Jehalapeno

Joined

• started 24 topics
• posted 733 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Topics Started by Jehalapeno

• 
  10

  A Positive Approach to discussing the changes - Gov Body Update Aftermath

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, just got off a very emotional, but positive call with my father.. this past weekend, he wanted to give me a call, but i was out of town at a wedding, so he said he'd call me later in the week.. he texted me the governing body update video with the recent changes and said, "i thought you might be interested in some of the changes that were just announced.".

  i'm tired of self-censorship, so i decided to reply as truthfully and respectfully as i could.. my reply to him:.

  it's interesting.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  22

  Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  first off, this is a book you want to read.

  avoid the movie franchise at all costs.

  horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  50

  King David's Three Choices

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  editor's note: found this on reddit...thought the meat of the post would be a good post for discussion here as well.. consider the three choices god forced upon david for taking a census.

  these three choices were forced on king david, not for murdering people, not for raping women, not for lying, stealing, or any crime we can think of in our modern world that is repugnant, but simply for taking a census or in other words, counting people.. for counting people, jehovah forced a decision on david that involved the lives of thousands upon thousands of innocent people.. the choices all dealt with the “way” jehovah would kill thousands of unsuspecting loyal worshipers.. 1 chronicles 21.

  “these are the choices the lord has given you.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  7

  JW Statistical Charts - 2011-2019

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just made a few charts using data from 2011-2019. interesting stuff.

  definitely not the charts you would associate with an organization experiencing healthy growth.

  the most interesting trend, in my opinion, is congregations.. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  33

  Unpopular Opinion on Convention Protests

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i think it's really sad that people that wasted countless hours preaching for a cult are deciding to waste more hours on that same cult after leaving it.. get a hobby.

  enjoy life.. "the best revenge is a life well-lived.

  " - some person said this..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  2

  Memorial Crashes

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  normally, i don't like the memorial crash videos.. however, if you're thinking about doing one, i have a request:.

  can someone please do a memorial crash where they break out a tub of hummus and eat the bread with some hummus?don't say a word.

  just sit there silently dipping the bread in hummus and munching...and just stare blankly ahead while doing so.. .

  1. 
  2. 
• 
  19

  On leaving JW's and hating religion...

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been nearly 4 years now since i completely woke up to the watchtower lies.. thinking back on my jw life, during the time i believed, the organization truly did teach us to hate all beliefs that were contrary to the watchtower's.. i hated "false" religion.. so, when i finally woke up and applied critical thinking to my beliefs, i just went on hating religion in general...only this time i added jw's to that list.. a few months of waking up, i decided to base my beliefs on evidence.

  i didn't want to have a set of beliefs unless there was some logic or evidence behind it.

  so, now i consider myself an atheist.. and i kept on hating religion.. within the last six months or so, something has changed.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  3

  Jesus Christ Sniper Star (Parody of Convention Video)

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otpfxz4k49k.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  26

  Dear supporters of Russia's JW Ban:

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the kind of government you are supporting.. over 100 gay men have been sent to concentration camps for homosexuals in chechnya and three people have been killed.. stop supporting fascism.. if you support the russia jw ban, what other thoughts and beliefs are you ok with policing?.

  if you support the jw russia ban, have you read george orwell's 1984?

  don't you realize you are advocating for literal fascism when you support the banning of a belief system?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  50

  Crisis of Conscience: December 12, 2015 - 50 weeks later

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on december 12, 2015 this statement was made by the copyright holder:.

  i am presently considering three different routes to publishing crisis of conscience.

  i hope to make a decision within days and plan to publish within weeks.. it has now been 50 weeks since that statement.. has the book been published yet?

  1. 
  2. 
  3.