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Watch Tower's eBay account
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the last post about the violin for sale got me to looking at their ebay account which says it's based in wallkill.

they've got over 200 items for sale, most obsolete electronics that are grossly overpriced.

among them are used hard drives, like this one:.
dubstepped

I looked to see if they had a microphone for sale that I could use to record my podcasts. Unfortunately they only had wireless ones for sale, but that would be kind of awesome to use one of their mics for the "shunned" podcast.
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Reminder: super blue moon tonight
by _Morpheus in
1. social
2. current
just a reminder :) i already snapped a few pics and will try to get a few of the blood moon in the morning.

post pics if you got them!.
dubstepped

Great pic Scenic Viewer! Great idea for a thread too Morpheus.
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the blood issue in Dubtown
by Kevin McFree in
1. watchtower
2. medical
https://youtu.be/ie__d0uo6f4.

for part one go here .

https://youtu.be/i29aqlqcn8y.
dubstepped

Watched it when I got the notification yesterday. I love these! Well done sir!
I'm eagerly awaiting your pillowgate episode, lol.
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Friendship
by Freedom rocks in
1. jw
2. friends
how long did you all wait before telling new friends or someone you are or were dating that you used to be a witness?

how did they react?

if you did tell them do they make jokes at you every so often about it 😊 is it best not to tell people?
dubstepped

I tell everyone and am very open. It's a fascinating story and people are genuinely interested. When you're open and vulnerable people respect that. The occasional person is overwhelmed by the sadness of shunning and kind of shuts down and tries to change the subject so just let them and move on, but most people will respect you for standing up even with such dire consequences.
My wife and I have way more friends now than we ever did in the cult where everyone refers to others as "the friends".
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Can I edit after posting?
by Lost in the fog in
1. forum
2. tech-support
hi friends.

i recently posted on a discussion but realised that i had attached a dead link.

is there any way to go back into the post, after it has been posted, and edit my comments.
dubstepped

You can always just post a correction later in a new reply.
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JW Podcast
by Saltheart Foamfollower in
1. social
2. entertainment
anyone know if there is some problem with jw podcast?

their website is giving me a 404 not found error.. sf.
dubstepped

Thanks SF! It comes out this weekend. Well, part 1 does. Part 2 will be the following weekend. Part 3, a bonus episode, will be the weekend after that. Lots of content in this story. It's intense.
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What would you say?
by Freedom rocks in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you had 2 minutes with an old witness friend or with a family member to convince them the 'truth' is a lie and the gb isnt being directed by god what would you say to get their attention that might make them question their beliefs?.
dubstepped

They kept members after 1975. People stuck around after Tight Pants Tony, constant changes in what a generation means including overlapping ones, and likely lots of local scandals. There is none so blind as he who shall not see. They put their fingers on their ears and close their eyes. You'd be wasting 2 minutes of your life.
Your best chance is probably to have them watch something like the Scientology shows by Leah Remini. Perhaps they would wake up to the similarities, but anything that is done requires them to wake up. 2 minutes isn't enough to do anything.
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JW Podcast
by Saltheart Foamfollower in
1. social
2. entertainment
anyone know if there is some problem with jw podcast?

their website is giving me a 404 not found error.. sf.
dubstepped

You might check their Facebook group for more info. Just an idea. Maybe post something there. They may not even know.
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The fly doesn't know it's in a bottle....
by dubstepped in
1. jw
2. friends
... the walls are transparent.

so if you want to help the fly escape you first have to convince the fly that it's in a bottle, and only then can it find its way out.

that is taken from this american life episode 635 called "chip in my brain".
dubstepped

@Zophar - I know right? That trial result was something else.
I think one thing that made a mark on me was just how deep the mark was made on the kid. He was in that cult of one, but only for a few years? (didn't follow the timeline well) and look at how deeply he was impacted. Most of us here were indoctrinated for decades. Obviously people take things like that more or less seriously, and he took it seriously, but it just made me reflect on the strength shown by all of us here. We all went through so much to get here and to deprogram ourselves.
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The fly doesn't know it's in a bottle....
by dubstepped in
1. jw
2. friends
... the walls are transparent.

so if you want to help the fly escape you first have to convince the fly that it's in a bottle, and only then can it find its way out.

that is taken from this american life episode 635 called "chip in my brain".
dubstepped

@Londo - Yep, a cult of one. And just like JWs, he knows when to hide what he truly believes if it isn't in his best interests. Funny how those manipulative cunts seem to be able to see what their beliefs look like while still trying to hook the vulnerable with them. I had to take a minute to just let that episode sink in.