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  Make the Truth Your Own

  by neat blue dog in

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  this is something that hit me just relatively recently.. the phrase "make the truth your own" is a very famous catch phrase in jw culture.

  it was a pet philosophy of daniel sydlik and has been used and is used in talks, literature and song.

  every witness knows this trope.

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  Yes, there are a few phrases and beliefs of JWs that are just not in the Bible but witnesses will swear blind are.

  I have seen several "street anti-witnessing" videos now where the JW was trying to find scriptures that claimed these myths. In one the very rude arrogant young witness woman was trying to find "the" scripture that "ponts to the year 1914" lol. Another one where the flummoxed witnesses were trying to find the scripture that they claimed said only that only the 144000 ate the bread and drunk the wine at the last supper and others were invited to watch! Again a scripture that doesn't exist! Try finding the one that supports Jesus choosing the Bible students in 1919 - coz you can't!

  There are many more examples of this. Not a good look for a theocratic education.

  More like IDIOCRACY than Theocracy or maybe they're the same thing?
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  Power conceded nothing without a demand.

  by poopie in

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  douglas.

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  Abba dabba do
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  Demon dog

  by lastmanstanding in

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  look at the picture for yesterday's watchtower study.

  see the good jw folks sitting around the campfire..... zoooom in on that campfire.

  have a good look..

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  Maybe it's scooby do, but whatever "it" is it's the strangest looking fire I've ever seen even taking into account bad art.

  And yeah the Schlong book was real I have the book, it's a schlong all right.
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  New Store called Best Life Gifts

  by Franklin30 in

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  i noticed a recent post where it was suggested the store was taken over by hostile means!.

  the person who posted it pretended to have knowledge of why the store changed names but clearly was operating with an agenda!

  one filled with lies, misinformation and deceit!.

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  Ministry Ideaz was a business barnicle feeding on the backside of a religion that causes misery and so is Best Life (God, talk about false advertising!) "Gifts."

  In other news...
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  If you're expecting a mass exodus anytime soon, FORGET ABOUT IT!

  by nowwhat? in

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  i have to make a token appearance at the k.h.

  once a month or so and this week went to a different hall.

  and believe me they are all still totally oblivious to all the negative news about the pedophiles and shunning that have come under scrutiny by the media and other governments.

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  Without all the info on WT''s activities and business plans all we can do is take a stab based on what's public and/or can be observed.

  Mass exodus as in the majority of the congregation upping and walking in one fell swoop I doubt it. A slow dribble is more likely but a tipping point will be reached eventually if they did absolutely nothing. They are in the process of changing to a religion of movie producers and JWTV so I'll see where that goes before I cry "ding dong the bitch is dead."

  But, where are you up to on this thread, from what I see SBF is now actually providing a community service of fact assembly and deployment - I'm impressed, very creative way of announcing your opinion on available selected facts.

  I really feel that what you see is definitely not all there is with WTBTS so I'll continue to watch this space.
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  Lloyd Evans' New Book - Is It Really Necessary?

  by pale.emperor in

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  so lloyd evans will shortly be releasing his new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

  i do enjoy his rebuttals and the stuff he manages to get hold of and leak.

  but i'm struggling to understand what he could possibly write to merit a whole book.. all info on how to leave is right here on this forum.

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  Necessary? If you wanna run with the big dogs of activism and atheism then it helps to have a few books under your belt in leiu of actual qualifications that is.

  The next one will be something like The Reluctant Athiest or The Reluctant Apostate Heads West.
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  If you're expecting a mass exodus anytime soon, FORGET ABOUT IT!

  by nowwhat? in

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  i have to make a token appearance at the k.h.

  once a month or so and this week went to a different hall.

  and believe me they are all still totally oblivious to all the negative news about the pedophiles and shunning that have come under scrutiny by the media and other governments.

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  R they all the measured and considered threads discussing the borg's near future, as we speak, imminent, collapse, crumble, bust and demise, Morpheus?

  Wow there are that many huh.
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  Is porn really such a big problem in the wt?

  by purrpurr in

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  in the most recent circuit assembly there was a lot about porn and warning against porn.

  even warning against looking at swim wear adverts!

  so i was wondering, is porn really such an issue in the wt?.

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  I'm going to be more cynical and say that they know full well that if they tell people not to think about a pink elephant or a pink elephant in a g-string pole dancing that's exactly what people's brains will do. Which of course induces more guilt and shame which in turn ratchets up the fear of becoming toast at the big A or at least being thrown in the bin like a contaminated garlic bread and so the cycle of contol continues.
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  Special Talk

  by EmptyInside in

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  anyone listen to the "special" talk today?

  i guess it was given by one of the governing body members and shown at all the halls.

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  Terry Obrien was just lying for his bosses like they all were. Jackson lied his arse off too remember. In fact in every court appearance by a WT representative that representative has denied, obfuscated, deflected and when that failed outright lied through their teeth.
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  If the Disfelowshupp /Shunning araingment is so loveing

  by poopie in

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  why out of 52 convention outlines it's not mentioned 1 time?.

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  Because shhh they don't like to talk about it.