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  TTATT Billboard outside Belton, TX JW Conventions - Fundraising campaign

  by quest81 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  billboard raising awareness of the dangers of the jehovah's witness cult.. short summary.

  millions of people's lives are being adversely affected every day by jehovah's witnesses' (also known as jw.org) harmful teachings of shunning former members, refusal of certain kinds of medical treatment, social isolation, and harboring of child molesters.

  the goal of this campaign is to sponsor a billboard that will be targeted to current members traveling to the belton, tx conventions july 31st - aug 9th 2015. these conventions attract thousands of current members and hundreds of prospective members.

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  freemindfade: No, I just replicated the sub from reddit. Doing my small bit in spreading the word. If you can go ahead and share if able.
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  TTATT Billboard outside Belton, TX JW Conventions - Fundraising campaign

  by quest81 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  billboard raising awareness of the dangers of the jehovah's witness cult.. short summary.

  millions of people's lives are being adversely affected every day by jehovah's witnesses' (also known as jw.org) harmful teachings of shunning former members, refusal of certain kinds of medical treatment, social isolation, and harboring of child molesters.

  the goal of this campaign is to sponsor a billboard that will be targeted to current members traveling to the belton, tx conventions july 31st - aug 9th 2015. these conventions attract thousands of current members and hundreds of prospective members.

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  quest81

  
  

  Billboard raising awareness of the dangers of the Jehovah's Witness cult.

  Short Summary

  Millions of people's lives are being adversely affected every day by Jehovah's Witnesses' (also known as JW.org) harmful teachings of shunning former members, refusal of certain kinds of medical treatment, social isolation, and harboring of child molesters. The goal of this campaign is to sponsor a billboard that will be targeted to current members traveling to the Belton, TX conventions July 31st - Aug 9th 2015. These conventions attract thousands of current members and hundreds of prospective members. If we help just one wake up and walk away from the cult, we will be successful.

  What We Need & What You Get

  Here are the specifics of the campaign

  • Total cost of this project is $3,272
  • The funds will be used 100% for the purchase of ad space on a billboard along I-35 in Belton, TX, the main route those from Austin, San Antonio, and surrounding areas will use to get to the convention.
  • The billboard is 672 square feet and will run from July 15th to August 15th, plenty of time to not only catch the attention of convention goers, but locals in the community and the workers setting up the convention.
  • The contracting company for the billboard is Lamar.
  • A special web landing page will be created that will align with the billboard's message so we can understand the success of the campaign. We will be measuring increase in web traffic as well as engagement and source.
  • If we don't reach the goal, all funds will go to supporting jwfacts.com

  The Message

  • The message of the billboard has not been finalized. The message in the campaign picture, that of child molestation, is one of several considered.
  • Participate in the planning and discussion here on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2wwr12/op...
  • The final image will drive traffic to a specific web page that aligns with the billboard message.

  Help make it happen for TTATT Billboard outside Belton, TX JW Conventions and Richard Dude!

  Background on this project can be found here:

  http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/30yeon/operation_billboard_fundraising_to_go_live/
  
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  to date JWism has defined my life and i hate that TRUTH

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and i am finding the adjustment to the real world far more difficult than i ever imagined...i f...it has been about five years since i totally woke up to the fraudulant nwt and then all my other doubts i had carried for years were proved true as well.

  but almost all of my few friends are exjw or slack jw's and i feel so isolated...my sons friends are mostly exjw too but not their gf's and they have way more normal friends .

  how have you done at replacing lifelong friends and family?

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  I am sad to hear this.

  So many lives lost and torn to blind and in many cases unduly influenced allegiance to man made ideas and manipulation of faith.
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  what is the best line to say to a JW handing you an invite to the memorial

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have some ideas, but want more to choose from..

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  BTTT.
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  Reasons for Leaving

  by maksutov in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i finally got my book finished.

  it is available as a free ebook here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/527252 i'm sure the contents are familiar territory to most people here, but hopefully it will be of some use to those who are either thinking about joining or thinking about leaving.

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  Started reading your book a few days ago. Thanks for making it available.
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  "Gentile Times"

  by zeb in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am reading again the work.."the gentile times reconsidered" by carl olof jonsson.

  it is very heavy going but he uses world sources as used by wt to totally refute the 607 thing.

  he sent his studies on this to bethel ny and waited on jehovah.

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  Highly recommend this book. Currently reading it. One of the most detailed reads that also gives due citations. It lays out historical facts beyond doubt and shows how misleading JWs are when they imply they have special divination that led them to signify their highly regarded 1914. Also especially like the background given that shows the origins of the Second Adventist movements and the proponents for those ideas.
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  Pick your belief system

  by Giordano in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think we've all noticed a ton of newbe's these past months.

  one part of escaping or thinking about escaping the jw's is coming to terms with what you believe now and/or what direction you are leaning towards.. here is a site that has a quick quiz that may be of some worth or just for fun.

  i took it when i first signed on here and the results surprised me because it was pretty accurate.. you don't have to sign up for anything and when you finish you will get a percentage answer on 20 major belief systems.

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  Proudly 100% Secular Humanist.
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  Advice needed on Crisis of Conscience

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, some of you may have seen my thread from yesterday about my wife waking up.. we had further discussion yesterday evening after i sent her the pbs video on the abuse scandals plaguing the watchtower.

  she was so furious and pissed off at wt hq.

  apparently a close relative of her's was abused by an elder and the only reason he was reproved and removed as an elder was because he confessed.

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  Out of curiosity, how many spouses here secretly read this book when it came within their reach?

  I have a copy quite plainly placed in my house, I don't know if my wife has taken a look at it in my absence.
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  Advice needed on Crisis of Conscience

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, some of you may have seen my thread from yesterday about my wife waking up.. we had further discussion yesterday evening after i sent her the pbs video on the abuse scandals plaguing the watchtower.

  she was so furious and pissed off at wt hq.

  apparently a close relative of her's was abused by an elder and the only reason he was reproved and removed as an elder was because he confessed.

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  I got the hard copy after I had read the PDF version from start to finish. The hard copy used to be easily available on Amazon.com. Now I see more used copies than new ones.

  Something is going on, either more JWs or those affected by the religion are becoming TTATT aware and buying it or the WT is buying copies in print to prevent people from accessing the book.
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  Trolley Stands Up, Door-to-Door Work Down?

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  several threads have discussed the increased use of of the trolley work by witnesses in various countries (e.g, australia, new zealand, the states, canada and britain to name a few).

  several posters have described trolley settings as largely ignored by passersby and/or the witnesses immersed in everything other than appearing ready and waiting to make contact with passersby.

  what impact will this increased shift to trolley work have on the hallmark feature of jws, their door-to-door work?

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  quest81

  How are the cart pushers selected?