Posts by rebel8

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JWs on Facebook, Pinterest, etc.

by enigma1863 in

have you noticed how much jw crap there is online now.

there must be 20 jw.org facebook pages.

100s of jws have a pinterest page.

rebel8

click-on preaching

I predict they will add hits/visits/likes to monthly publisher reports soon. And tallies of the number of people who walk by the carts.

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Newspaper article: 'Rise of ISIS and earthquakes are WARNINGS before ARMAGEDDON destroys Earth'

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/581439/rise-isis-earthquakes-warnings-before-armageddon-apocalypse-end-destroys-volcanoes-earth.

the "end" of mankind, which has been long predicted by jehovah's witnesses, could happen as soon as this year - according to latest announcement from the christian religion.. in the latest edition of jehovah's witnesses monthly publication watchtower, an article translated into 700 languages - urges people to join the religion or face certain death when god sends his forces from the heavens to "remove all world leaders," "exterminate his enemies" and "rid the world of satan".. critics have lambasted the warning of a coming armageddon as yet another "failed prediction" by the religion, which has previously delivered similar alerts such as a foretold apocalypse in 1975.. indeed, jehovah's witnesses have been warning people of the need to recognise jehovah or face certain death when the "end" comes for more than 100 years.. the christian-based religion was founded in the 1870s by charles taze russell in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, us, as an offshoot from the bible studies movement.. today, there are 8.2million jehovah's witness evangelists, while 19.9 million celebrated their annual memorial festival marking christ's death - worldwide in 2014.. followers do not believe in military service and will not accept blood transfusions.. in a new eight-page article, watchtower said jehovah's witness leaders are now "convinced" humans are in their "final days" before the armageddon.. they cite an increase in global armed conflict, such as the rise of the islamic state terror group, as well as natural disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes.. the lengthy article, written by an unnamed author, said: "will god let humans continue to dominate one another and threaten the future of mankind?

no, as we have seen, he will step in and bring an end to centuries of misery and oppression.

rebel8

Cool--they keep the nutty stuff up and look nuttier to potential recruits.

OT but what? Are these #s right? More than 1 non-publisher attending the Memorial for every 1 publisher?

Today, there are 8.2million Jehovah's Witness evangelists, while 19.9 million celebrated their annual Memorial festival – marking Christ's death - worldwide in 2014.

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Pretend you were still a JW, would you have secretly wanted hospitals to force a loved on to have a blood transfusion?

by EndofMysteries in

i'm curious, even though jws must fight and resist, how many secretly hope that their loved one is forced a blood transfusion so they can live and their conscious is cleared of having done everything possible to not have one?

or you have felt guilty and upset about it no matter what?

rebel8

I used to secretly wish that would happen.

Unfortunately the elders did practice drills with me on how to lie about the extent of my blood loss, then trick staff to leave the room, pull out the IV and escape. I never had to do any of that because no one ever tried to give me blood products while I was a jw.

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It's My Turn

by OneFingerSalute in

well i finally got the, "we would like to stop by with the circus oversneer and have an encouraging visit.

would ---------day be good, at say -----------?".

it'll probably be a pretty dull visit with the entire conversation being only one way.

rebel8

Why participate in this religious ritual (CO visit)? If you can't say no directly for some reason, there must be dozens of excuses you could come up with. Appendicitis has a nice ring to it.

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I left the troof behind in 2006. What have I missed?

by Jehovah lol in

i'm up to date with what the wt taught in 2006 but have no idea what has changed since.. do tell..

rebel8

wts posted a picture of an Armageddon countdown card on its website near the anniversary of the end-of-the-world prediction not coming true in October 1914.

They launched a televangelism feature on their website and ask for $.

They have cartoon characters to brainwash kids.

They lost an enormous lawsuit for hiding sex abuse of kids (not paid yet).

They use tablets in field service.

There is no book study meeting.

They have sign language videos on their website and one of them shows masturbation to orgasm (female and male) graphically. It made international news. There are other, equally ridiculous videos as well.

They're selling the Crooklyn property and moving upstate.

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A Burger and a Hook-up

by John Aquila in

so i went to get a burger just now, and a couple of elders from my former congregation caught me off guard.

they started giving me the we feel so sorry for you, you must be so lonely bit.

i kept telling them im doing great and im not lonely but its like they couldnt hear me talking.

rebel8

The Sisters married the brothers "While" the brothers were disfellowshipped.

Ok, that's a new one! Did the sistas get DFd for consorting with the devil? I mean, you're sharing in their sin if you even talk to them. Or did they go through courtship and marriage without speaking or eating a meal together?

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Linking to cult site w/o increasing their search engine position

by rebel8 in

jw
friends

i just found out about donotlink and thought it might be of interest to others here.

we are always talking about j w dot org and i am worried it's helping them.

is that true?.

rebel8

How to do it:

Go to http://www.donotlink.com/.
Type in the URL (website address) you want to link to.
Press "continue".
Copy and paste the new URL and use that to link to.

That's it. It takes 15 seconds of your time.

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Linking to cult site w/o increasing their search engine position

by rebel8 in

jw
friends

i just found out about donotlink and thought it might be of interest to others here.

we are always talking about j w dot org and i am worried it's helping them.

is that true?.

rebel8

This does concern me but I am not any kind of expert on how this all works.

Quote from berrygerry's other thread:

[–]berrygerry 1 point 22 days ago

It's not visits (often incorrectly called hits), but moreso visitors and links from sites such as these.

JW.Borg has acquired a PR of 6 (matching fox.com ) and has a Moz Page Authority of 70 (out of 100).

Mock if you want, but the website strategist that they hired knows what he is doing.

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Was it worth it?

by John Aquila in

for those of you who left family and friends and had to start over from scratch just to get out of the organization, was it worth it?.

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rebel8

Absolutely. I am free, not only of toxic beliefs, but of a toxic lifestyle and toxic people.

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Teddy Hero Worship Continues -- Sept 15 Study Edition Bio on Melita Jaracz

by LostGeneration in

very weird article, you can read it here if you can tolerate such nonsense:.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20150915/melita-jaracz-blessing-in-life/.

basically teddy was a super, duper spiritual giant who went undercover behind the iron curtain, sorta james bond like.

rebel8

Whenever the publications quote people going on about how they love preaching, it makes me want to gag. What a bold-faced lie. I seriously doubt there's a sane person alive who enjoys that crapola.