Posts by rebel8

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Anti-JW billboard going up in Texas

by sunny23 in

the first ever billboard has been crowd funded on reddit and will be going up.

i'm curious to know if it will cause a spark in any jw's who already have questions or doubts and lead them to research into the child abuse cases and lead them to the thought that the wt and gb are not inspired or gods mouthpiece.

at the very least it will provide people a topic of conversation and questions to the jw's who knock on their door: "so whats this whole sex abuse in kingdom halls thing about i saw on the billboard down the road?

rebel8

Why would non-JWs be interested? It targets a very, very small group

Right. Either...

...this billboard is directly next to a KH and was targeted specifically at the dubs who would see it on their way in (who travel from that direction on the road)...OR...

...it would have been better to consult with a marketing professional first. Billboards reach the general public. They don't know what a KH and elders are and since the message says "your KH", it's not a message directed at them anyway. People ignore ads not directed at them personally, like I ignore ads about prostates and baby diapers.

For the general public, the messaging should be cult prevention, which could easily be done with a similar tagline like, "Is a cult recruiter knocking on your door?"

I'd rather see public awareness change.

Me too--too bad this message doesn't really accomplish that. :(

Boldness, willingness to follow through, creativity and ability to get needed financial support are all skills this individual obviously has and are needed for a successful project. Unfortunately marketing knowledge may be missing (again, unless it's reaching specific JWs who see this particular billboard on the side of the road they travel on).

cultprevention.blogspot.com

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Should a Submissive Wife be Allowed Behind the Wheel of a Car?

by snugglebunny in

jw
friends

driving does require a high degree of control after all, don't you agree?.

http://www.maniacworld.com/women-dont-drive.html?fb_action_ids=10152683493111143&fb_action_types=og.comments.

rebel8

No. Women cannot control themselves; sometimes we cannot even hold back from falling all over the brothers and causing them to commit fornication with us. Just like Eve, we're temptresses with no self control.

Next, our brains are smaller than men's and therefore we're dumber.

Also, women's menstrual periods bring on hormonal fluctuations that cause us to be unable to make rational decisions or take on the burden of leadership. Imagine a woman having to make a split second choice between hitting the brake or ramming into a toddler who ran out into the road, or having to take the lead by going first at an intersection with a stop sign? The burden would be too much.

These are all true facts printed in wts publications.

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Regarding the Nepal earthquake

by Syme in

over 6,100 dead in nepal until now.. a huge disaster, a terrible tragedy, and in front of that, the average j-dub will have in his mouth the "earthquakes from place to place will happen" prophecy.. a tragedy of that size happens, and what do jws do?

they almost rejoice, because in their mind it "fulfills" bible prophecy, and on top of that, they can't wait to see what positive impact on the preaching work that disaster is going to have.. remember that famous photo-of-the-year, where a vulture waits for that starved african boy to die, so that it can eat the body?

that's the case here.

rebel8

Graph: Severity and frequency of worldwide earthquakes with 1,000 or more deaths since the year 1900 with forecast based upon trend

eBook (PDF): $0.00

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How hard is it to attend a congregation outside of the territory where you live? Consequences for doing so.

by hoser in

jw
friends

i need to change congregation but stay living in the same place.

any experience with this.

rebel8

I got talked to about this. That was decades ago, but it was made into a big deal. You're supposed to be bonding with your hall mates so you can hide together from the Gestapo during the GT, Satan will try to distract you because you'll have less accountability for attending meetings and fs, etc.

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A Toast to Windchimes

by DarioKehl in

i recently researched on jw dot org why toasts are not allowed.

in the article, they candidly admit that wedding bands also have pagan origins, but their modern understanding trumps this fact since they serve another function: signifying whether or not a person is married.

same with neck ties, i guess (although their pagan origins were not mentioned in the article).

rebel8

Someone should totally make a flag saluting, toasting Sparlock windchime.

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Having a hard time holding my tongue...

by problemaddict 2 in

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friends

...recently.. i'm normally pretty calculated.

my fade is done, my wife is out, my family and friends know, i maintain quite abit of the friendships of those closest to me jw or not, my family isn't shunning, and the few people we have kept it from for other reasons we are calculating how to break it.

(elderly matriarch that we are simply not going to tell so she doesn't die).. but.....all these facebook meme's and stupid feeds about reliance on jehovah, distraction, staying close to his organization, persevering against satan.....its driving me nuts.

rebel8

Village Idiot--good idea.

Of course, it doesn't have the flair of my tactic (pretending to be demon possessed--drooling, rolling your eyes back in your head, talking in a throaty voice).

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The poor and deprived life of JW children.

by Esse quam videri in

i find it hard to believe that adults on this forum make such a big deal about not celebrating birthdays, x-mas, easter, halloween, etc, etc, etc.

i grew up as a jw kid and it actually made me feel good, being different from the other kids in school.

we went to meetings.

rebel8

The main issue as the OP shows is the fact that not all JW kids had the same experience

Right. Seeing things from others' perspectives is a skill that has to be developed. Ya aren't born with it.

Telling an entire forum full of thousands of ex-cultists that their experiences weren't that bad and they should just stop whining about it, is incorrect, naive, and mean.

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The poor and deprived life of JW children.

by Esse quam videri in

i find it hard to believe that adults on this forum make such a big deal about not celebrating birthdays, x-mas, easter, halloween, etc, etc, etc.

i grew up as a jw kid and it actually made me feel good, being different from the other kids in school.

we went to meetings.

rebel8

^lol I didn't even catch that. Yeah, he wasn't even a spiritually strong jw, and he's criticizing us for hating dubbery so much.

Jesus, even chess wasn't allowed.

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I want to take them down

by cookiemaster in

hey guys!

some of you might know about my latest clash with the elders.

i see the pressure this cult is putting on my family.

rebel8

They already have been taken down in a big way. Recruitment is down. Attrition, combined with their increasingly horrible reputation, is shrinking their size. Continued Internet and other media coverage of their scandals is working. Some countries are outlawing them for their lying and dangerous practices.

The fact that the number of partakers increases shows the people inside the org don't even believe their teachings. The religion is no more than a caricature of what it used to be.

What you can do is contribute to the above, and work on your own family's situation. If your mother is sound of mind, she needs to be willing to set limits with your help. If she's not of sound mind, get orders of protection or whatever other legal means you have to protect her.

Can you expose their actions towards your mother? They seem to be concerned about your Facebook post--you're hitting a nerve. Imagine if you kept hitting that same nerve with real life stories about what they're doing to your mother. Just an idea.

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"Your bad attitude is evident, because you don't bring a meeting bag to the meetings anymore!"

by stuckinarut2 in

yes friends.....this is the comment said to me by an elder!.

"your bad attitude is evident because you don't bring your meeting bag anymore!".

i calmly replied: "but everything i need is on the tablet now......".

rebel8

What is wrong with blue hi-lighters?

Blue highlighters have a long history of connections to things displeasing to Jehoover:

Pagans used them in naked witchcraft rituals to symbolize the sky goddess; they would use the highlighters when memorizing their spells.
The Romans used blue highlighters to mark off the list of criminals as they were killing them on the stakes.
The Israelites used blue highlighters to mark off their list of things they sacrificed to Ba'al.
Jezebel used blue highlighters for her eyeshadow.
Sparlock uses blue highlighters to keep track of the jw kids he's corrupted.