Posts by jp1692

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It feels really odd

by Tameria2001 in

i was searching through the net and i came across something i was not expecting to see.

i just found out that my cousin passed away at the age of 34, in 2014, and no one even bothered to tell me this news.

https://www.ashevillemortuaryservices.com/notices/raymond-pringle.

jp1692

Steve2, that is a bizarrely dysfunctional relationship you have with your unknown relative.

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Movies that make you cry?

by new boy in

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there have been many but i had a total melt down at the end of sophie's choice.

i hadn't cried in years before i saw that movie in in 1982. i was still very much a jw at the time.

i have no idea where the pain and sorrow came from, maybe it was the fact there are things people have gone through that we have defied all reason logic.

Role Call!

by new boy in

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friends

how many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.

jp1692

I'm inactive, but still "technically" an ex-JW in "good standing."

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It feels really odd

by Tameria2001 in

i was searching through the net and i came across something i was not expecting to see.

i just found out that my cousin passed away at the age of 34, in 2014, and no one even bothered to tell me this news.

https://www.ashevillemortuaryservices.com/notices/raymond-pringle.

jp1692

I too am sorry for your loss, not just of your cousin, but of everything else you have lost as a result of mistreatment by uncaring and uncompassionate family members.

Further proof they are in a cult.

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Elders' new direction.

by lastmanstanding in

there's been a change.

a rather big one.

and the kevin bunkers of the world beware.. jw elders no longer need to "turn the other cheek".. in the governing bastard's desperation, they have given a new directive to elders.

jp1692

Violence begets violence.

Just stay away from Kingdom Halls and enjoy your life. It’s not like going there with an “apostate” message or purpose will ever change any of them.

Hundreds of people have tried that and—to my knowledge—it has never, ever worked. Not once. If anyone has evidence, or even just an anecdote, to the contrary, I’d love to know about it.

Let’s review: It’s a cult!

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What are your favorite musical scores in film?

by LoveUniHateExams in

hi guys!.

this thread is at least partly inspired by blondie's classical music thread.. i'm not particularly a musical person but i do appreciate good scores in film.. what are your favorites?.

here's a well-known movie score i like .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdleusg9ew .

jp1692

I've always really loved Elmer Bernstein's score for To Kill a Mockingbird.

A very different, but also amazing score is the one he composed for The Magnificent Seven.

I'm also a big fan of Jerry Goldsmith's percussive style of writing, particular for film like Planet of the Apes.

And of course pretty much anything John Williams does is fantastic. I was recently listening to his work on Hook. Really great writing!

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The paranormal.

by Lost in the fog in

i know that a lot of the people on here have turned their backs on the idea of a deity deciding that god does not exist.

but what about the unseen spirit world generally such as poltergeists, jinns, voodoo, etc.

if you have become agnostic, atheist, or just don't care since leaving, do you think that there are spirits out there or have you decided that is also hokum?

jp1692

The word "paranormal" can include many things, everything from: ghosts and witches to clairvoyance and telekinesis.

Any attempts at rational discussion about the subject needs to make these important distinctions. Conflating different individual ideas and/or beliefs and then trying to draw conclusions about them as a group is one of the many logical fallacies that we all were fooled by when we were in the WT cult. For example, consider how often WT publications would include the phrase, "Jehovah and his organization," in order to induce us to associate the two so strongly that in the average JW's mind they are one and the same, inseparable. It's this kind of "bait and switch" that gets otherwise rational people to blindly and uncritically accept any- and everything the organization says as if it is coming from God himself.

Here is a thought-provoking article on the subject of extra-sensory perception (ESP):

Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real - Which means science is broken (Slate)

If you read and carefully think about the arguments made in this article, you'll realize that the title is actually kind of misleading. But it does bring up some really interesting points about how easily we as humans can be mislead and how we generally interpret events and data to confirm our existing beliefs and desires.

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The "anger" of EX- Jehovah's Witnesses

by Not_Culty in

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jp1692

Thank you Steve2 for so clearly expressing the reasons and source of our anger and rage.

Anger is adaptive. It’s a perfectly appropriate reaction to threats to our physical, mental and/or emotional well-being. It’s protective

But staying angry after the threat has passed or the initial injury is over only prolongs the hurt and prevents real healing.

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It baffles me why they would even say this

by Tameria2001 in

back in 2001, i left the jws rather abruptly.

i had discovered things about the watchtower that really made me quite angry, angry because i had been lied to, and it took me just to darn long to figure it out.

before i had left, my husband and i wrote 3 letters, one to the elders at our congregation, and two to our parents.

jp1692

It’s called the “Sunk Cost Fallacy.”

Google it.

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Great tribulation

by dothemath in

you've likely heard all this before, but i had to laugh (silently) at the public talk today.. he focused on how close we are to the end.

we're not only in the last days, but we're in "the final part" of the last days.. also, we are nearing "the end of the final part of the last days".

he didn't read any scriptures backing up how the last days are broken up like this.. i went today since relatives es were visiting, but it was more entertaining than usual.. as well, the gb isn't warning us about armageddon, rather they're mainly warning about the great tribulation, which is "very, very, close!

jp1692

I heard that in the early ‘80s from Nick Kovalak, a CO that’s now long dead.

Let’s review: It’s a cult!