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  Ending Bible Study

  by Maria Nieves in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been studying with jehovah's witnesses for approximately two years.

  initially, i liked the studies and felt that i was growing closer to god.

  however, as the studies progressed, they seemed to become increasingly negative and i did not like what i was being taught.

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  jp1692

  Maria Nieves: I no longer believe the truth to be the truth.

  jp1692: I no longer believe that Jehovah’s Witnesses are a positive, healthy—or even benign—religious organization.

  There. I fixed it for you.

  Lets review: It’s a cult!
  
  
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  Ending Bible Study

  by Maria Nieves in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been studying with jehovah's witnesses for approximately two years.

  initially, i liked the studies and felt that i was growing closer to god.

  however, as the studies progressed, they seemed to become increasingly negative and i did not like what i was being taught.

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  jp1692

  There’s a good reason that you “fear the repercussions of ending the study.” That’s because Jehovah’s Witnesses are a high-control, authoritarian group. The slang term for this is: cult.

  The fear you are feeling is a major red-flag you should not ignore. But realize this, you have become indoctrinated to be afraid to leave, but there is really nothing the JWs can do to you except shun you.

  Do yourself a favor and just end the study, and quit going to the Kingdom Hall. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for your reasons. Take back the control over your life that you have gradually been relinquishing and re-establish appropriate personal boundaries.

  Let’s review: It’s a cult!
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  One Liners

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. social
  2. humour

  my doctor says that i need to have an operation to fuse the bones in my neck.

  he said that after it's done i'll never look back!.

  alcohol was my father's answer to everything.

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  A guy walks into a bar. Ouch!
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  “Millions now living will never die”

  by HappyBlessedFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i’m just reading the part in ray franz book “crisis of conscience” about the 1925 prediction of “millions now living will never die”.. ofcourse all witnesses are very familiar with this campaign.

  yet none of us ever had an issue with it, including myself.

  since the booklet was published in 1920, we are one year away from 100 years from that time.

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  “Millions now dying will never live!”

  There, I fixed it for you.
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  Do You Condemn Anti-Semitism?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i do .

  for me , it’s a nobrainer!.

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  To criticize a government is NOT tha same as “condemning” a race or ethnic group. To conflate the two is a logical fallacy, one which is committed by an alarming number of people with disturbing regularity. It is these errors in thinking which perpetuate inter-generational hatred, violence and conflict.
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  Giving fake address to elder

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i got married a few weeks ago, living a great life now with my husband, he was definitely the perfect guy for me :) but anyways, we are going to work on slowly fading, going to meetings once a week or every two weeks, and then in a few months move to a hall where nobody knows our families and the elders hardly know each other, and fade out a lot more.

  but an elder asked for our address, which we didn’t feel comfortable giving him, because we don’t want any unexpected visits to “shepard” us, when we miss a few meetings, because they already text us when we miss 2 meetings in a row, which we had just gotten back from our honeymoon 🙄 so we “accidentally” gave him the wrong apartment number.

  so if they ever come pokin around they will be lost, and if they call or text us we will just have an excuse for not replying.

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  Giordano: I think we tend to get somewhat too clever in trying to outwit the Elder's or CO.

  Exactly. What’s wrong with just saying, “I’m sorry, but I don’t give out personal information to people I just met/don’t know”?
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  Giving fake address to elder

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i got married a few weeks ago, living a great life now with my husband, he was definitely the perfect guy for me :) but anyways, we are going to work on slowly fading, going to meetings once a week or every two weeks, and then in a few months move to a hall where nobody knows our families and the elders hardly know each other, and fade out a lot more.

  but an elder asked for our address, which we didn’t feel comfortable giving him, because we don’t want any unexpected visits to “shepard” us, when we miss a few meetings, because they already text us when we miss 2 meetings in a row, which we had just gotten back from our honeymoon 🙄 so we “accidentally” gave him the wrong apartment number.

  so if they ever come pokin around they will be lost, and if they call or text us we will just have an excuse for not replying.

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  I get what you’re doing and why, but think it through to the end. Then just rip the band-aid off and be done with it.

  You don’t have to lie and “accidentally” give a fake address. Just stop going. And when people ask for personal information you don’t want to divulge, simply tell them, “That’s personal, and you don’t need to know that,” or, “Is rather not.”

  Reclaim your personal boundaries and live your life.

  Lets review: It’s a cult!
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  Michael Cohen... sleazebag or patriot?

  by Queequeg in

  1. social
  2. current

  so, what do you think?

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  fwiw, i say sleazebag....

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  Sir82, Well, when you put it like that ... !
  
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  Michael Cohen... sleazebag or patriot?

  by Queequeg in

  1. social
  2. current

  so, what do you think?

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  fwiw, i say sleazebag....

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  jp1692

  As reported today by Stephen Collinson of CNN, Cohen’s testimony “was either the betrayal of a proven liar who is making up tales to save himself or the courageous act of an unlikely hero rising above his dirty past to provide a national service, depending on which side of the committee room lawmakers sat on.”

  In other words, how you interpret Cohen’s testimony says more about you and your biases than what he actually said.

  Own it. Deal with it.
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  Michael Cohen... sleazebag or patriot?

  by Queequeg in

  1. social
  2. current

  so, what do you think?

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  fwiw, i say sleazebag....

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  jp1692

  Black and white, this or that, all or nothing thinking is an indication of an uneducated and/or unintelligent mind that can only embrace a simplistic worldview. Human beings are complicated, and the most interesting among us are always examples of just that.