Probably because in born again churches you are not generally ostracised for disagreeing with the teachings.
Posts by Laika
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41Why don't Born Again Christians include themselves as "Cults"?
by booker-t inwhen i see or hear born again christians calling mormons, jws, 7th day adventists, jews etc; cults i always have wondered is that not the pot calling the kettle black?
i just amazes me how so much in denial bacs(born again christians) are.
they love to condemn and throw stones at others but they will never, never, and i mean never label themselves as cults even though they have some of the weirdest beliefs.
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Doctor affirms the fact that JW religion was a massive strain on my life
by confusedandalone init has been over a year since i offically stopped caring about and going to jw meetings.
prioor to this time i had tons of responsibility that drained every once of time i had.
like any father i had family matters to attend to.
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Laika
Working as an elder must almost be like a second job, it's a lot of work. I appreciate that. I'm pleased you are better. :)
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The Real Deal - The Best life Ever
by emeth inmeet benny.
he had all the opportunities and talent to persue a 'higher' education and have a great career.
however he did meet someone and started a bible study... he changed his future... he changed his life and now, in his opinion, he has the best life ever.
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Laika
Although I cannot speak for Benny and Cameron, when I was a JW I did have some really good times, and a lot of people in my life I loved and enjoyed spending time with. The problem is that internally I also felt a lot of pressure and guilt (the pressure to meet Jehovah's standards, and the guilt when I often didn't). The Watchtower promise is that doing more will eradicate those feelings, I think that's in part why these videos are so appealing to JWs, they not only look like they're having fun, but they're also convinced it will bring them that elusive sense of peace.
Do you hear what I'm saying emeth? Do you ever feel that weight? I don't mean to be patronising, I would like to know your objective thoughts here.
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The Real Deal - The Best life Ever
by emeth inmeet benny.
he had all the opportunities and talent to persue a 'higher' education and have a great career.
however he did meet someone and started a bible study... he changed his future... he changed his life and now, in his opinion, he has the best life ever.
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Laika
I sort of skipped through parts because I am impatient but it's a well made video.
Stunning country, I now want to visit. Thanks for posting emeth!
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Legacy of being brought up a JW: Weird hang-ups
by Really?! indo you have any weird hang ups that you think are related to your history?
public speaking i hate hate hate any form of public speaking.
job interviews, presentations (for job interviews or in the work environment), telephone interviews etc.
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Laika
I hate engaging with strangers but oddly quite enjoy public speaking. I am not sure that those hang ups are due to you being a JW, as Lisa said you are probably just an introvert.
I'll give you the demon one though, I hate horror movies.
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My dear old Dad's (RIP) observation
by punkofnice inmy dear old dad was the po of a congregation.
he had been in the british marines during ww2.. one jolly day we were in the coach park at twickenham convention.. dad was watching the brothers and sisters getting off the coaches.. he looked at me and said quite pained: 'they all look like loonies.'.
i kid you not..
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Laika
Quality, I actually laughed out loud at that.
In hindsight masses of people in suits and dresses has to look just a little bizarre.
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JW.org Propaganda video " The Best Life Ever" PUKE WARNING
by Watchtower-Free inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8wmz3nvlek.
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Laika
More likely that Cameron's future will involve her sharing her story at conventions when she's an old lady and telling teenagers to follow her example because the end's real close now.
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Told my JW friend it's a cult
by Xanthippe inso i said i would write about the 2014 convention program that you guys kindly posted here, to the jw friend who contacted me out of the blue after over 20 years since we d'ad.
sorry if you find this repetitive if you have already read my story.
this friend does not know anything about how my family shun me and i thought it is relevant in the light of the convention symposium talk about putting family in second place.
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Laika
When I saw your thread title I thought 'that sounds like a bad idea' but now I've read your post and I was wrong. The best attempt to explain why the Watchtower's a cult that I have read on here.
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JW.org Propaganda video " The Best Life Ever" PUKE WARNING
by Watchtower-Free inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8wmz3nvlek.
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Laika
Her life certainly looks better than mine.
I wonder who wrote that song? It's not very JW.
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Could they walk any slower on the ministry(tm)?
by punkofnice ini was out in my car this saturday as i went to visit my friend.. i saw the jws scattered about mooching down the streets.. i arrived home in a different area to where my friend lives.
as i opened my door there was an invitation to the mock the christ ritual.
a group of jws mooched past my house, looked at me rather lethargically and carried on mooching along.. considering they don't know i'm an 'apostate(tm)', they certainly were in no hurry to beg me to come to their mock the christ charade considering that if i don't go jar-hoover will lovingly murder me soon (subject to overlapping(tm) ).. i know we had 'the pioneer walk(tm)' back in the day but puh-leeeeeeeze!
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Laika
I remember being pretty shocked the first time I ever pioneered and found out we were all pretending that 2 hour lunch break we took in the middle of the day was only 30 minutes.