Posts by rockemsockem

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Do You For The Most Part Trust The News Media?

by minimus in

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the media is very powerful.

many news people just want to get a scoop even if their breaking story isn’t checked out for accuracy.

some journalists are precise and double check whatever they are reporting.

Do you remember the music in the 80's ?

by Finkelstein in

recently reflecting on some of the great songs that came out of that decade.

any favorites post them up .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuza6qijvfu.

The 80s was the last great decade of music. It started to go to hell when rap took off. Which is not music. Its talking in cadence in an angry tone. Its not real artistic anything. Now look at all the movies using 70s and 80s music due to there being so little that has come out in the past years that is worth a flip.

take on me Ahha, sweet dreams are made of these, guns n roses, Metalica, duran duran, The B52s the list could be very very long.

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Peace and Security

by Golden Earring in

now that the (king of the south) has “come all the way to his end…” (daniel 11:45b) in both human investigative/criminal and now divine terms as have all kings and rulers…michael can "stand up" (daniel 12:1).

(1 thessalonians 5:3) “for when they... shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” kjv.

un security council: conflict prevention and mediation (8546th meeting):.

rockemsockem

If god is real he is a dead beat dad. LOL And unfashionable late.

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Peace and Security

by Golden Earring in

now that the (king of the south) has “come all the way to his end…” (daniel 11:45b) in both human investigative/criminal and now divine terms as have all kings and rulers…michael can "stand up" (daniel 12:1).

(1 thessalonians 5:3) “for when they... shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” kjv.

un security council: conflict prevention and mediation (8546th meeting):.

rockemsockem

The only time when I was a Dubber that I really thought they may actually be right was in the early 90s. It was indeed a strange time. The wall came down, Germany ran to reunify like a freight train, the USSR collapsed, and the satellite countries under the USSR went to democracy. But this lasted for a few years and I could see it was much ado about nothing.

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Those that need to see a Therapist / and those that don`t is there a correlation of the two ?

by smiddy3 in

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there have been a number of threads / posts here over the years about ex jw`s needing to see therapists for what they are going through , and i can appreciate that.. obviously there are many ex jw`s on here that haven`t ever felt the need to see a therapist ,and i`m just wondering why not ?.

why does one feel the need and another does not ?.

is it to do with born ins as against those who were converts ?

rockemsockem

I would say most would do better to see a therapist even if they don't know it. The JWs are an extreme cult that is very destructive and most people will not even know the damage done to them. Its like the old saying a person who represents himself as a client has a fool for a client. You can not in most cases fix yourself without help. You will carry the damage the cult did for ever. Examining the cult and where its going on sites like this will only take you so far. At some point one should move on.

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2019 International Convention Growth Figures from Baptism

by HiddenPimo in

so the borg has put up the attendance and baptism figured from the miami and atlanta international conventions.. amazing growth!.

atlanta - 46,374 peak attendance / baptized 314.

0.67% growth.

rockemsockem

Not sure which would be better watching them die a slow death or all at once.

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Do any of you born into the cult feel like your mental growth was stunted?

by rockemsockem in

being born in to me was devastating.

when you are a child born in and raised with the they vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die.

not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of you.

rockemsockem

I never had the nightmares but my mother did. She was upset later in life as she woke up at the damage she suffered. Not all situations are the same. Some were never raised in a real witness home. Or were never really witnesses. I would say from Blondie's post she never really was a JW. Maybe she was raised not really to the standards of the cult. For those who were strictly raised as the cult taught its extremely damaging to children. I know of several family's who go to the hall and "play" Witness. But tell their kids to go to collage get an education and make a future for themselves. These are not real JWs. They play at it. If the truth be told no pun intended the true JWs in the cult looked down on these people as not strong or real JWs. We had several in the halls I went to. They were accepted to a deg. but looked on as not people to do much socially with. If a child is raised in the cult as the cult dictates they are damaged. Its just that simple.

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Do any of you born into the cult feel like your mental growth was stunted?

by rockemsockem in

being born in to me was devastating.

when you are a child born in and raised with the they vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die.

not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of you.

rockemsockem

I believe that being raised a JW is very destructive. You don't form the relationships in society that normal kids do. You are not allowed to join in any of the secular activity's the normal kids do. You are taught you are part of a very special group that is going to be treated very special and everyone else is doomed. You have all the answers to life's questions while everyone else is lost. I went to therapy for a bit and when I told the therapist I was raised a JW she told me that she deals with a lot of damage from this cult. And she used the word cult. She said it was widely known among her profession of the danger and damage done by the JWs.

I think every child, and parents and congregation is different. I would say some are not quite as damaging as others but for me I have been part of 4 different congregations and although that is not a large number non have been anything but destructive. I have seen what they have done to myself and others. Children raised in the cult are exposed to beliefs of imminent violent graphic death and destruction via My book of bible stories or in my case the Paradise book and down playing of the self. You as an individual are not important. Only Jehovah is important. The viewing of others not believing the same as you as less than and the list goes on. You may not know it but if you were raised a JW you were damaged.

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Do any of you born into the cult feel like your mental growth was stunted?

by rockemsockem in

being born in to me was devastating.

when you are a child born in and raised with the they vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die.

not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of you.

rockemsockem

Being born in to me was devastating. When you are a child born in and raised with the They vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die. Not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of You. The cult is IMO devastating to the growth of children. Its pure and simple child abuse.

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How the JW's can improve the street work!

by Giordano in

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

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