...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.
bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.
he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.
I find it cruel that the faithful are being lead along blindly hoping for their paradise all the while giving up a lifetime of hopes and dreams.
Also, I noted the obvious respect for proper fitting pants in the video.
What was up with the bearded guy?
it looks like i'm going to have to take the watchtower study for a while so i thought i'd seek help.. i wont be outing myself or stating anything too controversial, but so far i have come up with the following tactics : 1) ask questions which will get people thinking even if it is about something insignificant - developing a questioning mind is the key to discovering ttat as far as i am concerned.
2) highlight any extreme points so that some might realise they are extreme.
3) highlight any good points - helping others in need for example - just because it is the right thing to do.. if anyone has any general comments which could help, please post them here.
During the part on beards, make sure to hold up a large picture of CT Russel...
Take comments.
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Or not :D
i'm at the water park with my five year old in green bay.
she was so happy to be spared another boring day like she endured at thursday's propaganda feast with her mother.
after breakfast we drove by the convention site.
Sadly, the conventions are 'for profit' ventures to support the WTBTS.
They will continue until they no longer make money hosting them.
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Glad you are able to skip the sessions.
hey folks.
to those of you who were secrely smoking while being a jw how did your cover get blown?
do you have any funny stories to share even if at that time they may not have been funny at all due to impending consequences.
I started smoking after exiting JWs.
Before being DF'd, two 'appointed' men were out riding their bikes when I came to a stop sign. They looked at me and said my name.
I blew smoke out the window and drove away.
Good times...
i used to be a member of this site, but jumped off a good number of years ago (08?).
i don't have access to my old email, so i'm using a new account.. anyway, i was baptized jw in late 90's.
da'd mid 2000s.. when i left there were three meets a week plus field service.
No one knows what they believe or how to explain the doctrines from the bible.
Overlapping Generations.
Significance of 1914.
They believe but may not question.
you can't unring a bell once rung.. you can't unknow nor can you forget being deceived, tricked, lied to and misled.. the truly awful aftershock of waking up to the 'truth about the truth' is the death of wonder,.
belief, and absolute certainty that you know what life is all about.
in fact, for most of us the path is the same.we begin investigating our foundational belief system.
I enjoyed the video.
It's worth looking at.
So, why is Antarctica "off limits" by international treaty, then?
so here an update on my current situation, in a nutshell i've been trying to quietly fade for the past 5 months.. well, my mom somehow found out that i am currently fading and that i live with my boyfriend (for more info on this check my previous posts) i told her yes i live with him and yes i no longer want to be a jw.
anyways, yesterday she met my boyfriend.. awkward.
and after lunch she pulled me aside to tell me that the po came up to her (he was part of my jc when i was reproved) he said to her "someone came to me and said - i cannot say who so they will remain anonymous- but that your daughter is living with someone" my mom confirmed and apparently he told her that i have one week to confess this, and if i don't my parents are obligated to tell them everything.. what kind of nonsense is that?
jw strive to follow golden rule by treating others the way themselves would like to be treated so they want to be shunned because they shunn others.
A couple questions pose to active JWs:
"Do you follow the golden rule?"
"Do you really believe sinful JWs want to be shunned?"
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..."uh oh, no one is free from sin"...
finish school.. finish my apprenticeship (why are you doing that brother karter you will never finish it in this system).. buy a house.. pay the house off.. karter..
finish school.. finish my apprenticeship (why are you doing that brother karter you will never finish it in this system).. buy a house.. pay the house off.. karter..
