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  Dangerous "Pent up" feelings inside of most witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i have often wondered if there is more harm done to people who are stifled or smothered from expressing their natural conduct, feelings or actions because of it being condemned by religious ideals?.

  so if a person keeps suppressing their real personality and tries to mould themselves to the "perfect" or "ideal" version as expected from those controlling them, could they eventually "bust" so to speak?.

  for instance, witnesses condemn many forms of entertainment.

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  Garrett

  Uh... I don't mean to be blunt, but the answer is an obvious yes...

  Being told to be someone you aren't will end up with you failing to meet expectations, which in turn will lead to constant guilt and feelings of worthlessness.

  Constant feelings of guilt and not feeling worthwhile can cause depression which can then escalate to self abuse, suicidal thoughts and mental illness that can be extremely hard to recover from. One day, they will most certainly have a mental blow out.

  While trying to correct certain tendencies is fine, suppressing an entire persona will, most usually, only have negative effects on the person.

  Garrett
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  WHAT IS YOUR "AFTER MEETING RITUAL? "

  by brandnew in

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  me ?

  my after meeting ritual, is getting my suit off, and a beer in my hand....in less than 2 minutes from entering my door.

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  Back in the horrid old days, when I used to come back from the meetings, I'd strip all my clothes off, grab some wine or a few shots of vodka and proceed to watch demonic tv shows.
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  JW Broadcasting - Shocking news !!!

  by EdenOne in

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  this just in:.

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  eden.

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  Garrett

  
  

  Obviously the light got brighter. I'm not sure why this is such shocking news.

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  Phone call from a brother last night

  by label licker in

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  the brother and his wife thought the statement at the end of this month's broad cast show was a little off.

  the org stated that jehovah's organisation can not be corrupted.

  (needless to say only three had shown up for the broadcast meeting at the hall) he's never heard that before so we filled him in as to what the org has been up to and gave him jwnet, jw facts as well as jw survey to look at.

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  Good job label licker! Keep helping them along :)
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  Compliment or criticism - what affects you most?

  by EdenOne in

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  a bit of introspection on this one ... just read on someone's post that a compliment makes him "float" for hours, and it got me thinking; within the spectrum of comments that people make about me, from compliment to criticism, which is the type that most affects me?.

  after my experience as a jehovah's witness, i find that i've become suspicious of compliments and over-sensitive to criticism.

  because a common technique of elders was to compliment someone before going down to business, that is, giving hard counseling or discipline.

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  Personally, whenever someone compliments me, I feel like they are lying. Mainly because I've been given so many fake compliments. However, criticism is fine, I can deal with it and I rather someone criticizes me and tells me the truth rather than lie to me via a false compliment.
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  wear r u all.?

  by zeb in

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  the site seems to have slowed up has everyone gone for their spring break?

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  Hiya zeb! I'm around, lurking in the shadows waiting for an intriguing post to catch my eye.

  Hope all is well with you :)

  Garrett
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  $64,000 Questions for "Obedient" Witnesses

  by The Searcher in

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  "if you heard a judge tell a jury not to listen to a single word the accused had to say, what would your reaction be?

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  "why are you forbidden by the org from hearing a dis-fellowshipped person's side of things?

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  Great question as always, Searcher. To any witnesses viewing this, I say "use the logical thinking that you were born with, not what men told you to think."

  Garrett
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  Oppressive wolves will enter the flock....

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  ok, so i politely let an elder in our cong know how i felt about the gossip and slander that has been levelled at me.. he has been pushing to find out how i feel about the events of the last few months.. i calmly replied: .

  "well, i know that it was foretold that oppressive wolves would enter the flock and treat many harshly.

  i stood up to such harshness against many in our cong, then i was turned on and had accusations levelled against me!

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  Garrett

  Nice response.

  You have to love that christian spirit! They are so loving.
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  A song...

  by Garrett in

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  good evening, guys,.

  so, i just found a song that i really enjoyed and thought i'd share it with you.

  i know that most of you probably don't have the same taste in music as i do, but i hope you enjoy the song nonetheless.. song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=krtcxbhqskk.

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  Garrett

  Good evening, guys,

  So, I just found a song that I really enjoyed and thought I'd share it with you. I know that most of you probably don't have the same taste in music as I do, but I hope you enjoy the song nonetheless.

  Song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KrtcxBHqskk

  in addition to that, I wanted to thank you all for your comments on my 1975 prediction post. I am still waiting for the elder to contact me but I now have a clear understanding of what's going to be said and how to respond.

  Peace, love and have a wonderful weekend,

  Garrett
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  1975 failed prediction?

  by Garrett in

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  heyo,.

  your favorite garrett here.

  so, i'm about to have an elder tell me allll about the failed 1975 doctrine.

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  Garrett

  heyo,

  your favorite garrett here. So, I'm about to have an elder tell me allll about the failed 1975 doctrine. Some points I brought up:

  since jehovahs spirit is perfect and so is its direction, how could jehovahs organization as a whole make a false prediction about the end times?

  If you answer imperfect men, the. What stops the other religions from using the same excuses? What makes us different? What stops the org from making the same mistake in the future? How do we know that our teachings aren't mistakes that could be changed?

  what should I expect? I was talking to this sister and she said she was going to ask an elder since she herself seems quite unsure about the subject. She even said that perhaps jehovah removed his soirit from the, and that's why they made the prediction.

  hopefully this works!

  Thanks and have a wonderful weekend!