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  Why some won't leave the Watchtower

  by JH in

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  name as many reasons as you can why some won't leave the watchtower organization, even though they know something is wrong.

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  1. Trapped in it because of family, friends, business. Would be too costly in terms of relationships and/or money to leave.
  
  
  2. Unable to deal with the realities of modern living, some hang on the "promise" of a better world, despite their other doubts.
  
  
  3. Too puffed up with the artifical status conferred on JWs. With it, they are members of an elite who will survive the coming holocaust and live forever. Without it, they would just be poor, undereducated, working drudges trying to get by.

  Absolutely nailed it Parakeet.
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  Where is stillajwexelder?

  by JH in

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  he didn't post since may 7th...

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  Theocrat

  ....and his last post was about getting his dong touched by another dude ROFL.
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  Spreading apostate material at the convention the high tech way!

  by sinis in

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  well, for those going i thought i would include an item that can be used to spread apostate ideas to those who are hard of hearing.. http://www.hobbytron.com/mini-fm-tv-transmitter.html.

  find out what frequency the convention is using to broadcast and simply tune this circuit to that frequency.

  make a small "apostate" tape that possibly loops and plug the headphone jack of your walkman or mp3 player into the jack of this circuit and watch the fun.

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  Better than Apostate messages, why not get some old man with a chilling, powerful voice to announce that he is JEEEEEEEEE-HOVAH and to hit the deck as Armageddon is arriving in 10...9...8...6...7... etc and watch the panic confessions!!!

  ROFL
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  Spreading apostate material at the convention the high tech way!

  by sinis in

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  well, for those going i thought i would include an item that can be used to spread apostate ideas to those who are hard of hearing.. http://www.hobbytron.com/mini-fm-tv-transmitter.html.

  find out what frequency the convention is using to broadcast and simply tune this circuit to that frequency.

  make a small "apostate" tape that possibly loops and plug the headphone jack of your walkman or mp3 player into the jack of this circuit and watch the fun.

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  Theocrat

  You would have to sitting very close to the reciever for that to work. And since there aren't really any "hard-of-hearing" sections anymore, the ones using walkmans to hear the program would all be spread out. But you're right, it would be hilarious to do that. I was thinking it could be a tape of some death metal.
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  For All Who Are Going to the Convention This Year

  by drew sagan in

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  for most of us who are going to the 'delieverance at hand' district convention we want to be low on the radar.

  but wouldn't it be terrible if we missed out meeting someone else from the board while we attended the same convention?

  listing what convention your going to might be to much of a give away for some people, but i really don't care.

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  Ah, I gotcha. Let me know how that goes...you know...that "being ruled by fear" thing.
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  For All Who Are Going to the Convention This Year

  by drew sagan in

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  for most of us who are going to the 'delieverance at hand' district convention we want to be low on the radar.

  but wouldn't it be terrible if we missed out meeting someone else from the board while we attended the same convention?

  listing what convention your going to might be to much of a give away for some people, but i really don't care.

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  Let's say you're still attending meetings on a regular basis and trying to keep up appearances so that you can do things on your own schedule.

  ROFL who would be doing that? Plus I would welcome somebody to "report" me. There is nothing further that the wonderful organization can do to me. I'm like Undaunted Danny...nothing to lose.
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  For All Who Are Going to the Convention This Year

  by drew sagan in

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  for most of us who are going to the 'delieverance at hand' district convention we want to be low on the radar.

  but wouldn't it be terrible if we missed out meeting someone else from the board while we attended the same convention?

  listing what convention your going to might be to much of a give away for some people, but i really don't care.

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  I want to point out that it would be extremely easy for someone to bust you as an apostate if you meet with them based on information given on this board. Post this info if you want, but be aware of the risks.

  Why you say that UB? Plus, nobody is "busted" at conventions. This site should be a save haven. If there weren't so much IP recording and tracking then maybe some anonymity could be maintained that would help protect us.
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  Who's to say Jesus has "approved" the FDS and "appointed them..."

  by Theocrat in

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  "...over his belongings" ???.

  i think the entire system of witness beliefs hinge on this issue: is the governing body the mouthpiece that jehovah is using to lead faithful ones on earth?.

  it seems jw's just assume that jesus did inspect them and did appoint them over his belongings.

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  I don't quite understand Grissom's line of thinking on this, but let me clarify the issue I'm brining up:

  1914 is explained to death...prophecy from Daniel, "appointed times of the nations", 2520 years counted from 607 and so forth. They haven't fallen short in giving us "evidence" as to 1914.

  But with the matter of the scriptural FDS, it's being inspected, approved, and appointed by Jesus, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO "EVIDENCE" GIVEN! They just say that it happened. Wait, says who? I could go to my co-workers and say, "Hey just so you know, the boss said I'm in charge now and that you'll have to do what I say and anybody that tries to go to him instead of me will get fired." But that wouldn't be an actually appointment, it would be usurping.

  In a religion where so-called "evidence" stacks on top of more "evidence", why is there just an assumption that the governing body in Brooklyn was approved by Jesus? Now I'm not saying that they are probably the "evil slave" because the one characteristic that Jesus provides for us at Matthew 24 is that the evil slave would claim that Jehovah's day would be "delaying".
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  For All Who Are Going to the Convention This Year

  by drew sagan in

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  for most of us who are going to the 'delieverance at hand' district convention we want to be low on the radar.

  but wouldn't it be terrible if we missed out meeting someone else from the board while we attended the same convention?

  listing what convention your going to might be to much of a give away for some people, but i really don't care.

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  I'm going July 7-9 at the Mobile, Alabama Civic Center.
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  What do you get . . .

  by cruzanheart in

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  when you cross a jehovah's witness with an agnostic?.

  a person who comes and knocks on your door but doesn't know why.. (one of the attorneys in my office just told me that one!).

  nina

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  Theocrat

  I like this one:

  What do you call a rock star that knocks on your door on Saturday mornings?

  Jon-Bon-Jovi Witness