Interesting you say the Rebel, I have enjoyed attending many talks, lectures, conferences etc on various topics and subjects since waking up from my dub programming and my experience has been that the people at such events behaved just as you described. Far more enjoyable, informing and friendly than any dub indoctrination session that's for sure.
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Only Jehovah's people
by rebel8 intoday i went to a large talk.. there was no arguing or swearing, just kindness and respect.. it was orderly and calm.. trash was put in the proper place.
people were even picking up litter that wasn't even theirs.. the speakers were passionate and inspiring.. the entire event was orchestrated by volunteers.. it was march for science, not a dub ass-embly.
so much for "only jehoopla's people" behaving like this at large events..
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Do You Miss The "Red Dot"?
by minimus inlol ...if you are new here, you might not understand the question..
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Minimus your missing avatar has turned up with some exciting news.
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Outcome - Banned in Russia - Final
by OrphanCrow ini just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
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OC - I'm sure amongst all the wailing and gnashing of teeth that the sky has now officially fallen there are witnesses and ex witnesses in Russia dancing also.
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Outcome - Banned in Russia - Final
by OrphanCrow ini just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
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OC - like ×3.
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Outcome - Banned in Russia - Final
by OrphanCrow ini just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
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Jehovah didn't cause the ban but he's allowing it.
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Outcome - Banned in Russia - Final
by OrphanCrow ini just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
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Very interested to see what effect this will have. Will the GB encourage the jws there to obey the law and be wise as serpents or will the GB see a golden opportunity to exploit the situation re experience "gold" for WT?
Of course they will - it's the WT after all. When life hands you a ban you make mileage!
Will the young JWs in Russia who were stuck in their parent's american religion now have a chance to wake up? The old diehards may or may not wake up but if formal indoctrination sessions are not allowed then the youth may at least have a fighting chance.
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Marc & Cora on YouTube causing unnecessary divisions
by jambon1 inwhat is it with this pair?
why do they have to constantly have a bitch about guys like john cedars?
a very recent video of them shows them calling him a 'village idiot' and making other disparaging claims.
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I personally think everyone should just let cedars have his opinion and ignore him if you don't like it, and is it just me but why oh why do we as ex-jws on both sides of the pro/anti ban "debate" need the approval of an ex-moonie to validate our position?
Steve Hassan is great but surely we should own our own opinion and let others have theirs.
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Do you air on the side of caution?
by compound complex inwell, that would be an airer.
it's all in how we hear the spoken word.
when a little boy, one fellow thought "world peace" was "whirled peas.
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Not a mondegreen but a funny play on words that sound the same but are spelt differently.
melancholy = head like a melon face like a cauli.
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At This Point In Time How Would You Feel If You Were Disfellowshipped?
by minimus inbefore my mother's death, it would have impacted me.
now , i wouldn't care..
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Now, my care factor for such an action would be nil.
Hard to believe I ever thought being DFed would be a fate worse than death. I have done a hell of a lot of personal deprogramming work over the last couple of years to get to this point.
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Could a petition to make shunning illegal work?
by aboveusonlysky inwe're currently watching leah remini's series about scientology and the main thing she seems to focus on is the shunning policies of the scientology organization which let's face it are very similar to jw procedure.. i was wondering with all that's in the media recently about bullying could a petition be put together to get the goverment to consider making religiously mandated shunning illegal?
has such a thing been tried before?.
https://petition.parliament.uk/help says the following - .
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I'm late to this discussion and it's probly all been said but no I don't think a petition would or could have any impact on lawmakers. It would be impossible to enforce non-shunning and it's unrealistic to expect lawmakers to make people do something they should be deciding for themselves regardless of the rules of the dubclub.
At the end of the day it's the responsiblity of every individual JW to stand up to WT and say no to shunning.