Posts by paradiseseeker

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If I were still of the anointed . . .

by compound complex in

greetings, earth-bound friends:.

i guess at this point in life, given what we all now know, we no longer harbor any delusions of grandeur.

my temporary insanity, which i've written about on other threads, was that assurance of being in heaven with jehovah and jesus and the other 143,999 kings and priests.

paradiseseeker

Would you mind if I asked you all how this process of "anointment" works? What explanation do you give to that?

I've been always very curious about this topic and it was one of the reasons that kept me asleep, because I know one of them and for me was some kind of "living proof" that God existed and supported this organization.

I've also heard about other anointed ones that left the org but in many cases they kept their heavenly call and simply moved to another religion.

Thus, I really want to know the truth about the anointment from someone who no longer believes in it.

Thank you in advance.

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Shocking

by Freedom rocks in

their version of helping people.

totally shocking.

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paradiseseeker

Furthermore, there are a lot of people who approach JWs just to get company or some sense of stability in their lives and the Borg doesn't have a problem with that, they indeed encourage love bombing those people.

Motives actually don't matter as long as the money doesn't go to the wrong hands.

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Shocking

by Freedom rocks in

their version of helping people.

totally shocking.

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paradiseseeker

They have learned from Jesus' experience: he fed 5,000 people who in most cases were not interested in Christianity and learned that he was WRONG and a NAIVE for doing that.

The GB, who is more perfect and has a better long-term view of things than Jesus, is the one we must follow now.

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The laziness of JW parents....

by stuckinarut2 in

it struck me that the society has created a culture of lazy jw parenting.. rather than parents being there to guide and direct and help their children through all stages of life, the gb / society has become the "go-too" for everything.. if the child has an issue, there is a wt article for that.. does the child need help with something else?

ah, there is a caleb and sophia cartoon for that.. what about that other topic?

ah, there is a book for that.. so rather than being present parents, the average jw parent simply outsources their parenting to the organization!

paradiseseeker

I think that's because the average JW isn't capable of building his own morality system. He has been told that X is good because God/FDS says so, thus he hasn't gone through the process of experimenting the consequences of this or that and extract a life lesson from that. And of course, in many cases that's the way he is going to educate his son: has the GB said something about that? No? Well... I'm lost, anything will do.

I can recall a friend who came a across a woman who expressed suicide thoughts and almost the only thing he could think of to tell her was sending her Awake! articles.

The cringe was real.

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E-mail chains that became doctrine

by paradiseseeker in

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digimon, pokemon, hello kitty, "waka waka" by shakira... are things that all of a sudden became frowned upon because of a random menopausal jw housewife that read an e-mail chain that said that those things were satanic.

furthermore, we were explicitly warned about pokemon and waka waka from the platform of a district convention.

have you experienced more examples of such mastery of critical thinking?

paradiseseeker

The story is how Hello Kitty came to be…that a mother or father, depending on the version of the story had a child that had cancer. The parent made a pact with the devil that if the child was cured they would create a character in the devil’s honor that would be adored worldwide. There are different variations but they all boil down to the point that Hello Kitty is evil and that God fearing people should stay away from any HK products as they are affiliated with the devil and devil worship.

Exactly, and if you combine Luke 6:45 saying "for out of the heart’s abundance his mouth speaks" with the fact that HK doesn't have a mouth = UTTER SATANISM

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E-mail chains that became doctrine

by paradiseseeker in

jw
friends

digimon, pokemon, hello kitty, "waka waka" by shakira... are things that all of a sudden became frowned upon because of a random menopausal jw housewife that read an e-mail chain that said that those things were satanic.

furthermore, we were explicitly warned about pokemon and waka waka from the platform of a district convention.

have you experienced more examples of such mastery of critical thinking?

paradiseseeker

Digimon, Pokemon, Hello Kitty, "Waka Waka" by Shakira... are things that all of a sudden became frowned upon because of a random menopausal JW housewife that read an e-mail chain that said that those things were Satanic.

Furthermore, we were explicitly warned about Pokemon and Waka Waka from the platform of a district convention.

Have you experienced more examples of such mastery of critical thinking?

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2018 Regional Convention program available on JW.borg

by sir82 in

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https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2018/.

friday.

be courageous and very strong”—joshua 1:7

paradiseseeker

Let me summarize the whole convention in a single sentence for you:

If you don't do all the nonsense we command you, you are a COWARD!

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Do you know any good novel about faith crisis?

by paradiseseeker in

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i'm looking for something to read.

i'm interested in ecclesiastical settings like churches and gothic cities.

but the most important thing i look for is the inner thoughts and evolution of the main character: his/her feelings of guilt, regular visits to the confessor, self-comfort drawn from faith, praying god/saints, relapses and self-loathing as well as his/her process of "waking up".. i know it's something very particular and there's a lot of junk literature about the topic with poor writing and archetype characters, but if you have read anything of good quality, i would be very glad to know.. thank you in advance..

paradiseseeker

Thank you all for your recommendations! I'll check them out.

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Do you know any good novel about faith crisis?

by paradiseseeker in

jw
friends

i'm looking for something to read.

i'm interested in ecclesiastical settings like churches and gothic cities.

but the most important thing i look for is the inner thoughts and evolution of the main character: his/her feelings of guilt, regular visits to the confessor, self-comfort drawn from faith, praying god/saints, relapses and self-loathing as well as his/her process of "waking up".. i know it's something very particular and there's a lot of junk literature about the topic with poor writing and archetype characters, but if you have read anything of good quality, i would be very glad to know.. thank you in advance..

paradiseseeker

I'm looking for something to read. I'm interested in ecclesiastical settings like churches and gothic cities. But the most important thing I look for is the inner thoughts and evolution of the main character: his/her feelings of guilt, regular visits to the confessor, self-comfort drawn from faith, praying God/saints, relapses and self-loathing as well as his/her process of "waking up".

I know it's something very particular and there's a lot of junk literature about the topic with poor writing and archetype characters, but if you have read anything of good quality, I would be very glad to know.

Thank you in advance.

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Personal opinions spouted from the platform?

by purrpurr in

have you ever heard some brothers own ideas and opinions spouted from the platform?

perhaps off brand or crazy ones?

some that i've heard is:.

paradiseseeker

If you really believe in God, you don't sin. Because if you acknowledge that God is seeing you, then you won't do anything bad.

This was said by an elder who is a compulsive liar and a born manipulator.

STUCKINARUT2

The King of the North is Jon Snow. End of discussion.