Posts by Daniel1555

my mom and dad divorced over their different beliefs over a year ago (my mom is jw and my dad is an very knowledgeable apostate, so you can see how they would fight over it), and since then i've stopped believing altogether.. just thought i'd say hello.

Daniel1555

Welcome Thomas.

Very nice that you introduced yourself.

Even though you sometimes might feel to be stuck; you are free.... Free to live according to your conscience and not anymore by illogical and unloving rules of a human organisation.

You have your whole life to figure out what you wanna believe or not believe. But one thing is important. Be positive and enjoy life.... it is wonderful.

All the best in your situation.

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3 year old saying: "I wanna be Jehovah's friend", how would you answer?

by Daniel1555 in

jw
friends

just looking for some of your views / advice:i am divorced and am together with my dear boy every second weekend for 2.5 days.

he is now 3 years old and heavily indoctrinated by his mum and grandmother.today he told me: "daddy, jehovah is high up in heaven.

we can't see him, but he is there.

Daniel1555

Last October we celebrated his birthday and he liked it.

At the next visit he told me that Jehovah doesn't like birthdays. I asked him if it is something good, when a baby is born. He said yes and I told him that likewise our heavenly Papa is happy when he was born and that he loves him very much, so birthday can't be bad (it is at this age so difficult to counteract on indoctrination and not to indoctrinate him myself).

Once I picked him up at the Kindergarten. He enthusiastically showed me their christmas tree and his eyes were shining. Then he told me, Jehovah does not like Christmas trees. I asked him: "Do you like this Christmas tree?" And he says "Yes." I just answered. "I know, Jehovah doesn't like many things."

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3 year old saying: "I wanna be Jehovah's friend", how would you answer?

by Daniel1555 in

jw
friends

just looking for some of your views / advice:i am divorced and am together with my dear boy every second weekend for 2.5 days.

he is now 3 years old and heavily indoctrinated by his mum and grandmother.today he told me: "daddy, jehovah is high up in heaven.

we can't see him, but he is there.

Daniel1555

Thank you so much for your excellent advice.

He said it in the beginning of my visit after I picked him up from Kindergarden.

I told him there are many names for God and that I just call him dear Papa in heaven but that I don't believe in Jehovah (it is confusing, but I'd like him to know that I don't believe in Jehovah).

I told him that people believe in many different things and gods or that also many don't believe in god at all and that he is free to believe what he likes.

After that for the next 2 days he didn't say anything about Jehovah but enjoyed our time having fun, playing, reading stories etc.

And he didn't attend the convention because he was with me ;-)

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3 year old saying: "I wanna be Jehovah's friend", how would you answer?

by Daniel1555 in

jw
friends

just looking for some of your views / advice:i am divorced and am together with my dear boy every second weekend for 2.5 days.

he is now 3 years old and heavily indoctrinated by his mum and grandmother.today he told me: "daddy, jehovah is high up in heaven.

we can't see him, but he is there.

Daniel1555

Just looking for some of your views / advice:
I am divorced and am together with my dear boy every second weekend for 2.5 days. He is now 3 years old and heavily indoctrinated by his mum and grandmother.
Today he told me:
"Daddy, Jehovah is high up in heaven. We can't see him, but he is there. He is very kind. I wanna be Jehovah's friend."
Just brainstorming and looking how you would answer:
What would you say to a 3 year old, who is asking this question?
I still believe somehow in a loving God, but not in the evil "monster" God of the Bible, Jehovah, who ordered murder, genocide, infanticide, slavery and even sex slavery.
I want to counteract his indoctrination, but I don't want to make it too hard for him or indoctrinate him myself, as he is still so young and doesn't understand religion.

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The WTBTS' Webmaster Caught In Another Lie!

by JW GoneBad in

wt's i. t. personnel have no shame putting this content into their website.

in the 'frequently asked questions about jehovah's witnesses' section of their website the following appears: .

how do you know how many are actively witnessing?.

Daniel1555

Of course it's voluntary.

It felt so good to stop reporting. First the secretary sent me several reminders by email. I didn't react to those.

After the 3rd month I thanked him for the reminders but answered him, that I didn't "forget" it, so I didn't really need his reminders.

From then on I wasn't reminded anymore.

I felt free and each time they reminded the brothers from the platform to hand in the report I was laughing inside.

So it is voluntary, but they use a lot of psychological pressure to enforce the reporting. I can only recommend to ignore this psychological pressure. Then they are helpless. When you take elders their power over you away, they are helpless like a bug that is on his back.

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The WTBTS' Webmaster Caught In Another Lie!

by JW GoneBad in

wt's i. t. personnel have no shame putting this content into their website.

in the 'frequently asked questions about jehovah's witnesses' section of their website the following appears: .

how do you know how many are actively witnessing?.

Daniel1555

TOMO (Anthony Morris) said these things DD mentioned at the US Branch Visit talk in November 2014. This was his infamous "Tight Pants" talk. You can see it on Youtube and Jwsurvey.

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any Near death experiences any one can relate

by baker in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbkgj5j91he.

this is as close as it gets to the other side....

Daniel1555

There are many aspects of Near Death Experiences that you can't explain neurologically and that have a metaphysical aspect.

How can you explain why a person who is clinically dead with no brain function can later tell things in detail that happened in the operation room or in any other places where he/she didn't have any access to?

Why do individuals who are blind since birth see clearly in Near Death Experiences?

There are many Near Death Experiences of young children which have the same characteristics than those of adults. Are they inventing it?

Every day there are people experiencing this. On the website www.nderf.org there are thousands of Near death experiences recorded of people of all kind of background and religion.

It was said Near Death Experiences are all different. Of course they are different, because they are made by individuals. However most if them have the same characteristics: Being outside of the body, going through a tunnel, a life review, not being able or allowed to cross a border, being with deceased loved ones, feeling unconditional love, being with god, being one with all life and the universe.

Many of those that experience it, tell of a life changing event and they remember it clearly for their whole life as something real, whereas a dream gets blurry.

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Looking back,"That was crazy, moment"

by MarkofCane in

i got baptized later in life.

i was around 21, i had left and went out into the world should of listen to my gut back then, but instead i disowned myself and came back into the fold.

before i could get baptized, the elder who studied with me said i needed to get rid of everything that was contaminated by this world: music, books & clothing,everything.

Daniel1555

In my teenage years, my sister threw my favourite cd album away, because brothers said it was demonic. "Bon Jovi - Keep the faith."

Some brothers tried to guilt me in throwing my "Queen" albums away. The reason: Freddie Mercury is homosexual. They didn't succeed as I loved it too much.

Lol