Thanks cantleave, it sounds like things have changed since I first asked about it. Well done you, that must have been a real psychological barrier that you broke through.
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Freaky Pepsi Ad
by metatron inhttp://www.businessinsider.com/pepsi-ad-shocks-londoners-2014-3.
check it out.
metatron.
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Xanthippe
I like it, they give you fear and then you find it's a harmless advert, which makes you smile. At least I think it would make me smile
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Are You Raising An Introvert?
by darth frosty inits not easy being an introvert in an extrovert worldespecially when youre a kid.
it is even more difficult if none of the adults in the kids life recognize that the child is an introvert.
this doesnt happen only when the childs parents are extroverts, but also with introverted parents who have never understood their own introverted nature.. .
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Xanthippe
I have been reading Quiet, the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain. Really interesting, she says that western cultures value people who can talk and who are bold and extrovert and they dismiss introverts as shy and insular. Eastern cultures have very different values.They value people who can think a problem through without quite so much noise.
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cantleave it is something I have thought of doing but have been put off by stories that it is a very lengthy process to begin with involving endless medical questions and many forms to fill in. Is that still true?
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Might Get to See My Grandchildren Today
by mrquik inmy oldest daughter is still in the cult.
i haven't seen my grandchildren in 5 yrs.
my son-in-law's father died this week & the funeral is today.
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Hope you get to see them mrquik I really do
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Great new video from Stephen Fry "How do we know what is True ?"
by Phizzy inhttps://humanism.org.uk/thatshumanism/#whatistrue.
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by our very own Stephen Fry after all., and so may be looked upon with not too much disfavour by JW's,
Phizzy he's gay and an atheist???????? I am sure my JW family think he's wonderful!
By the way I do love Stephen, I watch QI religiously
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10 Reasons You Should Never Have A Religion
by darth frosty inlink.
his 1st point reminded me of this argument.
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Xanthippe
Interesting the second vid asks why are religions obsessed with sex? Control is the answer. We can't stop wanting sex so right from childhood they make us feel guilty about sex so that we are continually drawn back to our religions to relieve ourselves of this heavy burden of guilt. It's brilliant and fiendish.
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Black sheep of the family-my life as an ExJW
by bsand20 ini was a 3rd generation jw, half the congregation i attended was made up of my entire mom's side of the family, 2 of the 3 elders were my grandpa and uncle.
my first memory of the organization was when they announced my mom's name in the meeting saying she had been reinstated....it was 1988 and i was 6 years old....i didn't understand it then, but when i asked my mom why was she crying and why did they say her name in the meeting, she said "it's because i've been good!".
so she went back and after a period of time assisting constantly, she was reinstated.
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Xanthippe
Welcome bsand20 and thanks for sharing your story. Sorry your family have given you a hard time but I can identify with it, mine have done the same to me. I agree that it it soooo worth it for the freedom, never going back!
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Whats the difference between a rank and file member and a G.B.member .
by smiddy inand r.& f. member , initially beleived with our whole soul that jehovahs witnesses had the ultimate truth over every other religion .. the differences between the g.b.
members and the r&f members is simply this.
members are given power and authourity by the r.&f members to dictate to them what they should beleive through new light revelations.
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Xanthippe
The GB know that they have stolen ideas from Christendom like the ransom sacrifice of Jesus and pretented that they were given it, through holy spirit. How would an ordinary person who has not studied theology or been in another church know this? They know that they take verses in the Bible out of context to say whatever they want. They know that they quote mine from scientists and archaologists to make science look bad and the Bible look good. They know about all the power playing among the GB but the r+f know nothing of this and just think they are wonderful Christians.
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Rewarding system
by alwaysthinking inalways go to meetings------lots of points.
pioneering------lots of points.
marrying to a jw -----lots of points (happy or not, who cares).
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Welcome alwaysthinking. Glad you made it here. You're right, this religion is all about appearances and very little else.