I recall several times they had a movie from the tower fest... one was on bethel and the farm in NY... the voice over sounded like they picked
the nerdiest guy on site... worse than the school lecture slide show voice overs.
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why won't witnesses use tv or radio?
by moomanchu inthe radio was used extensively in the 1920's and 1930's.
by 1933 the society was using 403 radio stations to broadcast bible lectures.
later, the use of the radio was largely replaced by increased house-to-house visits by witnesses with portable phonographs and recorded bible talks.
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My revenge against the WTS
by Genesis inhi folks, .
after 7 months out of the cult and my 20e birthday approaching (next week) i sorted out what i would do with my life.
after i exited the borg i thought about various plans like touring the world or infiltering the congregation and fight the borg or becoming a professional musician (music is a hobbie for me).
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by accident sort of, I started studying psychology shortly after my BORG theological implants failed. I find it fascinating to try to figure
out why people do what they do, and sometimes I have been able to do just that.... mostly I find too many variables and people seem to be
rarely honest about their inner workings... sometimes not even realizing it.
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the King of Israel... the true God.
by mdb inwho is the king of israel?
jehovah is the king of israel.
thus says the lord [yhwh], the king of ,
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if the trinity was not the most stupid doctrine ever devised by man, it must be close... but its value is in its inexplicibility, dont want our
fantasy god[s] to be comprehendible, that is what doomed the pagan gods
trinitarians often give the stupidest reasons for believing it.
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Wow, what an assembly!!!!!!!!
by TooBad TooSad ini attended two days of the dc.
the only three points that i took home with me is that the end is near, higher education is a no no, and that the brothers have a problem with pornography.
i was in amazement at the number of witnesses that take notes as fast as the speaker is talking.
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we now have even MORE proof that the sky is actually falling!!!
remember to promote our new book when it is in stock!, why the world may end in 2 weeks,
allow 6-8 weeks for delivery!
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Did you actually "believe" as a JW or was it Emperors New Clothes to you?
by LovesDubs ini decided post jws that i was walking the walk and talking the talk but deep down...wasnt buying it.
i really wasnt.
but i couldnt say anything to anybody because that was part of what was expected of us.
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well there is the paradox... .faith tells you that you see the emporer's new clothes with the eyes of faith not your actual eyes...
only the faithful SAW the invisible presence of Jesus in 1914, only the faithful SEE the invisible God, etc.
so no, I did not see, but did not expect to either...but I was always on the watch for just about anything that would confirm this
as more than just a hope that seemed to be false...something tangible, some magic, something to validate the faith...
but HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING
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Reading the Bible Made Me Leave "The Truth" & Christianity
by Seeker4 ini was looking up a couple of verses the other day in my nwt reference bible the one with larger print, footnotes, cross references, etc.
in my day i was quite a diligent student - the bible is filled with my notes and comments, and i'd already worn out another one earlier.
one of the things that i found surprising as i was reading my notes, was how often they were pointing out inconsistencies, contradictions and obvious lies in the biblical text.
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not until after I had been long gone did I realize that Jesus could never, in the mind of any christian be seen to ever have said a single thing wrong.
Matt 24, specifically tells those then alive that THEIR GENERATION would not pass away until they saw ALL THE THINGS he had mentioned, which included the fall of Jerusalem and the return of Jesus as king to judge the world....
the term THIS GENERATION is used by Jesus in about Nine different places in the 4 gospels and always has the same basic meaning... those alive at the time who were distinguished from previous generations who were not alive to see him in person.
its easy to forget by just reading matthew 24, that jesus was speaking aloud to these people and telling THEM, that THIS GENERATION will not pass... and it seems that many historians believe that early christians were literally waiting for it to happen in THEIR DAY.
seems that Paul was telling people, if they did not BURN they should be as he was, Celibate, as the end was so near and John telling people we KNOW this is the last hour because Anti-christ is among us...etc.
but since all that would make Jesus a FALSE prophet, no christian can ever be permitted to even think along those lines....can they :))
I also re-examined Numbers 31, where after a battle was won, and the men had saved out the women and children, Moses, in a RAGE told them that they had learned nothing from their previous encounters [regarding their own weaknesses] and order the murder of defenseless women and male children... they could rape the little girls though....
how sick is that? and yet this WAR criminal is the foundation of the entire bible story.
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What's the BIGGEST LIE you ever heard?
by nicolaou in.
someone i knew stood up at the convention to answer her two baptism questions both with a "yes".
she was having an affair with a married brother at the time.. but i'd top my 'biggest lie' list with four small words; "in the beginning, god"
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in JW context.....
the Governing body is NOT inspired, but IS lead by the spirit of God.
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Prediction of large drop in JW numbers in 2014
by VM44 ini am going to make the prediction, here and now in mid 2006, that there will be a significant drop in the number of jehovah's witnesses in the year 2014, the one hundredth anniversary of 1914.. the only way this drop in numbers might be avoided is if the watchtower society can think up some way to stir up the rank and file and get them motivated to do more, like they did with the 1975 fiasco.. .
i doubt very much that the watchtower magazine is going to proclaim loudly in the year 2014 anything about the "generation of 1914" not passing away.. --vm44
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seems to me that by 2014 JWs will have evolved to another sort of religion and proclaim themselves
the way to the way even louder but for totally different reasons, 1914 will be quitely retired and by 2014
those JWs won't even know it was signifcant.... case in point, I started studying in 1975 and never heard a
peep about 1975 until well into the late 80s
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How much JW do you have left in yourself?
by JH insay something that jw's preach that you still believe in.
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the trinity is a man made doctrine
can't think of anything else really....
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Analysis of Cult Recruitment Techniques (Essay)
by Scully inpdf essay on cult recruitment techniques on the www (jws receive mention).
the essay is written from the point of view of social psychology research, and looks at various methods and known social influence principles used by "new religious movements" (or nrms) in recruitment practices.. four basic principles of social influence that are described in this essay include:.
liking: if the subject "likes" the people who are presenting the information to them, they are more apt to be influenced toward accepting the group the recruiters represent.
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Eric Hoffer - The True Believer.
great book on the subject