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  Where is the Rebel.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who cares?.

  the first time i was in distress with the watchtower, i was fortunate to find this place.

  my ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all i felt at ease, maybe home is a better word.

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  I came for the tough love, and the jokes.
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  My JW Articles

  by Salutaris in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hey there, .

  i have an apologetics website, and i've recently posted three articles on jw doctrine.

  i was wondering if you all could make suggestions to improve them, or for new content.

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  Why are you interested in targeting JWs?

  Also, don't be too flattered by the two witnesses you know "commending you for your Bible knowledge" they say that to everyone. They flatter people in the hopes of recruiting them, funny that you fell for it - just a heads up btw.
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  Anthony Morris claims "dogmatic" does not apply to GB.

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i was scrolling through the latest morning worship videos and found our good friend tony m. explaining why the gb is not dogmatic.

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  you can find hirs reasoning at around the 3:30 mark here..

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  Introducing Dogmatic he only raps about dogma.

  
  
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  Kingdom Hall Attenders: Consider Stopping the Use of Loaded Language

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's been a long time since i attended, but i understand that many of you still go to the kingdom hall for your various reasons.. a huge thing that helped me in my mentally breaking from their beliefs was to stop using their terms that put you, virtually automatically, into their thought mode.. using terms like "the truth," jw's feel special about themselves and this helps them separate themselves from "the world.

  " by incorporating loaded language, jw's learn not to think, but merely to memorize words and phrases instead of analyzing a situation.. the reasons someone misses meetings is because they are "spiritually weak.

  " they might be involved in "worldly thinking.".

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  The loaded language is how you tell a true believer from a weak christian. I remember getting counseled by a group of older sisters at the KH becuse I greeted them as "ladies" rather than "sisters" WTH!

  My reply " ok, ok you're not ladies then." Lol.
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  Anthony Morris claims "dogmatic" does not apply to GB.

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i was scrolling through the latest morning worship videos and found our good friend tony m. explaining why the gb is not dogmatic.

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  you can find hirs reasoning at around the 3:30 mark here..

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  ToMo using the Witness dictionary where words mean whatever Jehovah wants them to mean.
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  Sanderson Patronises Ex-Bethelites

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  don't normally waste time watching these but this one caught my eye as it was obvious what the subject matter would be about..... http://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201604_2_video.

  mark sanderson: accept change with faith and confidence (heb.

  basically sanderson is giving a pep talk to all those that have new assignments changed.

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  Yet, they are still selling the idea of Bethel as a career to the very young children.

  Shameless, these men are shameless.
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  AGREE? or DISAGREE? Popular Music

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip0wuwjbdmi.

  "from 1955 till present, popular music has declined to the point where it is now consistently "stupid" and homogenous.

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  80s and 90s probably my favourite eras for music but some good songs were around in the noughties as well.
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  AGREE? or DISAGREE? Popular Music

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip0wuwjbdmi.

  "from 1955 till present, popular music has declined to the point where it is now consistently "stupid" and homogenous.

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  There is plenty great music around today but you have to look outside of mainstream, once you do you are spoiled for choice. Mainstream is the generic pre-prepared, easy to digest fast food of music for the dumbing down of the masses. Alternative is where the all good stuff is at, you just have to dig a bit deeper to find it.
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  Going to meetings to "save face."

  by Darkknight757 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  going to make this short and sweet but i need some advise again and i kinda need to vent a bit so sorry.😢.

  so it has been weeks since the wife and i have been to meetings.

  it has been nothing short of wonderful!!!

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  Just arrange a weekend away at a romantic B&B, or a sunday of brunch and markets and tell her it's important to strengthen yourselves as a couple first before attending another meeting. The prospect of not going has to become more appealing than going, so if she can compare how she feels after a relaxing sunday of sleeping in, then brunch and a stroll around town or the beach OR a sunday of white knuckling it at a meeting filled with guilt, fear, obligaion, and orwellian mind control propoganda techniques.
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  Three elders show up "to encourage me" after 10 years!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "hey brother wasa, come on back to the meetings.

  " (after 10 years) so i respond that the situation with pedophiles is out of hand.

  they tell me "we" elders have received tons of training on the subject, its not like it was 10 years ago.

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  Irish Dame - yeah, it sounds like trap.