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  I'm sitting here listening to a JW try to recruit somebody

  by Terry in

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  i'm at starbucks .

  just outside in the courtyard.. i'm trembling.

  my hands are shaking.. wow!.

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  Great story. Keep us posted on what happens next. In my early days as a JW I would appoach people and confront them when I overheard them speaking bad about the Watchtower. One day a person at work offered me book to read. I think it was A Slave of the Watchtower for 20 (or 30) Years. For some reason I wasn't feeling quite as smug so I took it and read it. Nothing happened right away but it raised some doubts that continued to grow. You never really know what effect you are having on someone because it doesn't always show or it can take time for them to think things through.

  Glad I continued to read this thread.
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  If there was a pill that could open their eyes - would you give it to them?

  by truthseeker in

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  if there was a pill you could give to your jw family members that would awaken their eyes to the truth about the cult, would you give it to them?.

  most would probably say yes.. but what about those who are completely institutionalized, the elderly, the super zealous, the geeky kids who have no friends, the misfits?.

  some people need "boundaries", they need someone to lead and give them directions, they need a sense of belonging, even in an organization that has no social programs.

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  I would give it to all of them. The young and the old. I know that some feel the old ones should be allow to live out the rest of their years in their Watchtower fantasy but the problem I see with that is that is that in most cases if not all their WT fantasy world is still reaching out harming others with shunning, the blood issue and other Watchtower BS.
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  TODAY I published my book THE MONORAILS of MARS the first JW sci-fi

  by Terry in

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  http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-walstrom/the-monorails-of-mars/paperback/product-21717981.html.

  under the cover illustration, click "preview".

  a preview screen will appear.

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  Can't wait to read it. I enjoy your first book (in a depressing sort of way) so I'll be ordering pretty soon.
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  Update on shunning@the store. Watchtower victorious.

  by quellycatface in

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  yep, that's right.

  after all my friends and my efforts, the shunning carries on.. the 3 people who were shunning me at my local supermarket, still, are carrying on this practice.. little subtleties like avoiding eye contact, making busy as i walk past and looks out of the corner of their eyes.

  you know the modus operandi.. nothing now the store can do about it.

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  You're right it is a very childish way to act but that is how they choose to be. Sadly the joke is on them because they are wasting their lives following the rules of a cult that could care less about them. At least you are out of it and are hopefully moving on.
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  TODAY I published my book THE MONORAILS of MARS the first JW sci-fi

  by Terry in

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  http://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-walstrom/the-monorails-of-mars/paperback/product-21717981.html.

  under the cover illustration, click "preview".

  a preview screen will appear.

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  It looks like a fun read. Is it only available on lulu?
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  Hello fellow Las Vegans

  by freeflyingfaerie in

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  hello to you .

  i'm back 'home' in las vegas and wanted to have a meet up again if anyone is interested~.

  peace.

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  Surprisingly there are lots of good places to eat vegan food in Vegas. I eat vegan when I'm there.
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  TTATT in a Can... finally finished!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  ok so... how to condense all the flip-flops and doctrinal changes, and show graphically how the different doctrines changed, and when?.

  ttatt in a can!!.

  enjoy ;).

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  Nice to see a timeline like this on all the doctrinal changes. I might contact you later to get contact you later to get the excel version once I get a new computer or get excel back on this one.
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  10 Pragmatic facts why Jehovah's Witnesses can't face reality

  by Terry in

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  1.the organization itself denies access to reality and substitutes its own version, interpretations and meanings.. a.only watchtower approved publications are allowed.. b.no higher education is to be pursued.. c.no non-jw friends or associations are encouraged with their "outside" points of view.. d.no free-style questioning of doctrine or criticism permitted.

  curiousity is verboten.. e.threat of being "marked" or disassociated looms over them.

  2.between every real-world event and the rank and file jw's mind is a roadblock.. a.the moment of identifying is short-circuited by an interpretive moment of re-labeling in watchtower-speak.. b.all things happening are forced into a narrow storyline and propagandized as end times happenings leading to armageddon.. 3.social and personal identity is expunged and replaced by a collective persona: "jehovah's witness".. a.private thinking is red-flagged as selfish and sinful.. b.personal improvement, welfare and ambition is crushed and door-to-door ministry substituted as "worthy" endeavors.. c.self-conscious obsession permeates witness awareness as each person is transformed into a public spectacle of performance for judgement.. d.since you aren't an individual you don't really have a right to fall in love and marry or educate or earn.

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  Great post. Will read it again when I have time later today.
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  "Keep Doing This In Remembrance Of Me"...keep doing what???

  by minimus in

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  if a witness tells you that jesus commanded you to go to the memorial, how would you respond?.

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  I would have to ask them when it is. I have no clue. Is it tonight? I suspect it is because my wife is going to the KH tonight.

  I would also tell them. "You won't go to church with me. Why should I go to your church" And like the above post I would tell then there is nothing in the Bible that commands anyone to go to a KH on a certain day once a year and snub his offer.
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  10 Reasons You Should Never Have A Religion

  by darth frosty in

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  link.

  his 1st point reminded me of this argument.

  link.

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  Watching the first video. Very interesting. Worth watching.