Mostly we are still Christians, we're not leaving Christianity, therefore we're not 'apostates'. I don't hear a lot of 'apostate' talk in between Protestants and Catholics, maybe just fringe groups. I agree it's just a label.
mikeflood
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The Label Of "Apostate" And It's Effects
by pale.emperor inin my psychology studies we've been examining the use of "labels" and how they influence peoples behaviour.
i sometimes wonder if the gb or their helpers know exactly what they're doing when it comes to psychological manipulation.. it's been observed that by labeling someone or something it changes your entire perception of that person or thing.
it colours it entirely, quite unfairly in some cases.
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Iran vs. Israel - could it be the beginning of Armageddon?
by tartarus ini have recently read in the news that an attack on iran is planned sometime after the olympics in beijing.
here's a bit of background to it:.
when irans fledgling democracy was overthrown with support of cia the shah of iran was giving israel free oil thru a pipeline that still runs thru saudi arabia to a refinery in the israeli city of haifa.
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mikeflood
Trump walks away from Iran agreement today, imposing the toughest sanctions.....peace or war? What's gonna happen? Stay tuned to the world biggest Soap Opera.
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Volcano eruption in Hawaii! The end surely must be near!
by nowwhat? inumm how do you think islands are formed to begin with?
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mikeflood
OMG ...and Yellowstone supervolcano pretty soon too. Yikes! Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Example of sensitive data – should I be worried?
by Fay Dehr in### here's a link to a high-quality version of the above form: https://1drv.ms/u/s!amcrvjcxi6m6a2mdhysjdll3m00 ###.
the attached image is the rear of form a-27; this is just example of many forms that contain personal data.
i’d like to know: should i be worried?.
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mikeflood
If this new system for the JW was like name, address, D.O.B it shouldn't be problematic at all....but with all that detailed information it resembles the Chinese government and their proposed 'national reputation system'. Also remember...once in Internet, it could be hacked.
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Iran vs. Israel - could it be the beginning of Armageddon?
by tartarus ini have recently read in the news that an attack on iran is planned sometime after the olympics in beijing.
here's a bit of background to it:.
when irans fledgling democracy was overthrown with support of cia the shah of iran was giving israel free oil thru a pipeline that still runs thru saudi arabia to a refinery in the israeli city of haifa.
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mikeflood
It's incredible how time goes...just this thread is 10 years! ...but anyway is all in the news today, Israel is about to bomb Iran. So sorry to be paranoid but I think Israel is gonna adjust counts with Iran anyway before the start of the Russia world's soccer cup on June the 14 th. ....Russia has been treating the Israelis badly lately, and it's a great opportunity to suspend the event and leave them with a big black eye. I sincerely hope I'm wrong, big soccer fan here.
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Withdrawing community support in the congs
by purrpurr ini've noticed in the past 10 years that the social support that used to be available in the congs, a shoulder to cry on, elders to help with family/marriage issues these seem to have been purposely withdrawn.
counsel is even heard from the platform that the elders are not there to help people with their problems.. so first in the 80s-90s they take away the congregation get to getters and social events and now they seem to be going one step further in taking away the emotional support for people too.. this will take away an aspect that i'm sure was keeping alot of people in the borg, the community support.
if that's not there and its just about meetings and ministry how many will start to get their emotional support elsewhere?.
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mikeflood
I've always been thinking that little things could help the Borg a lot, like, for example, a playground for the little ones...no little one wants to be listening for two hours behaving nice! Other things like, make the half week meeting a lot more familiar could help. Just to save the face they could say 'the paradise is already here, let's people inside be more like a family" Of course, merging congs is a terrible idea. Saves money but creates a business like experience. People think 'lets finish this and get out of here'.
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Mother is terrified over talks of peace.
by Searching injust spoke with my mother about the summit for north and south korea, her face turned a ghastly pale and she refused to talk to me about it afterwards.
i know exactly what is on her mind, and i'm not sure if i can say or do anything to assuage her fears about this being a fulfillment of prophecy.
any suggestions on what i could perhaps tell her to try and steer her from her line of thinking?
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mikeflood
'Searching', your mother is pale because she's thinking all kind of horrible things about the end of the world and that on top of that I guess you're not 'in the truth' and could be 'left behind'. Take it easy, tell her that unless there's gonna be peace in the Middle East everybody's safe.! Iran, Syria, Israel and the Palestinians aren't precisely talking about peace these days.
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J.W's Brain LOCKDOWN
by Phizzy ini know we often talk of the mind control and how jw's believe what they are taught because they are controlled as to the information they receive, but i think the mind control goes frighteningly beyond simply keeping information away from them.. the jw mind is in lockdown.
it simply cannot accept facts, evidence, reasoning or whatever that goes against what they believe.
they cannot assimilate and consider an argument, it is not that they are being awkward, or willfully blind, their minds are so shut down they are incapable of taking in what is being presented.. i am aware of how, in common with other cults and high control groups the j.w org achieves this state among its members, but how on earth do we open such a solidly closed mind ?.
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mikeflood
It's possible only with the Bible in hand. Like in Genesis 5:18 "When Jared had lived 162 years he became the father of Enoch".
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mikeflood
Just attaching 'your pledge of support' to each one and voila, you could have a nice cash flow.
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U.S. political turmoil ...
by mikeflood inthat russian thing, all those suits, the bitter political divide... it's getting out of control.
i think trump could resign and pardon all, he even could get ill because to much pressure (even for his lawyer), or he's gonna get so cornered that he could take very drastic decisions.
they should concentrate in govern the country instead, it's getting tiresome.
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mikeflood
That Russian thing, all those suits, the bitter political divide... it's getting out of control. I think Trump could resign and pardon all, he even could get ill because to much pressure (even for his lawyer), or he's gonna get so cornered that he could take very drastic decisions. They should concentrate in govern the country instead, it's getting tiresome. Any thoughts?