Posts by stuckinarut2

I mean, they have just used a "Barry White" esq sexy times track in the april broadcast! Now they can use this rip-off of "hair" ballad tracks!? or more like "age of Aquarius / let the sun shine in"!?

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

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Early 70's JW POP Music: All Over, No wonder. By: The Great Crowd

by I quit! in

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going through a box of old records in my garage i came across this 45 by the great crowd.

it was given to me in the early 70's when i was living in crestline, ca.

i had no way of playing it because i haven't had a turntable in years so i googled it and found this link.

stuckinarut2

OH MY GOD!

That was amazing on so many levels! Thanks for sharing.

What a great snapshot of the huge ballad tracks of '71-73! Wow!
I have never heard of this before.

BUT yes, they actually use "theocratic" language and terms!

#mindblown #groovy

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2018 Courage Convention video invitation

by Listener in

the video invitation for the 2018 convention is just creepy.

i thought it was some parody at first as it seems 'dark'.it begins with a young man being pushed whilst standing at his locker and the voice over says that 'in critical times we need courage more than ever'.

next, comes a clip of a male putting his hand on the shoulder of a female worker, the look she gives him would be enough to give him nightmares for the next year.

stuckinarut2

Instead of the 'sister' at work being "touched inappropriately", why didn't the video show some member of the congregation wrongly touching a young person ? I mean that HAS occurred WITHIN the organization, - so it would be a more realistic storyline!

Try writing a convention talk to actually deal with that elephant in the room!

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JW covering child abuse in UK

by Alex Bogdanov in

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https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/25/jehovahs-witnesses-accused-of-silencing-victims-of-child-abuse-uk.

a year ago the government found that jws from manchester were involved in a child abuse, but the local congregation did everything to hide it and be in the way of the police investigation.

this situation is getting worse now.

stuckinarut2

Disgusting!

(Yet it is of no surprise, as the bible contains many accounts where God was ok with abuses against women and children! In fact he even instigated many of the acts! So if "humans are made in his image", then its no wonder this stuff occurs...)

Yet, how comforting it is to know that it is all coming out in the open finally!

The great god Jehovah is having his organization brought into line by "Satan's old system"?

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"Wondrous expansion is now taking place!"

by stuckinarut2 in

so we have all heard the worldwide reports about khalls being sold off and congregations being amalgamated etc.... of course, jws are being told that these actions are a sign of "just how much the work is progressing, and how jehovah is blessing the increase and expansion!".

i can share the following from my part of the world too!.

in perth, western australia the following has occurred.. three "new" congregations have been formed!

stuckinarut2

Thanks to pepperheart for starting this thread with an update of the money made on the sale of this one property:

$2.175 million!

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5383747462496256/watchtower-growth

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Watchtower growth ?

by pepperheart in

in perth western australia the watchtower have sold a kingom hall to hindus for $2 million aust dollars and they have a second one up for sale in the same area embleton .

stuckinarut2

Ah yup! So the Society made off with millions!

I personally worked on that Embleton Kingdom Hall, and know of the years of sacrifice average witnesses put in to saving up huge $ to build it... Of course none of them got their money back on it!

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6232834495741952/wondrous-expansion-now-taking-place

So the Dianella hall is also up for sale?? That makes two halls sold off within a 15 km area . Wow.... "Jehovah certainly is speeding up the work"

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JW's - Are you in a "THEOCRATIC arrangement" or an AUTOCRATIC one?

by The Fall Guy in

i now know which system i was under!.

theocratic/theocracy: a system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god.

(oxford dictionary).

stuckinarut2

Great thread! Thanks for starting it The Fall Guy!

Cofty! Perfectly said. As soon as a leader(s) speaks as "God's Mouthpiece", and people believe their claims, they can get away with murder .... literally as is sadly seen by many religious fanatics around the world! Even JWs look forward to mass murder when the big A happens!

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Do you miss that initial "high" ??

by stuckinarut2 in

do you remember the first time you found out "the truth about the truth"?.

yes, it was confronting, shocking and life altering.

yes it was hard to deal with.. but, along with that, many have said that they experienced a sense of thrill, euphoria, or joy when realising the facts about the religion that held us captive mentally and physically for so long.. it was liberating to learn some of the controversial teachings etc.

stuckinarut2

Great comments!

For me the "high" was researching facts and finding this place, and knowing I WAS NOT THE CRAZY ONE who saw the organisation for what it was!

Once I learned that I was not alone in knowing that it simply wasn't "the truth", the euphoria I felt was so liberating.