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  Not A Day Goes By Without Me Thinking About Watchtower

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  although i consider myself completely "cured" from watchtower brainwashing, guilt tripping and propaganda, i realised today that there's not a day that goes by without me thinking of the cult we left.

  i think of my former family and what i'd like to say to them, what i'd try to explain and how i'd say it without them switching the "ignore" button and running away.. today on my instagram account my little step-brother "liked" a picture i posted.

  i didn't even know he was still on my friends list.

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  stuckinarut2

  Ah yes! PE, I hear you loud and clear!

  I have had this occur on a weekly basis with all the "friends" and family I have had on instagram. People "like" a picture, or I "like theirs" and they see me...then I am blocked from them.

  It actually makes me more convinced each time that we escaped a high control cult.

  If they have to go to such extremes at the prompting of their leaders weird dictates, it proves that they are part of a disturbing and destructive mind-set...and culture of paranoia and fear. After all, it is just social media...but they feel impelled to "take a stand" and block you? Amazing really.
  
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  The JW Fake News Engine

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  apparently i'd been in prison, gone to wife-swapping parties and consorted with fortune tellers.

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  i guess they have to demonise those who leave less others too are tempted to stray.. what did they say about you?.

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  stuckinarut2

  Yes, it seems that the general pattern of witnesses gossiping and slandering is alive and well!

  Anyone who stops attending is spoken of in hushed terms with grossly embellished and distorted "facts"

  We have had it occur.

  It can be confronting when you hear these things said about you - especially when it comes from people who were once close friends...

  We use an expression about the way the witness Gossip-mill fires up : "Why let FACTS get in the way of a good story?"
  
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  JW Rumor: End of the Traveling Overseer

  by Edison Trent in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a friend of mine has contacts to a family with several circuit overseers and special pioneers.

  they have good connections to bethel.. he told me that the latest rumor from bethel states that the cos should be abolished in their present form.

  they have also recently begun to take cos back to bethel.. over the same channel i have already heard of the car fleet program and that the dos should be abolished.. has anyone else already heard of it?

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  With more and more videos from "Head Office" being shown each week, and yet more videos being shown during the COs visit, the need for a travelling overseer may be less and less. (more control of information - less chance of it being distorted)

  After all, he simply builds up some hype, does a brief talk, then presses "play" on the video projector....
  
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  First posting on here..Hello all

  by London Underground in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wanted to say a big hello to everyone, my first post on here was actually yesterday but it was deleted.. so will keep this one short to save my precious time just in case its also deleted or lost.. got fed up with years of persecution from within the congregations.

  the lack of genuine friendship & lack of 'christian love'.

  having personally seen many a scandalous behaviour i began doing some research online some years ago.

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  stuckinarut2

  Welcome from Australia!

  This is a wonderful community of people who understand what you are going through while awakening.

  Feel free to share in the discussions!
  The more the merrier.
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  BREAKING NEWS out of Canada

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jwvictims.org has another breaking news article out of canada: https://jwvictims.org/2017/10/02/breaking-news-66-million-class-action-suit-request-filed-against-jws-in-canada/.

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  stuckinarut2

  Great to see!

  The more cases - the more a spotlight is shone on the destructive practices and appalling behaviour of the Society.
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  Australian Football player Alex Rance

  by Mattieu in

  1. social
  2. current

  how can i describe alex rance?

  if i was from the uk or europe, imagine your best football goal keeper.

  if from the usa, imagine your best defence player in the nfl.

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  The way he interacted with the kids that presented the medals was beautiful.

  He has such a personable and warm manner. A true gentleman.

  He is married to a lovely lady. He is known as a sincerly nice guy.
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  Need help understanding the Overlapping Generation teaching

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so this is a topic that seriously boggles my mind and please correct me if i'm wrong.

  to me, the jw definition of the overlapping generation teaching is that the lives of the anointed from 1914 overlap with the lives of the anointed right now.

  david splane used the example of fred franz and how he finished his "earthly course" in 1992 but while he did, he had a lot of "contemporaries" that outlived him and are currently living today.

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  Great thread!

  Excellent comments from all-including those great WT article references.

  I'm going to keep this content in my file for further discussions with my still-in brain dead family.
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  Watchtower Study Today from August 2017 issue " Wait Patiently"

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  theme scripture , james 5 v 8 abbreviated to " you too, exercise patience".

  (i guess we know what to expect now) .

  " how long?

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  stuckinarut2

  Brilliant thread!

  Yes, the society is NEVER wrong. It is ALWAYS the fault of the flock....
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  Australian Football player Alex Rance

  by Mattieu in

  1. social
  2. current

  how can i describe alex rance?

  if i was from the uk or europe, imagine your best football goal keeper.

  if from the usa, imagine your best defence player in the nfl.

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  stuckinarut2

  Bumped. 30/09/2017

  Just wanted to bump this thread in honour of the amazing Grand Final victory that The Richmond Tigers had yesterday!

  In what has been an amazing climb to victory, the team has worked so hard to go from the lower end of the league all the way to the Grand Final! Their first Grand Final appearance and victory in 37 years!

  A cohesive and well trained team. One with great ethics and a united bunch of players, coaches and staff!

  Alex Rance played an outstanding game!
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  New Light - God chose the Bible students as his org long BEFORE the official inspection in 1919

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  was watching this recently done new history of the society - here it is on youtube if you missed it when it first came out:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv82k1z7n_4&feature=youtu.be.

  lots of contradictory and nutty comments - for instance stating one minute that 1914 proved such a faith strengthening event because it fulfilled all their predictions, how encouraged they were, and then a few minutes later claiming the opposite - that many were disappointed and shocked because their expectations were not met!.

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  The saddest thing is that the current generation of witnesses has had their orgnasation's history white washed. They now THINK they know the FACTS about the origins of their faith group, but have instead been force fed some adapted and distorted version.

  Shame on you GB! Shame! So much for "speaking the Truth"