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  What are your favorite countries?

  by 5go in

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  mine are switzerland, germany, japan, sweden, and china.

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  The UK and the Netherlands come to mind...
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  Zone talk by David Splane - Four figurative giants - Education etc

  by truthseeker in

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  found this interesting talk on e-watchman's site.

  it was given by david splane, a gb member.. the talk is really interesting as it gives a more focused look at the troubles the society is facing as it trys to cope with education, peer pressure etc.. .

  http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=454.

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  Geez, this is bad even by WT standards...

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  Did it seem like most of the lit. was always defending a JW belief?

  by zack in

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  even as a kid i couldn't shake the feeling that the literature taught in negatives--- instead of advocating for a position, it seemed to be defending it and attacking.

  an opposing position.

  it seemed like they always had to beat up on something or someone to make their point..

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  Yes, the contrarian nature of the org pretty much started with Rutherford, and has continued since. A religion of non-beliefs.

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  WHAT "WERE" YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL? AND DID YOU GO ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION?

  by juni in

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  just a fluffy question ~~~.

  were you a freak?

  jock?

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  I was pretty invisable in high school. I got along with everyone okay, just didn't get too close to anyone. Typical witness. A very liberal jw older friend of mine forced me to go to college against my "know it all" jw will. I thank him to this day. Unfortunately, it is me trying to be his voice of reason today, and he dosen't quite get it.

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  Just saying Hi..

  by Jen77 in

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  ..yup, just want to say hi to you all.. i m a new "face" in your territory..so far!

  all the way from scandinavia..seems like there are most north americans here, but hopefully i am welcome anyways ;).

  soon to be 30 year old (!

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  Welcome, Jen!

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  How did bible story pictures affect you?

  by unique1 in

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  edited because someone came through with the picture and i think this deserves it's own topic.. i am deathly, i mean deathly afraid of snakes.

  most people don't understand or grasp the exent i am afraid of them until they see the ultimate reaction.

  my husband witnessed the worst one since we have been together the other week.

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  done4good

  Actually, I thought all of the books back then looked pretty creepy. I believe the bible story book was the first attempt at using full color, so yes, the images were more graphic than most of the other books. But the two color printings of the other books actually seemed creepier to me, for some reason. I remember my father commenting on these, (a non-jw), saying they looked very amatuer.

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  My D/A letter

  by done4good in

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  after managing a successful fade, the long thread started by nvrgnbk made me think a bit.

  up until then, i maintained a fairly hardline stance that the borg would need to d/f me if they really wanted me "out".

  but then, i began to consider a few things.

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  done4good

  Thanks, everyone for your replies and wishes of luck. I don't regret this decision one bit. I guess it's a little too early in the week to celebrate though...
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  What's a JW's main motivator?

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  what's the main motivating force behind the average jw?.

  i'd say it's a fear of their own death.

  fear of dying.

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  done4good

  Fear.

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  Non organised ex JWs, why?

  by greendawn in

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  from time to time we hear that the ex jws should have organised themselves to a high level and that doesn't necessarily mean setting up another religion in opposition to the wts but some sort of rather secular organisation to carry out that task.

  no doubt this lack of organisation plays in the hands of the wts who escape the nightmare of a highly organised efficient opposition.

  the rough treatment of ex members in my opinion is intentional and aims at emotionally stunning them to pre empt the possibility of them having a clear mind with which to fight their fraudulent, cultic objectives.

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  done4good

  In much the same way the unorganized free software community has flourished with the development of Linux, and hurting large Unix OS companies, such as Sun, the Internet is allowing the ex-jw market to flourish and is hurting the WTS. No need to organize here. This paradigm really does work.

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  My D/A letter

  by done4good in

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  after managing a successful fade, the long thread started by nvrgnbk made me think a bit.

  up until then, i maintained a fairly hardline stance that the borg would need to d/f me if they really wanted me "out".

  but then, i began to consider a few things.

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  done4good

  Maybe a few references to the various questions might make it simpler to research for them.

  I thought about that. But I reconsidered, because my intent is to make them think, and come to their own conclusions. Leading them to the answers seldom helps in dealing with these people.

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  btw: I just put it in the mail.