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  Ray Franz and You.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if ray franz would have kept his mouth shut and not disfellowshipped, and remained part of the governing body how many of us ex-jw would still be trapped in the cult?.

  would we have come this far?.

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  This used to be a very lonely row to hoe!
  

  You can say that again was it ever! I shudder to think of it now! I was younger then. I would sure hate to be faced with the same departure scenario today at my stage of life.
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  Ray Franz and You.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if ray franz would have kept his mouth shut and not disfellowshipped, and remained part of the governing body how many of us ex-jw would still be trapped in the cult?.

  would we have come this far?.

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  truthseeker100

  Finkelstien: "Ray had no significance on my leaving the JWS, its was my own instinct and personal integrity that drew myself out.

  "Pre inter net I might add."

  Me too Finkel even to this day I have only read parts of that book.I have never read it in it's entirety.

  Village Idiot same with you too eh.

  For the life of me I can't explain why? I really can't!

  Congratulations all on trusting your instincts.
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  Sam Herd’s comment on the 2001 Dateline expose

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  im going by memory, so not an exact quote...i believe this was around 2002, at the crownsville assembly hall (now sold from what i understand)..

  he said basically: some people watch an hour show and give up the faith that theyve had for decades..

  the impact of this show was like a canon being shot into a swimming pool.

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  I wonder how many witnesses who watched it were hung up on the word "church" which is outside their brand of good mind control trigger words
  

  I was wondering that too Bob

  As a Father of two daughters who thankfully to me, were not raised "in the truth", I am sickened by all of this stuff too. Even if the JWs who see it get hung up on the cult phraseology, surely some will see the dateline report as eye opening.
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  Earth 2.0 discovered!

  by Island Man in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/23/us/feat-nasa-kepler-planet-discovery/index.html.

  this planet is the most earth-like planet discovered to-date.

  it's at the right distance from its sun to allow for liquid water and life, and it has a year of 385 days - only 20 days longer than our own year!.

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  So this planet is 1400 light years from us. If there were intelligent life there they'd be looking at us through their telescopes and seeing us as primitive desert goat herders the way we were/are 1400 years ago. There wouldn't be barely a light on here!
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  Name "UNWRITTEN" Rules That JWs Are Supposed To Follow

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.

  here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.

  jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".

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  truthseeker100

  Doctor Who

  Your avatar cracks me up.LOL Tell me when the elder said that about your man parts. Did it move?
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  Trump is a funny guy. Attacks John McCain

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the guy don't realize when he attack john mccain he alienated every men .

  and women who served in the military.

  and this is coming from a guy that.

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  I was reading the comment section of story about trump and the things he says. It was very interesting I can't remember where it was because I do so much reading or else I would leave a link. But poster after poster said "the things Trump says is really his opinion and not just focus group approved responses when he is asked a question". Perhaps that's what resonates with so many Americans. There is nothing more sickening to listen to than a politician give prepared responses to questions that are approved by his/her handlers.
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  Where Are They Now???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was raised as a witness and i remember many of the old timers.

  many of the elders are no longer serving.

  it seems like almost anyone that wad married and had kids.

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  Yep it seems that the ones who were told they wouldn't finish high school before the end are overlapping with their Grandchildren's generation now. I wonder in amazement of what prognostications are to come from the GB's holy spirit directed leadership? I am awaiting with baited breath.
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  Facing up to the reality of the world

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since becoming atheist i have been paying more attention to world events and issues.

  this is giving me some worry's when i see what's going on.

  as a jw i could just dismiss stuff saying "armageddon is coming, jehovah will look after us" etc etc now of course i can't do that.

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  There will eventually be a cataclysmic event to reduce or eliminate humans from the planet, and life will go on again as it has for so much of our history.
  

  Rebel I was thinking about that today. An extinction level event like a meteor impact perhaps?

  Hopefully we'll find away off this third rock from the sun so our story as a species goes on.All it will take is enough time. Survival of the fittest you know.
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  Is Watchtower imploding? 10 reasons why the end could be nigh

  by WildeLover in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.

  i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.

  it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.

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  I agree that a mass exodus is not going to happen for a variety of reasons, but I also think the publishing house that they enjoyed for a century or so is over. Just like many newspaper and magazine publishing houses that are former shells of themselves. The big major ones are still around but their influence is somewhat diminished.

  This is why the WTBTS is selling the expensive properties in NY and elsewhere they are no longer needed. At least now they will have to continually adapt with the internet and compete to get their message out. That's why the indifference witnessed in the trolley cart witnessing

  Then there is the third world countries were they can continue with publishing the way they have always done at least for now.
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  Yet more trolley (in)activity

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am currently having to spend a little time waiting for an appointment in the vicinity of a central london station.

  whilst waiting i am catching up on some work in a cafe.

  i can see a couple of trolleys and have been watching them for around an hour now.. not one person has stopped to take literature.

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  Sofia Lose " I ain't wasting my time, looking weird, in some public corner. No way!"

  That's exactly the way I felt going door to door as a child. LOL