I loved the movie! I have watched a few episodes lately and the messages that he instills in kids are exactly what I need now, lol! I am bawling watching some of them!
lriddle80
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How Many of you Remember Mr. Rogers Neighborhood?
by Sea Breeze injust saw the movie "a beautiful day in the neighborhood" with tom hanks as fred rogers.
excellent acting and story-line.
it brought back many fond memories as a child.
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Narcissism
by lriddle80 ini saw this video a few days ago by jw analyzer that was very disturbing.
what i have learned and experienced about a narcissist is that they will openly confess their wrongdoing, but they do it by accusing someone else of it.
i guess that is called projection.. in this video, the guy picks out 2 tactics of "satan" .
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lriddle80
The second half of the video is about how Satan uses propaganda. Exactly!
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Narcissism
by lriddle80 ini saw this video a few days ago by jw analyzer that was very disturbing.
what i have learned and experienced about a narcissist is that they will openly confess their wrongdoing, but they do it by accusing someone else of it.
i guess that is called projection.. in this video, the guy picks out 2 tactics of "satan" .
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lriddle80
I saw this video a few days ago by JW Analyzer that was very disturbing. What I have learned and experienced about a narcissist is that they will openly confess their wrongdoing, but they do it by accusing someone else of it. I guess that is called projection.
In this video, the guy picks out 2 tactics of "Satan"
But he is actually confessing what JW do, thereby calling themselves Satan. If only the rank and file had eyes that see and ears that hear!
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Is it me or does Stephen Lett come across......
by JimmyYoung ini get the feelings that stephen lett tries to come across as mr. rogers but there are times it oozes through that he is a lot more dominant and controlling then he lets on.
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lriddle80
I see what you mean! And I see the control and manipulation coming through.
Mr Rogers had real love behind his words, quite unlike Lett.
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Christmas Trees.
by Lost in the fog inwe are all very familiar with the fact that jws do not celebrate xmas.
we probably used the same speech as we had been told from the platform that since xmas had its roots in paganism everything associated with it was a big no-no.
xmas trees, definitely a no-no!
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lriddle80
My husband said that Christmas is just a wordly event on par with seeing a movie or going to a secular concert.
Our pastor says it is an opportunity to share Christ with people because they will be open to going to church during Christmas season.
Some years I will get into trying to buy the present that will show the person that they are seen and loved and it brings me joy. Some of them I enjoy Christmas songs. A few Christmases were disasters.
One year, I called it The Riddle Family Gift Exchange and did it on a different day to try to include my JW family and they said they were busy and didn't come. That was a bummer.
One year my husband gave $100 gift cards to each in my JW family and they weren't even going to acknowledge it and barely said Thank you. And were looking at each other kind of weird. I said it was just because we loved them. They spent it, though.
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What Do You Think About Banning Plastic Bags?
by minimus inwe need to save the planet so we have to stop using plastic bags!
in massachusetts, the new law will be going into effect soon.
if you go food shopping, you only cat get paper bags.. what is your opinion of the state banning plastic bags?
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lriddle80
I saw a senior adult post that he remembers when plastic bags replaced paper bags because of the trees being destroyed
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How Much of the WT Teaching Did You Believe?
by Ding insome people on this forum have said that they never really believed any aspect of wt teaching, that they couldn't wait to get free of it all.. others seems to have been really gung ho, believing it all until something happened that got you questioning "the truth.".
i would say my own high water mark was about 50%, which put me squarely on the fence, trying to decide if i should be in or out.. how about you?.
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lriddle80
I wouldn't say I believed much of it. I could parrot back all the beliefs. I think I hid that unbelief from myself in order to survive (in a way). I played a role. But didn't really know that's what I was doing. I believed God existed, that's about it. Other than that, just tried not to get in trouble with the elders who always seemed suspicious of me. I hated giving talks, though I could whip one up in about 10 minutes, hated field service and went as little as possible, school was a nightmare with having to say I can't celebrate holidays and then all eyes are on me and people calling me weird because of the religion. I just felt alone.
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Did you have a Narcissistic JW Parent?
by Butterfly607 indid anyone else have a parent who could be described as highly narcissistic who was a jw?
how was that for you growing up?
which was worse - the narcissistic religion or the narcissistic parent?.
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lriddle80
My dad. Yes it was terrible. Once my sister and I were thinking about going to the elders about him, but then we'd have to live with him after that. (Plus, we were scared of the elders, so we probably wouldn't have done it) Luckily, he didn't beat us - just yelling, name-calling, berating, silent treatments, seething anger. Then add to that the Jehovah's witness stuff and it was awful.
He is still very manipulative and I am now realizing how manipulative my mom is and that makes me sad because I thought she was different.
The religion trains people to be narcissistic with all of the pride talk and conditional love and the "no one is perfect" only when it is convenient. Blaming the other person instead of admitting anything.
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Normal Family Relations Continue...My Arse....
by HiddenPimo ini think that the big issue here is the double standard based on the location of the family members - if they are 'immediate' meaning they live at home in the same dwelling under the same roof then it's ok but if you are like me and living on your own, your family will absolutely avoid contact with you as that is the real jw policy..the old canada court trial and recent swedish news are totally out of context and the jw attorneys are complete tools and filthy liars....
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lriddle80
When I got disfellowshipped a few months back my family went into shun mode. They unfriended me. But! My brother in law was in the hospital and they messaged me to let me know and my sister stayed and talked while I visited.
I sent a message to my mom on Facebook, just to see what would happen and she responded! Also yesterday, she refriended me. I think this shows that she thinks for herself a little!
I was encouraged!!
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how do you perceive God ?
by stan livedeath inwhat i'm trying to do is ask what theists think god is like.. also--why is he invisible.. how big is he ?.
in fact--why is god a he--not a she.
or is he / she hermaphrodite ?.
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lriddle80
I can fall asleep listening to Michael Heiser, too, lol! His book is good! The Bible Project Podcast on God is what linked me to Michael Heiser. It's all really fascinating and fun to think about. I just try to live by the whole believe in Jesus and love others message these days. It's less complicated and very rewarding!!