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  Remember Your First Taste of Freedom?

  by Funchback in

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  2. experiences

  it's around 10am here in the northeast of brazil.

  i have just finished having coffee and a light breakfast.

  i am reflecting on my saturdays of jw past, where i would be just about ready to leave the morning field service group and go door-knocking.. honestly, i hated every second of field service, always keeping one eye on the clock, counting down the minutes until service would be over.. 12 years later since i last "preached", i am also reflecting on the sense of freedom i experienced (and still experience) when i definitively said "no more!

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  Great analogy. Thanks for sharing.
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  Of all the bible characters would you like any as a friend ?

  by Chook in

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  2. experiences

  tax collector guy might help out..

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  Of all the bible characters would you like any as a friend?
  

  Satan. He does nothing but challenging bipolar schizophrenic with narcissistic tendencies Jehovah and gets blamed for everything bad without proof. Just like the way I was raised as a JW.
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  Cognitive dissonance and mental gymnastics in social media!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so over the last few years, the witnesses i know (who were close friends in the past) who follow me on instagram social media have been steadily dropping off and blocking me..... but there are a small number who are still friends.. i have noticed one sad situation for one friend who is clearly battling cognitive dissonance.

  if she posts a picture and i leave a nice comment on it, my comment quickly disappears.

  (she must delete it i guess) but then soon after she sends a nice private message asking how we are, or commenting on the post or activity.

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  Actually, stuckinarut2, that may not be cognitive dissonance at all. She may be as brainwashed, led to believe that such behavior is appropriate and normal.

  With my family they thought that it was ok to contact me when they need something from me, but not for anything else. That was taught to them; it was not coming from any form of thinking and rationalizing illogical behaviors. It was brainwashing.

  I also remember when suddenly one of my sisters called me because "now they are allowed to reach out", without any consideration of if I even wanted to talk to her. Again, they were just blindly following directives that were given to them.

  Cognitive dissonance comes mostly from a place where the actions or words behind their believes are challenged, as opposed to when they just do things following what they have been told to do.

  Sad, indeed, and sorry is the right way to feel about them.
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  BBC Radio News Report On Pedophile Elder Allowed To Cross Examine His Victim

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/jmolpaclsca.

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  They just can't care less about children. So horrible. Thanks for sharing.
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  my jw dad cryed to me about closing his crong

  by JunkYardDog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i live in nyc and dad jw called me crying about a hall that has about 500 jws going down to 2 congs

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  Shouldn't they be happy? That's what they claim it's supposed to have when there are no people left to preach to. Never mind, they are full of --it and it shows.
  
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  Believers: How do you know your view of your chosen holy book is the correct one?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  don't start fighting, darlings.

  i am genuinely curious.

  after all i was a jobo 50 years and thought the wbt$ was 100% correct.. i ask this because i see that, for example, christian denominations (or whatever), likely have differing interpretations of the same writing.

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  Believers: How do you know your view of your chosen holy book is the correct one?
  

  My two cents: why limiting it to believers? The same question can be asked to any person who has a belief (or non-belief).
  
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  "Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?" -- New Light Edition

  by cognisonance in

  1. social
  2. humour

  after studying hubble space telescope images of the night's sky and attending classes under disguise at wor-wic community college (air travel and tuition funded by your donations no less), gerrit losch managed to secure a two-thirds majority vote among the governing body to release a second updated edition of the creator book.

  this new edition replaces the "pillars of creation" (eagle nebula) cover photo with "god's birdie" (carina nebula):.

  they've also had a change of heart with regards the concept of intellectual honesty and have updated the quote on page 9 that said:.

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  Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?
  

  Don't know, but I am a created who doesn't give a $%&*
  
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  Refuting Jehovah's Witnesses Governing Body - Mike Felker

  by ToesUp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found this video very well done.. mike felker is the chapter director of ratio christi at georgia state university.

  check out this video on youtube:.

  https://youtu.be/grs8m6tdq9g.

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  I agree about the 90 minutes, but I wasted way more time being a JW, so not a big deal to me.
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  Do You Ever Think Of ALL The Wasted Time Because You Were a JW?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the longer you are out the more you see how a cult steals all your time, resources and energy.

  we wasted so much because we were witnesses!

  👎.

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  The longer you are out the more you see how a cult steals all your time, resources and energy. We wasted so much because we were Witnesses!
  

  I don't dwell on that, and I feel happier that I am out, that I left, and more importantly, that being a JW was not my decision. I was raised in that organization. I walked away from it all and gave myself a good chance at the life that I have built for myself, which seems to be envied by some.

  To me is a waste of time to swell on the time wasted. However, it has been good for me to keep in mind where I come from; that keeps me in the right path in life.
  
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  I left the organization

  by Issa in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i left the organization.

  my awakening was this month of july, the first week of july.

  i couldn't answer my own questions about the organization or the doctrines, i couldn't understand the prophecies, i couldn't figure quite well what i was feeling.

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  scratchme1010

  Thank you everyone for your support and advice. I'm so glad and relieved I'm not the only one alone. I can begin to live a life. To love the people around me and truly see a wonderful future ahead of us
  

  You're welcome. Stay around. Please share more. You might help others when sharing.