It took me 3 years post exit before I could denounce the Watchtower as a cult to anyone,I was affected by stockholm syndrome and phobia instilled by the cult.I feared if I spoke against them that 'Jehovah would hand me over to the demons'.
DannyHaszard
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Declaring JW's a cult to co-workers
by OnTheWayOut ini am in a unique work situation which i won't describe because i am a fader.. let's just say that it's like vegas.
what happens (or is said) at work stays at work.. we are a fairly tight bunch.
some of my closest co-workers know my situation.
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"Crystal Blue Persuasion" -- Is it really about the "Truth" Book?
by B_Deserter ini haven't been able to find a definite source online.
all my life i was taught that this song was about the blue "truth" book that was being used to bring people into the witnesses in the late 60's/early 70's.
now that i don't blindly accept whatever i've been told, i'm having my doubts.
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DannyHaszard
I was there when both the Truth book and the song debuted born 1957 and this is the first I heard of it,went out every week with the blue book
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Would You Like To Know What Goes On At Elder's Meetings?
by minimus inhave you ever wondered what goes on at an elder's meeting?
after a prayer, the presiding overseer will state what the purpose of the meeting is.
if it's a quarterly meeting, the elders will discuss the spirituality of the congregation, its spirit and any dangerous trends that may be observed.
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DannyHaszard
In Bangor Maine current home and Rockland Massachusetts exit cong Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witnesses the elders talk about 'whata we gonna do bout Danny Haszard'?
ANS-$$$$$
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Serena Williams - Renewed JW activity & Boyfriends?
by Seeker4 inthis is a paragraph from a ny times article today on tennis champion serena williams.
her comment is in regard to how she dealt with the murder of her older sister a couple of years ago.. "i tried to develop a better relationship with god," williams, who was raised a jehovah's witness, told me over the phone.
"you have a strong solid foundation, the bible says, you won't crack, but the man who built his house in the sand, his house went down spiritually.
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DannyHaszard
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/14/91073/1.ashx old thread on Serena Williams Jehovah's Witness
Ditto Prince http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/107830/4.ashx page # 4
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WBTS 1914 IS JESUS SECOND COMING !!!
by DannyHaszard inmark this!in 2007 watchtower still say's 1914 jesus second coming who are the jehovahs witnesses?regular people and not part of a cult.
people who want others to know about god and the bible.
believers that these are the last days before armageddon and that it is urgent for people to develop a relationship with god.
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DannyHaszard
A knock on your door
Columbia Daily Tribune , MO - Aug 18 2007
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff For two of Columbia ’s Jehovah’s Witness families, the time they spent inviting city residents to a recent 2007 ... Jehovah’s Witnesses believe the devil descended to Earth during World War I (1914) and has "great anger" at the short time left before the realization of God’s kingdom, Jerod Ellis said. What would God’s kingdom be like? "There would be no ruining of the Earth, no pollution, no crime, no violence; it would be like your best day, every day," J.C. Reese said. "There would be no hospitals, no cemeteries … because there would be no more sickness or sorrow. You would no longer age." Reese said no one is exactly sure when the kingdom will be realized but that "it’s sure not the time to be storing up treasures($$) on this Earth." (Should we not save for retirement?) -
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If you were the GB, what would you do to prevent to coming demise of JWs?
by jwfacts inthe current growth of jws no longer exceed the population growth, and in many educated countries it is now stagnant.
http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/statistics.htm in 50 years the whole 1914 thing will simply be an embarrasing irrelevance, so for the religion to even exist in 2057 will take some major doctrinal changes.. decrease is quite common for christian religions, except pentecostals, who are experiencing tremendous growth.
maybe they have jesus' blessing.
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DannyHaszard
First of all, define demise. Yes, it's true that the Governing Body has been very Wicked - programming its followers to be judgemental towards the attitudes of others regaring their commitment to " the truth" rather than show love and has sculpted the thoughts (often to their detriment) of its members - but then - the bible is incredibly Sexist (so they obserb its teachings well) the God of Old Testament is rather judgemental and fiery so their JEhovah is a the same and Jesus isn't all love (Jesus loves you) like the churches always sprout you only have to read his comments and Paul(Saul) had a definate air of superiority so top marks there. My point is - they are fairly close to the bible in parts but saying that:
1 ) Spiritual adultery - with the UN and their attendance and interference in many other government events.
2) Their well publicised kiddie protection (paedos protection really) policies
3) Their business policies
4) Their lack of love for their followers and failure to observe Christs rule of the Sheep and the Goats (feed and clothe me)
5 ) Their blood transfusion policy - unscriptural child sacrifice to a modern day molech and bringing great shame upon the name of Jehovah.
Although how many religions refuse to go to war? As for the previously mentioned Fornication policy - it MUST stand. The Bible specifically forbids sex outside the marrital arrangement - no getting out of that. But, it doesn't work. Maybe their constant detriment of females begins the path of women are dirty leading to perversions.............................
Insightful indeed EXJW's are smart people
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If you were the GB, what would you do to prevent to coming demise of JWs?
by jwfacts inthe current growth of jws no longer exceed the population growth, and in many educated countries it is now stagnant.
http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/statistics.htm in 50 years the whole 1914 thing will simply be an embarrasing irrelevance, so for the religion to even exist in 2057 will take some major doctrinal changes.. decrease is quite common for christian religions, except pentecostals, who are experiencing tremendous growth.
maybe they have jesus' blessing.
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DannyHaszard
Seriously,a practical move would be to offer 'hush money' damage settlement to Danny Haszard
This has been my compliant all along that they extorted my assets,before the internet in 1992 I sent them my first certified letter damanding compensation or I woluld smash them to pieces.
Look,I see the Watchtower as just a corrupt corporate religious racket book publishing company like Enron.I am not gonna get all starry eyed about being a badass deprogrammer knight riding in on his white horse to save the world,
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How The Organization Hooks You With "Privileges"
by minimus inright from the beginning, you are bombarded with others telling you what a "privilege" it is to "be used" in the organization.
especially if you're a male, it is easy to get hooked by the elder's lines.....for example, a male is given the "privilege" of "handling the microphones" if they put in enough time in the ministry and they aren't setting a bad example.
if you're "faithful in what is least", greater privileges await you.
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DannyHaszard
Danny, but were the sisters even good lookin'
Some were sweet & sincere (like me) and some were total sleazoids like their male counterparts Rockland Massachusetts 1985+ was infected with some demonic spirit it was especially bad wosened when the bad apples take control
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Did you ever feel that you had Jehovah's Smile Of Approval?
by truthseeker ini heard this phrase a lot over my jw tenure, if we do this or that, we would have "jehovah's smile of approval.
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did you ever experience this, say for pioneering?
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DannyHaszard
I did during the 1980's when I gave the WT all my money,boy was I deluded
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Proof that the WT has edited the WIKIPEDIA page on JW's?
by What-A-Coincidence incheck it out .... .
http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/name2ip.php?orgname=watchtower&location=.
http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/.
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DannyHaszard
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Technology/New-Online-Tool-Unmasks-Wikipedia-Edits/2007/08/16/1186857625351.html New Online Tool Unmasks Wikipedia Edits Posted by roboblogger Yesterday | via The Age “It is fabulous and I strongly support it” What edits on Wikipedia have been made by people in congressional offices, the CIA and the Church of Scientology? A new online tool called WikiScanner reveals answers to such questions. via The Age 4 comments What edits on Wikipedia have been made by people in congressional offices, the CIA and the Church of Scientology? A new online tool called WikiScanner reveals answers to such questions. As the Web encyclopedia that anyone can edit, Wikipedia encourages participants to adopt online user names, but it also lets contributors be identified simply by their computers' numeric Internet addresses. Often that does not provide much of a cloak, such as when PCs in congressional offices were discovered to have been involved in Wikipedia entries trashing political rivals. Those episodes inspired Virgil Griffith, a computer scientist about to enter grad school at CalTech, to automate the process with WikiScanner. (It's at http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr but intense attention has knocked it out of service many times this week.) The free Scanner grabs the Internet Protocol addresses used in anonymous Wikipedia edits in the past five years. By combining that with public information about which IP addresses belong to whom, the Scanner reveals Wikipedia changes made from computers assigned to a bevy of organizations, including, um, The Associated Press. Many of the edits are predictably self-interested: PCs in Scientology officialdom were used to remove criticism in the church's Wikipedia entry. But others hint at procrastinating office workers, such as the tweaks to Wikipedia articles on TV shows being made from CIA computers. Many examples are being tallied at http://wired.reddit.com/wikidgame _ a page run by Wired News, which reported earlier on WikiScanner. Griffith wrote on his site that he hopes "to create minor public relations disasters for companies and organizations I dislike." Whatever comes of it, WikiScanner has a fan in Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. "It is fabulous and I strongly support it," Wales told the AP.