has anyone thought to email steve hassan about this documentary coming out. i know that his main purpose in life now is to educate people about destructive cults and it would seem that this documentary would be counterproductive for him.
jaredg
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Knocking film in the news...
by Elsewhere inhttp://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/media/the_film_knocking_about_the_christian_group_known_as_jehovah_s_witnesses_34092.html the film knocking about the christian group known as jehovah's witnesses
added: (tue aug 16 2005) .
a new film on pbs is in the making about jehovah's witnesses , heres what we know.
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Would you go back?
by Stress Free inwhen i was an active witness it was quite noticeable that when world shattering events took place, such as a disaster, tensions between major nations, war in iraq or events like that of 9/11 the meeting attendance would drastically improve.
this was mainly due to ones whom you rarely saw flocking back because they thought armageddon was coming.
what if this almost impossible scenario occurred.
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jaredg
my parents keep on nagging me to come back. i don't think it's going to stop so i have an idea. i'm going to make a folder that has all the info about 607 vs. 586/7 BCE, the UN scandle, why refusing blood transfusions is not biblical and maybe a coupe other goodies and tell them that i will go back to the meetings if they both first read all the info in the folder, read crisis of conscience and read realesing the bonds and combating cult mind control by steve hassan. afterwords i want to talk to them about everything they learned and hope that they will see why i don't want to go back to meetings.
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Combatting Mind Control by Steve Hassan - Review
by TheListener ini'll admit that when i first began having doubts i thought for sure i was crazy.
once i totally didn't believe it was the truth i thought for sure i was going to die at armageddon because my faith wasn't strong enought to understand that this was really the truth.. since then i've gotten over those feelings and have always said i feel the witnesses are a cult.
maybe not as destructive a cult as jim jones, but a cult nonetheless.
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jaredg
i just ordered Releasing the Bonds by Hassan. I can't wait to dive into it. Hey wanna book swap when I'm done?
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How many of you had assembly parts?
by rebel8 ini was just remembering i had a part in an assembly part once.
i was a fresh new pioneer (who never, ever made my time, lol) just out of high school.
they gave me a brief part to say i was glad i didn't go to college and how i turned down a good job to pioneer.
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jaredg
i did the number 2 talk, bible reading, at the circuit assembly when i was 15. i had practiced it so many times that i knew the whole bible reading by heart. i remember being nervous but it was cool when it was over.
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Ever go to a meeting DRUNK?
by GetBusyLiving ina few years ago i was living with a buddy of mine here in downtown calgary.
we were both inactive dubs but still half - assed on the fence.
one night i came home from work and there was a slew of beer bottles all over the living room, and my buddy slouching on the couch in his suit and tie, beer in hand.
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jaredg
one time i went to the meeting with the worst hangover ever. i threw up in the bathroom a couple of times and then told my parents i was sick and needed to go home. they let me have the car keys and they got a ride home with some friends. i threw up again when i got home and then went to bed and slept for 4 hours. that day sucked balls!
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Ever go to a meeting DRUNK?
by GetBusyLiving ina few years ago i was living with a buddy of mine here in downtown calgary.
we were both inactive dubs but still half - assed on the fence.
one night i came home from work and there was a slew of beer bottles all over the living room, and my buddy slouching on the couch in his suit and tie, beer in hand.
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jaredg
better yet....i read the watchtower drunk! i'll never forget it. i was up late drinking the night before with some of my not-so-strong JW friends. i woke up the next morning still drunk and had forgotten that i was assigned to read the WT. funny thing is that i had people come up to me after the meeting and tell me what a great job i did reading the WT. i think it was just b/c i was trying so hard not to slur my words i was reading slow and concise....hahahaha....oh the memories.
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Top 5 Bands/Artists
by PaulJ inwhat are you 5 favourite bands/artists?.
mine, in no particular order are-.
1. oasis.
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jaredg
i still like the stuff from when i was a teenager the best
1. pearl jam
2. red hot chilli peppers
3. nirvana
4. smashing pumpkins
5. U2
my favorite rap artists are
1. snoop dog
2. dr. dre
3. eminem
4. outcast
5. biggie smalls
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response to 'older men dating teenagers/lolita'
by girl_interrupted inhey guys.
i feel deeply for wanderlustguy, when he describes what his father was like with young girls....incidentally, the reason i was disfellowshipped (among other things) was because i had an affair with a much older 'brother' in the cong.
i was just 14 at the time, and being naive and completely under his influence, i believed myself to completely in love with him and believed he felt the same way for me.
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jaredg
you are welcome GI....stick around and make yourself at home.
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response to 'older men dating teenagers/lolita'
by girl_interrupted inhey guys.
i feel deeply for wanderlustguy, when he describes what his father was like with young girls....incidentally, the reason i was disfellowshipped (among other things) was because i had an affair with a much older 'brother' in the cong.
i was just 14 at the time, and being naive and completely under his influence, i believed myself to completely in love with him and believed he felt the same way for me.
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jaredg
wow. that selfish bastard. i kills me to see adults who should know right from wrong just totally destroy a young woman's life. i feel for you, i really do. i wish you the best of luck with your therapy and hope that in the future you will be able to have a healthy relationship with a significant other of your choice. just remember that not all men are ravaging wolves like the man who took advantage of you. ((((((((HUGS))))))) also know that all of us here at JWDF support you and can be some of your closest friends. i also know what it's like to have your bests freinds desert you. it happened to me when i was DF'd. many people here understand what you are going through more than you know. jared
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A CRY FOR HELP
by SHUNNED FATHER inwill you help spread the word and put an end to the killing of innocent children.
they hide my daughter away and arranged for a doctor to give bethany arsenic which killed her.
the watchtower lawyers and the doctor deceived bethany in believing that the arsenic would cure her.
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jaredg
didn't you already post this before? by the way im sorry to hear about your daughter.