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That does it ! I'm leaving ! ! !
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inleaving the university with my degree!.
exams are finished and it's just a matter of days before i walk.. i was certainly stressed about doing this.
i'm older than my classmates and armageddon was sooooo close!
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last big convention-last memorial buzz
by scotoma inare others hearing this meme from speakers at their congregation?.
is it a newspeak technique for instilling a sense of urgency?.
if it is - it's more manipulative than 1975. it seems like a way of getting around over use of the word "soon", "just around the corner".. maybe after 100 years of waiting they feel they need to approach it from another angle.. i should mention that the qualifier "may" is added "this may be our last___________________ fill in the blank.. lots of wiggle room.
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insearchoftruth
Well if they are going to downsize teh conventions it could be the last big convention.
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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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insearchoftruth
very well stated, great post!
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The Circuit Overseer's mid week talk
by stuckinarut2 inso the mid week talk from the co is making me feel ill..... he is going on about all the wonderful adjustments in the org and teachings, and just how clear and understandable they are....and saying that these truths make us more convinced that we have the truth!.
and that all these changes are evidence of love for the people in our territory... the truth is now so much clearer and easier to understand..... oh come on!!!!!!!!.
aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!.
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insearchoftruth
such a perfect analogy Blondie!
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What Are The Best Threads Here On JWN?
by minimus inare there any type of threads that you especially enjoy?
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are there any specific threads or posters that you look out for?.
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insearchoftruth
Would agree with Blondie, jgnat and lost sheep, but would add Mary, things that Leolia had posted in the past (I miss that deep scholarship). There are a lot of great archives here, but the challenge is the WTS changes so quickly some of the historical stuff on here is 'out of date'! Also AndersonsInfo due to the great insight into the society.
I also appreciate anyone who has been in a leadership position in the organization when they post, I find the inner workings quite fascinating, bizzare and often unethical! Thanks to all who make this site very informative and interesting!
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China To Be Number 1 This Year ! OMG!
by metatron inhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d79ffff8-cfb7-11e3-9b2b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz30n0eglxv.
i nearly dropped my coffee on the floor!
this ain't some goofy conspiracy site.. let the scots vote themselves independence and finish off "anglo-america".. .
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King of the far east????
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Hassan's book
by lambsbottom inwife is reading hassan's book right now.
classic to sit back and watch the veil be lifted.
shes been awake for about a 1.5 years now.
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insearchoftruth
I need to reread, they are great books
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Electronic KMs Now Being Provided By Org to R&F?
by pronomono ini received a call from my book study conductor the other day asking for my email address so that he could start sending electronic copies of the km to me.
has anyone else received calls like this?
i've missed quite a few meeting (it's been nice) so am unaware if any letter has been read.
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insearchoftruth
and it makes total sense, get the people to use their own paper and ink rather than having it provided.
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What happens to marriages upon the arrival of Armageddon?
by insearchoftruth ina couple of paradise earth questions: .
1) if you are a married, baptized witness couple (both people being baptized) and armageddon arrives, will the couple still be married on paradise earthtm?
2) if you are married to an unbelieving mate (ubm) and armageddon arrives, will the witness be free to remarry on paradise earth?.
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insearchoftruth
Well here is the Bible's response. 1 Cor, 7:12 But to the others I say, yes, I, not the Lord: If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is agreeable to staying with him, let him not leave her; 13 and if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is agreeable to staying with her, let her not leave her husband. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctifiedin relation to his wife, andthe unbelieving wife is sanctified in relation to the brother; otherwise, your children would be unclean, but now they are holy So having an unbeleiving mate allows that one a free ticket to the new world.
But this is not the societys view unless I am incorrect....
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Hotel list for the Landover International Convention - how do you find it?
by insearchoftruth injust wondering what hotels are "approved" and what the rates are?.
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I would much rather do that, and I may as my wife goes to enjoy three outstanding days of outdoor heat and humidity in Landover......