Topics Started by Jules Saturn

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What religions/organizations aren't a cult?
by Jules Saturn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so we've already established that most religions can be classified as high control groups, we can name the wbts, church of scientology, lds, etc.

the list goes on and on.

but are there any religions or organizations that aren't classified as a high control group or aren't as bad as the ones i've just mentioned?
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What are your beliefs now, religious/non religious?
by Jules Saturn in
1. jw
2. experiences
what are your convictions now that you are no longer one of jehovah's witnesses?

are you a born again christian?

have you joined another denomination of christianity?
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Phone call with a disfellowshipped relative
by Jules Saturn in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i call my grandfather who has been inactive for several decades and he's at vacation in puerto rico.

the conversation is normal, we talk about how he's doing down there and how i am doing.

then he tells me that my cousin who i haven't seen in 5 years, is with him and asks if i would like to speak to him; i said yes.
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Marry only in the Lord
by Jules Saturn in
1. jw
2. experiences
the second half of 1 corinthians 7:39 reads "...she is free to be married to whomever she wants, only in the lord.".

so we all know that scripture for being doctrine for witnesses when they select a marriage mate and how they are strictly encouraged to marry amongst themselves and look down upon or marked if they marry an outsider.

i have a friend who met a worldly man and when it came to light, her father gave her the option to end the relationship or to marry him, and she chose the latter.
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Grooming as a Witness
by Jules Saturn in
1. jw
2. experiences
growing up as a teenager, i would occasionally get some counseling for having my hair a bit too long by a couple of elders in the congregation.

one time i cut my hair shorter than usual and one elder said i was cutting it too short!

so it made me feel like anything i did wouldn't satisfy them.
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Am I selfish?
by Jules Saturn in
1. jw
2. experiences
tonight i had an argument with both my parents.

my parents are aware of my feelings towards the organization, and it saddens them because i am their first born son.

they had high expectations of me, my father dreamt of him and i serving together as elders.
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UN Association
by Jules Saturn in
1. jw
2. experiences
so this happened awhile back ago, i was talking to this bethelite that i respect, i consider him to be very sincere.

this was during the time i had discovered the un association the society had as an ngo.

i already knew the answer, but to see his response, i asked him "was the society ever part of the united nations?
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"You're going to die in Armageddon"
by Jules Saturn in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sure i am not the only one to have heard this come out of the mouths of my loved ones.

it's a very painful thing to hear, especially when it comes from the people like your own parents/family.

even after i've been told that, they would say "we'll just continue life without you.
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To Fade or Disassociate
by Jules Saturn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello to all, so i did want to talk about this topic because i think it is very important to me.

i have a grandfather who faded several decades ago.

he occasionally attends an assembly and the memorial but no longer attends meetings or goes on field service.
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Hello
by Jules Saturn in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello, i've been lurking for quite some time here on this forum, reading a whole lot and i've finally made the courage to create an account as a form of escape and in hopes to be understood and not feel "mentally diseased".

little background on me, i am a born in but i consider myself a pimo (physically in mentally out).

i feel like i've always had doubts but these doubts would sink with the meetings and the assemblies and every other little thing that drowns any doubts a witness may have.