Topics Started by Xanthippe

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Sex and drugs in university
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so this jw friend that got in touch out of the blue a few months ago after 24 years of shunning us agrees that the borg is not keen on university.

it is so difficult to keep to your principles because of all the immorality there according to her.

yes same old story we have been hearing for years.. if that is the case they should be fine with distance learning.
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After leaving the WTS have you been left with a phobia about being happy?
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
after reading flipper's thread about steve hassan's latest book it got me thinking about the stuff on phobias he mentions.

apparently cults deliberately instill phobias in you to cut you off from the real world.. we were constantly being told if we were struggling it showed we were doing everything right because the devil only persecutes those that are doing well.

if i ever said to anyone i am thinking of taking up a hobby or doing some exercise or (very rarely) planning a holiday they were instantly critical.
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I had a Christmas card from Ewan Mcgregor
by Xanthippe in
1. jw
2. friends
oh ok so did everyone who supports unicef - but he's so gorgeous .

what's your favourite charity?.
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Don't tread on my dreams
by Xanthippe in
1. social
2. entertainment
favourite poem anyone?.

here's some of mine.

had i the heavens' embroidered cloths,.
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They are already in paradise
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you remember going door to door and if you went to a beautifil home with a beautiful garden often the person with you would say -'these wont want to hear the message, they already have their paradise'?.

it seems to me that was what a lot of the message of the new system was about.

who wouldn't want to choose a beautiful part of the world and build your own house on it without paying for the land or building materials?.
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British former politician shunned by father because of religion
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was reading in the guardian yesterday about edwina currie, former british mp and junior health minister in the eighties.. when she married out of the orthodox jewish faith her father refused to speak to her again (even though he was an atheist and used to go round to a friend's house for bacon butties).. her mother kept in touch and loved her grandchildren but her father would drive her mum to visit but stay in the car.

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just reminded me that i am not the only one to suffer from shunning due to relisgious differences.
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Finding Neverland
by Xanthippe in
1. social
2. entertainment
i went to see finding neverland last night in leicester, uk.. it had it's world premier there last week and it was a good opportunity to see something that will go to london and then the us, but see it first in central england i thought.. loved it.

excellent choreography.

beautiful scene changes.
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New partakers of bread and wine
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
someone keeps posting on here from anointedjw.org.. now as many know it is a long time since i left so i am really baffled.. i have picked up that many more are saying they are of the anointed than when i was in even though the number is supposed to be going down!.

so how are these people who suddenly start taking the emblems viewed by the gb?.

are they newly baptised people generally or born-ins?.
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Do they think we are going to say I told you so?
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. bible
apart from the obvious reasons of being afraid of dying at armageddon, being afraid of losing their jw family by being shunned, i wonder what people think of why those who know the organization has become so corrupt don't leave.. do you think that some feel that they would rather get old and die in that religion than come out and have to admit to their family who are already out that they were wrong?

do they think that we are going to say - i told you so?.

i'm wondering because there is just so little compassion in that religion now so do they think we would have no compassion for them if they left?
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What I am most ashamed of.........
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is not giving to charity while a jw.

this whole 'lets sit back and wait for jehovah to sort the world out while we do nothing' really gets to me.

there is so much to be done in this world, so many people doing good things but the jws just say bang on doors and sell watchtowers.. i did plenty of voluntary work in the jws pioneering my youth away but it was all so useless, now i do voluntary work to help people who want to be helped, as well as my job.