Ah, fear-based gerentocracy under the guise of theocracy. Hey, everybuddy needs a gang ..... I guess???? ///////// Those evil worldly media moguls must have put some fear in these brethren, for all those efforts to have been made to save face in the end. How nice of the evil Satan to take care of his own and help them get reunited with their families and/or have their new lifestyles funded. :O) ///////// God myths and ritual behaviours (aka religion) are useful tools for mind control. Arguably, no better or worse than any other tool for mind control, depending on who is doing the wielding, though I'm increasingly partial to consensual behaviour based on plain old honesty about what we can truly handle at any given moment. IMAGINE the turmoil and trouble that could be saved/averted if a gerentocracy, or any other leadership for that matter, were just honest enough to say to potential defectors, hey, there are limits to what we can help you with due to the extreme limitations of our own fears and prejudices about the big bad world around us that we don't understand. Plus, we've been giving said world such a cold shoulder for so many years on any kind of real neighbourly level that we don't honestly know how to function in it ourselves, beyond this here set-up, on any kind of real neighbourly level, and since we have doubts ourselves as to how to apply the principles we claim to believe in and expound over and over in the face of unknown forces and powers, we are choosing not to support your defection, but we wish you well whatever choice you make and won't stand in your way. We can tell you that many before you have tried to defect and think for themselves after being mentally coddled from birth. It's not unlike learning to walk after being carried your whole life and building up no muscles. From what we've seen, the outcome of their rebellions, against our self-proclaimed authority, permitted by an absentee god, can really go either way happiness-wise, so it's a gamble at best. That said, we feel responsible to keep up this here charade with all those still counting on us to keep them in somewhat of a relatively comfortable existence and safe bubble of known evils they've been contained in for so many years, worshiping us in god's absentia, so if ya go, you're on your own, but hey, if you ever really want to come back, just let us know. Maybe we can learn something from what we currently perceive as your mistakes and perhaps we can form a coalition to reinforce the fears of others so that they won't rebel against our sincere attempts at universal sovereignty. I guess god versus eeeeevillll just sounds so much simpler, hey. /////////// Dirty laundry? It's a fact of life in any gang. And other than a few stubborn stains, it mostly comes out in the wash. I'm not sure it's called god so much as nature and cause and effect. (With apologies for the large block of text)
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Have you seen or heard about this group? Sounds familiar?
by Cindi_67 inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43kh91vhfko.
it has like six parts.
make sure you watch all..
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I Saw My Mother's Time Slip
by StAnn ini took my mother a plate of food today, thanksgiving dinner.
she won't cook it because it's, well, thanksgiving, but she was sitting there waiting for me to bring her a plate of turkey and dressing.
i came in and said, "mom, i brought you some food.
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There's a time for war. - Even mommy's bible sez dat. :O)
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I Saw My Mother's Time Slip
by StAnn ini took my mother a plate of food today, thanksgiving dinner.
she won't cook it because it's, well, thanksgiving, but she was sitting there waiting for me to bring her a plate of turkey and dressing.
i came in and said, "mom, i brought you some food.
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She just said she doesn't snoop. It was a figure of speech. She's just in it for the literature to provide hard evidence of the truth about the troof to her hubby. Is it really "snooping" if her dad knows about it? Perhaps, reniaa, you would be interested in volunteering to provide, up front and honestly, the items of interest. You could even count them as placements. :O)
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The burdensome load of a Jehovah's Witness - did you feel this way?
by jambon1 infor me, my life as a jehovah's witness was tiring, depressing & miserable.
surrounded by negativity i felt utterly supressed & unhappy.
to carry out my 'responsibilties' became very difficult.
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Leaving was a relief, yes.
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I Saw My Mother's Time Slip
by StAnn ini took my mother a plate of food today, thanksgiving dinner.
she won't cook it because it's, well, thanksgiving, but she was sitting there waiting for me to bring her a plate of turkey and dressing.
i came in and said, "mom, i brought you some food.
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StAnn, I feel really sad for your mom worrying to that degree about being killed. And yeah, "counting time" for talking to her own mother is a very good example of how messed up that joint (jw-ville) is. So sorry you found that stuff, but really, there must be other ways of getting hardcopies of the mags than snooping in your momma's room. Not judging you for doing so, just saying that's a lame excuse. LOL //////// Hmmm, I wonder if my father was counting time the last time he preached to me (we speak for about an hour about once a year). It's entirely possible. *shrug*
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Okay, that may be a bit misleading. They don't call me anymore either. I've done a pretty good job of making sure they can't find me.
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Well, generally, I don't call them. They call me. :O)
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I would say they are human beings that belong to a fanatical religion. I guess I don't want to completely write them off because hey, I was one and here I am learning how to enjoy life in a more balanced rounded out way. Life is not so much a destination as a journey. Don't put all eggs in one basket. And some other cliche that I can't remember cuz I need sleep right now. :O)
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lots of anger here.....we gotta let it go guys!........
by oompa inat least i gotta let it go...it is the only chance to save my marriage.
have you ever noticed how so many poster here mostly have bitter/angry comments?
of course we all have good reasons for that, but part of my goinsolo marriage counseling is to just breath deep and start letting go of my anger and frustration....esp related to my desire and efforts at waking up family and friends.
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and all the best to ya!
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lots of anger here.....we gotta let it go guys!........
by oompa inat least i gotta let it go...it is the only chance to save my marriage.
have you ever noticed how so many poster here mostly have bitter/angry comments?
of course we all have good reasons for that, but part of my goinsolo marriage counseling is to just breath deep and start letting go of my anger and frustration....esp related to my desire and efforts at waking up family and friends.
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i mean, good luck!!