i've been thinking: what with all the bunker videos at the rc, instilling fear and paranoia and excitement among the masses, what could the gb do as a follow-up?
how do they feed the flame?.
how about identifying the "king of the north"?.
What about the cry of "peace and security" and the attack and destruction of Babylon the Great?
Seems the only religion the governments are interested in is 'radical Islam', which, suspiciously, WT never mentions.
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Of course, this all leads to the thousand year reign of fear.
Satan let out and all of those head band wearing, stick wielding apostate will rise up one last time...
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Koo-Koo, Koo-Koo
if wwi did not happen in 1914 the jw religion may not have survived.
many back then were already disillusioned with the fact that they were not taking to heaven.
some left.
When you 'really believe' that the end is always near, time moves right along and you accomplish nothing. Every news story 'proves' this is the last days. Constant anxiety. Loss of focus and productivity outside of the JW weekly schedule goes down or away.
My observations of the JWs in my life while I was in the cult is that most are putting their lives 'on hold'. They'll enjoy life in Paradise instead.The double lifers are attending for a variety of reasons, but with a different daily fear. Not Armageddon, but detection and DFing.
It's mental abuse by an investment corporation disguised as a religion.
I hope the governments put an end to this.
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Side point:
There are two documentaries on Netflix right now.
"The 60s" and "The 70s". Both are well done and put out by CNN.
Not only are the presentations informative and revealing of the evolution of modern society and the struggle for human rights, it also shows me how world conditions then would have ramped up the fear of the JWs during that time as well.
As I was born in 1968, I found them fascinating in view of my eventual 25 year stint as a JW starting in 1988.
I hope they make future documentaries on the 80s and 90s.
It will be difficult for me to accept I was mentally manipulated to follow a dream cause with no reward. It will help me heal and examine the world reality for what it really is.
it's become clear that very few from outside the religion are joining anymore.
if only the kids of the people that are already in are the one replacing the members as they die off and 50% let's say of the kids leave then how long can they realistically last before the downturn becomes obvious?.
I had the same thought as above: that the advice not to have children was ignored by some ( most ).
I know many including myself that 'chose' not to have children because of how close to the end we were...
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I have no children as a direct result of my becoming a JW.
( Listened, obeyed, not blessed )
it's utterly boring.
jung from the canadian bethel is drooning on.
may be the worst assembly ever.
What can you tell us about the reactions to the videos?
it's become clear that very few from outside the religion are joining anymore.
if only the kids of the people that are already in are the one replacing the members as they die off and 50% let's say of the kids leave then how long can they realistically last before the downturn becomes obvious?.
I think the down turn is already obvious, to outsiders.
Attendance, baptisms donations and overall growth is down.
When/if they admit this, is another story altogether.
When the bottom falls out, be ready to support the discarded.
so i sometimes go back and look at jw fairtales videos.
he such a good story teller and his video are heartfelt.. anyways i saw a hidden image at the 37:04 point.
does anyone know what book this is from?.
I think some of the images are form the older, gold color, "My Book of Bible Stories".
great news!.
we are free!.
as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.
As painful as this may be, you won't regret the decision.
hello all, things for the most part have been somewhat better for me because my parents haven't talked about baptism or anything recently.
i got a scholarship to go to art camp for a few weeks which has been fun (since its free, my parents didn't refuse) but it has also been very nervewracking for me.
i haven't been around any non jws for more than a year and its like being in a different world, a world where people are actually real and genuine and not mindless drones.
Pretend you know nothing of the JWs. You'll make new friends and move on with life.
Truth.
read the news here.
the jehovah's witnesses lost their appeal to the supreme court of russia.
bethel to be liquidated.. i bet the gb saw this coming ... here comes the persecution complex paranoia.
Maybe the GB will send Stephen Lett and a JW broadcast camera crew over to sit down with Putin over this...
Think of the amazing witness it would give <hurl>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znmk2viuqba.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/simulation_hypothesis.
consequences of living in a simulation[edit]some scholars speculate that the creators of our hypothetical simulation may have limited computing power; if so, after a certain point, the creators would have to deploy some sort of strategy to prevent simulations from themselves indefinitely creating high-fidelity simulations in unbounded regress.
If they had an indistinguishable from reality HD/VR of the "SIMS" or a fantasy island/holodeck simulator, how would you know if you were still playing the game or not?
