Posts by thedepressedsoul

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Caleb & Sophia video Getting Big Coverage

by freemindfade in

wow, i am kind of surprised the amount of attention this appalling video is getting from the media.

not surprised because it is appalling but that something that i grew up with was encapsulated in a cartoon and is exposing the witnesses publicly for mind control.. www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jehovah-witnesses-video-slammed-threats-kids-article-1.2116873.

thedepressedsoul

That's the risk they're taking with JW.org and JW Broadcasting.

While they try to downplay everything on JW.org things like this will always slip through that shows their true colors.

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Are we going to see a mass awakening?

by kairos in

jw
friends

the internet is the archive for civilization.. watchtower cannot hide it's history.. are we seeing the beginning of a mass exodus out of her?.

thedepressedsoul

I don't think we'll see a mass awakening but I think as time goes on they will bleed out slowly. They will never be 100% gone, almost any organization never goes away 100%, there is always a foundation of members that support it.

I think as time goes on, more things come to light along with the internet we will see memberships dry up. They will start to get creative in how they count their members to show growth which I think they have already been doing with the 15 minutes and going by "peak" instead of what it actually is. They may hover around this number, slowly growing until they peak and have a steady decline where they eventually bottom out at a certain number that they will stay at.

One thing for sure is that the huge growth they once experienced will most likely never happen again.

Unless big changes come, only way I see this not happening.

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PBS program

by wannaexit in

jw
friends

watching the pbs program as i write...........

thedepressedsoul

Change is in the air.

https://www.change.org/p/launch-an-investigation-to-determine-if-jehovah-s-witnesses-have-a-right-to-use-coercion-forms-of-mental-torture-to-force-its-members-not-to-leave

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Change.org petition - JW

by thedepressedsoul in

not sure if anyone saw this but i just came across a change.org petition that already has a good amount of followers.. just thought i'd share!

not sure if anyone else has seen it.

https://www.change.org/p/launch-an-investigation-to-determine-if-jehovah-s-witnesses-have-a-right-to-use-coercion-forms-of-mental-torture-to-force-its-members-not-to-leave.

thedepressedsoul

Not sure if anyone saw this but I just came across a change.org petition that already has a good amount of followers.

Just thought I'd share! Not sure if anyone else has seen it.

https://www.change.org/p/launch-an-investigation-to-determine-if-jehovah-s-witnesses-have-a-right-to-use-coercion-forms-of-mental-torture-to-force-its-members-not-to-leave

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Prank call to Governing Body member Anthony Morris III gets through

by Watchtower-Free in

alert..............alert.....breaking news .......... john cedars of jwsurvey has pranked called governing body member anthony morris iii at bethel .

over 2 minutes of pranking .

as i type he is editing the recording into a video .

thedepressedsoul

Trust me, the GB know to hang up once they are asked questions as mentioned Jonathan. They know a person would be recording it if they went through the trouble to ask them the questions.

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Prank call to Governing Body member Anthony Morris III gets through

by Watchtower-Free in

alert..............alert.....breaking news .......... john cedars of jwsurvey has pranked called governing body member anthony morris iii at bethel .

over 2 minutes of pranking .

as i type he is editing the recording into a video .

thedepressedsoul

I'll tell you what, you guys get a contact, figure out how to get in touch with him and you can bring up all your scripted points.

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Prank call to Governing Body member Anthony Morris III gets through

by Watchtower-Free in

alert..............alert.....breaking news .......... john cedars of jwsurvey has pranked called governing body member anthony morris iii at bethel .

over 2 minutes of pranking .

as i type he is editing the recording into a video .

thedepressedsoul

I like how Anthony Morris tried to gather as much information as possible. Man, location, area calling from etc...

You can totally see his old elder/CO side coming out ready to form a JC immediately.

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Prank call to Governing Body member Anthony Morris III gets through

by Watchtower-Free in

alert..............alert.....breaking news .......... john cedars of jwsurvey has pranked called governing body member anthony morris iii at bethel .

over 2 minutes of pranking .

as i type he is editing the recording into a video .

thedepressedsoul

I am reading a lot of beating on Cedars for this and here are my thoughts in his defense:

1. He did not think he would actually, ever get through. I mean common, if you called Bethel asking to speak to a GB member, even if you were told a possible work around, did you ever think you would get through?

a. Because of point one I doubt he had much to prepared because he doubted it would ever happen.

2. I think he was nervous and taken off guard that he actually picked up. I don't care what you believe, if you speak to anyone in a higher position you're going to be taken off guard and your nerves shaken.

Yes he could have asked better questions and raised bigger issue but again he never expected anyone to actually pick up.

I thought it was funny as anything! He pranked a GB member! How cool is that?

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GB need to go back into hiding like they use to be.

by thedepressedsoul in

the broadcasting, annual meetings, wt articles, talks etc... that show these gb members upfront are killing them!

they are not only making a complete fool of themselves but they expect us to sit and watch them, listen to them and then believe they are the direct communication with jehovah!?!.

i can't tell you how many comments i've heard from "spiritual" people that i thought i'd never hear them say, not in a good way!

thedepressedsoul

The broadcasting, annual meetings, WT articles, talks etc... that show these GB members upfront are killing them! They are not only making a complete fool of themselves but they expect us to sit and watch them, listen to them and then believe they are the direct communication with Jehovah!?!

I can't tell you how many comments I've heard from "spiritual" people that I thought I'd never hear them say, not in a good way! The comments after the annual meeting left a lot of people in shock. It gave a family member of mine huge doubts that I think they're still struggling with now. The broadcasting is making them see like a joke.

This is honestly 100% like the Wizard of Oz where everyone thought the guy was great until the current was taken away! People honestly believed 100% more when they didn't know much about the GB, when they were mysterious and thought that they were being talked to directly by god. Now with the current gone that magic is taken away and people are seeing what they really are. A group of men with no education making it up as they go.

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Thankyou tv.jw! you are helping my wife wake up!

by stuckinarut2 in

i have to thank tv.jw!!!

(im not putting the complete link, but you know what i mean).

after showing my wife the 'trolley song' as we now call it, she was rolling on the floor in embarrassment and shock.. she shook her head, and was clearly troubled by what we watched.. little by little, the org is actually helping more to wake up!

thedepressedsoul

So I just watch it, I laughed a little at the beginning but then I just started to feel really awkward... Like really awkward.

I never want to hear another JW say that people don't take them seriously or anything close to that! I'd be mortified to show someone this video and say I belong to this group!

Is someone on the inside trolling them? I feel very weird and insecure after watching that...