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  Trump and the MEMO

  by ducatijoe in

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  those of us here wasting our time trying to show who trump really is .... it's like trying to reason with all those still in the organization.

  they have found a new person to fill their heads with lies and control they way they think.

  in many ways this ts amazing to me.. i am out of the wbts and free.

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  • The Cult of Trump

  Can’t understand why a loved one would vote for Donald Trump? Let the experts who spend their lives studying cults help break it down.
  
  Rick Alan Ross, America’s leading cult expert, executive director of the Cult Education Institute and a lifelong Republican, explains why “Trumpism has striking similarities to the fanatical groups he studies.”
  
  Ross answers the question: “Is Trump a cult leader?”

  Here’s a short-list of the evidence he examines concerning all those “Drinking the Orange Kool-Aid”:

  • Sign I: His campaign is fueled by charisma.
  • Sign II: He’s a raging narcissist.
  • Sign III: What he says is always right. Even when it's not.
    
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  Is our universe just a hologram?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  i was doing a shearch on physicist alain aspect, and came across this :.

  http://home.elp.rr.com/osiris/newpage1.htm.

  the universe as a hologramdoes objective reality exist, or is the universe a phantasm?.

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  BBW, posted a similar thread a few years ago:

  • You are simulation and physics can prove it - TED Talk

  It featured a TED Talk by George Smoot.

  His reasoning was seductive, but ultimately fairly weak. Nothing but conjecture, speculation and guesswork.
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  Trump and the MEMO

  by ducatijoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  those of us here wasting our time trying to show who trump really is .... it's like trying to reason with all those still in the organization.

  they have found a new person to fill their heads with lies and control they way they think.

  in many ways this ts amazing to me.. i am out of the wbts and free.

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  Donald Trump is like a cult leader, says religious studies scholar - (Independent, UK):

  • Donald Trump is akin to a cult leader and his supporters are reminiscent of disciples of a sect, according to a religious studies scholar, Reza Aslan

  • The intense sentiments expressed by President Trump’s support base shared more parallels with religion than politics. Such groups tend to exhibit a few common characteristics. They are usually formed around an individual whom they’ve elevated to prophetic and near divine status.

  • Trump has harnessed the kind of emotional intensity from his base that is more typical of a religious revival meeting than a political rally, complete with ritualized communal chants ('Lock her up!’).

  • Aslan argued President Trump was adept at getting his supporters to indiscriminately believe everything he said.

  • Mr. Trump’s barbed and frequent attacks on the mainstream media, which he notoriously disparages as purveyors of “fake news”, were yet another example of his cult-like tendencies.

  • The authority that a cult leader exercises comes from his self-ascribed role as the one true information source for his followers. Competing ideas and facts are not just wrong; they are demonic.
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  Have you ever gone back to a meeting out of curiosity?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. experiences

  just wondering if anyone has gone back to a meeting out of curiosity?

  (perhaps to an area far from your old khall where you know no one).

  with all the changes from 2012 onwards (videos, tv screens, new meeting format, new songs etc) it would be an odd experience to be in attendance!.

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  SBF: It's crazy never to go back.

  jp1692: It's crazy ever to go back.
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  Have you ever gone back to a meeting out of curiosity?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wondering if anyone has gone back to a meeting out of curiosity?

  (perhaps to an area far from your old khall where you know no one).

  with all the changes from 2012 onwards (videos, tv screens, new meeting format, new songs etc) it would be an odd experience to be in attendance!.

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  Ugh! Why?

  I might go for a funeral, but no one I used to know ever tells me when my still-in family members die; so I don’t know and can’t go.

  I’d never go out of “curiosity.” I already know way more about this fucking cult than I care to.
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  a question after my first JW meeting

  by bleak in

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  i attended my first jw meeting recently.

  first, i would like to say what i agree with about the jehovah's witnesses beliefs and practices.. 1. they don't consider israeli's as "god's chosen people" and they don't worship israel as some holy land filled with righteous jews (although there are some there) as most so-called "christians" (christian zionists) erroneously believe they are instead of the "hypocrites" and "vipers" that it is actually filled with.. 2. they don't celebrate "holidays" like easter and christmas which are, in fact, remnants of earlier pagan practices.. 3. they don't put nation before god and christ.

  they don't believe in war or going to war because of some crazy government/cia secret agenda.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses is a destructive cult that will ruin your family and other relationships. Avoid this group at all costs!!!
  
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  Reminder: super blue moon tonight

  by _Morpheus in

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  just a reminder :) i already snapped a few pics and will try to get a few of the blood moon in the morning.

  post pics if you got them!.

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  It was awesome. The eclipse was pretty spectacular too! Now I'm tired from getting up at 4am!!!
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  Home schooling website / system for JWs

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, apparently, there is an organization which provides structure, curriculum, etc.

  for home-schooling of jw kids:.

  http://www.newsystemschool.org/index.html.

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  As is so often the case, JWs playing at things they know little about. Amateur, unqualified "educators" pretending to be teachers is a disaster for the children.

  That website is to unbelievably lame. It's appalling!
  

  
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  What would you say?

  by Freedom rocks in

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  if you had 2 minutes with an old witness friend or with a family member to convince them the 'truth' is a lie and the gb isnt being directed by god what would you say to get their attention that might make them question their beliefs?.

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  Seriously, if I only had two minutes with a "still-in" family member or JW friend, THE LAST THING I WOULD WANT TO TALK ABOUT WOULD BE THEIR RELIGION!

  I would simply want to know how they are and to let them know I miss them and they are always welcome to keep in touch. Their response to that (which so far has universally and without exception to be to avoid me) would determine if and how I would ever discuss religion with them.
  
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  Snake In My Fridge

  by finallysomepride in

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  i just now went to get meat from my fridge to cook, took the meat out & shut the door as i shut the door i thought i saw a piece of rope in the six pack i had just opened & had removed 2 cans, already drunk 1.. open the door again & there i saw what i thought was a piece of rope, but i look a bit closer ...... shit it's a friggin snake, bugger i had only just taken two cans out wtf.. .

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  Seriously, what did you do?