Posts by Luther bertrand

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EXJW's in Mensa?

by Luther bertrand in

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any exjw's or faders out there in mensa?

any online groups for this niche?

Luther bertrand

I joined Mensa just to test it out... its mostly for social reasons. I have a fun time while I participated and met interesting people.

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EXJW's in Mensa?

by Luther bertrand in

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any exjw's or faders out there in mensa?

any online groups for this niche?

juadefiero, I am just curious of the experiences of those with higher IQ's have different experiences than others as JW's. Do we have different challenges and concerns? For me the most stifling thing was having to hide my books. and being restricted on the types of conversations that I could have as a result of my "worldly" or "Apostate" sounding subjects. hmmmmmm waffles or steak.... I think you are on to something lol.

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EXJW's in Mensa?

by Luther bertrand in

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friends

any exjw's or faders out there in mensa?

any online groups for this niche?

Luther bertrand

Any EXJW's or Faders out there in Mensa? Any online groups for this niche?

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Who am I? - How to find the well lived life after undue influence

by Luther bertrand in

i was added fairly recently to the aawa network (thank you richard e. kelly ) and have been a lurker/fader for many years.

the ex-jw community, from a far, has offered me so many ways to help go through my own thinking while awakening and working through my own crisis of conscience.

however, i do have a critique of our community.

Luther bertrand

Hello, Everyone! I was added fairly recently to the AAWA network (Thank You Richard E. Kelly ) and have been a lurker/fader for many years. The ex-jw community, from a far, has offered me so many ways to help go through my own thinking while awakening and working through my own Crisis of Conscience. However, I do have a critique of our community. It seems that many of us, though not all, often talk more about what they don't believe and what we see wrong, a reactive way of thinking, and less more about how to make things right, a proactive way of thinking, while in our respective paths. So, I hope to fill that gap. I want to share two things that helped me considerably. However, before I share these tools I need to talk about the big question, "Who am I?" I agree with Stephan Hassan when he says that even if we are born into a cult, which I was, we are all born with an authentic self. It is my opinion that discovering our authentic self unhitched from the the undue influence that some of us grew up under is key to discovering a life well lived. It is in that vein that I would like to share two psychological questionnaires that have been critiqued via peer reviewed journals and validated statistically and scientifically to have value for many people. The first tool is called the Myers-Briggs, this tool allows you to see your strengths and faults and gives you the broad strokes of your personality type! In the psychology classes I took the full version, which actually costs money to take, I took a free version that gave me just about the same result and will share the link below, though the free version just has a tad less detail. I scored an INTP/ENTP, let me know what you scored! The next tool is called the VIA, it is rooted in positive psychology, which basically focuses on the positive or healthy aspects of ones psychological states to improve the short-comings. We all have strengths that we can use. My strengths, for instance, "strengths are "Love of Learning" and "Creativity", My two lowest are Humility and Perverseness. So a way I plan on becoming a better version of my self is to use my love of learning and creativity to research what it means to have Humility and to have Perverseness. Here are the tests that helped me understand my self and hopefully they will be of benefit to you as well. I would also like to suggest to the admins that we have a subject area for Recovery in this, the greatest board for exjw issues on the entire internet.

For the Myers-Briggs go here .. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

For the VIA go here...

https://www.viacharacter.org/www/

If you have difficulties or would like someone to walk through what your scores mean, feel free to pm me.

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Raw Footage of Australian Royal Commision

by Luther bertrand in

i see alot of youtube channels that have footage of the hearing, however i can not find the original footage?

can anyone point me in the direction of where the original footage is?

i am working on a project and do not want to strip footage from someones channel or steal someones work in terms of editing it or downloading it and uploading it with changes.

Luther bertrand

FYI Here is the response I got from the royal commision

Dear Mr Bertrand,

Thank you for your email to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on 3 February 2016 in relation to the webcast for the Case Study 29 (Jehovah’s Witnesses) public hearing.

The webcast was live and only accessible at the time that the public hearing was held, and there is no facility for members of the public to view an archived copy of the webcast.

You may wish to view the transcripts for the Case Study 29 public hearing which are available on the Royal Commission website at www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.aspx.

Thank you again for your email and for your interest in the work of the Royal Commission.

Yours sincerely,

Philip Reed
Chief Executive Officer

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Witness Punk and Metal Band Names

by Luther bertrand in

here is what i would name my band(s) let see if you can list some funny ones as well.

here is my list:.

local needs.

Luther bertrand

ok I came up with some more...

Private Reproof

The Mentally Diseased

The Troof

The Kinnim Hall Blues

The Bloom of Youth.

Blue Balls and the Chaperones

The CrotchTowers

Theocratic War Doctrine

The Friends

The Underliner's

The RBC

The Spiritual Orphans

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Witness Punk and Metal Band Names

by Luther bertrand in

here is what i would name my band(s) let see if you can list some funny ones as well.

here is my list:.

local needs.

Luther bertrand

Here is what I would name my band(s) let see if you can list some funny ones as well. Here is my list:

Local Needs

The Dis-Fellows

Governing Body

Balaam's Ass

The Colporters

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Walking a thin line - Resigning Elder

by Sanchy in

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warning of a long boring post ahead.

i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.

i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.

Luther bertrand

If you need someone to talk to pm me. I have successfully faded and know a few tricks as well as some psychological tips on how to handle your transition. No I dont do this for money, I just know how it feels to go though things that you are going through.

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Seeking Source material

by Doug Mason in

i am calling on the combined scholarship of this site to help me with my research..

under the subheading of “who selected the canon?”, pages 27-28 of the watchtower of april 1, 2010 quotes professor oskar skarsaune and professor kenneth berding..

the watchtower writes:.

Luther bertrand

Believe it or not, if you call the watchtower they will often supply the source.

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Raw Footage of Australian Royal Commision

by Luther bertrand in

i see alot of youtube channels that have footage of the hearing, however i can not find the original footage?

can anyone point me in the direction of where the original footage is?

i am working on a project and do not want to strip footage from someones channel or steal someones work in terms of editing it or downloading it and uploading it with changes.

Luther bertrand

I see alot of youtube channels that have footage of the hearing, however I can not find the original footage? Can anyone point me in the direction of where the original footage is? I am working on a project and do not want to strip footage from someones channel or steal someones work in terms of editing it or downloading it and uploading it with changes. If someone could help me find an original resource with the actual footage I would appreciate it. Unless someone on here has a youtube version of it that they don't mind me downloading for the project that I am working on.