Apostate Kate: I'm just wondering why you think you were chosen to receive this miracle, when so many others get the poopy end of the stick. Surely some of them deserved a miracle as much as you?
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If you claim a divine miracle in your life, you will be disfellowshipped!!!
by free2beme inone of the key things i have noticed since leaving the witnesses and interacting with other faiths, is that they often mention the word "miracle!
" in that they will claim that their god had performed some sort of miracle in their life that brought about something amazing.
it is not always christians who say this either, as many of my "pagan" friends and myself have had spirit driven moments that were something that could not be displaced as "chance.
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WATCHTOWER MONEY - New contribution program!
by Severus inwatchtower money serves two purposes: to protest the policies of jehovah's witnesses and educate the public about the hidden side of the watchtower society.
consider this a sophisticated form of guerilla protest and awareness campaign.
each bill or check is designed to get the attention of the beholder and quickly provide information.
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Anyone who would like to submit an article or two, collaborate or contribute to this project can send me a message on here. Please send PM info, email address, etc.
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WATCHTOWER MONEY - New contribution program!
by Severus inwatchtower money serves two purposes: to protest the policies of jehovah's witnesses and educate the public about the hidden side of the watchtower society.
consider this a sophisticated form of guerilla protest and awareness campaign.
each bill or check is designed to get the attention of the beholder and quickly provide information.
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osmosis
Anyone who would like to submit an article or two, collaborate or contribute to this project can send me a message on here. Please send PM info, email address, etc.
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Hello, I'm new here
by debbiedebbie ini left the jw's in 1990 and officially left or at least decided never to return again in 1993. i announced that i'd rather die in armageddon than live with these people.
they don't want to speak to me much anymore.. but i'm concerned because i have a 4 yr old child and i don't want to attend any church.
nothing against those who do.. but should i go for my child even though i will stare into outerspace until its over or is this a worse example than not attending at all?.
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Hello and welcome
you do NOT need to go to church or take your child to church, in fact personally I advise against it.
your child does not need to be a part of any belief system to avoid a controlling and destructive belief system. cults like the JWs, while having a high level of control over all their members, are relatively unsuccessful at convincing most people to join, mainly because their beliefs are so outrageously insane that even your average believer can't make the required leap of faith.
Assimilating your child into one belief system actually makes them more susceptible to the religious ideas of others. In my opinion the best thing you can do is go agnostic or atheist, for the sake of your child's mind.
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hair raising experience
by zagor ini was going for a drive this morning.
just felt like listening to some nice music.
so i opened my boot where i kept the box with some old tapes and couldnt decide what to put on so while i was driving i thought to try out couple of those anyway.
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Less than a year ago I had a very vivid dream about a girl I used to know named Rebecca. In all my 31 years, this is the closest thing to a wet dream I've ever had, she was straddling me, one (very nice) breast hanging out of her shirt, she's telling me to fuck her, that her boyfriend was upstairs... LOL. And all very vivid, enough to make me start wondering whatever happened to her, should I try to look her up, etc.
Less than a week later while these thoughts were still in my mind, an MSN message pops up on my computer saying hello. I didn't know who it was so I asked, s/he said "It's Becky" (!!)
I thought, HOLY CRAP and for about 3 seconds, reality itself crumbled away and I was in a weird lucid state of paranormality.
Turns out "Becky" was the wife of one of my MSN acquaintances. can't remember why she said hello, I was in too much shock to remember what we talked about.
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New Orleans hurricane
by osmosis inone of the things i keep hearing about by the jws, is just how organised, efficient and selfless the borg and its flock were in immediately swooping down to no after the hurricane and doing everything possible to help the afflicted, believers and non-believers alike, without stopping for photo shoots or any such propoganda campaign.. it seems to me they want to avoid issues such as their cult-like nature, by painting themselves as saints who give their all for their fellow human -- "they're good people so don't question their faith, because that is what makes them good people".. and i've wondered, really wondered, what really happened down there... i don't believe their version of it for a minute, and figure there had to be something in it for them... maybe they only helped other witnesses or something... it just can't be the way it's being sold to me... anyone know what really happened?
this seems like an internal propoganda campaign to further convince the faithful witness that s/he is doing god's work.
a little too good to be true.
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One of the things I keep hearing about by the JWs, is just how organised, efficient and selfless the bOrg and its flock were in immediately swooping down to NO after the hurricane and doing everything possible to help the afflicted, believers and non-believers alike, without stopping for photo shoots or any such propoganda campaign.
It seems to me they want to avoid issues such as their cult-like nature, by painting themselves as saints who give their all for their fellow human -- "they're good people so don't question their faith, because that is what makes them good people".
And I've wondered, really wondered, what REALLY happened down there... I don't believe their version of it for a minute, and figure there had to be something in it for them... maybe they only helped other witnesses or something... it just can't be the way it's being sold to me..
Anyone know what really happened? This seems like an internal propoganda campaign to further convince the faithful witness that s/he is doing god's work. A little too good to be true.
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Do Some JW Elders Secretly Consider It Possible That They Are Wrong?
by West70 ini recently heard this "experience" from a now "christian" former jw, which has not previously been publicly communicated.
this jw then moved back to their home area (no jw relatives), and simply continued living their already-in-progress non-jw life.
inevitably, this exjw christian started bumping into their jw former associates.
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SickOfLies: LMAO! Bisexual women are the best, aren't they? Hell is a small price to pay for a double helping of tang.
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I'm a newbie!!
by Poodles inthis is my first time in this forum!
i joined because i would like to understand the witness way of life w/o joining!!
all debates welcome!!
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Welcome poodle! I'm new here too.
Hey who said that thing about being a JW being like hotel california... that song is about heroin.. coincidence, or no?
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How much does it cost to be a JW
by osmosis inok the story i get from my jw relatives is that borg "isn't making money off them", but that never sat well with me.
i've always wondered how much money she contributed to the borg.. since i don't have the nerve to ask them, and they probably won't tell me the "truth" if i do, i'm asking you folks.. how much money does the average jw contribute to the cause?
how much do those silly magazines cost anyway?
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OK the story I get from my JW relatives is that bOrg "isn't making money off them", but that never sat well with me. I've always wondered how much money she contributed to the bOrg.
Since I don't have the nerve to ask them, and they probably won't tell me the "truth" if I do, I'm asking you folks.
How much money DOES the average JW contribute to the cause? How much do those silly magazines cost anyway? The money has to come from somewhere, right?
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WATCHTOWER MONEY - New contribution program!
by Severus inwatchtower money serves two purposes: to protest the policies of jehovah's witnesses and educate the public about the hidden side of the watchtower society.
consider this a sophisticated form of guerilla protest and awareness campaign.
each bill or check is designed to get the attention of the beholder and quickly provide information.
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LOL that's wicked. Nice job, man. I too admire the serial numbers.
As for the back, how about the most distrubing quote from the watchtower you can find, complete with reference so they can look it up if they care to.
Just yesterday I realized the best way to combat the JWs as a group is by publishing counter-information such as this funny money. The specific idea I had was to publish a parody of the Awake! magazine containing amusing, yet scathing articles about the JWs, in the same condescending tone of the magazine. I thought of calling it "Asleep!".
If I agreed to do the editorial work, graphics and page layout, are there any amongst us who would spend some of their time contributing articles?