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  "One drop of poison in a glass of water"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  time to revive this well known, and often used jw illustration!.

  "if you are in desperate need of a drink of water, and the glass in front of you is 99% clean, but contains just 1% poison, would you drink it??".

  how often we heard this trotted out from the platform.. recently though, i have heard many examples of still-in jws sharing their observations about things that don't seem quite right with the current activities, direction and culture of the organization.

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  stuckinarut2

  Thanks for all the replies.

  It is true that the illustration is flawed. It does indeed represent the narrow thinking of JW's. It is simple and inaccurate. With just a slight amount of critical thinking, it can indeed be debunked.

  But, it is often used by THEM to illustrate that there should be NO tainting from "satanic or worldly" sources.

  That's why it came to mind.

  I am simply thinking that it may be helpful to use on JWs who try and justify the many "corrupting" elements that the Society is and has been involved with.
  
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  WT gives up on making disciples! No joke!

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. beliefs

  yep, taps out, throws in the towel, waves the white flag!

  in today's watchtower it basically said don't expect any results due to widespread apathy and opposition.

  but you can still bear fruit just by going through the motions of being regular in field service.

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  It's all about control, and keeping the flock busy!

  Just like when you're on a long car trip with young children. In order to keep them from going crazy, we create games like "let's see who can count the most amount of yellow cars" or something inane like that.

  It simply keeps them occupied and interested.

  No different to the "spiritual activities" that the GB have the flock do.
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  More on the "Apostacy" movie

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/15/apostasy-director-daniel-kokotajlo-liberating-to-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-interview.

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  Nice article.

  Thanks for sharing!
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  Lies! Since the Watchtower knows how to lie, they can give expert advice on it.

  by days of future passed in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  study article for october: speaking the truth.

  the article is about lying, but the wt is all about lying.

  i guess they are concerned with their followers lying to them!.

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  Fantastic thread DoFP!

  Very well put.

  The hypocrisy and duplicity of the GB can now be defined as BRAZEN.
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  Be Couragous! - (Like The Governing Body?)

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was watching lloyd evans rebuttal to the saturday program of the be courageous convention.

  lloyd pointed out something that had occurred to me as well:.

  all this talk and examples of courage, whether it be standing up in class defending intelligent design, putting up with being imprisoned, not running away from bullies, always having a reply to someone who tries to ridicule your faith... the young ones are encourages - nay, commanded - to stand their ground and be courageous.

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  BRILLIANT thread PE!

  Thank you for sharing this.

  They are indeed hypocritical, cowardly scumbags!
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  Alex O'Connor's (CosmicSkeptic) great video! Now over 1 million views!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  wow!.

  so as many of us know, alex o'connor (cosmicskeptic) did a great video a few years back in response to the appallingly homophobic caleb and sophia cartoon!.

  he gets a lot of views for his videos, but this one has more than any other presentation by him!

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  Ah jwundubbed....where did your mind go??
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  Did your ability to work get affected by waking up to TTATT?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just curious.. when you started to wake up to the truth about the truth, did the shock and the whole experience distract you from your usual activities such as performing at your place of work?.

  did you become so consumed by researching, and the subsequent factual discoveries, that it affected your ability to carry out daily tasks?.

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  Thanks for the comments everyone!

  John Free, your definition is great!! PCSD

  Post Cult Stress Disorder . Brilliant
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  Guidelines For Proper Uses For Sold Kingdom Halls

  by Charles Gillette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how does the watchtower dispose of kingdom halls no longer usable because of poor attendance and or merging with another kingdom hall.the rank and file contributed lots of money to keep it active.. then they tell us their not using it anymore.where does the money for that hall go.

  and what they do with the money they get for the sale of that property.

  they certainly don't give the rank and file anything.. and what use will the new owners use it for.

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  Great article Lost In The Fog! Thanks for that newspaper link.

  That will be the first time that building has ever contributed to the welfare of people in a positive manner!
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  What happened to Caleb and Sofia?

  by Sliced in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  where are the "golden children" lately?

  lol .

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  Thats a great find OrphanCrow!

  Can you start a new thread just on that video please?

  It deserves to be featured.
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  Org's "rearranginging deck chairs on the titanic" serving 2 purposes

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in 2 weeks we will be announcing major changes in northern ohio congregations and there is quite the buzz in the area about it.

  just talked to a jdub from the detroit area that just underwent similar changes, and they mentioned it has been "quite exciting" to get to meet new brothers and sisters.

  so besides the cash benefit of selling a couple kingdom halls in the process.

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  These khall amalgamations will also make many in the congs upset, as they will miss their friends etc...

  Thats a good thing! Sow a little discontent, and it will allow them to slip into a bit of negativity and then a bit of research online...and then they may learn something...