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  Taking the Bible Lessons And Going To a KH For First Time

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've taken the bible lessons but have never attended a kingdom hall.

  i was curious as to what point they begin to tighten the screws of control?

  let's say you're a baptist.

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  berrygerry

  11 minutes ago

  Mormon cult v JW cult
  No difference.

  Not true.

  Mormons are a far, far smarter cult.

  On a cult scale:

  Scientology. 9.5

  JW / WT 9.0

  Mormon. 7.0
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  Server error

  by berrygerry in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  about 3 weeks ago, the site started displaying a server error on my outdated android phone.. today, the same error is being displayed on a current firefox browser.. (this is being entered on a current android tablet.

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  berrygerry

  About 3 weeks ago, the site started displaying a server error on my outdated Android phone.

  Today, the same error is being displayed on a current Firefox browser.

  (This is being entered on a current Android tablet.)
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  JW elder on the street I live in.

  by Thisismein1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so just the other day i happened to look out my window to see the cobe and the elder who studied with me on the doors.

  it got me thinking.. i remember one day, during my study that he said he loved me.

  although he meant this as a "brother" it actually sent me into, what i can only describe as shock and alarm!

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  berrygerry

  I said this decades ago to an elder.

  Why do we spend so much time door-to-door, while "weak" ones are ignored and end up leaving?

  It is such a poorly managed cult.
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  Canadian Appeal Court decision made the news: Judges can overturn unfair church edicts

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.nationalpost.com/news/religion/alberta-appeal-court-rules-judges-can-overturn-unfair-church-edicts.

  the other day, this court decision was posted on jwn along with a link to the court document, but few expected the media to pick up the story.

  so to all involved, i understand it was a surprise to see the story in print.

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  berrygerry

  I can see the WT, if they haven't already done this, getting elders to sign some sort of release

  
  

  Doesn't change anything. It is the Shepherding book that contains the rules (and lack thereof).
  
  
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  Stuck

  by Cindy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i feel so stuck.

  i am married to a wonderful man.

  i have been married for almost a decade and adore my husband.

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  berrygerry

  http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/helping-someone-leave.php
  
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  JW drama and happy bethel / Same guy

  by nakanozzi in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://youtu.be/uwvcsykcpww.

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  berrygerry

  He must have escaped the layoffs.
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  meeting with elders about WT involvement in UN

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i still go to the meetings because of my in wife and it came about that the elders knew of my pissed off attitude about the society getting involved in the un.

  so the elders said they could help me get over that and wanted to meet with me.

  now just to let you know, i have only told my wife and her mom so far about it, that's it.

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  berrygerry

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
  
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  A News Item from The Golden Age January 13, 1937

  by Nathan Natas in

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  2. beliefs

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  berrygerry

  Who did what?

  This makes no sense.
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  Watch Tower (and other cults) Mind Control Explained

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  over the past number of months, i've been pondering the how of mind control.

  so many very-in dubs exude facial expressions of 'joy' when listening to cult propaganda, or when participating in cult activity.

  it seems that there must be genuine neurological activity (hormones?

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  berrygerry

  Over the past number of months, I've been pondering the HOW of mind control. So many very-in Dubs exude facial expressions of 'joy' when listening to cult propaganda, or when participating in cult activity.

  It seems that there MUST be genuine neurological activity (hormones?) taking place to bring this effect.

  This is a fascinating article that is definitely on the right track.

  http://www.icsahome.com/articles/why-cults-are-harmful-neurobiological-speculations--whitsett-it-4-3
  
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  WT “Study” for 11th Sept 2016 – “Why Must We ‘Keep on the Watch’”?

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was really puzzled when i opened this edition of the wt magazine at the above “study”.

  what on earth has this picture at the top of page 13 got to do with christian watchfulness?

  i wasn’t making a connection at all.

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  berrygerry

  (With apologies to Blondie) This is a great WT summary.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/523for/wt_study_article_95911/