Posts by Oubliette

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Does Almighty God think about......... ?

by Phizzy in

almighty god must have had a lot of time for thinking, so he must have sat there, at least once and thought along the lines of:.

"i wonder if i am actually almighty god, or is there something or someone greater than me ?".

"how can i know i have always existed?".

Oubliette

God worships himself ...

narcissus

This attitude informs the conduct of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. As a result, they all suffer from a belief induced Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

People with this condition have:

... an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those with narcissistic personality disorder believe that they're superior to others and have little regard for other people's feelings. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem, vulnerable to the slightest criticism. - Mayo Clinic, Diseases and Conditions: Narcissistic personality disorder

Sound familiar?

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USA | California | 10-year-old Jehovah's Witness Girl Shot Dead

by jwleaks in

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slain 10-year-old girl spoke of devoting her life to ending violence hours before she was shot.

by stephen magagninipublished: friday, may.

just hours before she was shot to death, 10-year-old elvira campos said she wanted to devote her life to teaching people the bible "and its promise that one day all the violence would end," said her best friend and teacher, olga cruz.. "that afternoon i picked her up for bible study, and we talked about the future," a tearful cruz recalled thursday afternoon.

Oubliette

This is a terrible tragedy. Sadly, it will probably only cause the family to cling more tightly to the false promises of the WTBTS.

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British zone visit from David Splane - a report from the special meeting in Glasgow

by slimboyfat in

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well i went to a "special meeting" in the armadillo today where a 2 & 1/2 hour programme was relayed from london at 1pm.

apparently the letters of invitation only went out a month or so ago and not all congregations were invited.

there were 2,900 of us from around scotland.

Oubliette

Moses: The GB can no longer hide behind the nebulous term “Faithful and Discreet Slave Class” anymore.

That is a really great point.

As a result, there is--or at least should be-more accountability for their error since WT doctrines, practices and policies can clearly be attributed to them.

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SECRET LETTER of Watchtower Media Changes!

by TheSnarkyApologist in

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here's a letter that has circulated among many ex-watchtowerites!.

just thought you'd want to know!.

awake!

Oubliette

Juila and Watkins nailed it. The WTBTS has demonized the internet since it's inception, even calling it a device of Satan. Suddenly, it's acceptable for them to use.

The fact that the WT leadership cannot maintain a consistent position on pretty much anything important is not only confusing to those trying to be loyal to their insanity, but it is abosute proof that they are most certainly NOT "God's visible organization on Earth."

Jehovah, would have picked the Keystone Cops before he chose these bumbling fools!

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ATTITUDE

by compound complex in

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attitude.

by: charles swindoll.

the longer i live, the more i realize the impact of attitude on life.. attitude, to me, is more important than facts.

Oubliette

So true. Thanks for sharing.

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How Religion Can Ruin A Nation

by metatron in

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http://www.businessinsider.com/the-muslim-brotherhood-is-ruining-egypt-2013-5.

i expected this when i heard their parliament declare israel their greatest enemy.. not disease.

not poverty.

Oubliette

That is quite disturbing.

Imagine what would happen if the WTBTS were allowed to take over!

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Some odd developments

by dissonance_resolved in

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so things are not making sense at all here in my fade.

as i had posted earlier, i had a long intense talk the other night with my husband where i thought it was crystal clear just where i'm at right now with the wtbts.

then, the same week, he's not feeling well and asks me to take the kids to the mid-week meeting.

Oubliette

dissonance_resolved: a legitimate reason to miss the meeting

How about: It's a damaging, high-control cult and the WT leadership are a bunch of lying hypocrites that refuse to admit they are wrong.

dissonance_resolved: I feel like I'm living in an alternative universe where my own actions and thoughts are meaningless.

That's because you are. Welcome to reality!

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Got a angry letter from our oldest son today we are very hurt from it.

by TotallyADD in

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when i got home today from work my wife showed me a 5 page letter from our oldest son.

he basically said he does not what anything to do with us because of all the wrong things we did as parents to him and his brother.

he blames us for not being there for him and we are toxic parents.

Oubliette

TotallyADD,

Your response was beautiful. Sensitive, thoughtful and loving. Acknowledging his pain was a good move.

Nevertheless, he has a lot to process. Hopefully he will come around.

Oubliette

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Advice on Getting My Novel Published

by Quendi in

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Oubliette

BOTR: The problem with randomly sending it to friends is you don't [know] their experience or the quality of their work.

Besides the fact that your conclusion doesn't follow, you've apparently missed that at least of couple of us that have volunteered are professional writers and at least two of us have experience as editors.

Quendi does know the quality of our work.

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... you have a PM

by Simon in

please don't make posts to inform people that you have sent them a pm..

Oubliette

Ok, but Simon I've noticed that YOU never respond to my PMs or emails unless I start a thread letting you know!

So YOU will need to be better about responding too, as I've noticed in my less-than scientific, completely informal, observational and based only on my memory survey, that by far the most "XXXX, you have a PM" threads are directed to you.

Is the new forum coming "soon"?