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  I would like to rant about how I get really upset when I get some weak invitation back to the cult.

  by schnell in

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  my mother wanted me to know that the co gave a talk that kinda-sorta reprimanded an elder in her hall.

  he is not the reason i left at all, and this does not address anything to do with me or our family.. my mother-in-law sent me texts which i ignored and now she has sent a picture to my wife on facebook just for me, and it's a prodigal son meme that says, "you see the signs, come back it's not too late".. yeah, it's not too late to accept a global flood in 2370 bce, or that man was created in 4026 bce from a golem spell, or that an us-and-them cult mentality is at all healthy or loving, or that religion is going to be banned by the un, or that i should expect anyone else at the door to accept these stupid ideas in the information age.. what am i supposed to say?

  i usually just ignore them, but before i do that, i see that shit and i storm into this weird internalized rage where i start writing a response and deleting it.

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  "Oh you say that now, but so many have returned to jehulu. They see what it's like in the world and realize we are in Thee End Times. You will too."

  My mother said something like this when I was heavily disillusioned. She rationalized that I was entering a temporary phase which she said so many go through. It was tough for her to realize that it is not a phase.

  We had one illuminating conversation where I asked why she got involved with JWs. No surprise, she was at a weak point and an impressionable age. 17, 18 years old. She never was academic or very well read, and bought into this religion because it was simple, it promised a new order, and it was well-timed in her life. She stayed alive through 1975 and apparently didn't flinch.

  I love my mother, but she bought the worst kind of bridge.
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  Why do subjugated people adopt the religion of their oppressors?

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i always wondered why african slaves adopted the bible.

  for the life of me i couldn't understand the attraction.

  of course this is not only african slaves who adopted the religion of their oppressors, so i came across a article "the above topic".. five reasons 1)coercion (2)co-option (3)conditioning (4)convincing (5) materialist consequences..in the case of the african slaves they made sure that plenty of bibles be shipped to the south and used to keep the slaves in line... so my question, what will be the religion in the destined future,jw's(no way),scientology (hope not),christianity, islamic or maybe no religion???

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  So my question, what will be the religion in the destined future,JW's(no way),Scientology (hope not),Christianity, Islamic or maybe no religion?
  

  Destined or distant? Idunno, perhaps some weirdly reformed mesh of Christianity and Islam? Maybe we'll find ourselves with the Orange Catholic Bible and a cult of witches who are breeding a messiah. We'll find ourselves at odds with the planet no matter what, though.

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  Does Paul preach a fundamentally different religion than Jesus?

  by Yesu Kristo Bwana Wangu in

  1. watchtower
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  controversy has arisen regarding jesus versus paul as scholars debate the different emphases and messages of jesus and paul.1 jesus preached the kingdom of heaven.

  paul did not.

  paul preached justification by faith alone.

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  And 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus.
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  Does Paul preach a fundamentally different religion than Jesus?

  by Yesu Kristo Bwana Wangu in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  controversy has arisen regarding jesus versus paul as scholars debate the different emphases and messages of jesus and paul.1 jesus preached the kingdom of heaven.

  paul did not.

  paul preached justification by faith alone.

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  @careful, there is reason to believe 2 Thessalonians wasn't written by Paul.
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  JW Podcast About The Shenanigans of the Borg in Australia

  by dubstepped in

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  so here's a link to the latest jw podcast.

  in it they talk about how the organization is structuring things in australia to get out of paying money to victims of abuse.

  the short version, as i remember it, is that they are making each congregation its own individual charity.

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  It makes you wonder what sort of Armageddon they're preparing for.
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  If the "society" were a person, he would be disfellowshipped!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  that realisation struck me the other day!.

  if the society was an individual person, he would be disfellowshipped!

  well, he has had a history of telling mistruths, half truths and distortions of facts.

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  If the society had a face, I'd punch it.
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  Back again to say hi! Life update after walking away from the cult.

  by Darkknight757 in

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  i hope all is well.

  my last post over a month ago was going to be the last considering i wanted to get away from all things jw but this place is much harder to ignore than previously thought.

  life has taken some very interesting turns since late last year.

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  Congratulations! Very happy for you.
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  200,000 evacuated last night in Northern California.

  by compound complex in

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  where a few of us here on the forum live is in an emergency situation.

  the main spillway on oroville dam -- the tallest dam in the usa -- is damaged.

  the emergency spillway, never used before in the 48 years the dam has operated, is eroding.. major confusion and panic occurred when the order went out sunday, late afternoon: this is not a drill!.

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  Stay safe. Do you need anything?
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  Through legalism, has the WTBT$ and their followers lost their moral compass?

  by LarryCope in

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  2. experiences

  in december, i lunched with someone who was at one time quite close and is still a jw.

  the topic of the arc ( australian royal commission ) and pedophilia came up.

  the two things that was immediately voiced by this person was the two witness rule and that it was homosexuals molesting witness boys parroting the plastic faced stephen lett.this person is not online and has not seen the arc videos or know anything about the silent lambs movement.

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  I stopped asking witnesses about their thoughts on the two witness rule because I was sick of being sickened by them.
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  Circuit Assemblies in the "Good Old Days"

  by BluesBrother in

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  just been reminiscing about how c/a's have changed since we were young.

  i remember when they started friday night in some rented hall , as well as the two weekend days.

  saturday morning was a brief session then field ministry (which only a few performed ) and sunday sessions.. in the free time around the venue we just used to hang out socialising and eyeing up the girls.

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  Well, the last assembly my wife and I attended was last year. In a talk from the CO, he stressed the importance of having a large shield if you were a soldier in Judah, because armies back then would shoot arrows with jars of burning oil. All of them. They all had that. Very aerodynamic, and no risk to the archers whatsoever.

  Another said that when we do something good in his eyes, Jehovah looks down on us from his throne and smiles. He gulped nervously as he said, "Isn't that a nice thought?"

  It is a solid waste of time.