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  JW Broadcasting—November 2015

  by wifibandit in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i09wzqof4zi.

  ha!

  that is supposed to make people go back?!

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  sparrowdown

  This little sheep ain't lost, she escaped her captors.

  There isn't any amount of bs broadcasting spin that will erase the pain of being in that hateful cult, nor make me want to go back for more.
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  So this Cute Chick at the KH ...

  by brandnew in

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  thought she was gonna take a pic of me on the sneak.

  im df'd...been df'd for over 19 years already.

  so she probably would have gotten away with it without anyone knowing.....except that her flash was on.

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  sparrowdown

  BN - can you at least tell us what you like, so we can see what all the fuss is about.

  Also - why on earth is a sister calling the home of a brother and enquiring after him through his dfed son ?

  This is weird even by dub standards of weird.
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  WT is a human rights violator according to the definition of state.gov and USA law - time for us to start putting pressure in lawmakers!

  by EndofMysteries in

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  religious freedom taken from http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm#wrapper.

  quotingdirectly from the article...."it is the responsibility of governments to safeguard universal human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to life and the freedom of conscience, belief, practice, worship, and to explain and change ones faith.........people cannot enjoy religious freedom unless they have both the right to express their beliefs freely and change their religion without facing persecution, violence, or discrimination.... (ask yourself if the wt article i'm quoting next is allowing the freedom to change religion without discrimination and persecution.

  so with that being said.....is the wt protecting religious freedom?

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  sparrowdown

  True, hybridous, there is always that great persuader- filthy luca.

  We need the biggest, baddest, richest lobby group in the land.

  Hmm, I think that group is busy.
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  How to handle invites to dinner after Sunday meeting?

  by FadeToBlack in

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  2. friends

  i have not been to a meeting for over a year.

  yesterday, when my wife returned from the 1 day assembly, i got an invite for dinner next sunday.

  i said i would think about it, to be honest, as nice as the people are, it would just be boring listening to their comments about everything jw.

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  Go with your gut, no matter how "nice" the "friends" are, they are still indoctrinated, so you won't be free to relax and be yourself.

  But, don't go out of obligation, I'm assuming you don't owe them anything.
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  WT is a human rights violator according to the definition of state.gov and USA law - time for us to start putting pressure in lawmakers!

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  religious freedom taken from http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm#wrapper.

  quotingdirectly from the article...."it is the responsibility of governments to safeguard universal human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to life and the freedom of conscience, belief, practice, worship, and to explain and change ones faith.........people cannot enjoy religious freedom unless they have both the right to express their beliefs freely and change their religion without facing persecution, violence, or discrimination.... (ask yourself if the wt article i'm quoting next is allowing the freedom to change religion without discrimination and persecution.

  so with that being said.....is the wt protecting religious freedom?

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  sparrowdown

  The only reason Governments or politicians would care is if votes were involved and JWs don't vote.

  Or the people who do vote, and care about the issue, were sufficient in number to affect votes
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  Honestly, Do You Still Act or Think Like a JW?

  by minimus in

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  or do traces or attitudes still rear its ugly head of your past involvement with the witnesses?

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  sparrowdown

  I think it's easy to recognize and root out the obvious JWisms in our behaviors. But there are automatic, knee-jerk thoughts, feelings and reactions that are related to our indoctrination that we may not recognize in ourselves.

  I find post-cult defensiveness and taking myself too seriously, is a cult hangover I have to constantly pull myself up on.
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  evolution

  by piledriver in

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  can enyone explane why someone who's dissfelowshipt said they now belve in evolution has anyone heard this explane please

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  sparrowdown

  I think being disfellowshipped causes many to question their beliefs and examine the facts for the first time in their lives.
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  AGM 2015: "New Light"

  by Londo111 in

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  i could only manage to watch the part of the antitypical babylonian exile not being from 1914-1919, but from some time in the second century to 1919..

  for the interest on keeping tabs what family and former friends are being taught...what other new light was given?

  specifically, what is the new light in regard the mark?.

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  sparrowdown

  Dropping 1914? Possible, entirely possible. But Lett did reiterate 607 in that talk.
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  AGM 2015: "New Light"

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i could only manage to watch the part of the antitypical babylonian exile not being from 1914-1919, but from some time in the second century to 1919..

  for the interest on keeping tabs what family and former friends are being taught...what other new light was given?

  specifically, what is the new light in regard the mark?.

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  sparrowdown

  Tenacious- I was thinking more along the lines of future adjusments like, claiming current WT woes are discipline on the congregations from Jehovah, and blaming the brothers for "tolerating apostates."

  I don't know exactly, I'm just spitballing I spose, and the idea in my head hasn't fully formed yet, but something sounded odd about the whole thing.
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  AGM 2015: "New Light"

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i could only manage to watch the part of the antitypical babylonian exile not being from 1914-1919, but from some time in the second century to 1919..

  for the interest on keeping tabs what family and former friends are being taught...what other new light was given?

  specifically, what is the new light in regard the mark?.

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  sparrowdown

  With regards to the whole "Baylonian Exile" thing, to me it sounded supsiciously like priming. I have noticed over the years, that they make a point of setting up some tenuous Bible precedent in answer to a question no one was asking in the lead up to a more major adjustment and prior to actual announcement -( sorry if that's hard to follow.)

  Which caused me to wonder what adjustment or announcement was coming in the future that depends upon this "adjustment."