...of the conventions.. for instance our local paper highlighted how this group was their to give spiritual food, and talk about family values.
ok sure, those are great things.
but they can be had without joining a cult!!!.
Wing nut rantings on the back on an envelope won't buy credibility, nor will phone calls demanding they print the other side, a long, rambling email with lots of misspelled words and poor grammar, or any other form of "inferior" communication.
Hey buddy! What are you trying to say!!! I only counted 3 spelling errors and 3 grammar errors in my wing nut rant!
...of the conventions.. for instance our local paper highlighted how this group was their to give spiritual food, and talk about family values.
ok sure, those are great things.
but they can be had without joining a cult!!!.
Does anybody know of any press releases that could simply pointed to that are credible?
...of the conventions.. for instance our local paper highlighted how this group was their to give spiritual food, and talk about family values.
ok sure, those are great things.
but they can be had without joining a cult!!!.
Yeah, I my initial thought were the established orgs out there like ajwrb.org, freeminds.org, and brci.org. Those would be the ones who are probably most established and credible.
ajwrb.org deals with current witnesses on the need to reform blood, brci.org gives fence sitting dubs and out, and freeminds.org could comment on the cult aspect thus educating the public.
Maybe that would be a proper role for protest, in that it would provide a front for opposition. Reporters always want to ask protesters what they are complaining about.
I personally thought of the letter to the editor in my town, but I would risk getting made. Mostly I was just hoping to point them to a handful of websites that could offer some consenting opinion, and give them pause next year to not just printing the jw party line.
...of the conventions.. for instance our local paper highlighted how this group was their to give spiritual food, and talk about family values.
ok sure, those are great things.
but they can be had without joining a cult!!!.
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...of the conventions.. for instance our local paper highlighted how this group was their to give spiritual food, and talk about family values.
ok sure, those are great things.
but they can be had without joining a cult!!!.
...of the conventions.
For instance our local paper highlighted how this group was their to give spiritual food, and talk about family values. Ok sure, those are great things. But they can be had without joining a cult!!!
I think it would be a great service if we emailed newspapers that print this stuff, to let them know that there are other people who have opinions about this sect/cult.
News folks are pretty sensetive to the idea of presenting another side.
It would also be a great place to cite anti-jw sites, jw for blood reform, silent lambs, and groups like BRCI who offer help to those leaving the org. Cuz every dub rushes to read about the convention in the paper!
well, last night i was completely determined to tell my wife just three things i had learned.
i was just going to focus on lies - not scripture, or stupid stuff ... just lies.. 607/1914trinity (trinity brochure lies)cross (reasoning book lies and archeaology).
if she starts to question other stuff, or if she starts in on a debate about the trinity, i was going to shut her down and let her know i am willing to talk to her about that - but not right now.
Ok this was yesterday's thread...
any word from I think?????
i've heard various suggestions of movies to show a dub.. those of us with a spouse / family in the borg might find it pretty useful to rent such movies as just another way of chipping away at the indoctrination, or drawing attention to the wts control tactics.. one movie i saw which was somewhat helpful was one called "equilibrium", which was suggested on this board a while back.
its about a society that has acheived peace and order by requiring everyone to repress their emotions through sedatory drugs.
the good thing about this one was when it showed how everyone was so indoctrinated to follow the directives of the organization in charge, with every person keeping an eye on everyone else.
The fact that it's $1 is pretty good justification to get it.
So MJ, you are going to tell your wife, "hey this is $1, let's watch it"
All these movies may be great eye openers, but you have to GET THEM TO WATCH IT.... which is to say
...it can't suck.
It has to be actually entertaining on some objective level besides it's obvious parallel to the wt world.
i've heard various suggestions of movies to show a dub.. those of us with a spouse / family in the borg might find it pretty useful to rent such movies as just another way of chipping away at the indoctrination, or drawing attention to the wts control tactics.. one movie i saw which was somewhat helpful was one called "equilibrium", which was suggested on this board a while back.
its about a society that has acheived peace and order by requiring everyone to repress their emotions through sedatory drugs.
the good thing about this one was when it showed how everyone was so indoctrinated to follow the directives of the organization in charge, with every person keeping an eye on everyone else.
I heard the village sucked. Animal Farm? WHich version? The 1954 or 1999 version?
Are there any movies that don't suck?
I can't very well say, "hey let's watch this sucky movie... no reason.... and don't mistake my desire to watch a sucky movie that talks about people using fear to control others for a hidden agenda or anything."
I think the best movie choices would have somebody held captive by fear, or their own misperceptions. Only to have their mind opened to realize just how mistaken they are, and how much better it is to live in reality. Another important thing would be movies where some evil force uses similar tactics, like the Orwellian/WT newspeak (example: old light is actually bs)
Nathan Natas mentioned a movie about a bible cult, but it isn't in print anymore so it is like $100 on amazon.
i've heard various suggestions of movies to show a dub.. those of us with a spouse / family in the borg might find it pretty useful to rent such movies as just another way of chipping away at the indoctrination, or drawing attention to the wts control tactics.. one movie i saw which was somewhat helpful was one called "equilibrium", which was suggested on this board a while back.
its about a society that has acheived peace and order by requiring everyone to repress their emotions through sedatory drugs.
the good thing about this one was when it showed how everyone was so indoctrinated to follow the directives of the organization in charge, with every person keeping an eye on everyone else.
"The Day After Tomorrow"
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i've heard various suggestions of movies to show a dub.. those of us with a spouse / family in the borg might find it pretty useful to rent such movies as just another way of chipping away at the indoctrination, or drawing attention to the wts control tactics.. one movie i saw which was somewhat helpful was one called "equilibrium", which was suggested on this board a while back.
its about a society that has acheived peace and order by requiring everyone to repress their emotions through sedatory drugs.
the good thing about this one was when it showed how everyone was so indoctrinated to follow the directives of the organization in charge, with every person keeping an eye on everyone else.
What about 1984? I never saw it. I have a feeling it might suck even if it would be relevant.
