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  3 words to describe.....

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ..your experience with the watchtower corporation:.

  i'll start...... bully boy elders.

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  freemindfade

  Fear

  Obligation

  Guilt
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  Introduction

  by shattered_origins in

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  2. experiences

  i joined the forum yesterday and made 2 angry posts which received encouraging replies.

  i spent a good chunk of time today browsing various posts, and i can't get enough!

  i'm doing things backwards now and taking a moment to introduce myself.

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  freemindfade

  Welcome. Freemindfade at your service
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  The thousand mile bullshit stare

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone else tired of this wt cliche?.

  "a certain young man named eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep.

  as paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead".

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  "Holy Sh!t... I think I'm in a cult!

  
  
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  Give me 5 minutes to explain...

  by pixel in

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  2. friends

  i keep thinking about the time i will "come out" and tell my wife about this sick cult.

  i don't know when that day will come, but knowing me i will seat down with her and ask her for 5 minutes to explain to her why we as a family has to get out.

  my question is: what will you tell somebody in 5 minutes, that will convince that perdon that this is not a good religion to follow and that we have been deceived?.

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  freemindfade

  Not sure what she is like, 5 minutes is just enough time to start a fight. I would say maybe some suggestions over time. Like start disagreeing or discussing some recent things and get a feel for her reaction just to that.
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  The thousand mile bullshit stare

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone else tired of this wt cliche?.

  "a certain young man named eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep.

  as paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead".

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  The thousand mile bullshit stare

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone else tired of this wt cliche?.

  "a certain young man named eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep.

  as paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead".

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  New Watchtower Propaganda and hate speech destroying families (Feb 2016 WT)

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the following is a paragraph from the new february study watchtower article "learn from jehovah's loyal servants.".

  7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.

  for example, a sister named anne [1] received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.

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  freemindfade

  Holy crap!

  They are getting intense. I sometimes wonder if someone in the writing department is awake. And really pushing their most embarrassing traits on purpose. That is insane. If this bit right here doesn't make cult alarms go off I don't know what would... sound like what someone in the dark ages would burning a heritic.

  “The only way you can relieve your pain is by returning to Jehovah,”
  
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  November WT God's View Of War

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anybody else read this article and just think wth?.

  sometimes god approves of war.. sometimes god doesn't approve of war.. when the israelites fought battles and won it was because god blessed them.. when they lost it was because god had not blessed them.. sometimes god fights for oppressed ones.. sometimes they must wait and have faith.. it is so clear that the bible contradicts itself on this issue and that the nation of israel had a totally different view of god than the early christians.

  it is also clear that the nation of israel was highly superstitious and would attribute every battle's outcome to the whims of a higher power.

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  freemindfade

  I skimmed through at the back of a hall in Brooklyn. I feel articles like this are them getting more and more apologetic for the desert god due to dissent.
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  Why Do You No Longer Believe in God?

  by Tenacious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this question has popped up from time to time but i really would like to know how you guys, those that no longer believe, came to that conclusion?

  was it the wts and all its crap?

  was it something you read?

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  freemindfade

  I heard something simple and amazingly profound last night

  "truth is not controversial"

  We could say facts are not controversial.

  Beliefs certainly can be because we can believe things that are dead wrong and totally crazy. But real truth there is nothing you can do about it.

  When you express an unfounded believe expect controversy. Express a fact and no one can dispute it unless they are just crazy.
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  Humility

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "...those who preach humility should be the first in exemplifying it".-ray franz crisis of conscience active lurkers give this some thought

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  freemindfade

  The organizations derision they express for those who leave, or disagree with them, and the catholic church is constant and shows a severe lack of humility. As their own problems accelerate they are starting to look like the arrogant hypocrites they really are as they continue their us against them crusade.