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  Do you obsess about JWs?

  by Half banana in

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  do we obsess about the jw org?

  i admit i do.

  the reason is that two of my offspring are still held hostages by the beliefs of the cult..

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  StrongHaiku

  cleanlines, your comments resonate with me.  I was out for about 25 years.  All of my immediate family is still in the "Organization" so I am alone.  Through all of those years I never did any research on what they were currently teaching or went to any ex-JW sites.  It wasn't until this year until I did so.  In those 25 years I woke up with a dark cloud over my head about my family and what I had lost. 

  One of the things my family was able to do for 25 years was continuing to making me feel bad and inferior.  And, I believed that I deserved the shunning, etc.  However, in the past year sites like this have given me the tools to understand that the "Organization" is just a business and nothing more.  And, that my family and the "Organization" has no moral superiority over me.  At the very least, I feel much better because, unlike them, I do not harbor criminals.  That's very liberating.
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  "Religion gives us the Why"

  by Phizzy in

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  i have heard this nonsense said by many believers, especially when science conflicts with their belief, they say:.

  " well, science may tell us how we got here, religion tells us why we are here".

  does religion tell us that ?

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  Mlllie210, your story resonates with so many of us.  What you are describing sounds a lot like an "Existential Crisis".  There is a body of psychotherapy ("Existential Therapy") which might provide you additional tools to deal with that "free fall" effect and help you develop a sense for your own meaning.  

  I have often heard the statement "Religion gives us the 'Why'" and each time I just have to shake my head and do a 'facepalm'.  If you compare all Religions in the most objective way all you will find are a collection of people (usually from the Bronze Age) who codified their answers/opinions to that question.  I think we are much smarter than them and know much more than they did and are likely to come up with better answers.  If you really think about it "Religion" doesn't really seem to provide an answer.   All it does is makes you "feel" like you have one.  Kinda of like a "Teddy Bear" makes a child feel safe.  

  Science can and does provide a large number of "Why" answers.  However, its role is not to replace the "Teddy Bear".  And, I think this is were many people get stuck.  

  
  
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  Translating and deciphering witness expressions.

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.

  "we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?

  why did you miss a meeting!?".

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  StrongHaiku

  "Apostate Literature" = Literature...
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  Translating and deciphering witness expressions.

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.

  "we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?

  why did you miss a meeting!?".

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  "Overlapping Generation" = There! Here is something shiny to play with.  That will keep you busy for a while. 
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  Some screenshots from new KH meeting!

  by pixel in

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  they just put up a link to watch a replay of the "new kh meeting", here some screenshots.. .

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  Add some neon signs and it looks like a Strip Club...

  "Modern Architecture! Efficient and Beauty-free!" - Tom Servo
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  Have JW relatives disinherited you? (especially Canadian)

  by berrygerry in

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  interesting court case whereby the entire will was declared void because the father was racist.. would that not also apply to jw's who disinherit their non-jw family?.

  http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/29/judge-rejects-ontario-mans-racist-will-that-disinherited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/.

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  My apologies.  I posted the previous comment on the wrong thread...
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  Translating and deciphering witness expressions.

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.

  "we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?

  why did you miss a meeting!?".

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  "Unproductive Territory" = The people living there are too well-educated, successful, and happy to exploit.
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  Have JW relatives disinherited you? (especially Canadian)

  by berrygerry in

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  interesting court case whereby the entire will was declared void because the father was racist.. would that not also apply to jw's who disinherit their non-jw family?.

  http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/29/judge-rejects-ontario-mans-racist-will-that-disinherited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/.

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  "Unproductive Territory" = The people living there are too well-educated, successful, and happy to exploit.
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  Have JW relatives disinherited you? (especially Canadian)

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  interesting court case whereby the entire will was declared void because the father was racist.. would that not also apply to jw's who disinherit their non-jw family?.

  http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/29/judge-rejects-ontario-mans-racist-will-that-disinherited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/.

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  StrongHaiku

  I have been out of the "Organization" for over 25 years.  I was DFd and, throughout that time, the only time I was contacted by my JW family was when they needed money.  'Cause Armageddon was around the corner and they failed to save money, make good investments, and plan for a future.  A couple of years ago, in light of all WT hate-speech, I took a stand and stated that they would receive nothing from me unless they wanted to maintain a relationship with me.  After that I did not hear from them again.  

  I am in the process of updating my Will and Estate to ensure that, when I die, all my funds go to help social programs and, hopefully, make this world a better place.  "Rules must apply to everyone or they mean nothing" 
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  Translating and deciphering witness expressions.

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.

  "we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?

  why did you miss a meeting!?".

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  StrongHaiku

  "Listen, Obey, be Blessed" = Wash, Rinse, Repeat...