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  Newspaper is interested in interviewing me!!!

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a friend and client and former politician just called me.

  he knows people in the media and had offered a few months back to see if anyone would be interested in doing a story on what i'm doing through my podcasts this jw life" and "shunned".

  of course i was excited but things take time and you never know if they'll pan out.

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  Good one, hope it pans out.
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  What is this "religion"?

  by Kom 197 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for a long time, i was convinced jehovah witnesses were just people preaching the word of god in a different way than other christians.

  i was shown the real truth over the past few months.

  i've been friends with this guy for over 5 years.

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  If he has demonstrated he will not stand up for himself or those who are his true friends is a sign you may always have to take a backseat to this religion - a religion that doesn't give a crap about him or you! If you decide to hang around after this happens too many times it kinda gives him permission to treat you like this.

  JWs will treat non-JW people like disposable dirt if you let them. You will need to protect yourself when it comes to this religion if he won't say no to it.
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  Will the Watchtower Company in the near future start asking for a tithe?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it appears that the borg has some financial issues and i would think they are related to the hush money being paid out for the child molestation lawsuits to protect the guilty cult members and the fine untarnished reputation of the jdubs.. we have seen how much the borg refers to the hebrew scriptures for their guiding principles whenever it suits the borg's needs.

  tithing certainly is laced throughout the old testament.

  under the mosaic law, there were three tithes.

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  sparrowdown

  Of course they will.

  One thing is for sure it will NOT be called a tithe.

  It will be the new Theocratic Praise Jah With Regularity Automatic Debit Program or some such Borgelian double speak. Accompanied by a video on the website called "We do not 'tithe'."
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  Quick and vague Memorial invitations

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this morning my doorbell rang.

  i opened the door thinking it was a package delivery person or local politicians thanking my community for voting in yesterday's election.

  there was a middle aged man standing by himself.

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  I remember memorial campaigns where you were i stucted to pretty much handed it over and said "here's your invitation, hope to see you there, bye now" but, that pretty much sums up all their "campaigns" now and the cart work "quick and vague" and "if you have more questions go to the website."

  Seems like the GB figure that as far as recruiting is concerned "you say it best when you say nothing at all."
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  If the Watchtower corporation went bust

  by Fred Franztone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what do you think would happen to jehovah's witnesses as a religion and as a people?.

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  Were there mass suicides in Russia after the ban? The sky hasn't fallen just yet. Why waste mental and emotional energy catastrophizing over something that is not happening and may not ever happen.
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  If the Watchtower corporation went bust

  by Fred Franztone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what do you think would happen to jehovah's witnesses as a religion and as a people?.

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  sparrowdown

  They're not going bust.

  Or in the words of Arnold "It's not a toomer."
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  The increase in the Anointed Ones

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to illustrate how the botchtower's groupies are losing brain cells...last year an elder told me some of the increase in the anointed is due to those who have been unfaithful and needed to be replaced.

  when i was in first grade i knew that if i had 10 marbles and i lost one and a friend gave me a marble to replace the one i lost that i once again had 10 not 11 marbles.. jdubs are very good at not thinking..

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  I understood this was always the reason given to explain away some "other sheep" suddenly start partaking.

  That there are annointed that become unfaithful. Seems like Jehovah is getting carried away speeding up the replacement annointed work.
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  If the Watchtower corporation went bust

  by Fred Franztone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what do you think would happen to jehovah's witnesses as a religion and as a people?.

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  What would "bust" look like anyway?

  They would be just fine, they would have a "bust" contingency plan.
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  Clearly, undeniably, without doubt ... is there a term for introducing a thought in such a way.

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower article often introduce a point that has no merit with words such a "undeniably.".

  for instance the watchtower 2014 august 15 page 10 says:.

  "jehovah undeniably blesses the preaching work of christian women and supports them in times of trial.

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  These words are popular with advertising companies as well.

  Politicians love them also.

  The media like to imbibe occasionally but, fake news and gossip rags even more so.

  Conmen and scammers love them.

  Tele marketers think these words are great.

  These words are used in clickbait sites all the time.

  Hmm, I'm detecting a pattern here. 🤔
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  Sunday's Watchtower Study March 18... Another Money Appeal

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  january 2018 issue "why give to the one who has everything?

  an unashamed contribution appeal... this one with the most manipulative language i can imagine... it may have been commented on before, but i am going to anyway.. p5 quote.

  "would you not agree that jehovah is worthy of all the glory and honor that we can give him by offering the best that we have?

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  I do like the thought of them squirming uncomfortably because the "the money of the greater number is cooling off" and their "money waters are drying up" but, it is strange that if they are in such desperate need for money they would not put a bit more effort into customer satisfaction and figuring out why people leave or stop donating - but they don't seem to care at all about the lost donations from lost sheep. So could they really be that hard up if they're still not willing to care about that to actually do more?

  Like doing more to prevent unhappy, disatisfied customers/members leaving in the first place by finding out why they are leaving and making genuine efforts to make the congregation experience a more positive one - but they don't.

  Making more of a genuine effort to woo back lapsed members. There is sooooo much more they could do without resorting to what amounts to religious bullying, threats and emotional blackmail to woo back the old customer base - but they don't.

  The so-called "witnessing" recruiting that gets done now is pathetic, yeilding pathetic results and yet that doesn't appear to bother them either. Not exactly the attitude of an org in dire straights.