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  This Is Why We Call It the Borg, And Why You Can Still Find Your Voice

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  one voice can be stronger than a thousand voices.

  your mind is independent now.

  with its own unique identity.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Qg-NWsOJQ
  
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  American democracy in crisis

  by slimboyfat in

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  okay cut to the chase.

  the united states has got a problem.

  hillary clinton is so unpopular that practically any republican who ran against her would probably have beaten her.

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  Democracy, that's a laugh. How could you buy this propaganda? Does anyone talk about ending imperialism? No, because 70% of discretionary spending is on the military. Corporate powers make big money on war, and are not about to stop. Voting means nothing.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism

  ecerpt from a Morris Berman speech Nov 4 2011:
  
  
  
  the French writer Denis Duclos, who is a
  director of the CNRS, the research institute in Paris,
  pegged the problem of the obsession with having an
  enemy and the violence that results from that in his book
  of 1994 Le Complexe du loup-garou, The Werewolf
  Complex. In his epilogue to the 2005 edition, Duclos
  writes that “America is always dependent on a werewolf
  figure, a dark, savage beast that’s out to destroy it. The
  beast,” he says, “changes in content, but the form is
  always the same. At the center of this,” he says, “is a
  terrible fear that Americans have of emptiness, which is an
  anxiety of not existing, and they disguise this with a
  hyperactive optimism.” -----Have a nice day. ----“A curious
  society,” he writes, “a people who don’t know who they
  really are. Like the Romans, they see themselves under
  siege.” And, he says, “This could finally trigger a fascist
  populism,” which, of course, we’re seeing with the Tea
  Party. “The American fear of the monster,” he writes, “has
  always marked its history, whether this exists on the inside
  or the outside. This leads to isolating the country in a sort
  of collective psychosis that can only contribute to
  international instability.”
  In fact, that’s how most of the world sees us. A few
  years ago there was an international poll that asked the
  question, “Which nation do you believe is the greatest
  threat to world peace?” The United States and Israel said
  Iran, and everybody else said the United States. Writing in
  Der Spiegel last August, the German journalist Jakob
  Augstein argues that the U.S. is basically a failed state; it’s
  not part of the West anymore, and that Europe needs to
  keep its distance from what is a very different and
  apparently, his word, “insane” political culture. There is,
  he concludes, no deliverance in sight for the U.S.
  What does mental health mean in an individual case?
  It’s at least this: That a person knows his or her personal
  narrative and is able to see it from the outside and, as a
  result of this transparency, at least try to do something
  about it. Perhaps the same thing is true of a nation or a
  civilization. I don’t know. But what I know is that there is
  very little understanding in the U.S. as to what the
  underlying narrative is, or even the fact that there is an
  underlying narrative. This seems to escape most
  Americans, almost all.
  
  
  
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  here i am

  by notalone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was a 4th gen born in.my adult children were the 5th.

  my mother was one of the newly'anointed' we have all left.

  i have been lurking since october.i was really too terrified someone would find out who i was and what would happen.well we are out now so here is a part of my story.

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  Wow, congratulations.

  I hope you get justice for the pedophile. This is a very compelling experience, and could help benefit others and prevent further abuse/injustice.

  When the time is rite, consider sharing with balanced exjw activists (you should also email this to the ARC, it WILL help them.)

  HBH
  
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  Did I open the gate to the realm of demons?

  by redpilltwice in

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  2. experiences

  this is what happened.

  i had a sore tendon in my wrist.

  i could work with it, but nevertheless the pain was there.

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  Great comments, I'm astounded this thread has remained so balanced.
  

  I'm of the Socratic ideal, there is so much we don't know, especially about the brain. People bang their heads and become super geniuses. I looked up something I read a few weeks ago.

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/03/a-brain-injury-transforms-italian-man-into-bonjour-shouting-caricature-of-a-frenchman/

  Randi shut up because (some) scientists' admitted telekinesis, but couldn't explain it.

  http://weilerpsiblog.wordpress.com/evidence-for-psi/
  

  I know first hand there is a "force" in psyco/telekinesis, but have no idea why. Similarly, the "magic" in the mushrooms, DMT ect.

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  The last video in the 2016 convention...

  by problemaddict 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.

  bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.

  he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.

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  Agreed kairos, thanks for bumping, this was the thread I couldn't find. For us TATT'ers, it's so easy to make fun of this propaganda.

  Last month when I drove by a kingdom hall, there were some people in the parking lot, and I yelled out my open window. "It's a CULT!"

  I don't think they heard me, but I was laughing for over 5 mins, felt good.

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  RC is on Youtube, but "chanting" song is muted????

  by HBH in

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  2. friends

  jw brod-cast put the rc on youtube, but the "new system" last video with the chanting is muted.

  i know someone found the song, but can't find it now.

  does this mean they don't have public permission to use it?

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  Thanks Barrold, don't know much about that stuff, but it wouldn't surprise me if they used it without permission. I wonder if they'll buy a few more telly awards for their new display case.
  

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  RC is on Youtube, but "chanting" song is muted????

  by HBH in

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  jw brod-cast put the rc on youtube, but the "new system" last video with the chanting is muted.

  i know someone found the song, but can't find it now.

  does this mean they don't have public permission to use it?

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  Jw brod-cast put the RC on youtube, but the "new system" last video with the chanting is muted. I know someone found the song, but can't find it now. Does this mean they don't have public permission to use it? Or would they have to pay for rights to use it on youtube? I'm just very curious as to why it is muted.

  Thanks,

  HBH

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP0suOHpLLg
  
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  Musicians Who Died in the Last Year - or Through the Years- Who Do you Miss Most ?

  by flipper in

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  2. entertainment

  i think for me in the last year the death of david bowie got to me the most.

  not only in the way he handled his demise so classy by even making a song about it and a you tube about dying and sharing it with fans, but just his whole persona i always thought was pretty cool.

  plus i enjoyed a good many of his songs.

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  Doc Watson

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqjFT65KAA0&feature=related

  HBH

  PS I met Stevie in 84 after a great show, he was pretty hammered though.
  
  
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  How do you deal with depression?

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
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  i'm currently going through a bout of depression and my eating disorder has gotten worse.

  ever since my parents actually told me that they are going to kick me out when i turn 18 i've felt kind of hopeless about my life.

  my parents won't take me to the doctor because the psychiatrists won't have my "best interests" aka jw crap in mind, because really that's the root of all my problems.. i'm wondering if any of you guys have any advice with dealing with depression?

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  HBH

  Hi BW,

  You'd have to be crazy not to be depressed in your situation. IMO, the real core of the problem is in the culture. The US has the #1 depression rate in the world. See Here

  My advise would be to "spin straw into gold", try to find a new surrogate family and social network. I would strongly consider some kind of foreign exchange/education. Search for ways to fund it. Your soon free from your old family, forge a path for yourself and your siblings.

  You want to cure depression, get a passport and get the hell out of here. That's what I'm gonna do as soon as I'm free of my parental care taking responsibilities.
  All the best,

  HBH
  
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  Should I just tell my parents

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lately i've been feeling just so fed up with this stupid religion i really can't take it anymore!

  i'm starting to think that maybe i should just tell my parents how i really feel.

  if they treat me too badly or kick me out i could probably stay with my non jw aunt.. ive just reached my breaking point, i don't really care what people think of me anymore.

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  BW,

  Sorry about your parents. That's got to be a hard pill to swallow. Thank God you didn't get baptized. Lisa gives very good advice.

  At this point, you don't have to be a good Jw. You can refuse meetings and service etc. Sounds like they are telling you to live a double life for their own status in the cong. If you refuse and they get abusive, call the cops first. (When the cops come for domestic problems, the reflection is so bad on your parents to the BORG, that they will likely be put on restrictions in the hall, and loss of elder status.) But that would be an extreme move on your part.

  Unless your aunt get guardianship, your parents will have some control.

  The good news is, at least you know where you stand.

  Keep posting,

  HBH

  ps FORCING you to be a good JW, can be considered emotional abuse, get more info on that.