Topics Started by Hidden-Window

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How Do You Answer Someone Who Says JWs Are Not False Prophets?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
it used to bother me that people would say that about my well meaning religion.

how do you prove that witnesses are indeed, false prophets?.
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just wanted to introduce myself
by TheMark in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been a lurker for quite some time and enjoy the forum.

i've reached a point in life where i don't argue ideologies anymore so i don't have much to say.

i've been out for decades and believe i've been mostly de-cultabilized (if that's even a word).. my family is still in and i haven't had contact with them in years.
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Jehovah's organization growing like never before: but bible studies are way down. Huh?
by kneehighmiah in
1. jw
2. friends
so the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.

at the same time they claim bible studies are way down.

are the finally admitting what we've known all along, that they can no longer recruit outsiders?
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Overlap what???
by dugout in
1. jw
2. friends
just out of the blue i asked my wife whos been a jw for some 30 odd years can she explain the overlapping doctrine.

she said to me she never heard of this and said she will have to look it up.

i thought oh s#^%!.
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Lowering the standards: The sign of a cult struggling for survival
by Hidden-Window in
1. jw
2. friends
many of the recent changes in the jehovah's witness organization are a clear sign of a cult that is struggling for survival.

the internet has change the scenario in a very dramatic way.

many of us who for years struggled alone with doubts and cognitive dissonance thinking that we were the only ones, that we, as individuals were the issue, now know that there is a large community of individuals who see the organization as what it is, a mind controlling cult that is not only false, but also dangerous.. the governing body clearly understands the consequences of this awakening.
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Im still young (19)....just reading Crisis of Conscious
by Blackfalcon98 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi guys, ive finally got a copy of coc from my local library, im on page 120ish and im really enjoying it!

the thing that gets me now that im enlightened is how little the rank and file know about anything this organazation does!

everything is so secretive and covered up behind a curtain.
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If THAT is Paradise, count me bored....
by bafh in
1. jw
2. friends
i happened to attend a session of the summer convention on sunday morning.

one thing that that struck me was how their view of paradise was that we would all be the same.

they kept talking about how nice it would be if we all spoke the same language.
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As I move further away from theWT.....
by Viviane in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i've, over the years, looked into many religions.

obviously, from those that have seen me post here, i've become an atheist simply because i couldn't find any reason to believe in god.

recently, though, over the past few months, a new change has started.
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How to Knock Nazi Elders off their high horse
by suavojr in
1. jw
2. friends
the borg has many inconsistencies, when the topic is helping humble and honest people achieve their full potential.

consider a working man who works 40 to 60 hours a week and still manages to show up to all the meetings, participate, do all of his assigned work within the kh, but his ministry has slipped to 8 hours per month.

this same man is working hard to move up within the ranks only to get shut down without even knowing.. .
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Words that irritate
by punkofnice in
1. jw
2. friends
i have words that irritate me and not always without reason.. my latest hate is the word: 'solutions' as used by so many businesses in their title these days.

y'know, 'something innane business solutions' and such balderdash.. i loathe that word now.

arrrrggghhhhhh!