown away by the controlling, cultish writing.

this question especially struck me as manipulative: do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?.

ctrwtf

Witness my fury beat me to it..........Since the first century there have existed groups that beleived they were living in the last days. Why? Because they were delusional.

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Do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?

by new light in

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it has been a long time.. thanks to jw.org, i was reading some jw material (what does the bible teach i believe).

it was the first time reading a "book study" book in many years and i was blown away by the controlling, cultish writing.

this question especially struck me as manipulative: do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?.

ctrwtf

Witness my fury beat me to it..........Since the first century there have existed groups that beleived they were living in the last days. Why? Because they were delusional.

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Do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?

by new light in

jw
friends

it has been a long time.. thanks to jw.org, i was reading some jw material (what does the bible teach i believe).

it was the first time reading a "book study" book in many years and i was blown away by the controlling, cultish writing.

this question especially struck me as manipulative: do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?.

ctrwtf

Witness my fury beat me to it..........Since the first century there have existed groups that beleived they were living in the last days. Why? Because they were delusional.

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Memorial 2015

by ctrwtf in

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so the dw and i a re considering a trip to see some extended familly still very much "in.

" so to avoid any embarassing situations we wanted to check when the memorial date was.

it turns out the first full moon after the vernal equinox is april 4th, 2015.. here's the good part...it's also the night of a full lunar eclipse.

So the DW and I a re considering a trip to see some extended familly still very much "in." So to avoid any embarassing situations we wanted to check when the memorial date was. It turns out the first full moon after the vernal equinox is April 4th, 2015.

Here's the good part...it's also the night of a full lunar eclipse. Visible in the USA starting pretty much at sundown. The characteristics of the eclipse will, accdording to NASA's website, a blood red hue.

I can hear right now the wits calling it a "sign in the heavens!" Not much far removed from what our most ancient ancestors must have thought. So much for our species getting smarter.

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What would you do?

by ctrwtf in

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so i travel alot for business and check into a hotel, start putting away my things and lo and behold in a bureau drawer, find a couple of wt's a couple of awake's and two tracts.

1. throw them in the trash and forget about it.

2. leave them where they lay and forget about it.. 3. leave a note for the housekeeper asking to lay off the cult recruitment.. 4. bring it to the attention of the management, and possibly get the housekeeper fired.. thanks for your input.

ctrwtf

So I travel alot for business and check into a hotel, start putting away my things and lo and behold in a bureau drawer, find a couple of WT's a couple of Awake's and two tracts.

Do I :

1. Throw them in the trash and forget about it. (This was my first instinct.)

2. Leave them where they lay and forget about it.

3. Leave a note for the housekeeper asking to lay off the cult recruitment.

4. Bring it to the attention of the Management, and possibly get the housekeeper fired.

Thanks for your input. I'm going out to dinner and having a few cocktails while eagerly awaiting your replies......

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The prodigal son on TV

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so i had to see what the hubbub was about.

pointed my browser to the tv site and started watching the streaming video of the prodigal son.. here's my review:.

first, not a lot of dialogue.

ctrwtf

So I had to see what the hubbub was about. Pointed my browser to the tv site and started watching the streaming video of the Prodigal Son.

Here's my review:

First, not a lot of dialogue. Dad watching home videos of sons first talk and crying. Mom looking into boys old room and crying. Both parents meeting with elders, parents looking distressed and crying. It's apparent that this is not a video to attract new converts but one aimed at retaining what they've got.

The prodigal on the other hand is shown dealing with stress at work. Paying bills. Dealing with a hangover. Relationship problems. And (gasp) looking at porn and no doubt honing his one handed typing skills. What struck me is that these are ALL NORMAL BEHAVIORS.

The solution to these "problems" is for the son to go to meetings and move back home with mom and dad. REALLY?

Another thing that struck me is that the prodigal had what was portrayed as a white collar upper level job in a modern telemarketing firm. All this without a college education? The reality is without college his most stressful career move will be asking if you want fries with that.

What utter and annoying nonsense. I'd rather watch Wheel of Fortune. I hear Vanna White is still pretty hot!

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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users

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from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.

it seems that the wts legal dept.

has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.

ctrwtf

What genius decided that exposing anonymous posters to You Tube would some how stop the flow of anti JW info?

If anything it will just make them angrier and more determined to expose the wits for what they are.

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Woopsie....See Above. JW's and Social Media

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