Posts by Daniel1555

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need input: My wife is at it again...this time about the faithful and discreet slave

by goingthruthemotions in

so you all know that i go with my wife to the meeting to protect the kids from the drival and pacify her.

tonight we are sitting there and she points to mathew and says something about the faithful and discreet slave and she said eplain this.

so breaking away from what i was reading in the meeting..." in search of christian freedom by franz"...i said.

Daniel1555

Very well reasoned.

I think it is a positive sign that your wife asks you about your opinion.

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Nearly Killing My Mother Wasn't Enough !

by cookiemaster in

as some of you might have read last week, my mother had extremely low hemoglobin and without it, she would have died.

i have somehow managed to bring her to reason and accept the transfusion.

it saved her life.

Daniel1555

It is sad and a scandal how those elders and this organisation treats your mum and you. But that's their procedure.

I told them openly that i would accept blood for myself and my son and also the reason why i don't agree with their view of blood. They couldn't df / da me because I did not take blood, just hypothetically told them i would.

Your experience shows that they have no heart and care only for their bloody rules.

But why not look at it from a different view:

You and your mum could take this whole sad experience as a trigger to really leave. In all of this maybe your mum realizes that there is no real love in the org and that their rules are killing people. Show her that she should not feel sorry for surviving. Try to show her that a loving god (not the monster from the bible) would be rather happy that she survived as should all her friends in the congregation.

Don't fight the disassociation by action. Take it as an opportunity to leave and an example of their disgusting rules.

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Crazyguy is going batshit crazy a Rant

by Crazyguy in

yesterday some jw's came over to my house and were even being nice to me, most of the time if they do come by an elder or ms may say something but the others will not, its even hard for them to say just hello (how pathetic).

( they also do this behind my back as if i don't know).

i now realize by not being their i've handed my kids right over to them!.

Daniel1555

I love the experience and advice "dissonance_resolved" gave.

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Ray Franz was an Idiot

by vinman in

ray franz who gave us insight into the gb due to a crisis of conscience was an absolute moron, with absolutely no critical thinking skills whatsoever like all of us have.

i mean, to have a conscience based on some magic man in the sky.. how stupid can you be?

in search of christian freedom?

Daniel1555

This thread shows that you still have such a DOGMATIC jw mindset.

You CAN believe in science and accept evolution as a means of how species come into existence AND seriously believe in a creator force or even a personal god. There is absolutely no doubt about that.

To call someone an idiot because he believes in something you can't disprove is rather idiotic.

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Crazyguy is going batshit crazy a Rant

by Crazyguy in

yesterday some jw's came over to my house and were even being nice to me, most of the time if they do come by an elder or ms may say something but the others will not, its even hard for them to say just hello (how pathetic).

( they also do this behind my back as if i don't know).

i now realize by not being their i've handed my kids right over to them!.

Daniel1555

Read the book "Raising Freethinkers - A guide to parenting beyond belief."

It's not easy but you got to teach them to critically think for themselves. You can't do that by aggressively showing them the bible is crap.

They need to be able to question things, even your own views. When they ask questions, you can help them to find answers with reason outside of jw thinking. But don't be dogmatic too. Make sure that they know that you support them even if they change their beliefs a thousand times. Give them a lot of love. It is a good sign, that your youngest one asks you questions.

When talking about darwin, you could show them the last sentence of his work "On the origin of species", which shows that his work is not against a belief in god.

I also have to counteract on the indoctrination my little boy gets from the cult and his mum (we are separated and soon divorced).

The above mentioned book helps me a lot ESPECIALLY CHAPTER 3. I am sure it will help you too.

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JWs are just weird people, I think their going insane!

by ReligionOfHatred in

there's a interesting situation emerging where i live and i want to share it all with you because its proof i think jehovah has pulled his holy spirit away.

when elders think they can steal from the government and pretend to be holy, than jehovah god has left us!.

Daniel1555

Welcome.

So what is this interesting situation emerging?

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Watchtower lack of empathy for victim children stunned Royal Commission

by Esse quam videri in

the comments and facial expressions of judge peter mcclellan, the chair of the royal commission and angus stewart, though subdued, clearly showed their disbelief and disgust at the lack of compassion and empathy by the org and the elders and gb jackson when questioned.. this link, is a sobering look at the emotions people should feel at the abuse of their children.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g7vpdfqs0q.

Daniel1555

Strange thread.

I thought I would see something about the facial expression of justice Mc Clellan or Angus Stewart.

I personally thought Jackson was showing some empathy with regard to BCG. I don't know if it was his true feelings though.

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Angry at first

by BeautifulMind in

so when my mom died in 2007 the main thing that kept me from losing it was that i knew i would see her again in the earthly paradise that i read and sang about in the jw publications.

i honestly fully believed in it.

we were best friends and it was devastaing to lose her.

Daniel1555

How nice that she was your best friend.

Nobody knows for sure what happens after death. So maybe we will, maybe not, see our loved ones.

Looking at near-death experiences gave me some hope.

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Ganged up via Telephone

by vinman in

i've been fading for about 9 months.

the elders know exactly why.

i received a phone call a couple of days ago.

Daniel1555

Very well done. You are courageous.

Now I see 2 possibilities. They might want to set up a judicial conmittee for apostasy. But if you didn't speak to anybody else (who they find out) about that, it would be difficult for them to do so.

Or they tell you that you have to keep your mouth shut so they will leave you. They'll warn you that if you speak to others about it, they would form a judicial committee (that's what they did in my case).

Good luck.

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We are celebrating b-day tonight!

by StarTrekAngel in

not that we have not done it before, but the event would come about out a mutual understanding.

never a word or any more than just "we are going out to dinner".

the news this time is that my wife, out of her own initiative, suggested this morning that we should go out and celebrate our daughters b-day.

Daniel1555

Wow... wonderful.

I read some of your older threads. It really seems that your wife is awaking. Just take it slowly in her pace. Your wife seems to be a lovely person.

And congratulations. Make it a joyful event for your daughter.