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  What would happen if the religion just straight out gets outed as bad? The ORG admits to it and all the members get told to disperse

  by Starlight.vee in

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  like the org just gives up and comes out saying that all of what they are saying is untrue and that there is no armageddon, nothing.

  how do y’all think the the members still in it would react?.

  there be a mental health crisis i perhaps.

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  Everyone needs to read this article on Ponzi schems. As you read it think WTC and you will notice the MO.

  PONZI SCHEM
  
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  Ages of each user here?

  by ukpimo in

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  i'm interested to know the age demographics here.

  it must be significantly different to other exjw forums.

  it would be a damning report for watchtower if most of us appear to have left for decades.. you don't have to mention your exact age, you could always say "in my 50s".. i am in my 70s.

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  Old enough. Started to deprogram when at Bethel '72-'76. Had to stop the press numberous times with mistakes to the Awake magazine articles. Saw the writing department was not on top of research or attention to detail. This started me on the road to deprogram. Read Ray's book in '86 and was totally PIMO for me. Was POMO in '90.
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  2024-07-July-S-147 Announcements!

  by Atlantis in

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  2024-07-july-s-147 announcements!.

  https://pdfhost.io/v/96mkpxpq1_untitled_1 .

  grandpa!.

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  mann377

  Sisters would have to wear hats if they had responsibility like mics. Can you imagin a sister with a cowboy hat handling the mics.
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  JE-sus making a comeback at the 2024 Convention

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  attended the friday sesson of the 2024 summer convention.. july 5, 2024 summer convention crowd photo; they invited quite a lot of empty chairs.. .

  the facility usually has 5500-6500. they spun it saying that fewer congregations were assigned.

  there were 6 of the smaller, more distant sections blocked off with tarps to lessen cleaning, which i understand.

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  Jesus made them use the videos so they won't put their foot in their mouth.
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  How Did You Do It?

  by KerryKing in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have any of you here successfully woken up pimi family members or friends and got them out?.

  if so, how did you manage to do that, what was the information that made them jolt up out of their hypnotism?.

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  Here's a stradegy that I have used that had suprising results. I put on my "ricky righteous" persona. By this I talk about how wonderful it is that the GB has such a nice place to live that is supported by our hard earned dollars. How the headquarters is like a country club/resort for their enjoyment. And we know that this is the way Jehovah meant it to be for them to live. Blah,blah........ You should see the look in their face as the wheels start to turn as they go back to their humble place and live on a tight budget. Several that I have done this with no longer attend. This is more effective due to the fact that you are not being confrontational as starting an argument. Remember these people have been programed with "switches" installed in their minds to turn off any negative comments.
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  BadAss Bethelites, did they really peak in the 1960's?

  by was a new boy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in the 70's a bethel elder told me that every morning in the 60's the paint and scaffold crew, (which was located on the 5th floor of building 4) would go up to the roof and walk around the perimeter on top of the ledge, which i doubt was more than 12" wide.

  then they'd go render sacred service to jehovah..

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  Sometimes they were refered to as "Potlickers". Pressmen were sometimes refered to as "animals" . Pressmen had a very different additude than the regular factory workers. Somte Bethelites would climb up to the towers at the Towers hotel and go around the columns on the tower at the roof.
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  Bombing of convention

  by mann377 in

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  i heard that the convention in india had a bomb go off and kill two people.

  a former jdub..

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  I heard that the convention in India had a bomb go off and kill two people. A former Jdub.
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  What is Self-deception?

  by Kosonen in

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  2. friends

  i googles about self-deception and found many articles about it.

  it is a thing reseachers in psychology have studied.. here is a quote from an article that describes it.

  and it is interesting because of so many ideas about how to understand the bible.

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  There are no bigger fools than those who fool themselves.
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  JWs mental health

  by Hellothere in

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  do they have any kind of mental health arrangements at bethel?

  i mean to help jws with mental problems.

  like a psychiatric.

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  When I was at Bethel in the 70's there were several brothers that had some serious mental issues. They were given a ticket home. If the infirmary can't handle it ....you're gone!
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  Were the bethelites disappointed when they moved out of Brooklyn?

  by GabeAthouse in

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  anyone know of anyone who was serving at the time of the move?

  i know a few former jw's who were at brooklyn who have told me that the actual bethel experience was kind of a drag but it was kinda cool to experience living in nyc for a couple of years.

  i visited a relative who was serving, years ago and went into the apartment he shared.

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  Can't speak for anyone else but when I was transferred from Brooklyn to the farm back in '73 I was a bit taken back. Thinking I would be in the middle of no where. After about four months I bought a car (went home for a vacation and bought it). It was great to have the freedom to go all over the place. Many times I would just go after work and drive in the mountains (the Gunks) and watch the sunset. Every time I walked past my car I knew that was my transportation out at any time. Having that freedom was intoxicating.