Posts by scratchme1010

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Picture in latest Watchtower . . . What is it?

by neat blue dog in

in this picture from the latest watchtower, what in the world is the guy watching on the left side of the picture??

it looks like a female vampire holding a lightsaber.

am i missing something?.

scratchme1010

Chances are that it comes from some magazine as they have done int he past. They "borrow" ideas from other magazines and publications (probably websites now).

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My thoughts on Church shootings..

by DATA-DOG in

disclaimer: i do not approve or condone any acts of violence that result in the deaths of innocent persons.. alright.. let me just say that i have no idea what motivated the latest mass shooting, nor do i condone those actions.

i am, however, beginning to understand why some individuals may feel that violence is their only choice, although i do not approve of that choice.. when i read topics on this forum that concern religion and legalism, topics that drone on and on, getting nowhere, i feel extremely frustrated.

yes, religions are given certain freedoms, but many are obviously going beyond the spirit that motivated the separation of church and state.

scratchme1010

Anyway, just wondering what your thoughts are.

My thoughts are somewhat in alignment with yours. Only exception is that for some reason too many people tend to classify or put every single person who commits a violent crime like that in the same place, in the same category and/or in some kind of political context.

The reasoning for one person to start shooting a church may have nothing to do with why the other guy started shooting at people in a concert, or the other who started shooting people at a church with mostly black people, or the other who started shooting at children in a school, or the other that started shooting at gay men in a dance club.

The act of violence may be the one and only thing that they have in common (aside from access to so many weapons).

I think people around them ignore the signs. Mental health and prevention of violence are never things that people seem to care about. There's no way that people just start shooting others without having some kind of background story, being like the ones that you mention in your post, or other. Whatever it is, that kind of violence is not going to stop for as long as people continue neglecting addressing people's mental health, being PTSD, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Extreme Hatred for other Races/Cultures, Bipolar Disorder, or Internalized Homophobia.

And then there are the ones who don't have any mental health issue, but are convinced that they are entitled to commit such acts. We, coming from an organization that capitalizes in brainwashing and negative influence, should know well how many stupid things people can do under the negative influence of other(s). Some of those people are perfectly functional and in their right mind, just convinced that it's ok to kill people.

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So obsessed

by incognito2014 in

i find it almost too difficult to bear.

my mother now in her 80's does not miss up on an opportunity to preach.

in fact most of the time the opportunity does not exist but she mentions something anyway.. she is so blind it's embarrassing.

scratchme1010

How are your older parents dealing with this change?

My parents actually seem like they toned the preaching down as they grew old. I think that in their case they realized all the damage that they created in the family, and how much they alienated people around them due to their preaching and proselytizing. Also, they loved to argue, so they were never in agreement as to when/where was appropriate for one of them to preach.

You shouldn't feel embarrassed by your mother. Let it be. That's how I came to terms with my parents' behavior.

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Question about dfed relatives

by awake!watcher in

jw
friends

does anyone know if there is a wt reference that says associating with a dfed relative is a conscience matter?

i am asking because someone is trying to cause trouble and i was hoping there was an article i could point to to shut them up..

scratchme1010

That's something that in my experience I have seen changing and bending according to whatever politics people want to play.

Through the years they keep saying different things about relationships with relatives who aren't JWs or are disfellowshipped.

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Could You See A Kingdom Hall Getting Shot Up?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i would never want to see that happen but i’m surprised it has not occurred at this point.

there are many disgruntled people who have had bad experiences with the witnesses..

scratchme1010

I would never want to see that happen but I’m surprised it has not occurred at this point. There are many disgruntled people who have had bad experiences with the Witnesses.

Another what if. Please make the best out of your life and don't waste time fearing hypothetical situations.

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11-5-17 Warwick Protest Photos

by thebrokenkite in

let the reader use discernment:.

i was disfellowshipped in june of last year.

while i've been awake for nearly a year, i still often feel groggy.

scratchme1010

At the the end of the day, I hope that they let out whatever they needed to get off their chests.

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In theory, can one be disfellowshipped for attempted suicide?

by Saename in

so i was recently reading the reasons for disfellowshipping as listed in shepherd the flock of god.

the handbook is available online here: https://thetruthofjehowaswittness.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/jehovas-vitner.pdf.. on page 59, point #4, it lists attempted suicide as a reason for disfellowshipping.

has it ever been removed?

scratchme1010

For what I heard way back when, yes, a person can get disfellowshipped for attempting at taking their own life. The nonsense I heard was that killing is a sin, even if it's killing yourself.

Nothing was told about helping a person in crisis.

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"Armageddon is already here"; "the preaching work is done" -- rogue teachings in your congregation?

by FatFreek 2005 in

one of my jw sons seems to be putting pressure on his non-jw brother apparently to scare him into accepting the troof and start coming to meetings.

wild statements like our topic title, which i know are not supported at jw dot org, have been made to my non-jw son several times over the past year or so.

while i haven't been privy to the actual phone conversations i tend to believe that the jw son is being pressured by the local elders to cut ties with the non-jw since their conversations seem to degrade into arguments -- therefore tending to weaken the jws faith in wt teachings.. either my jw son is lying about what i would call rogue teachings (and this would disappoint me greatly) or he is in some close knit clique in his congregation which has secretly chosen to go rogue on certain wt issues.. based on many of the recent posts here about drastic money and wt organization problems this could be a sign of pending splits of certain congregation members.. what do you think?

scratchme1010

What do you think?

He may be waking up himself and it's fighting back hard.

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Why I like movies ...

by LoveUniHateExams in

i think i've sussed out why i'm getting so into movies.. they make me feel emotions.

i think i'm a bit of a cold fish - i find it hard to properly feel emotions.

i'm not sure if i was born that way or if it's a result of my experience with the wts.

scratchme1010

Thanks for sharing this. I actually relate to that. During the time when I decided to give the Jehovah crap a try and became depressed, the movies were what helped me cope. Back then I went to the movies A LOT. And that was exactly it, lost in the movies I could feel free to feel anything I wasn't supposed to.

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Exjw activists protesting inside a Kingdom Hall today!

by Crazyguy in

spoonfed nomore, has uploaded a video on his youtube site, of exjw activists protesting inside a kingdom hall during this sunday meeting.

several people speak out.

if some one can put a link on here that would be awesome, i can’t figure out how to do it with an i phone.

scratchme1010

Spoonfed nomore, has uploaded a video on his YouTube site, of exjw activists protesting inside a Kingdom Hall during this Sunday meeting. Several people speak out. If some one can put a link on here that would be awesome, I can’t figure out how to do it with an I phone.

Thanks for sharing. I don't see the point of doing that, though. I personally don't support that kind of event. There are many more effective ways of using the time, energy and resources that can help JWs and ex-JWs.

Not to mention that it's a violation to free speech, freedom of religion, free assembly and disrupting the peace.