i've been reading many articles on here and other forums relating to exjws for some time.
when my mother first got involved with the witnesses back in '77, my mother's mother and my father's mother, being the "good catholics that they were", gave my father "license" to do "whatever it takes" to stop her associating with these people.. due to "confirmation bias", (i.e.
"satan will do whatever he can to stop you associating with us"), this "persecution" only convinced her that the witnesses had "the truth".
Welcome!
Yes, the key to moving on is to recognise the FOG (fear, obligation, guilt) techniques that the society uses.
Then as DoC said above, "the best revenge is to live a happy and successful life"
This community here on the forum is a great place to mingle. All here have travelled the same path and understand our witness history.
Feel free to join in and support others.
so jah can build a broadcasting studio in record time, provide a cool summer so the new bibles can be printed on time without the presses overheating, but cant deliver his people in russia?!.
if jehovah is going to allow it what good are millions of letters and prayers then?
1kings 18:27
Maybe God was asleep, or just in the toilet at the time?
i 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..
wow! Thanks for posting that orphancrow! What a disturbing post from the JWTALK site!!
It seems that they would get some sort of sick joy out of seeing their "brothers and sisters" imprisoned in order to prove a point!
Martyrdom at its finest!
i 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..
Added to my last post:
Not that I agree that it should have happened mind you! There were far better ways for the govt to act against the society as many have already stated.
Banning will just reinforce the persecution complex and make witnesses more determined! The average witness will NOT look at the very valid reasons WHY the society has been classed as "extremist". They will simply be emboldened in their devotion to the society...
i 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..
If you poke a bear for long enough, eventually it will bite!
The society has been arrogantly poking at Russia for many, many years.....(including by insinuation during those appalling videos during the 2016 conventions.)
The Russian Bear has bitten back...
april 19, 2017 to all bodies of elders and ministerial servants re: kingdom ministry school for the 2018 service year.
Once again, we hear of these things quicker via this forum, than through the "correct" channels!
now that she has announced that she is 20 weeks pregnant and not married, what is her status in the cult?
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Oh steve2, you really aced that one....
could be of interest to any australian 'budding historians', or propagandists .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcaajtu0488.
Good old Bill Hosking......
so at last nights ministry school we had 2...yes that's right two that had parts and gave them with beards.. i found it interesting.
i thought the consensus was that you couldn't have any extra privileges if you wore one.. maybe the school is different?.
anyway, anybody else seen this in the u.s.?.
Paul did a great presentation re history of beards and the Society:
well, 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.
Love this thread!
It reminds me of the "intellectual" brother who often spoke of "religion going down in one foul-swoop" (fell swoop)
