A young kid in our hall just went out to patterson, i was shocked knowing what is going on, I imagine he'll be headed home soon.
Its going to become more like the scientology version of bethel where volunteers are worked to death.
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Bethel Status Update - Insider Information
by thedepressedsoul ini have some updates and new information on the downsizing in bethel.
25% of all bethelites around the world will be sent home.
in the us over 1,000 will be sent home.
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Call For Children To Get Baptised From CO
by freemindfade inso i've been pretty good at not going to meetings lately.
yesterday i went for the co's last talks.
older co. his last talk was absolutely shocking.
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FayeD I agree. It shows her allowing herself intellectual honesty, and that can be the first crack in the CD. She is far from waking up, but its a big step. -
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Call For Children To Get Baptised From CO
by freemindfade inso i've been pretty good at not going to meetings lately.
yesterday i went for the co's last talks.
older co. his last talk was absolutely shocking.
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Its a captive religion, with a contract. Information is more available than ever now, and the kids can more easily access it, get them to sign the contract sooner and lock them in. -
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Call For Children To Get Baptised From CO
by freemindfade inso i've been pretty good at not going to meetings lately.
yesterday i went for the co's last talks.
older co. his last talk was absolutely shocking.
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Not sure if it was part of the outline, but I get the distinct feeling they have been told the kids aren't drinking enough witness koolaid.
I haven't heard that kind of fear mongering from the org or a CO since my childhood when the literature used to be laden with disturbing armageddon illustrations.
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Call For Children To Get Baptised From CO
by freemindfade inso i've been pretty good at not going to meetings lately.
yesterday i went for the co's last talks.
older co. his last talk was absolutely shocking.
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Another interesting note, I asked my wife this morning what she thought of the part, she said she didn't agree with it. In the past, she would have been more of an apologist and been like "Welllllllllll, what he was trying to say was..." But this was so blatantly using fear, she thought it was wrong. I believe she is now at a phase where she is able to say things are wrong, but its still god's organization. So small progress.
But there was no doubt the summary of the talk was:
Get baptized ASAP or else! The big J is gonna call out a hit on you and send Jesus and his thugs to whack you.
All this is just signs the org is getting desperate, asking for money, ordering children to get baptized, making excuses for everything going wrong. Its a religion that I believe has seen its last real growth.
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Call For Children To Get Baptised From CO
by freemindfade inso i've been pretty good at not going to meetings lately.
yesterday i went for the co's last talks.
older co. his last talk was absolutely shocking.
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Sorry about the Far and not bear. Sometimes on this site my phone changes the words and odd things happen. Damn Samsung. Like right now it tried to change "damn" to "dan". Wtf -
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Call For Children To Get Baptised From CO
by freemindfade inso i've been pretty good at not going to meetings lately.
yesterday i went for the co's last talks.
older co. his last talk was absolutely shocking.
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So I've been pretty good at not going to meetings lately. Yesterday I went for the CO's last talks. Older CO. His last talk was absolutely shocking.
He basically just came out and implored "children" to get Baptised. How? Well at one one point he mentioned how he was Baptised at 11. He then went on with talking about Jesus and the angels with the smashing tools. And the mark on the head. And how he commanded those to be destroyed "old, men, women, children" so he started talking about how they were accountable. And going to die at Armageddon. I'm not making this up.
How did he illustrate their accountability? He talked about the children mauled by the bear for teasing gods prophet for being bald. He said he didn't go and talk to their parents because those kids were accountable to jehovah. My mouth must have been hanging open. Then He basically just came out and said it. Get Baptised. The organization is showing it's desperation in so many things.
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vent: Got into it this morning with my wife agian. younger son wants to go to a B-day, i said he could...she turned cult.
by goingthruthemotions inyep, he told her that he wants to go a friends b-day...keep in mind it's not until december.
well anyway i told her i didn't mind if he did and i would take him.
yep, enter cult mode.....i hate this freaking cult.
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You must be confused... the witnesses don't force their kids to be witnesses (sarcasm)
But seriously. I'm sorry. Take a deep breath it's a tough situation.
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We're not trying to convert you
by jws inrecently i saw a link to an article from the st. petersburg times (one of these links on the side of this forum to sometimes old articles).
it was an article about jws and their preaching work.
imo, middle to favorable.. but the one thing was from a door where the jws are saying they're not here to convert anyone, they just want to share a scripture.. what sort of bs is this?
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Standard witness double speak.
When you are in and not awake it's amazing the nonesense you don't think about. This is one example of how they deny/say one thing when you know that is not true.
The goal is to get bible studies to study and get them baptized. But we are only there to share scriptures... which is it?
I don't think the pioneers are all praying to have someone to share a scripture with. They pray for studies. Recruitment is the goal
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Witnesses - Ever Wondered Why You're So Tired After Assemblies/Meetings?
by The Searcher inrecently shared this with me.. they compared the tiredness they felt after attending an assembly and meetings, and noted how much worse it was than actually working and studying hard for hours for their secular employment!
why were they so exhausted after an assembly/meeting?
no, it wasn't satan.
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Have you ever walked around a big city like new York with someone who walks so so slow... when you are done you will be more exhausted from the act of trying to slow yourself down and move at their pace than if you were just walking normal.
I think our brains are the same. Step into a meeting you have to put your mind on slow MO and it's not easy in an age where we are used to learning fast and constantly learning and growing. Ain't shit growing in a kingdom hall