I would also suggest that like a MLM, the product promised (happiness/connection to god/etc) takes a backseat to making more salesmen and salewomen.
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Have you ever noticed how similar the Society is to a Multi-Level Marketing Business?
by SAHARA inmaybe this discussion has already taken place on this forum, or maybe some of you may scoff at this observation as just stating the obvious, but i think it may be worth while to post this for those of you who have yet to discover this paralell.
i was involved in a mlm business in the insurance industry from 1993 - 2000. this life insurance agency was started in 1977 by just a few individuals and had grown by recruiting average working class people to become part-time sales agents and sold them the american dream.
in just a few years time, this agency entered every state and grew into a sales force of roughly 200,000 people, part time and full timers, and by 1984 had become the #1 seller of life insurance in the country for approximately 15 years straight.
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How did you find the strength to leave?
by SAHARA into all of you exjws, i'm sure you've been asked this question one way or the other many times and i'm sure the answer is different for many of you, i'd like to know directly from you never having a chance to hear or read many exjw's answers to this.
knowing that you would be cut off from your family and friends and other consequences for your decision to leave, how did you ever get the strength to do it?
i mean really, i find it fascinating to know that there are so many of you who were at one time very devout, if not at the very least loyal to one of the most successful mind-contol organizations ever who believed all if not most of what the society taught and still you found the courage to risk everything once you accepted that it isn't what it claims to be.
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I feel like Odysseus. Like my soul got off course somewhere in the grand scheme of things, I suppose. I got plopped in the wrong family and the wrong religion and I'm just trying to get home.
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WT cautions against playing pac-man 1982 Awake
by EndofMysteries inwith bizarre names like pac-man, asteroids, space invaders, battlezone and donkey kong, video games have landed themselves not only in amusement arcades but also in corner drugstores, supermarkets, gas stations, fast-food parlors and nearly everywhere else that people congregate.
their beeps and booms and colorful lights have captured the fancy and imagination of a new generation of players to the point of obsession.. other than the obvious appeal to teenagers and its commercial success, the proliferation of arcade video games has triggered reactions ranging from strong parental protests to outright government bans.
in the philippines, president marcos officially banned the games and gave owners two weeks to destroy them.
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I agree that Pac-Man is a "gateway" video game.
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The Witnesses are freaking out
by Sour Grapes ini still go to a few meetings a month just to keep members of my family happy.. the witnesses seemed to be getting all worked up about how close the end.
it sorta feels like the 1975 era only 35 years later.
the brother who gave.
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some brother commented how thankful we should all be that Jehovah has not
yet brought Armageddon because how many would not be here today.
Typical Emotional Wirecrossing.
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Are you really drawn to a God who wants to kill you?
by hamsterbait inthe question a jw will ask at the doors is often.
"have you ever wondered why the world is in such turmoil?".
of course their "answer" is that a snake told a naked lady to eat some fruit 6 000 years ago, and as a result god views us all as unworthy of life.
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My Qigong Teacher calls it "Soul Rape"
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Feeling down
by tec inmy son got suspended from school for fighting.
not just fighting but choking another boy during their fight.
he started it in anger over something the other boy did, but none of that actually matters.
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Martial Arts - Learning how to fight so you don't have to.
Bullying will always exist, it just gets more subtle (we know that of course as JW's). You must face your enemies or else you will turn the aggression into oneself or another who is weaker.
Just my opinion.
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Are you 2% or 98%. Amazing the way our minds work!
by AK - Jeff inamazing.. http://www.beautifulperth.com/freeekytest.html.
2% or 98% of population?.
just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can!
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I'm in the 2% that can't add right
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Are you 2% or 98%. Amazing the way our minds work!
by AK - Jeff inamazing.. http://www.beautifulperth.com/freeekytest.html.
2% or 98% of population?.
just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can!
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Alligator in Bosnia eating Raspberries.
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Did The Witnesses "Do A Job" On You?
by minimus inwere you really screwed up because of having been a witness?.
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I'm a born in. It's hard to find my place. All support from friends and family gone. Who is on your side? Gotta find it in yourself. Gotta de-program yourself. Most people don't understand. It's lonely, no?
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Why would God stop man from building a tower that reached into the "heavens" and yet let modern man reach even further with a space station and moon landings?
by StoneWall inanyone?.
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Because it's a Myth. Not that it devalues the story, it actually makes it more interesting.
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