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Scary Effectiveness of Assembly Videos

by Captain Schmideo2 in

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well, i got to see the final day of this years regional convention.and i saw something that disturbs me.. the final, "summing up review" video.

it disturbs me because it was so well done.

(i wish i could remember the title of the song), to the strains of a solo vocalist singing in a fine "irish tenor", we see the actors from the previous videos of the last few days all assembling together in a clearing.

Wild_Thing

I see the homophobe made the cut. Where's Kevin? I guess he didn't make it into anybody's bunker!

And I would like to second OphanCrow's "holy fuck". The level of brainwashing is really disturbing.

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Posters You Miss

by minimus in

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anyone that you miss from this site, dead or alive??.

i miss farkel, blondie and a host of others!.

Wild_Thing

Makena & Sabine, Xena

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What really happened around 1918 when WT leaders were imprisoned?

by dubstepped in

i had never thought about this until just now when i saw that nathan natas posted some early tract from rutherford, and it made me think back to what little i could remember of the history i was taught.

i now know that in most cases the dubs will spin stories in their favor.

so i'm now assuming i was told some fictitious story about what happened when the leaders were thrown in prison and things looked bleak for the cult way back when.

Wild_Thing

Also, they put up the deed of the Bethel home for bail to the Judge and his buddies didn't have to spend the night in jail. They transferred the deed to an individual just hours before using it to post bail, so it would be legal.

https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/20051163/russellites_give_bethel_deed_as_bail/

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What really happened around 1918 when WT leaders were imprisoned?

by dubstepped in

i had never thought about this until just now when i saw that nathan natas posted some early tract from rutherford, and it made me think back to what little i could remember of the history i was taught.

i now know that in most cases the dubs will spin stories in their favor.

so i'm now assuming i was told some fictitious story about what happened when the leaders were thrown in prison and things looked bleak for the cult way back when.

Wild_Thing

There are several news clippings that give us clues as to the level of turmoil that was going on at the time. This is shows how Rutherford's plan was to retain control from within his prison cell.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 23, 1918

https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/20050603/russellites_delay_naming_new_head/

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What really happened around 1918 when WT leaders were imprisoned?

by dubstepped in

i had never thought about this until just now when i saw that nathan natas posted some early tract from rutherford, and it made me think back to what little i could remember of the history i was taught.

i now know that in most cases the dubs will spin stories in their favor.

so i'm now assuming i was told some fictitious story about what happened when the leaders were thrown in prison and things looked bleak for the cult way back when.

Wild_Thing

From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 25, 1918

https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/15928900/russellites_plan_to_leave_brooklyn_har/

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So what's this special meeting all about?

by purrpurr in

any guesses?.

Wild_Thing

I am sure it is about what every "special" meeting is about ... a new campaign!

Cue applause. <clap! clap! clap! clap! clap!>

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Pew Research:"88% of JWs read scripture outside of religious services at least once a week" ...Highest of all religions

by Wild_Thing in

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http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/07/blacks-more-likely-than-others-in-u-s-to-read-the-bible-regularly-see-it-as-gods-word/.

graph in article:.

i doubt this statistic.

Wild_Thing

Still relying on 2014 survey. Isn’t it about time they did another one?

The first study was conducted in 2007, the second was in 2014. I would guess the next survey will not be conducted until 2021.

That doesn't seem very often, but it takes a long time for attitudes to change about religion, so every seven years is probably just right.

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Pew Research:"88% of JWs read scripture outside of religious services at least once a week" ...Highest of all religions

by Wild_Thing in

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http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/07/blacks-more-likely-than-others-in-u-s-to-read-the-bible-regularly-see-it-as-gods-word/.

graph in article:.

i doubt this statistic.

Wild_Thing

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/07/blacks-more-likely-than-others-in-u-s-to-read-the-bible-regularly-see-it-as-gods-word/

Graph in article:

I doubt this statistic. I wonder if the JWs polled considered reading a partially quoted scripture in their literature as "reading scripture". If their question used the word "scripture" instead of "bible", I believe it was misleading question. To me, "reading the Bible" and "reading scripture" are not exactly the same thing.

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