Posts by Xanthippe

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Awake magazine: "Help for those who grieve" ?? Appalling omission!

by stuckinarut2 in

i have just had the opportunity to read a hard copy of the awake no3 2018 entitled "help for those who grieve".

wtf?.

it really is appalling in its glaring omission of any recommendation to see a professional grief counselor!

Xanthippe

'Even so, there are some basic guidelines that have proved practical for many. They are frequently cited by grief counselors, and they echo timeless principles found in an ancient book of wisdom, the Bible.'

They mention grief counsellors but then don't recommend you see one. Instead they take it upon themselves to distill the advice given by the experts and tag on a scripture with it.

I can't decide if it's arrogance, they know better than the experts or fear that JWs getting professional help will find out that the real world isn't so bad, there are compassionate people out there. It's probably both!

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10 years ago I woke up and found this site

by cantleave in

jw
friends

this was my first post on here...... https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/177753/hi-hope-am-welcome .

there have been a lot of changes since then .. i am healthier, happier, wealthier.

i have put the jw's well and truly behind me.

Xanthippe

I am healthier, happier, wealthier. I have put the JW's well and truly behind me. I no longer care about any of their opinions, their teachings or their existence.

It sounds like you're living the life of Riley. Good for you!

but who needs toxic people in their lives?

Yeah I agree, a lot of people would like to get rid of their toxic family and we had it done for us. Result!

Congratulations on moving on!

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A slice of heaven or whatever turns you on.

by Half banana in

in piccadilly in the west end of london there sits a church called st james and most mondays they hold free lunchtime concerts.

i went yesterday and marveled at the coming together of so many cultural wonders.

the church itself was built under the direction of one of england’s most celebrated architects sir christopher wren, who also built st paul’s cathedral.

Xanthippe

Arrive a bit early say at ten minutes to one so as to get a front seat for full immersion in the performance.The programme of the day is found on the internet under St James, Piccadilly.

Thanks HB.

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Celebrating China's Spring Festival (aka Chinese New Year).

by fulltimestudent in

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friends

late yesterday there was a phone call from an old friend who i had not seen for some 5 years.

let's go out to dinner to celebrate the spring festival.

i should explain that my friend had just arrived that morning from china, had slept for a few hours and then called me.

Xanthippe

I'm glad you had a good meal and caught up with you friend. I was in my city last week to go to the theatre and the orange Chinese lanterns were strung across the street from the clock tower. We have a large Chinese population in Leicester.

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"No more than 40 years"

by dynamiterose77 in

in another corner of the internet someone stated that witnesses are proclaiming that this system will be no more than 40 years now... that "gog of magog" will start the great tribulation.

can anyone confirm this latest "prediction"?.

Xanthippe

Waton I don't think they ever put 1975 in writing as the end of the system. Dragging my mind back thirty years since I was in I think it was something like the end of six thousand years, six creative days so it would be an 'appropriate' time for it to happen, blah, blah, blah.

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A slice of heaven or whatever turns you on.

by Half banana in

in piccadilly in the west end of london there sits a church called st james and most mondays they hold free lunchtime concerts.

i went yesterday and marveled at the coming together of so many cultural wonders.

the church itself was built under the direction of one of england’s most celebrated architects sir christopher wren, who also built st paul’s cathedral.

Xanthippe

That sounds sublime Half banana, thanks for telling us about it. A little slice of heaven indeed. I am going to London sometime in the summer to see the Leonardo drawings and cartoons exhibition at Buck House so perhaps I'll get tickets for a Monday.

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EX-JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES PARTICIPATE IN THIS STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGY!

by TJ Curioso in

ex-jehovah's witnesses participate in this study of psychology!.

dear friends,.

for some time now i have had the desire to conduct a study of jehovah's witnesses, a religious movement i have known for 30 years.. for this to be possible, i enrolled in a phd in psychology at the university of algarve and applied for an unpaid leave for an indefinite period.. the subject of the investigation revolves around so-called psychological abuse (or psychological manipulation) in a group, motives for the departure of jehovah's witnesses and possible consequences of this disfigurement in people's lives.

Xanthippe

Any idea how long it should take?

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"No more than 40 years"

by dynamiterose77 in

in another corner of the internet someone stated that witnesses are proclaiming that this system will be no more than 40 years now... that "gog of magog" will start the great tribulation.

can anyone confirm this latest "prediction"?.

Xanthippe

I'm just trying to confirm if they have made an actual, current, "40 years" prediction

Dynamiterose you won't find it in writing, it will be sneaked into COs talks and hinted at in elders meetings which then gets out to the elders' families, then spreads further.

Just like the 1975 fiasco, and all the others before it, nothing will be in writing it will just be absorbed by the congregations by osmosis. Then forty years from now the GB will say we never said that, it's not in any of our publications.

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Legal concerns about: "picnics"

by Darth FayDehr in

"congregation picnic"2.

"congregation gathering"3.

"spontaneous gathering of jws”.

Xanthippe

If they're worried about litigation it begs the question who or what is the congregation? Is it the body of elders, legally?

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"Straining the gnat, and gulping the camel"

by stuckinarut2 in

while watching the annual meeting videos on the official jw channel, i was struck with this scriptural expression:.

"they strain out the gnat, while gulping the camel" matt 23:24. this section was full of condemnation for the wicked religious leaders who were focusing on minor silly things rather than deep important topics.. the amount of silly things the gb focuses on is amazing!

they pedantically focus on things like proper pronunciation of words, (such as s lett joking about how isiah is best said), while missing major issues and topics like the proper handling of child abuse issues, or the court cases being lost worldwide!.

Xanthippe

This section was full of condemnation for the wicked religious leaders who were focusing on minor silly things rather than deep important topics.

It's called projection in psychology. Projecting your faults onto others and not being able to see that you have them.