I awakened on my own. I stumbled on a scientific presentation that addressed the problem of science denial, and dealt with the problem of evolution denial, especially. That contradicted what I was told by the WT literature, i.e. that evolution is a "theory in crisis" and "not accepted by everyone". I came in front of the fact that evolution is a completely proven theory, opposed only on religious grounds. I examined the facts myself, I cross-referenced them with the hilarious claims of the Creation book, thus coming to the conclusion that a) Evolution is true, and b) WTS is deliberately LYING when refering to evolution, knowingly using huge fallacies and falsehoods to support their theology.
Posts by Syme
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65Did you AWAKEN from the JWs by yourself?
by cultBgone ini was thinking about how so many posters here on jwn are frustrated and frantic to help their loved ones get away from the brainwashing of jws, and how much advice is given about how to help family members and loved ones.
i considered my own leaving and that it was internal turmoil based on the teachings getting weirder and child abuse issues, to name just a few, and it made me wonder:.
did you self-awaken or were you assisted by the gentle proddings of a friend or family member?
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At This Point In Time Would You Ever Subject Yourself To A Judicial Committee?
by minimus ini certainly wouldn't.
and if the elders wanted to have a meeting with me, i would respectfully decline.
if the elders wanted to deal with you, would you talk with them?.
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Syme
Nope. No way :)
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My Wife Takes the "Spiritual Belief System" Quiz
by breakfast of champions inso i asked my wife to take the "spiritual belief system" quiz online.
now, this is not claiming to be a scientifically accurate system to determine your religious affiliation, but i thought it would be an interesting exercise.. for those who haven't seen it, the questionnaire is here:.
http://www.selectsmart.com/religion/.
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Syme
Yeah, it's accurate all right. I put in the answers that would have represented me a few years back (when I was a believer) and it yielded 100% JW.
Of course, had I put my current non-beliefs it would surely yield 100% secular/atheist...
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I Waited Until My Wedding Night To Lose My Virginity And I Wish I Hadn't...
by Divergent ini found this article interesting & just wanted to share.
after going through my teenage years trying to be the perfect jw, i realized that trying to live up to the standards imposed on me have been for worse & not for better.
i was feeling miserable, repressed, unfulfilled, with a great lack of self confidence & self esteem.
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Syme
"An unhealthy mixture of pride, fear, and guilt"
THAT phrase sums up the entire life of a JW.
Excellent article.
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This is Really Getting Scary!!! PLEASE LOOK!!
by NoMoreHustle instupid me does not know how to copy paste pics from instagram site.
nmh.
http://instagram.com/p/vbu5_xhiam/.
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Syme
Man, I'm gonna puke.
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If you have been inactive for over a year can you get disfellowshipped?
by cognac ini've read conflicting things so was hoping to get this clarified.. .
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Syme
One year of inactivity is too little. You can still be DF'ed, if a JC offense exists and is proved, just like any active jw.
The only exception that I remember from the elders handbook is this: if one is inactive for MANY years (i.e. more than 10) and if he lives in ANOTHER area, different from the one he used to be active, and NO-ONE in that new area identifies/knows him as a JW, only then a JC wouldn't need to be formed, because that person would be the same as a worldly person anymore.
But, one year of inactivity? In the same area? In an area where you are known by the neighbours as a witness (regardless of standing)? JC forming is almost certain, provided of course that you commited a DF offense.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are the only people who don't practice war and who preach worldwide!
by EndofMysteries inthis is what somebody has been telling me, trying to convince me aside from anything one can say or cause reason for doubt, as the evidence that they are the true religion and true people of god.
they are convinced because while 'all other' christian and other religions support war, troops, etc, jw's don't and they are the only one's who carry god's name and preach.
nothing else matters.
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Syme
JWs don't go to war, not because they are pacifists, but because they consider themselves citizens of "God's government" and thus cannot serve in another government's army. If Jehovah recruited them in His armed forces, be sure they would sign in and take the sword to slain unfaithful ones. Jehovah's Witnesses "of old times" (i.e. Israelites) did just that, when they (so the myth goes) conquered Canaan. Besides, they expect from Jehovah's "government" to bring Armageddon, which is a total war, as total as it can be, and bring the violent death of about 7 billion people worldwide, the 99.9% of the world population. ALL JWs expect that, and almost all are comfortable with that. Is that their idea of "hating war"? Ridiculous claim.
As for the preaching stuff, a load full of Christian denominations do more or less the same thing: Door to door (Mormons), handing leaflets, tracts, brochures (almost all of them), web sites, TV stations, TV net broadcasting, the list is endless (and valueless).
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Just watched a documentary on the Mormon church and I reckon they have got far more scandal and issues with BS doctrins than the witnesses ever did
by joe134cd inmust admit i didn't know a lot about the mormon church, so i decided to spend my saturday night exploring them on you tube.
after having viewed it i reckon the watchtower dosnt even come close to the scandal and total bs that surrounds the mormon church.
this is just 2 examples.
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Syme
Pessimistic note:
Mormons are far more wackier than the JWs, but they are still around; which means that the WTS is not likely to 'go down' any time soon.
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What are the ODDS Jehovah's Witnesses are the ONLY TRUE religion?
by Terry inthe entire organization shoves all its chips into the center of the table on one bet: they are the only mouthpiece of god on earth.. what are the odds to this bet?.
the statistic for christian denominations make jw's 1 out of 41,000 opinions.. a chance of 1 in 41 thousand is a tough bet.. _________________________.
if abc tv broadcasts shark tank and your tv receives mister ed .
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Syme
The odds of JWs being the only true religion is 0 in 1,000,000.
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The following picture depicts every device in the world that's connected to the Internet.
Note that the areas that are significantly online are only the US, Europe and Japan. In other words, areas where the WT preaching has little effect nowadays, and we might add that they are in a phase of stagnation, if not shrinking.
What about the areas that experience the growth, aka South America and Africa? As you can see, they are far from being highly connected to the net.
Even China, in spite of the J-dubs' hopes that the "Website" will reach every Chinese person, we see that the Net usage is not particularly high, compared to the West, let alone the fact that jw.borg is banned there.
So, why all the fuss about the super-duper website that is going to advance the Jw preaching? It is clear from that map, that the GB's expectations from the Website (and the new TV) are a little bit too high. Unless they have another agenda, which they do: it is clear that all this website-hype has one practical (and reachable) goal: to keep the j-dubs in Western countries in the flock, and keep them occupied. There is not going to be any other significant gain from the Internet usage by WTS in the near future.
