Posts by jp1692

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Roll Call for the benefit of Newbies and Lurkers. In One Sentence tell why you left the Org.

by Wasanelder Once in

roll call for the benefit of newbies and lurkers.

in one sentence tell why you left the org.

not 2 sentences.

Apostrophe

by compound complex in

the lyrics to the song, "twinkle, twinkle, little star," are an example of apostrophe (not an apostrophe).

learn something new every day!.

twinkle, twinkle, little star, how i wonder what you are.

jp1692

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apostrophe

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Feeling pressure to attend the Memorial?

by Fay Dehr in

feeling pressure to attend the memorial?.

as a former elder i write this response to hopefully help those genuinely feeling “guilt” before their god.

if you are a jehovah’s witness or an “ex-jw” (for example, disfellowshipped or lapsed), then i hope that this will be of help to you.

jp1692

It's important for us to develop self-awareness about emotional "pressure" such as this and correctly identify the source(s) of it.

It this case, this "pressure" is the result of the indoctrinated guilt and phobias originating from the WT leadership.

These are "commands of men" that can be disregarded with complete impunity and without the slightest twinge of guilt or remorse. - Matthew 15:9

Stay away from the Kingdom Hall and enjoy your personal freedom--live your life as YOU choose and not as directed by the delusional leaders of an increasingly irrelevant cult.

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Shunning and Changes to the Brain

by Boredposter in

all who are shunned know the adverse effects of such.

we feel it.

we know how it has changed us.

jp1692

Some more relevant links:

The pain of social rejection - APA

The Pain of Exclusion (Williams) - Scientific American (Searchable in Google view, not Preview)

Pain of ostracism can be deep, long-lasting - (Williams)

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How old's the human race?

by Freedom rocks in

hi does anyone know any good articles or videos about how old mankind and the earth are and carbon dating?

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i've just started looking into it but there seems to be a lot of conflicting ideas over accuracy so i'm unsure what to think.

jp1692

I only quickly scanned this thread so forgive me if anyone else has already posted it: this is a really interesting and relatively recent addition to the science of our ancestry:

World’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco - June 7, 2017 - (Science Magazine)

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Self indulgent attention whore thread....

by _Morpheus in

today is my birthday :) in happy to be able to say that guilt free!

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After leaving the JWs - Has anyone stayed with Christianity?

by rulehayl in

i recently made the decision to stop studying with my study conductor, due to a situation i found myself in that led to a high possibility of my unbaptized publisher "rights" being taken away from me.

i have since told my study conductor i have joined a new church (to which she dropped me like a hot rock, of course).... last time i posted on here, i was progressing nicely towards baptism, and was well into it.anyhoo, i like my new church, very hillsong-esqe.

so just wondering if anyone else has stayed the course of christianity after leaving the jws, and if so - where did you go?

jp1692

My JW indoctrination successfully convinced me that all OTHER religions are false. When I realized that JWs are a cult there was no religion left to want to be part of.

I'm not big on labels, but I guess you could call me "Spiritual, but not religious" (SBNR).

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Spot the signs of a toxic leadership.

by Lost in the fog in

i came across this article in the magazine psychology today.

it is about the traits of poor leaders in the field of employment although you could easily think it had been written about the gb.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-shrink/201607/8-traits-toxic-leadership-avoid.

jp1692

When I read the article, I thought the author, psychiatrist Jean Kim, M.D., was talking about Donald Trump.

It fit's him to a "T"!

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Clearly, undeniably, without doubt ... is there a term for introducing a thought in such a way.

by jwfacts in

watchtower article often introduce a point that has no merit with words such a "undeniably.".

for instance the watchtower 2014 august 15 page 10 says:.

"jehovah undeniably blesses the preaching work of christian women and supports them in times of trial.

jp1692

It’s kind of a combination of “puffing” (in the legal sense), the common sense fallacy, making unfounded assertions and begging the question.

The WT’s use of “evidently” in their “explanation” of the “overlapping generation” teaching was what put it over the top for me.

I remember realizing it was all bullshit because they wrote “evidently” (which implies there was some evidence) but they never provided any.

It’s intellectually dishonest. They just make shit up and lie.

The example jwfacts cited in the OP smacks of bullying, manipulation and deceit when understood in light of the social dynamics of the JW religion. Seriously, who’s going to say during a WT study, or even privately to any elder, “I think it IS deniable that ‘Jehovah ... blesses the preaching work of Christian women and supports them in times of trial.’”?

No one ever.

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Sincere question to those who no longer believe in God

by nowwhat? in

i get it, not a fan of yahweh the desert god.

but what about jesus?

anything wrong with his teachings like the sermon on the mount and the example he set.

jp1692

You’re kidding, right?

Jesus (if he even really existed) is credited with saying a whole bunch of really messed up shit.

Sure, cherry-pick the nice stuff and he’s fine. You could do that with Hitler.