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    Thread: Ask a Cult Survivor
Post: RE: Ask a Cult Survivor

Sorry for the delay. Ok, so... Actually, I'm inclined to believe my cult experience kept me involved in religion longer than I otherwise would have been. Growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, I never q...
TwoCultSurvivor Ask a ... 14 2912 November 12, 2018 at 5:43 pm
    Thread: Ask a Cult Survivor
Post: RE: Ask a Cult Survivor

Ok then.
TwoCultSurvivor Ask a ... 14 2912 November 5, 2018 at 5:29 pm
    Thread: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis
Post: RE: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis

Moronic? Actually, you DID say Court of Law, and you grew up in Florida, where I currently live. It would be absurd to to think you were talking about a court system from a completely different count...
TwoCultSurvivor Christianity 614 68157 November 5, 2018 at 5:26 pm
    Thread: Subjective Morality?
Post: RE: Subjective Morality?

(October 15, 2018 at 11:40 am)mfigurski80 Wrote: Hey all, New user here, I thought this to be a good resource for a layman's morality question: Whats the deal with Subjective Morality? I know sub...
TwoCultSurvivor Philosophy 450 36634 November 2, 2018 at 3:04 pm
    Thread: Hillary Clinton - They ( black men) All look alike.
Post: RE: Hillary Clinton - They ( black men) All look a...

(November 1, 2018 at 7:59 am)onlinebiker Wrote: No shit. She gets a pass on this racist shit?? https://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-...ke-2018-10 Why? Hillary was mocking someone else who co...
TwoCultSurvivor News & Current Affairs 69 7513 November 2, 2018 at 2:56 pm
    Thread: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis
Post: RE: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis

(November 1, 2018 at 10:38 am)Grandizer Wrote: And now we get to this guy: [Image: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5B...00_AL_.jpg] We saw some interesting accounts on Adam, Noah, and some o...
TwoCultSurvivor Christianity 614 68157 November 2, 2018 at 2:39 pm
    Thread: Meaning behind your username 2.0
Post: RE: Meaning behind your username 2.0

Thank you for your service, Fireball. I was not born in time for Vietnam. I could have served in Gulf War I, but my emotional attachment to Jehovah's Witnesses prevented me from enlisting. I was a co...
TwoCultSurvivor Introductions 84 5318 November 2, 2018 at 2:28 pm
    Thread: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis
Post: RE: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis

(November 1, 2018 at 10:21 am)Drich Wrote: (October 30, 2018 at 1:46 pm)TwoCultSurvivor Wrote: I work in courts all the time. I cover them for a major metropolitan newspaper. From a court of law p...
TwoCultSurvivor Christianity 614 68157 November 2, 2018 at 2:19 pm
    Thread: Ask a Cult Survivor
Post: RE: Ask a Cult Survivor

I have birthday parties. My kids have birthday parties. We participate in Halloween festivities and we exchange gifts on Christmas. Did I ever feel strange trying to convert people? Not at all. I gen...
TwoCultSurvivor Ask a ... 14 2912 October 31, 2018 at 3:55 pm
    Thread: Ask a Cult Survivor
Post: RE: Ask a Cult Survivor

In my teenage years I was not a Jehovah's Witness, but I was still sympathetic to them. I had two birthday parties in my teens. The first was not a big deal: it was a surprise party, so not like I col...
TwoCultSurvivor Ask a ... 14 2912 October 30, 2018 at 4:38 pm
    Thread: Ask a Cult Survivor
Post: RE: Ask a Cult Survivor

In fairness, I'm going to answer why I got out of the SECOND one, because the first is boring and doesn't explain why I got into the second. I was born into a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. My parent...
TwoCultSurvivor Ask a ... 14 2912 October 30, 2018 at 3:47 pm
    Thread: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis
Post: RE: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis

I did not realize theists were welcome on this site. Not that I'm complaining. I just didn't know the ground rules. Thanks for being here and being willing to "dialogue," if that's the right word fo...
TwoCultSurvivor Christianity 614 68157 October 30, 2018 at 3:37 pm
    Thread: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis
Post: RE: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis

I work in courts all the time. I cover them for a major metropolitan newspaper. From a court of law perspective, no, you cannot prove that Jesus existed as a figure in history. Certainly not "beyond ...
TwoCultSurvivor Christianity 614 68157 October 30, 2018 at 1:46 pm
    Thread: Meaning behind your username 2.0
Post: RE: Meaning behind your username 2.0

Mine is just random.
TwoCultSurvivor Introductions 84 5318 October 30, 2018 at 11:00 am
    Thread: Ask a Cult Survivor
Post: Ask a Cult Survivor

Or in my case, a survivor of Two Cults. What would you like to know about Jehovah's Witnesses? What would you like to know about The Way International? About joining a cult? About leaving? About "...
TwoCultSurvivor Ask a ... 14 2912 October 30, 2018 at 10:39 am
    Thread: Confessions of a two-cult survivor
Post: RE: Confessions of a two-cult survivor

We joke around about what it means to be in a cult as opposed to a religion, but there are differences. Cults are MUCH more isolating, in ways you may not recognize at first. They are VERY into ident...
TwoCultSurvivor Introductions 22 2907 October 30, 2018 at 10:31 am
    Thread: Confessions of a two-cult survivor
Post: RE: Confessions of a two-cult survivor

(October 4, 2018 at 5:41 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Welcome, TwoCults! I don't know if you wanna give Scientology a whirl, but you know the saying: "third time's the charm." I'm gonna pass on that. ...
TwoCultSurvivor Introductions 22 2907 October 29, 2018 at 4:08 pm
    Thread: Confessions of a two-cult survivor
Post: RE: Confessions of a two-cult survivor

(September 27, 2018 at 7:38 pm)wyzas Wrote: Welcome Woof! Never heard of "The Way". Got some reading to do unless you can give me the skinny. Glad you not one of those GD fence sitters. Not entire...
TwoCultSurvivor Introductions 22 2907 October 4, 2018 at 4:36 pm
    Thread: Confessions of a two-cult survivor
Post: RE: Confessions of a two-cult survivor

Here's another way to differentiate between agnostic and atheist: When it comes to YOUR god, I'm atheist. Your God is make believe. I cannot say the same for every single God that's been posited beca...
TwoCultSurvivor Introductions 22 2907 September 27, 2018 at 5:21 pm
    Thread: Confessions of a two-cult survivor
Post: RE: Confessions of a two-cult survivor

(September 27, 2018 at 4:09 pm)Sal Wrote: Hello. Only difference between a cult and a religion is the number of adherents. Amen! I mean, damn straight. The best one I heard: In a cult, there's a g...
TwoCultSurvivor Introductions 22 2907 September 27, 2018 at 4:58 pm