Xanthippe

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  Don't you think that some people are just better off within the org?

  by paradiseseeker in

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  this is my first post, i will introduce myself later.

  first of all, i must say that english is not my mother tongue (i'm spanish), so excuse me if i make any mistake.. do you think that some people simply can't cope with being outside the jws?

  some of them are too worldlyphobic to be around non-jws, too dependent on a fixed set of rules in order to carry on with their lives, too dependent on the hope of paradise and resurrection, too unable to leave their personal comfort zone within the organization.

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  I have wondered this myself. My brother seemed very happy at bethel but the times that I stayed there all the bloody bells ringing to tell you what to do and when to do it would have driven me mad.

  When I had to meet up with my siblings to dispose of our parents' house and sort financial matters it occurred to me that they are just not very bright, sad to say. Yet we come from the same gene pool.

  There is a lot of truth in the theory that the basis for intelligence may be genetic but it's what you do with it after you're born that counts. They were also very paranoid about everyone we had to deal with from the parish council to house-clearing companies. They seemed to expect to be cheated and treated badly. I'm not sure they could cope with knowing the TTATT and living in the real world.
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  Friends

  by Jrjw in

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  hi does anyone have any ideas of good places for me to make non jw friends when i move coz need to replace all my jw friends for my kids and i ready for becoming inactive.

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  I've made some good friends at meetup.com.
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  First Christmas without the guilt

  by Apostate Anonymous in

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  i have lurked around the site for about 3 months and finally decided to join.

  this will be my first time creating a topic here.

  a little backstory for me.

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  no buying useless presents which aren't appreciated. - rulehayl

  You can always ask people what they'd like for Christmas, perhaps something they've been wanting but won't buy for themselves.

  It was weird at first because I always have been a part of Christmas in some way...

  That's sad if you've always been a part of it and now you feel weird. Feeling apart from others and weird around people during customary celebrations is not good for us psychologically. We need to feel included.

  Apostate Anonymous, welcome to the forum. I'm glad you're having fun this holiday season and ditching the guilt imposed by that dangerous cult.
  
  
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  Hollow earth

  by Jrjw in

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  i thought the flat earth conspiracy theory was strange but ive just read an article about a new conspiracy theory that the earth is hollow and that its a paradise there and 8 foot tall intellectually advanced aliens live there who send space ships out every so often to check on mankind.

  apparently lost viking colonies and nazis that fled there after world war 2 are living there immortally 🤣🤣 .

  this world just gets better and better 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

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  Oh come on it's not that hard. Hollow earth full of Vikings and Nazis and what was it eight foot aliens. Surely you didn't spend more a second to decide if that was real?

  I agree with sparrowdown, it's great to read whatever you like. Just realise there's a lot of weird ideas around. Ask yourself what's the source of this and what's their evidence. Do they have a vested interest in having this idea accepted? Are they biased?
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  Human Rights Executive Order

  by berrygerry in

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  speculation building.. thoughts?.

  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-corruption/.

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  Wow he's going to seize the property of any foreign national individual or corporation he deems to have committed human rights abuses. Does that include manufacturers using sweat shops? This is so open to interpretation. Thanks for posting.
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  Intro

  by jc1985 in

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  2. friends

  hello all, many years i have been lurking on this site.

  gradually i’ve learned the real truth, gone from serving as a servant and at bethel to inactive for almost a year, barely ever wasting time going to meetings.

  my family is large and very active and so is my wife’s so leaving altogether is difficult.. though it seems now that everything is about to change.

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  Welcome jc1985. Sorry you're going through a tough time. Keep talking and we'll help if we can.
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

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  as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .

  merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .

  why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .

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  Why is Christmas just like your job?

  You do all the work and the fat guy in the suit gets all the credit.

  🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
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  Pacifism is Morally Indefensible

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  i have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.

  in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.

  of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.

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  Owning a firearm and shooting a burglar would get you in front of a JC

  In this country it would get you in front of a judge and then on remand awaiting trial. It's happened, infantile or not.
  
  
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  I know this shouldn’t bother me...but

  by MTSman in

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  so i woke up this morning with nothing planned for the day.

  i rolled out of bed around 9am and went to local mcky ds to get some breakfast, and lord and behold there was a group of jdubs sitting around eating and sipping on coffee, probable counting time.

  anyway, i glanced over and recognized all of them and they glanced back at me.

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  Is there anyone else that gets annoyed by people who act self righteous even though they really shouldn’t?

  Yeah my brother did this to me at my uncle's funeral. My siblings ignored me at the crematorium but when we went back to my aunt's house I went in to the kitchen to help her of course while the JWs sat on their bums as usual. Did they expect her to feed them all on her own after her husband's funeral?

  Anyway she kept asking me to go in and ask them what they wanted to drink and then what sandwiches they wanted, then what cake. My brother, the elder, looked at me as though I'd crawled out from under a stone. He didn't want to speak to me but seeing as I'd been put in charge of food what could he do!

  He was getting angrier and angrier and redder and redder. I tell you it was all I could do not to laugh my head off. You've just got to enjoy their craziness. I thought he was going to explode! So funny!
  
  
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  Christmas Eve Best Wishes To ALL of you .

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  it`s christmas eve here in australia today and i wish all of you a very merry xmas simply because i can without being zapped , or hauled into a jc committee.. it doesn`t matter whether you are religious or not , i`m not now , however i can appreciate and respect those who do.. so whatever your views on the matter have a great day and enjoy the holidays in whatever grabs your fancy.. and if jw`s do come knocking on your door as they do this festive season wish them a merry xmas and anti-witness to them ..

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  Happy Christmas to you Smiddy xx