perhaps i'm just getting older and crankier, but it really seems to me that the jw faith is deteriorating at an accelerated rate.. case in point: this year's memorial talk.

it was one of the most incoherent messes i've ever heard.

(and i've heard a lot of memorial talks over the last 50 years....).

Oubliette

CoCo: My greatest fear has always been spilling the wine . . .
Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine (1970 )

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What is BELIEF ?

by EdenOne in

stemming from the 'absentheism' thread, an old question came to my mind.

what exactly is "belief"?.

is it the same to ask: "do you believe in god?

Oubliette

Banana?!? I thought it was "apple!"

Damn, no wonder last night went all outta' control!

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Why do we get TTATT and others don't?

by quest81 in

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i have thought about how ttatt came full circle for me.

how the connecting the dots was simple and just made sense,.

how silos of information are literally at our fingertips today.. why is it that the ones we love cannot get ttatt?.

Oubliette

OEJ: They do claim to be lovers of truth, though. Which makes it all the more curious that they have such an aversion to it.

I believe that, deep down, most JWs know what they might find if they gave their faith the same critical analysis they ask of others. The cost is too high for most of them.

So they sacrifice their personal integrity and identity on the altar of belonging.

Fear is the mind killer. - Frank Herbert, Dune

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JW Personality used as an excuse....

by Anon_SA1 in

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i had a discussion with a current jw member of +- 30 years, we got chatting about how you can be sure your faith is right and what checks can be done.

i then suggested looking at ex members view points and literature.

her response was her "i am not someone who takes initiative to look online at stuff, i doesn't feel my personality needs me look at outside view points" in summary she was saying her personality type is not interested in looking at other views.

Oubliette

Funny, they pound on stranger's doors wanting THEM to question their faith/beliefs, et cetera, but the average JW will absolutely NOT do the same thing themselves.

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