willyloman
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Romney and Cognitive Dissonance
by willyloman inhas anyone else who's following the presidential campaign noticed that mitt romney shows classic signs of a behavior common among members of high-control religions, one we as former dubs recognize, a condition known as cognitive dissonance?.
it would explain his inability to "connect" with people.
his stilted phrasing in many of his speeches and comments.
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Shouldn't we create a mock JC to DF Max Larson, other WT icons after they die?
by willyloman init might be interesting to solicit evidence and hold a mock judicial committee each time one of these wt icons dies.. there must be enough eye witness material to df each and everyone posthumously for something -- apostasy, lack of humility, anger, and all the other forms of unchristian behavior listed in the elder's manual, to say nothing of their role in the death of countless dubs who needlessly refused a blood transfusion or went to prison over some false wt doctrine.. in fact, it might be easier to package their cumulative offenses into that handy wt catchphrase, "loose conduct," would would cover a multitude of sins.
there appears to be no shortage of "scriptural grounds" for judicial action.
they'd be notified of the jc's decision by a letter to the wtbts.. it'd be the world's first online judicial committee..
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10,000 Pages of Life Saving Information
by willyloman inwell, ok, maybe half of it is fluff, but still..... just noticed that we rolled past the 10,000-page mark on jwn.
what a remarkable achievement this forum is, started by simon and ang and supported by the various mods and the thousands of people who have posted their experiences and shared their wisdom since it all began nearly 10 years ago.
i can trace my successful exit directly to this site and the sage advice i received and applied.. the wts claims to be doing a "life-saving work.
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Some thoughts on why people become JWs
by willyloman inpeople become jws for a variety of reasons.
i just read an interesting passage in a novel that i think applies to many of us to some way.
the main character in the book is a retired military policeman.
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The futility of political debate on an ex-JW forum
by willyloman inthis is a forum for fomer jehovah's witnesses.
that is a cult that drills into its members the concept that the political process is evil, delusional, selfish, greedy, and satanic.
it's fascinating to hear so many political naifs express themselves with such certainty and fervor.
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Healing Advice to Jaycee Also Applies to Ex-Dubs
by willyloman inshawn hornbeck, who was also kidnapped at age 11, offers some advice to jaycee lee dugard in this week's people magazine about how to heal from the trauma of her ordeal.. reading it, i was struck by the fact that this is exactly the advice many of us need to hear when we exit the jw cult.. see what you think:.
how jaycee can heal:.
"i realize this sounds like i'm stating the obvious, but you have to move on.
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by willyloman inshawn hornbeck, who was also kidnapped at age 11, offers some advice to jaycee lee dugard in this week's people magazine about how to heal from the trauma of her ordeal.. reading it, i was struck by the fact that this is exactly the advice many of us need to hear when we exit the jw cult.. see what you think:.
how jaycee can heal:.
"i realize this sounds like i'm stating the obvious, but you have to move on.
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Anyone have experience negotiating cost of flight change with airline?
by willyloman ini called united airlines to see if we could change a return flight i previously booked for this summer.
they want $430 to move our departure to the next day!
that's more than i paid for each multi-city ticket covering 5 different cities!
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An old dub 'friend' writes to ask 'What Happened?'
by willyloman ini got an email from an old friend from my jw days.. our families were close for several years before they moved to another state.
afterwards we kept in touch by phone and visited each others homes a few times.
before we left dubdom in 2003, we had seen them just once in several years.
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Big Oil, Big Money: One more reason the election is over
by willyloman inif the election wasn't already over, it is now.
the middle class americans (and i'm one of them) have lost billions in home and stock equity in recent months, this, from cnn's website this morning, should put the final nail in the gop coffin:.
exxon mobil breaks profit record, earns $14.8 billionexxon mobil corp. set a quarterly profit record for a u.s. company today, surging past analyst estimates, cnnmoney.com reports.
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