Phaedra

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  ACTIVISM strategies

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  with the proliferation of social media, more people have been reached by the watchtower organization than ever before in history.

  it sure took them long enough!.

  at the same time, anti-jw activism has caught fire to counterbalance the propaganda.. there are all sorts of activists operating "out there" using books, videos, podcasts, facebook, and incidental un-witnessing to puncture and perforate the false message and counterfeit codswallop of the governing body.. __________.

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  Phaedra

  Discussion groups (especially this one) led the way long before all the rest.

  I became part of JWD around 2000. It and sites like it did a great job and filled a great need.
  

  I ran a successful Web site as well during web 1-2.0.

  On top our work, like generations before, others stand on top of us.

  A quality article with great research is passed by for a recycled bullet-point listicle.

  We have entered a new era on the Web. Social media and crowdfunding rules along with clickbait sites and creating a following for yourself on YT with charisma and all that jazz.

  Attention spans are short and opinions are like... well, you know.

  Cedars gets his book funded by his groupies with their name in this book. It's just the way of the world now.

  Cross-generational, and COC is pirated by a click. Nobody cares anymore. It's sad, but what the majority wants.

  Maybe it will slow down when new creators find their work being given away without compensation. They'll get it when the books they write are pirated and everyone moves on to the next piranha feast.
  

  What goes around, comes around.
  
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  the new understanding

  by heathen in

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  2. beliefs

  hi guys , i know i was never a favorite here and haven't posted in awhile ... question .

  what do you think of the new understanding of , " this generation " they seem to go in circles on this one big time , once 1914 generation was almost gone they said they didn't know what it meant and now in the new publication the generation includes the second generation after 1914 .... i agree they don't know what they are talking about and this is just another control move .

  any comments ?.

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  The new understanding will continue to be refined and goalposts moved as time goes on and nothing manifests. Thus has been the way of this cult for over 100 years.
  
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  Counting time

  by Emma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i may not have put this in the correct spot, but i do think it's scandalous the way time gets counted now.

  i've seen a cart at the edge of our farmer's market, never anyone close enough to talk.

  yesterday was a drizzly day and there were two carts set up, covered in plastic, "witnessing" on their own.

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  Counting time is a human invention.

  Does anyone think God is even on the same plane of measurement. The 'one who can read hearts' needs a tally to know what is being accomplished in his name?
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  Crystal Lake, Illinois, Goodbye, and Good Luck

  by Phaedra in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i spent the majority of my growing years in the crystal lake area, with a watchful eye under the tutleledge of the grownups whom i thought had it all figured out.

  milkovetch, penkava, redman, gordon, and sterne, before the congregations split into 2 in the late 90s, i was already enamored into the truth with total belief and readying for the revelation book persecution.

  then your families crumbled with red letters surfacing all around.. during and after a storm of controversies, scandals, and the like, i realized all people are people and prone to bad decisions and mistakes.

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  I spent the majority of my growing years in the Crystal Lake area, with a watchful eye under the tutleledge of the grownups whom I thought had it all figured out. Milkovetch, Penkava, Redman, Gordon, and Sterne, before the congregations split into 2 in the late 90s, I was already enamored into the truth with total belief and readying for the Revelation Book persecution. then your families crumbled with red letters surfacing all around.
  

  During and after a storm of controversies, scandals, and the like, I realized all people are people and prone to bad decisions and mistakes. Teens marrying decades ahead, family couples splitting for youngsters, and the usual adultery and whatnot convinced me JWs were no better or worse than anyone else. At first I was crushed at how it could happen in God's true home, but then allowed my doubts to grow and ended up on the outside, perhaps with a more even perspective on humankind and what people really want despite the fairy tales told all around them.
  

  I am no better than them all, only once I believed I was below them. Now I know better.
  
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  Mouthy has Passed Away

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  update on mouthy (grace gough)this is graces granddaughter.

  i wanted to send an update that today my beautiful grandmother passed away - surrounded by friends and family.

  - may 22 1927 - sept 2nd 2016. mouthys_granddaughter.

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  So sorry to hear this. I hope there is something much better after.
  
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  To Continue the Theme of All Things Prince ... The Dirty Songs List

  by Wild_Thing in

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  2. friends

  link is here.. line outapr 18, 2013. .

  "an incomplete and disorderly catalog of prince's dirty songs".

  by kelly o. .

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  Phaedra

  A U T Omatic

  Just took me almost 20 years to catch up.
  
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  Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi people,.

  i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

  1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

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  1) were you raised as a JW, or did you convert?

  Raised-in.
  

  2) when were you baptized/started seriously being with the witnesses? (Date please, i.e. 1997)

  1988 at age 16.
  

  3) when did you leave/woke up completely? (date please, i.e. 2013)

  1998 at age 26.
  
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  Prince is dead.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone heard about this?

  that really sucks.

  lots of dubs are talking.

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  Phaedra

  It's been some week. I've been on Youtube a lot, watching stuff that Prince, ironically, made sure nobody shared online while he was alive.

  Those who entered the world after his heyday in the 80s and 90s relate much differently than those who came before. But now with his stuff freely shared, can appreciate so much more about his creative impact.
  

  Life is such a mysterious puzzle, isn't it. The artist must be paid, yes. But the artist must be seen to be appreciated. And thank you to all of the fellow musicians who played with Prince through the years. All of you made beautiful creative things: Wendy, Lisa, Sheila, and others. All of you who I couldn't appreciate because I was a JW and couldn't listen to Prince. The irony there is more than palpable.
  

  RIP. I hope things are much better in the "after world". Cause in this life, we ARE on our own.

  Thanks again, PRN. Sad because you won't be here any more. Glad you were. :)
  
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  Prince is dead.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone heard about this?

  that really sucks.

  lots of dubs are talking.

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  Phaedra

  I went all through yesterday at work without knowing Prince died.

  I found out with a Google news headline at about 6pm yesterday.

  It hit me hard.

  And reminded me of the eventual end of everybody on this earth, no matter how important, rich and famous our perception of them are.

  All of this is pointless and amounts to a hill of beans for everyone.

  If there's an afterlife that proves me wrong, I'll eat my hat.

  RIP PRN. That I feel my life was worth less than yours...we'll never really know, will we?
  
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  Prince tried to make a recruitment film for jw's?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've read in an article on that in 2001 prince wanted director kevin smith to make a movie based on his album the rainbow children.

  but the director dropped out when he realised that it was going to be a recruitment film for jw's including flashing messages on screen like "jesus christ is god's son" etc.

  has anyone else heard this before?

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  Watched that last night. So interesting to hear outsiders (never been JWs) perspectives on stuff.

  Still can never relate to a deeply creative soul with every advantage at the nurturing and development/promotion of their creative gifts at a time when MTV was ripe and his thing filled a niche.
  

  For every Prince Rogers Nelson, there are untold numbers of individuals with passion and promise. What a lottery of luck this life is.