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    Thread: Ask a Former Jehovah's Witness
Post: RE: Ask a Former Jehovah's Witness

(June 23, 2019 at 6:39 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: (I have a ton of questions by the way. I'll try not to become tiresome.) What is the deal with the "Jesus crucified on a stake" thing? I mean, who ca...
Athena Ask a ... 11 2589 June 23, 2019 at 7:35 pm
    Thread: Ask a Former Jehovah's Witness
Post: RE: Ask a Former Jehovah's Witness

(June 23, 2019 at 3:41 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Can you say anything concerning the devaluation/distrust of higher education among JWs? Yeah. They say that sending your child to college is like send...
Athena Ask a ... 11 2589 June 23, 2019 at 6:19 pm
    Thread: Happy Birthday, LadyForCamus!
Post: RE: Happy Birthday, LadyForCamus!

Happy birthday!
Athena Off Topic 17 1073 June 22, 2019 at 7:14 pm
    Thread: What less than desirable traits promote survival?
Post: RE: What less than desirable traits promote surviv...

(June 22, 2019 at 12:41 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: From an evolutionary standpoint, there can't be any traits which promote survival that can be considered 'less than desirable'. Since the only poi...
Athena Life Sciences 34 3964 June 22, 2019 at 6:40 pm
    Thread: What less than desirable traits promote survival?
Post: RE: What less than desirable traits promote surviv...

Vengefulness. The natural desire for retribution is a deterrent for behavior that we consider wrong. Sure, you can steal, but if you get caught you'll pay. You can murder, but someone will be looking ...
Athena Life Sciences 34 3964 June 22, 2019 at 9:28 am
    Thread: What less than desirable traits promote survival?
Post: RE: What less than desirable traits promote surviv...

(June 21, 2019 at 6:18 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Lack of empathy can allow you to do what needs to be done to survive. I've read the hypothesis that psychopaths aren't broken, they're predators of ou...
Athena Life Sciences 34 3964 June 21, 2019 at 9:18 pm
    Thread: What less than desirable traits promote survival?
Post: RE: What less than desirable traits promote surviv...

(June 21, 2019 at 3:38 pm)no one Wrote: NOTHING! Humans are the kindest, caringest, awesomest, mostest wonderfulest, special creature in the whole entire everything! True. My biggest flaw is that I ...
Athena Life Sciences 34 3964 June 21, 2019 at 3:52 pm
    Thread: What less than desirable traits promote survival?
Post: What less than desirable traits promote survival?

Talking specifically about humans, what traits have survived despite being frowned upon? I'm convinced my ancestors found every excuse to get out of battle. They had the sniffles and were convinced it...
Athena Life Sciences 34 3964 June 21, 2019 at 3:06 pm
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 19, 2019 at 12:46 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Any other more positive motivators? They promised eternal life in paradise. Perfect body, perfect, mind, and getting to learn whatever you want. But they ...
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 20, 2019 at 3:44 pm
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 19, 2019 at 10:21 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: What kept you in? Delusion. Sunk cost fallacy. That and my family was in. I could lose them through shunning.
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 19, 2019 at 11:53 am
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 18, 2019 at 8:11 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: Wow, that's intense! What started turning you the other way? I like science. So, that's a problem. But also, every week during the watchtower study there wa...
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 18, 2019 at 8:30 pm
    Thread: Ask a Former Jehovah's Witness
Post: RE: Ask a Former Jehovah's Witness

(June 18, 2019 at 5:21 pm)Figbash Wrote: Have you seen Truth be Told? That was eyeopening for me (someone who previously thought it was just a religion, and not a cult). I have a question for you ...
Athena Ask a ... 11 2589 June 18, 2019 at 8:11 pm
    Thread: Ask a Former Jehovah's Witness
Post: Ask a Former Jehovah's Witness

The key things that exjws tend to resent most about the cult are their shunning policies, their handling of child sexual abuse, and their policies on blood transfusions.  Shunning:  If you leave bec...
Athena Ask a ... 11 2589 June 18, 2019 at 4:34 pm
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 18, 2019 at 9:47 am)wyzas Wrote: So he left also? I hadn't picked up on that until now. Sounds like things are going to be tough for awhile. Yeah. We quit at the same time. Up until we quit, I...
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 18, 2019 at 9:56 am
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 17, 2019 at 8:20 pm)wyzas Wrote: OK, we heard the best, how about the worst? I've been married for 21 years to a man with whom I only had one thing in common: religion. Now that we don't pract...
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 18, 2019 at 8:24 am
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 17, 2019 at 11:07 am)wyzas Wrote: @Athena What's the best thing that you've experienced since your departure? I can write now. I always wanted to be a writer, but I never wanted to have to wr...
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 17, 2019 at 2:49 pm
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 16, 2019 at 11:27 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: (June 15, 2019 at 2:17 pm)Athena Wrote: I left the cult way too late in life. But here I am. I'm done with the first phases of becoming an atheist and se...
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 17, 2019 at 10:18 am
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 15, 2019 at 10:24 pm)wyzas Wrote: Was there ever an urge to convert to mormon? (knock, knock)  :hilarious: At least if I was mormon I wouldn't have had to preach because I'm female. If I did h...
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 16, 2019 at 12:46 am
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 15, 2019 at 5:18 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: (June 15, 2019 at 4:16 pm)Athena Wrote: My parents were inactive JWs. I was heavily indoctrinated by my mother, even listening to the tapes of the horr...
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 15, 2019 at 5:28 pm
    Thread: Former JW
Post: RE: Former JW

(June 15, 2019 at 3:24 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Welcome. I love your name/avatar. Thanks :)
Athena Introductions 41 3262 June 15, 2019 at 4:43 pm