Great post!
Reminds me when I was younger and my folks asking what I kind od job I wanted. "Oh, you don't want to do that. That takes some college and also, we won't need that in the new system."
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10 Pragmatic facts why Jehovah's Witnesses can't face reality
by Terry in1.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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I'm a cannibal
by Zoos inthe doctor used cadaver bone to fix my spine.
i understand that makes me a cannibal in watchtower land.. .
"it's feeding.
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Spectre
Wasn't an issue for me. I had a bunch of titaniun braces put in to fix my shattered vertebrae.
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Letter to BOE: Adjustment in process for appointing elders and ministerial servants
by pixel inhello, you read it here first!.
governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
to all congregations.
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Spectre
I didn't read all 7 pages so this might have been already said, but:
If they are doing this for liability reasons after this goes into affect, they will cancel having elders call up HQ legal in the event of any criminal wrongdoing.
They might also have all congregations become a sort of franchise. Related in name only.
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Recent WatchTower article about Witch Hunting
by EverApostate inthis is about an article in may 2014 awake that was published about witch hunting.
it is a 2 page article on how evil the catholic and protestant inquision was, how wickedly they killed the witches and so on.. .
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102014166.
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Spectre
Wasn't there a WT some years back where these assholes were lamenting that they couldn't kill apostates?
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New Atlanta Assembly Hall Has raised 3.4 million Dollars... GONE
by James Jackson inthey announced last week that the new atanta assembly hall has thus far raised 3.4 million dollars.
my local told that will become the society's come may 1. i wonder how that will go over with the ones who have been contributing to this fund..
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Spectre
I bet CO's won't be so quick to recommend remodels or new halls anymore. But of course if you give more....*dangles carrot*
I just finished up a psychology class about behavior. This is doomed to fail. People will catch on fast that their donations that used to have a tangible benefit to them will no longer. They will still donate because that gives them a good feeling but they won't be giving as much. Now, maybe if the higher ups in the org had any sort of that "worldly education", they might have known that.
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Jehovah's Witnesses table witnessing WTF
by Watchtower-Free in.
apostate & ex-jehovalarious meme collection.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jwmeme/.
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Spectre
Funny, but I'd say it's photoshopped.
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Mom is coming over tomorrow. What should I ask?
by Faithful Witness inmy mother is visiting us again tomorrow, only 5 weeks since her last visit.
things seem to be going pretty well with her, and the kids are enjoying having grandma back in our routine.
she is retiring at the end of may (age 65), so she promises that this is going to mean more time with family.
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Spectre
@nonjwspouse- That was my first inclination but I wasn't sure.
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Are we all actually "bad / evil / immoral" after leaving the faith?
by stuckinarut2 inso recently there have been several posts with references to talks and articles that imply the following:.
most of those who learn ttatt or fade from the "truth", are actually practicers of bad things, eg immorality, hence that is why 'we' now find fault with the org?.
i find this so offensive that they imply such.
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Spectre
When you aren't constantly bashed with being told what a sinner you are, you really don't think about it. I really don't consider myself a sinner at all.
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Mom is coming over tomorrow. What should I ask?
by Faithful Witness inmy mother is visiting us again tomorrow, only 5 weeks since her last visit.
things seem to be going pretty well with her, and the kids are enjoying having grandma back in our routine.
she is retiring at the end of may (age 65), so she promises that this is going to mean more time with family.
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Spectre
I can't remember who said it but there was a big wig that said something like, "If we(wtbts) ever have to ask for money it shows that we don't have gods approval and we should just pack it in."
If you were to dig that up and use that in your comment of why you're not going to the Baptist church...
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First Encounter With a Person From My Congregation Since We D-A'd
by Iown Mylife inan older sister saw me in the store and called out to me.
she's a widow; her husband was an elder.
i have not seen her for at least five years.
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Spectre
It's funny how they just assume that you're going to come back. And why wouldn't you since you know it's "the truth"?