berrygerry
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My Book of Bible Stories. Comedy sketch
by usualusername1 inguys.
i am trying to write a stand up comedy sketch on my book of bible stories.. one idea is how the violence, rape have helped me with making decisions as an adult.
another idea is to pretend the book is being released today and attempt to sell the book and stories to the audience.. do you have any ideas?.
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Do not think the end will come?
by Akid48 inthats somthing i see thats asked in my kingdom hall if you want to go get more than 2 years in collage.thing in some one asking that to me or etc i cant say any thing or that would show that i dont believe.. i hate when some one askes me that when i try to plan ahead when it comes to what job i want.what job would help me hold my own but no god will give if you put him first.i dont believe in god even when i did i never buyed into that.. it seems you cant get away from the question im only 13 and i get that question theres no getting away from it..
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berrygerry
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2004885?q=Father+used+to+say+that+we+should+plan+ahead+as+if+Armageddon&p=senFather used to say that we should plan ahead as if Armageddon would not come in our lifetime but lead our life as if it would come tomorrow—precious advice that I have always tried to apply. Balancing patience and eager expectation is not always easy, especially since the ravages of old age now keep me confined at home.
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Help with acceptance for JW family still in
by MaryKN inwell, it's been a long time!
i first lurked here around 20 years ago and read huge amounts of threads which certainly helped when i was making my decision to leave the religion.
i was never baptised (resisted it!
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berrygerry
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/fear-cult-mind-control.php
In The True Believer,9 a book on mass movements, Eric Hoffer suggests at least a third of the population are "true believers." They are joiners and followers, people who want to give away their power, looking for answers, meaning, and enlightenment outside themselves. This type of person is "not intent on bolstering and advancing a cherished self, but are those craving to be rid of unwanted self." This type of person is "eternally incomplete and eternally insecure!" and can easily be transformed into fanatics who will gladly work and die for their holy cause whether politics, churches, businesses or social cause groups. Mass movements generally have a charismatic ruler, and a devil. This type of person is unlikely to be reading this site, they don't want to know. Neither am I convinced that this type of person should stop being a Jehovah's Witness. If they do they most likely will become involved in a similar organization that also uses manipulation to force its members into a prescribed way of life.
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Special event this weekend
by TweetieBird inwas talking with a family member today and they said that there is something special going on at the kh this weekend.
any idea what it is?
they said that some kind of broadcast from bethel for everyone..
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BREAKING NEWS out of Canada
by Newly Enlightened injwvictims.org has another breaking news article out of canada: https://jwvictims.org/2017/10/02/breaking-news-66-million-class-action-suit-request-filed-against-jws-in-canada/.
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berrygerry
The case has been brought on behalf of current and former Jehovah’s Witnesses who claim they were sexually assaulted by Elders of the organization. There is also a class of claimants composed of those who allege that when they were children they were sexually assaulted by adult Jehovah’s Witnesses.
This is a case of very bad corporate decision-making.
The days of corporations 'waiting-out' bad news are long over.
Although United Airlines (as well as VW) seems to be the slow learner in the corporate bunch, BP, pipeline and oil companies, and others get in front of these stories and deal with them head on.
WT's virtual immunity as a religion in the US did absolutely nothing for it in Australia, and it is destined to be repeated in Canada.
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BREAKING NEWS out of Canada
by Newly Enlightened injwvictims.org has another breaking news article out of canada: https://jwvictims.org/2017/10/02/breaking-news-66-million-class-action-suit-request-filed-against-jws-in-canada/.
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berrygerry
The organizational structure in Canada leaves most Kingdom Halls at risk.
These law firms know what they are doing.
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JW/Mormon slogan parallel
by neat blue dog injust came across a meme of the leader of the mormon church (lds) saying "believe, obey and endure".
it just reminded me of the jw mantra "listen, obey and be blessed".
😂.
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I had been waiting for this video since 2013... DEFINITIVE PROOF that the Flag is placed in Kingdom Halls in Chile!
by ILoveTTATT2 innow with english subtitles!.
this is the definitive proof that kingdom halls in chile display the flag.
a brave person went inside the kingdom hall while the meeting was happening and took video of the flag being displayed inside the kingdom hall property.
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berrygerry
I wonder if they would install a cross if the government ordered that.
Reasoning Book
Do such patriotic symbols and ceremonies really have religious significance?
1989 Yearbook
To express their solidarity with the new regime, people were required to decorate their windows with the flag bearing the swastika. In the small town of Knittelfeld, Sister Altenbuchner lived in an apartment that faced the street. Time and again, local representatives of the regime approached her, demanding that the swastika flag be displayed in her windows. They made it known that if she declined to do so, she would reap the animosity of all her neighbors. Apparently she faced a united hostile front. For reasons of conscience, she decided that she would not hang the flag. The consequences? She was given a court order to vacate her apartment facing the street and move into one assigned to her at the rear of the house, where no display of flags was required—a solution that she never had expected.
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Slavery and High Control Groups
by berrygerry inthe social structure of wt, disfellowshipping, etc.. interesting comparison with slavery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/social_death.
the beginning of social death comes from the initial enslavement process, which would most likely come from capture during a battle.
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berrygerry
The social structure of WT, disfellowshipping, etc.
Interesting comparison with slavery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_death
The beginning of social death comes from the initial enslavement process, which would most likely come from capture during a battle. A captive would be spared from death and created a slave, although this was a conditional commutation since death was only suspended as long as the slave submitted to his powerlessness. This pardon from death was replaced with social death, which would manifest both physically and psychologically.[10]
Externally, slaves would undergo the loss of their identities through such practices as replacing their names, being branded to indicate their social condition, given a specific dress code that further established them as slaves to the public, castration, and having their heads shaved.[11] Each of these acts alienated the slaves from their previous identities and symbolized their loss of freedom and power and their total dependency on their master’s will. The psychological process of social death included the effect of rejection as a member of society and becoming genealogically isolated through the loss of heritage and the right to pass on their ancestry to their children.[12] In fact, all social bonds were seen as illegitimate unless they were validated by the master. Enslaved people were denied an independent social structure and were not even deemed fully human, as they were only seen as a representation of their master and had no honor or power of their own.[13] The degree to which these practices took place was based off the two modes of social death, intrusive and extrusive. In the intrusive mode, rituals were developed for the incorporation of an external enemy into the culture as a slave. In the extrusive mode, traditions evolved for including those who have “fallen into slavery” from within society into the slave status.[14] Both of these modes provided a process for the institutionalization of socially dead individuals.
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Be loyal when a relative is disfellowshipped
by UnshackleTheChains inwell.....they showed that shunning video again.
you know...the one where goldilocks gets disfellowshipped- and the parents look across the hall at her with disdain.....yeah that video.. i was interested to see what kind of answers would be given during the discussion after the video and some of the reactions.
everyone sat there gormlessly staring at the video.
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berrygerry
People should have videoed the meeting. Comments provide a great example of the private vs public doctrine.