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  Hypnosis and JWs

  by ezekiel3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the ministry school features the #4 talk "why hypnotism is not for christians".

  first we learn the jw definition of hypnotism:

  *** g03 7/8 p. 26 is hypnotism for christians?

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  This is very interesting. I like the concept of hyper-awareness or altered states that do not rely on drugs. I'd like to hear more about these levels that you say you can attain.

  You may wish to do some research on eastern meditation & the 8 Jhana states in particular. The ability to shut the little voices and concerns in our head is difficult to reach but once you are able to focus on just one thought, you will experiance a hyperawareness. The first time it happens is a little shocking.

  The first time came after about a month of daily meditation (30 mins to an hour). It was like somthing in my head snapped, everything went black, like I was alone in the universe and I was all of the sudden more awake than I'd ever been. It is great! It's like a switch goes off in your mind and you feel more alive and awake than you ever could in a non meditative state.
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  JW in Germany have to change their byelaws on data keeping

  by GermanXJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when i sent my da-letter i demanded that my data have to be deleted.

  i got a reply that the "religious community of jw in germany" (like the ccjw this is different from the watchtower) keeps data on me like other churches, too.

  well, in germany we have a governmental data protection office in each land.

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  I've never given them any permission.

  On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will?

  Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah?s Witnesses in association with God?s spirit-directed organization with no rights reserved?

  Future rewording of the dedication/baptism vows?
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  Hate leaving my family behind.

  by Big Dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after lurking about for a while i finally decided to join the board.

  i have never done anything like this and was amazed at how stressful it was to sign up and press the return key to join up and actually post something.

  just a quick bio: 41 year old lawyer who was raised a jw but had the good sense to never get baptized.

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  I have never done anything like this and was amazed at how stressful it was to sign up and press the return key to join up and actually post something.

  I hears ya BD. You sound just like me a few months ago. My wife tells me my problem is that I'm not humble, too prideful, if she only realized how much pride I had to swallow to join this board.

  Only reason Im still in is because of my family. I keep hoping there is a laxing on shunning so I can leave easier. A lot of my family are still in, and it do suck to see them being more deeply indoctrinated.

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  What is the best way to be DF'd?

  by catchthis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those who are df'd, are you proud of the way you were df'd?

  adultery?

  i was df'd for apostacy.

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  Those pot lickers. LOL well they proly thought it a waste of time to tell you what your DFd for.
  

  In that case I would most definatley want to be DF'd for 'postasy. Dont smoke, dont really care about holidays, not a politicer, really dont wanna mess around on my wife. So apostacy it will be.

  Last Co visit tho the CO said we treat the blood issue like apostacy now, DA. We had a specific blood case and he said it was a DA if unrepentant, just like apostacy. I dunno
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  What is the best way to be DF'd?

  by catchthis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those who are df'd, are you proud of the way you were df'd?

  adultery?

  i was df'd for apostacy.

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  Sadly they dont DF for apostacy anymore, It is DA by attrition. You left them, they didnt leave you.
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  WT a Member of International Federation of Religions and Minority Philosoph

  by Bluegrass Tom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i found an active web site: http://www.religion.qc.ca/fiches/fiche134.htm which indicates that the watchtower society is/was a member of the international federation of the religions and minority philosophies.

  this website is in french.

  if you use google to navigate to it, google will translate into english for you.. this is an association founded in switzerland and france on october 7, 1992, and is directed against the association's anti-sects.

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  Whoa! for the first time I agree with Schzo. I dont think this is near enough to implicate the WTBS in anything.

  Sorry. *wonders how this happened*
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  The point of Russell's pyramid?

  by Nick in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone know what russell and his interest in the pyramid was all about.

  i no longer have wts literature and someone asked me (a non-jw or ex-jw) and i didn't know what to tell him.. i tried the search and it kept coming up "error.".

  thanks, nick

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  Some think Rousel only sympathetic to the masons. I think he was a mason. I also think his symbology in his books and magazines was to let other luciferians "hey I'm with you guys"

  *** g97 3/22 p. 13 A Search for Solutions ***
  will this Great Architect then allow greedy man to wipe out the rain forests and ruin the earth?
  *** g70 5/22 pp. 21-22 Eye-catching Architecture?Ancient and Modern ***
  Consider, rather, how marvelously the Great Architect of the universe implanted in men so great a variety of capabilities!
  *** w56 11/15 p. 685 Israel?s Wonderful Way in Worship ***
  from the great Architect of the universe, Jehovah God himself.

  ?quote? In Masonry, the "Great Architect Of The Universe ", who is the Masonic God has some of the attributes of the God of the Bible,

  I might add to this the memorial performed at KHes across the world on March 24 this year is a form of black Sabbath, a parody of the last supper in which the host is rejected by practically every Dub.
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  Why Are Some Superstitions Okay?

  by Swan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is one of the things i never understood as a jw.

  i was told that jws were not superstitious people.

  as followers of the true god jehovah, we weren't to give in to false beliefs, even if others were practicing them.

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  Jehovahs name out loud because his name will scare satan and his demons away

  Sorry HD, but the name Jehovah is not a charm. It is a Major mistranslation/misunderstanding of the Tetragram. You are correct, using the name to scare off the deeminz and statan is a dub superstition.

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  Why the WTS hates the Internet

  by doinmypart in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wts & its various corporations are a behemoth, rudderless ship with no one at the helm; only concerned with self-preservation.

  the result is an inflexible organization slow to make change and not interested in the welfare & rights of individual members.. the internet and boards such as this allow for excellent communication and freedom of information.. because the internet is free and provides relative anonymity it has proven to be one of the greatest threats to the wts.. the wts leaders could be proactive and act in an ethical way, but they'd rather react when a perceived "threat" arises -- telling members to avoid the internet, shun family members, do more/stay busy, and so on.. as jt used to say, "i love this 'net thang".

  dmp

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  I sometimes check her internet history to see if she is looking things up, but she doesn't.

  heh thank goodness for NT over win 98 permissions. Otherwise my wife would know I've been consorting with 'postates.

  c:\documents & settings\******\local settings\history

  Access denied
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  March KM also gives instructions to POs

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  also in the march km apart from the big front page article about awake being monthly - is a rebuke to pos to distribute kms as soon as they arrive.

  i am glad about this - far too many pos are control freaks and distribute kms at last possible minute - it is almost as if they are saying - i am better than you because i get my km about 3 weeks before you do.

  anyway we got our march kms last night and they were distributed immediately

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  good catch doinmypart

  The Branch announces they do not authorize the songs and JWs are not supposed to circulate or download the songs from the Internet.

  caulk suckers