I'm inclined to believe that many would-be leavers are tempted out because they no longer have the fear of being totally alone and of feeling abandoned. Meet-up sites such as this compensate in some part for the impact of disfellowshipping. The WT can never have imagined prior to the internet that DF'd persons would find a way to communicate so easily with one another.
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How Effective Are Anti-JW Internet Sites?
by minimus ini think that once you get on the internet and you see evidence that shows jehovah’s witnesses do not have the real truth, it can jolt you.
but i don’t think simply going on an internet site typically changes a person’s direction—even if the information is very damning toward the witnesses.
i think it takes time to eventually get out.
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Baker backed by UK court.
by waton instory in the guardian: .
"--freedom of expression, as guaranteed by article 10 of the european convention on human rights, includes the right “not to express an opinion which one does not hold”, hale added.
“this court has held that nobody should be forced to have or express a political opinion in which he does not believe,” she said.--".
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snugglebunny
How about visiting a gay baker and asking for an iced slogan stating that Sodomy is a mortal sin?
This whole thing has nothing to do with gay rights at all but everything to do with freedom of conscience.
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Baker backed by UK court.
by waton instory in the guardian: .
"--freedom of expression, as guaranteed by article 10 of the european convention on human rights, includes the right “not to express an opinion which one does not hold”, hale added.
“this court has held that nobody should be forced to have or express a political opinion in which he does not believe,” she said.--".
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snugglebunny
“This court has held that nobody should be forced to have or express a political opinion in which he does not believe."
Excellent.
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Baker backed by UK court.
by waton instory in the guardian: .
"--freedom of expression, as guaranteed by article 10 of the european convention on human rights, includes the right “not to express an opinion which one does not hold”, hale added.
“this court has held that nobody should be forced to have or express a political opinion in which he does not believe,” she said.--".
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snugglebunny
"But it (the family run baking company ) points out that the company's issue was with the slogan and not Mr Lee, claiming it would have refused the same order from a heterosexual client."
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It's a shame isn't it?
by freddo in... that this forum, which is such an amazing resource for those needing support for their journey from watchtower's clutches has an increasingly present representation of unreasoning politically charged loudmouths..
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Labelling is, IMHO, the biggest cause of discord on discussion forums. My BIL recently berated me because I'm an EU leaver.."How can you cast your vote along with Boris Johnson"? he exclaimed. Grouping at its worst IMHO.
There is an expression that covers it: Dicto Simpliciter Fallacy
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HYMNS you will never hear at the Kingdom Hall
by Vanderhoven7 indo you have examples of hymns you will never hear in kingdom halls in any country.. here are a few of my favorites:.
https://youtu.be/cjivdc-_njs.
https://youtu.be/7gfvl0ef-be .
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At my very first KH, all the songs were accompanied by an organist pedalling like crazy to keep the damned thing full of air.
I never saw anything like this though!
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HYMNS you will never hear at the Kingdom Hall
by Vanderhoven7 indo you have examples of hymns you will never hear in kingdom halls in any country.. here are a few of my favorites:.
https://youtu.be/cjivdc-_njs.
https://youtu.be/7gfvl0ef-be .
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This gets me quite religious! https://www.facebook.com/theproms/videos/274109400094950/UzpfSTY4MDk4MTE0MjoxMDE1NTQ5NDMyNTY4MTE0Mw/
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Is attendance down in your location too?
by StarryNight9 ini was commenting on another thread about how local kh attendance is down.
memorial attendance was also way down and the circuit assembly had hundreds less people than what is typical.
my jw family has even mentioned it.
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I didn't realise that "Ein Prosit" was a Kindum Melody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1NzzAKeffc
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Study Watchtower confirms shunning spiritually weak. How nice!
by Isambard Crater init really hurt to hear brothers and sisters commenting about this at the meeting yesterday.. "as in solomon’s case, one of the greatest threats to spirituality is friendship with those who do not understand or respect jehovah’s standards.
some may be associated with the congregation but may be spiritually weak.
others could be relatives, neighbors, coworkers, or schoolmates who are not worshippers of jehovah.
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Just remembering WT studies from long ago ... there were similar articles to this back then. The audience would be clamouring to answer and make references to "these weak ones" in order to inflate their own egos. Yuk.