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  Another changed WT publication from when it was first published to now

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  2. friends

  this is as it was originally, or at least at the time that paul grundy saw it, because he has this picture on jwfacts:.

  this is what it says on jwfacts right now:.

  watchtower articles on evolution contain a consistent pattern of poor research, such as quotes from both the january and august awake!

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  never have I seen the society apologise for getting something wrong!

  instead, we see them make attempts to justify or excuse errors in some way....
  
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  When you were fully in, did you believe that you would not die?

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know that it must seem silly to ask, but my brother and his family think that the big a will arrive before they die.

  i tried to explain to my brother that everyone else who has ever lived in the past has died and only jesus has [physically] rose from the dead.. it is amazing that anyone could buy that line.

  what crazy cult culture that could make people believe such nonsense?!.

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  It always seemed better to die before the Great Tribulation, and just come back "in paradise".

  That would save the stresses of the "persecutions" that would come on every witness...

  But seriously, as we look back now, how did we not see the fact that EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER LIVED HAS DIED!?
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  Jesus walked into a bar...

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. social
  2. humour

  he asks the barkeep for 13 glasses of water.

  he turns to his 12 companions and winks....

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  All places of religious worship have banned the use of Pokémon Go.

  They hate it when people go chasing after imaginary creatures...
  
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  Midweek meeting video

  by aboveusonlysky in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  did anybody see the service meeting video this week?.

  australian sister was sexually abused as a child and thought of ending her life at 14 years old, sometime later jw's call on her father who accepts a study and eventually the whole family becomes witnesses, life gets much better as the sister immerses herself in pioneering etc, she still has some dark days but prayer along with going for walks and swimming has helped her cope with bad memories of child abuse, the new system (just around the corner) will completely fix everything......... i'm dumbfounded, the hypocrisy has literally rendered me speechless......comments anybody?.

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  Oh the irony!

  The video used the same kingdom hall in wollongong (south of sydney) where a case of child abuse took place decades ago!!!

  And one who played a bit-part in the video has a father who sat on a judicial case where an abuser was not taken to the police!!

  Disgusting!
  
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  The Biggest Mistake The GB Have Made In The Last 10 Years

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think the single biggest mistake the governing body have made in the last 10 years has to be creating jw broadcasting and putting their gb members on there... on a weekly basis too.. when i was a kid, i had no idea who the governing body were, what their names were or what they looked like.

  there was one or two long term pioneers that knew the names of two of them but that was about it.. when i was about 10yo i imagined they looked something like this:.

  ahh.... those learned men with a lifetime of bible knowledge just oozing out of their very hearts.

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  Yes! The decline and alarm bells really went off ever since the 2012 AGM was broadcast around the world!

  Then with the jaydubdotorg broadcasting site...well, it was all downhill from there!

  The amount of stuff they are spewing out is almost designed to overwhelm the sensibilities of all witnesses so that they get smothered in jwness and lose thinking abilities and analytical thoughts!!
  
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  I'm Going to Break Up with My Boyfriend Today

  by LaurenM in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  so like the title suggests, i'm going to break up with my boyfriend today.

  it's for several reasons, but mostly because i'm not prepared for a relationship.

  i need to grow and learn what it's like to be me now that i'm not a jw and learn how to love myself so i don't make the person i am with miserable.

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  Build up a network of new friends.

  Please keep your dignity and self respect. Remember that everything that makes you YOU, is not dependant on external things like a religion, but is dependant on your frame of mind, values, dignity, poise and self worth.

  Yes, I would also recommend talking things through with a professional counsellor who specialises in helping those who leave high control groups. It is an investment that will help you greatly as time moves on.

  Much support from us!
  
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  My Brother Called Me Yesterday...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my brother isn't a witness but he was raised one like we all were.

  after 15 years living his own life he decided about a year ago to have a bible study.

  this being the case, as a non baptized witness he can still speak to me but he's getting a lot of pressure not to from elders and the rest of my family.

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  Well handled PE!

  Yes, this religion IS NOT the same one we were all raised in...let alone our parents!

  The changes are like the "frog in boiling water" illustration. They have happened so smoothly and slowly to those inside, that they don't even recognise the reality of changes!

  Those of us who have jumped out of the water can easily see it boiling away!!
  
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  My Brother Called Me Yesterday...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my brother isn't a witness but he was raised one like we all were.

  after 15 years living his own life he decided about a year ago to have a bible study.

  this being the case, as a non baptized witness he can still speak to me but he's getting a lot of pressure not to from elders and the rest of my family.

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  Oh dear.... He sounds like the perfect person the society targets.

  PE, just be that kind, good , supportive brother he needs. Hopefully he won't get guilted back into the org.

  The society is playing on his guilt, insecurities and life baggage....as one who is "sighing and groaning over the state of the world"
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  Are JWs the most gossiping people on earth?

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all gossip.

  it is only human.

  watchtower actually tries to instruct adherents not to gossip and it can land a jw in front of a judicial committee—some do try to follow this admonition.

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  The way witnesses use the "tool" of gossip is no different to the way Satan supposedly spoke with Eve to plant seeds of doubt in her mind.

  "is it really so...?"

  They do just the same, by casually dropping comments about someone in just a way that causes doubt, reservation and in turn miss-trust amongst fellow witnesses...or ones who have faded....
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  The most sick statement put in JW print

  by Chook in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt 1973 p568.

  "did you know, for example, that mothers and fathers that stroke the genitals of their fretful babies to keep them quiet are unwittingly encouraging them to become maturbators later on?".

  what sick fu... writing this article thought the the average person did this to keep kids quiet..

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  Yes! In what world was that ever an acceptable practice??

  The very notion is odd!