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  Why are JW's so blind and kept in the dark about the WTS history?

  by booker-t in

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  Nina

  Actually, I did see, but I didn't know how to put it all together.

  When I started to study I made it a point to collect all the older publications, and I mean all the things that WT had ever printed! I read every single one of them. I studied them. I read a lot of them repeatedly, trying to make sense of the things that didn't match. I made notes, I asked Elders. I was given the cold shoulder. I asked the person I was studying with (it took me a looooong time to get to baptism) and her answer was that it didn't matter because those were just old things they didn't believe any more anyhow. I told myself that she just didn't have a very studious attitude and I kept asking. I got a reputation for having an "independent spirit". I even asked them about THAT, wondering how wanting to understand more about "The Truth" could be giving me an independent spirit.

  I studied harder. I spent hours a day reading and thinking about what I had read. I spent more time talking to any JW that would listen. I didn't do this with an argumentative attitude, I really thought that other people knew what the solution was and that I was just missing the point!

  I made myself sick. I think it would be called "cognitive dissonance". I became depressed. I couldn't understand why, although I kept searching for it, I wasn't able to come to an "accurate knowledge", and why, although I worked so hard to bring my life into harmony with the scriptures I could see that the things I was being taught were out of harmony themselves.

  I guess that sums up most of what it was like to be a faithful witness, which is another way to say being blind and living in the dark. I was looking for the light but I didn't find it anywhere within WTBTS. It was only when I looked on the outside of "the organization" that I could see what was really going on. Most JW's haven't done that...yet. The seeds are there. A lot of JW's are goodhearted and intelligent people. Give them time. They will find the light.

  Nina
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  Our Mission is Simple.Can you guess who wrote this?

  by Blueblades in

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  everyone of our books is designed to bring extra value and skill building instructions to the reader.our books are written by experts who understand and care about our readers.the knowledge base of our editorial staff comes from years of experience in publishing, education, and journalism, experience we use to produce books.

  in short, we care about books, so we attract the best people.we devote special attention to details such as audience, interior design,use of icons,and illustrations.. we use an efficient process of authoring,and editing.. can you guess who we are?.

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  http://reactor-core.org/unix-haters-handbook.txt
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  My bizarre last few days...

  by CeriseRose in

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  so i basically spent last week hibernating with my english lit books and studying.

  i had 3 essays to finish (one left and i'm slacking horridly on it) and my final exam last saturday (i think i did reallly well!

  yay!).

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  Nina

  "Living well is the best revenge."

  It also helps get people out of WT.

  Nina
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  Our Mission is Simple.Can you guess who wrote this?

  by Blueblades in

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  everyone of our books is designed to bring extra value and skill building instructions to the reader.our books are written by experts who understand and care about our readers.the knowledge base of our editorial staff comes from years of experience in publishing, education, and journalism, experience we use to produce books.

  in short, we care about books, so we attract the best people.we devote special attention to details such as audience, interior design,use of icons,and illustrations.. we use an efficient process of authoring,and editing.. can you guess who we are?.

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  Nina

  John Kilcullen
  President and CEO
  IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
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  What do you think about this?

  by desib77 in

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  i have a coworker who likes to joke around about me being fired....he actually just started not long ago..i've been there several years now and work at home most of the week.

  it was okay the first time he told me he overheard the boss talking about letting me go but now he like to call and tell me i'm fired...the thing is he is kind of under me.

  my position is sr. and his is jr. it's kind of getting annoying.

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  Nina

  It seems obvious to me that this person is after your job. Proceed with caution.

  There are a number of ways you can handle this guy. I'm partial to this one:

  Fake Serious. If he calls again with the message that you have been fired play it straight. Thank him for relaying the information and tell him that you will contact HR (or whoever handles that function in your organization) to wrap up your affairs. If he doesn't catch on to the seriousness of what he is doing (legally he is impersonating an Agent of the company) he will when HR gets finished with him.

  Set him up. When he starts talking about how you are trying to hold him back in the company suggest to him that you heard it different, then start your own "joke" about HIM, targeting his own insecurities.

  Whatever you do, don't let him know he's getting to you.

  Nina
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  Return visits

  by kj in

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  two nice jw ladies stopped by my house last week and gave me some magazines.

  one of them asked if i would mind if she returned to discuss the magazines and answer any questions i might have.

  i think i'd like to attempt some counter-witnessing.

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  Nina

  At one time the back issues had another lucrative use. The paper, cut to the proper size, worked beautifully in the dollar changers in laundramats.
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  A REALLY hard dub question.

  by gumby in

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  here's the scenario:.

  a man has a sex change and 5 years later becomes a dub.

  now he's a girl.

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  Nina

  My first inclination was not to post to this thread because of the descriptive term you used when asking for thoughts, then I thought about the circumstances surrounding my birth and I realized "I'm qualified!". On that basis I offer the following:

  The person would be viewed as a mutilated male. After appropriate "shepherding", during which time he would revert to his former style of dress and gender identity, he may even qualify for positions of responsibility.

  Now as for the reverse situation, obviously the female involved is just plain nutty and would be used only to serve the brothers when no other volunteers could be found.

  The truth will set you free.

  Nina
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  An Esmerelda by any other name would still be just as screwed up.

  by Fleur in

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  i've lost old hotmail accounts and the old account info that went with them.

  but it is me, es, essie, esmerel/alda, in addition to anything else obscene i may be known by in these parts.. i just pounded this out in pure frustration.

  i'm probably going to get heckled for posting it but what the hell, there isn't anywhere else i can go where people will get this, and i can't keep it inside, it has got to go somewhere before my brain explodes.. so here it is.why did i go to that restaurant today?

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  Nina

  What happened to you is the same kind of thing that happens to a person who speaks more than one language. If someone comes up and starts speaking Language 1 you answer in Language 1 without even thinking about it, even if you haven't spoken that language in years and years.

  "Tina" spoke Watchtowerese to you and you responded in the same language. It doesn't mean you believe it, it just means that you know how to talk the talk.

  You'll be OK.

  Nina
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  Can I rant/rave, please?

  by Candlestick02 in

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  sorry i've been mia for a while.

  started a new job and i'm swamped.

  i'm only taking out time now during lunch to get something off my chest.

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  Nina

  Well, it sounds to me like you should just step back and stay out of it because......

  The whole thing is big and important right now, a real hot emotional issue, but in about 6 weeks everything will be "business as usual". That seems to be the way it goes in situations like this. Look, they've hung together all these years, however dysfunctional they have been. I think they are each getting something out of the relationship and each is putting something back in.

  When one of them has had enough, or one of them goes over the edge, the situation will change.

  I have some vague notion that you are all caught in an abuse cycle. The only sure thing you can do is keep yourself straight.

  Nina
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  On CNBC,,,,PRINCE admits he is a JW....Did U believe he was?

  by LyinEyes in

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  i am watching prince talking to the reporter on cnbc, and she asked him if he is now one of jehovah's witnesses and he said......."yes".

  i have read things in magazines and newspaper articles but i really could not believe that he was an active witness.

  well, i guess i had to hear it with my own ears.

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  Nina

  I almost ran into the guy (literally) in the parking lot of a certain KH about four weeks ago. He wasn't driving, another male was.

  All I wanted was to ask a question about one of the congregations at that particular Hall. The passenger kept shrinking into the seat while the driver and I were talking. (I was standing on the passenger side of the car, the driver put the window down). It was pretty noticeable because he was so small to begin with! He looked really tense.

  Geez, all I wanted was some information! I didn't give a rat which witness it was, I just wanted the answer to my question!

  Maybe somebody ought to tell him to keep his "eyes" on the prize?

  Nina

  BTW, if the driver of the car ever reads this, dude, you need a better suit.