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  How honest is the Watchtower (about its own history)?

  by Fernando in

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  they're the biggest false profits ever. it starts at the top and works down. i've never known such scam artists as workers and in business as the witnesses. they take advantage of anyone, anything, and feel entitled to do so. out of several elders i've known maybe only two were endeavoring to be honest men. one of the more honest ones told me everyone sitting in the kingdumb hells was BAD --- not one is good -- well, that certainly makes sense, but a couple were good just going with the law of averages, whatever, but at least he was honest. OOOPS, didn't mean to go off on the r&f, sorry.

  i've never known such a con-artist, dishonest, religion.
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  Do You Have ABANDONMENT ISSUES?

  by sizemik in

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  through being "kept busy", jw parents can become emotionally distanced from their children, thus creating abandonment issues which manifest themselves later in adult life.

  have a read of the following article .

  i have highlighted some critical comments which may be applicable to being raised as a jw.. have you been affected by abandonment issues?.

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  zid --- YOU always keep your bobbin full? it's a cute line and probably not the correct way --- i'll check it out. i love fabric, too, especially some of those european ones. but don't have the sewing skills (kinda did at one time when i had to make my clothes). maybe you should own a fabric/sewing shop but that would probably wreck your passion.
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  Have you ever tried this product before?

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://products.mercola.com/toilet-bidet/?source=nl .

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  you have them planned in your architectural drawings (unless you really utilize them) for aesthetics and resale value (or at one time when there was a housing market!) echelon neighborhoods. i like the look. in europe they might not shower/bathe daily (YUK!!!!!) and they definitely need and use them -- i know the italians use them regularly to freshen up.
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  Why not leave?

  by ifonly789 in

  1. jw
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  i've noticed on my brief time on these forums that there seems to be quite a few that have serious doubts about the org or know of all the lies etc of it but still go to meetings or even still serve as a ms or elder.. i'm just curious as to why you still bother going?

  no offense meant here...i'm not being all judgemental like typical jws but am curious.

  i'm guessing a lot of it is down to not wanting to break up the family or losing relatives etc.

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  Wontleave --- I agree with Raging Bull. I'd give anything to live in your city and visit your hall just for FUN! Your strength is admirable.

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  Need ideas for a tract for my anti-witnessing campaign

  by serenitynow! in

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  so a friend and i are going to visit the dc this sunday.

  my friend has business cards with her exjw facebook and meetup group info.

  the plan is to drop info throughout the convention center.

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  good luck and you just never know who might get lucky to receive your info. i would have loved to have been the recipient of your meetup info/cards --- anything at all, and i really thought it was the truth! i so wanted to stop and chat with the apostates but the stupid elders (actually, i don't know who they were) were standing all around watching back in the dark ages.

  have a great time and much success.
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  Jesus Is Jehovah/Jehovah Is Jesus

  by snowbird in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.str.org/site/news2?page=newsarticle&id=5725.

  i fought against this with all my wts-trained power, but truth prevailed.. any way you cut it, it comes out the same.. peace and strength in your search.. sylvia.

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  Thank you, Tec, for posting and always appreciate your info. Not that I don't appreciate all the other posts because I really do and I'm trying desperately to learn about various viewpoints.
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  Scientology Music Video... I'm ready to sign up!!

  by darthfader in

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  http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110621/us_yblog_upshot/scientology-sing-along-stirs-the-search-box.

  http://youtu.be/xynh1j3dsp8.

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  They certainly make a lot of cold calls. They called here three times in one week asking for my husband. They were calling several mos. ago and have started again. Unreal. They are persistent.
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  JW came to my door, 30min. ago.Can not beleive what happen.

  by jam in

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  2. friends

  a elder and a ms.. ms: good morning sir we like to invite you too a very special talk,.

  me: i use too walk with you people, i was a elder.

  served in the missionary work and served where the need is.

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  what a stupid question --- how are you mentally. what a stupid buffoon! when i left i told a couple of them in the clergy class my mental health could not take the insanity and the fraud was too detrimental to my physical health --- and it was the worse breed of people i'd ever been around in my life, along with much more. what a dirty bunch of losers but there are a small percentage of decent human beings inside.

  i love how you hit them with your truth, and hope they return for more reality.
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  GREAT BOOK ! May free your JW loved ones.

  by wobble in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have just finished reading a great book entitled "believing bullshit" by stephen law, published by prometheus books of n.y. www.prometheusbooks.com.

  in it the author outlines how we come to believe total claptrap most often because of the dubious methods used by the promoters of these ideas.. he does not set out to debunk the ideas themselves as the main purpose of the book, though in passing he has to do so with some .like alien abductions, christian science and homeopathy etc.

  his main purpose is to expose the methods used to get people to believe,,and how even if the idea being put forward may be good, or a truth, to use such methods is not justified, and leads one open to being sucked in to an intellectual black hole if you are duped by them.. if this book is read by an active, believing jw they will not smell any rats, but by the end of it, if they are honest with themselves they will see the methods used by the wt as totally dishonest and reminiscent of snake-oil salesmen.. it may just free their minds enough.. i cannot praise it too highly, it is a valuable read for anybody, and shows why even college educated, intelligent people can be fooled by bs..

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  thanks!!! just ordered and a simplified version should be required reading for elementary schools.
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  Just heard JW's make 750 million a month!

  by foolsparadise in

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  2. friends

  my friend who still goes to meetings to please family said he was listening to cnbc today.. he said the government is talking about taxing religions.

  the one religion they did focus on was the jehovahs witnesses.

  supposedly they said why is this group making this much tax free money and they never pay any clergy or help members with any finances.. maybe they will realize it is just a publishing company using people for free labor to get richer and richer.

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  great post --- they should be regulated and TAXED, regardless. there should be a commission to regulate religion. it cleaned up casions/gaming and they are all under the control of gaming commission/control board. this would provide countless jobs w/respect to investigation work and present invaluable information to protect citizens from being defrauded. any assets/investment monies earned of religious groups should be for maintenance of the poor and ill and taxpayers' funds could house and protect children and dogs from the disordered members of society (and this would take billions of $). mental health/educational services are needed to educate humans not more charlatans w/their delusions and gov't. protection any longer.