Posts by rebel8

article is basicqlly about families where a spouse is working away from home for an extended period, etc...a foot note says basically that some studies have shown that working away from home can cause serious consequences, such as infidelity, homosexuality, or incest.

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pull it up on jw.org...that is what it says.

rebel8

WOW

But I cannot find it on jw.org.

This has the potential to get international medial coverage like the sign language masturbation video did, if it can be verified with the primary source.

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Kicking the "Gay Habit" at the IC

by breakfast of champions in

heard from a reliable source that this was part of friday's program.

they even interviewed a "former gay man" who "kicked the gay habit".. evidently kicking the "gay habit" is difficult, not unlike quitting smoking or avoiding sugary snacks.

the persons who related this to me found the whole thing to be laughable at best, but honestly seemed quite disturbed by it (which is good!

rebel8

well I suppose that was to be expected. Conservates are reporting suntanning is as addictive as heroin, cheese is as addictive as drugs too, now gay is just a habit like eating too many Twinkies. This false equivocation is a way to minimize and distract from the truth.

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'The Compound' is coming on nicely...

by snare&racket in

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warwick precursory site work on the watchtower bible and tract society's 45-acre jehovahs witnesses world headquarters project in sterling forest has been completed, meaning construction of the planned eight-building complex on long meadow road along the warwick-tuxedo town line is poised to begin in earnest.. the warwick town board on june 12 agreed to reduce watchtower's town-mandated $33.103 million performance bond by a third to signify the completion of approximately one-third of the project.. .

bond reduction totals $11.114 million.

watchtower bible and tract society of new york associate general counsel richard moake and spokesman david c. day, a newfoundland attorney who has represented jehovah witness clients in significant canadian religious freedom rulings, said the $11.114 million bond reduction means preliminary site work has been completed and inspected.. .

rebel8

Well at least it created 1 job.

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Muhammad Ali fought the US Draft 47 years ago today, June 20th, 1967

by designs in

with the help of jw attorney hayden covington the supreme court ruled in favor of muhammad ali's exemption status to the draft.

i admired him for taking his stand.. meanwhile we young jw guys were being hung out to dry by the wt.

goons- knorr, franz and schroeder.

rebel8

I still have my rejection letter from the Org. refusing to help.

Would you post it here? I'd be interested to see it. I always felt sorry for the bros--that may be the one thing the bros had worse than the women in the Org.

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"Hello from Phats"

by phats in

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hay out there.. wife got back from her thursday meeting & now she's setteled down with the dog, a v large g&t (maid be me) & watching terminator 2 on the telly with her ipad on her lap looking up places to go for our holiday (& googling symptoms of to many antibiotics as my 16 year old is getting signs of ibs).

so now is a good time to say hello.. well hello.

my name is phats & i'm an ex jehovah's witness.. there, i've said it.. this must be like it is going to your first aa meeting.. i've already used up some of my posts for a newbe but i'm not in to the whole long story thing.. basically i've been out now for 8 years (mentally out for all but four or five of those years of my life when i made the commitment, got baptized & married.).

rebel8

LOL, om.

Welcome, Phats, and congratulations on your recovery.

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1975 Marketing

by lambsbottom in

can anyone tell me exactly how the jws advertised the '75 being the end of the world?

how were they soooo effective?

i mean, other cults are effective also, but damn!

rebel8

No one thought twice about end times un folding or armageddon around the corner.

No one cared about end times in 1975 it came and gone without anyone recognizing it.

I'm trying to remember if I've ever heard a jw or ex-jw say anything remotely like that.

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1975 Marketing

by lambsbottom in

can anyone tell me exactly how the jws advertised the '75 being the end of the world?

how were they soooo effective?

i mean, other cults are effective also, but damn!

rebel8

Back then, the printed word had even more power than it does now. Information was not so easy to get. It was hard to get a book published if you were an author, so a book was regarded as fact.

Just close your eyes for a moment and imagine yourself naive, worried about the future, and wanting badly to believe. Now imagine yourself reading a book with this in it. Gives you an emotional response, doesn't it? WOW, of all human generations, it's happening NOW! And you're one of the chosen few who even knows it's coming and will survive it! You're so special! You must adhere to this or suffer torture and death.

This graphic was a big freaking deal back then.

I am not excusing any adult from their responsibility to not teach lies to others or to expose their children to cults. Only explaining how.

Yuck! Looking at that stupid graphic is making me nauseated, literally. That sick little drawing ruined lives.

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1975 Marketing

by lambsbottom in

can anyone tell me exactly how the jws advertised the '75 being the end of the world?

how were they soooo effective?

i mean, other cults are effective also, but damn!

rebel8

Once you get past the first bitter bite while being distracted by love bombing, confirmation bias kicks in.

Of course I'm just an observer, so I may be wrong. I watched a parent join up during that time period. I wasn't actually old enough to fully believe or disbelieve.