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  Young Girl Exposes Jehovah's Witnesses at school video goes VIRAL last 2 days 273,000 views

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original thread here.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/291080001/brave-high-school-student-exposes-abuse-corruption-within-jehovahs-witnesses.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvt_gyq-ls.

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  Looking for ideas.

  by Driving Force in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i received an email from one of the elder in the local congregation.

  i am not dfed so there is not a problem there, i am just an aggressive fader.. one of the last things i said to this elder before i stopped all activities was that i do not agree with the borg taking all the assets from the congregations.. here is what the elder said in the email:.

  "i recently saw something while looking through the jw broadcasting for the month of may and i though about you.

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  Driving Force

  Thank you all for your ideas I read every one of them.
  As some have suggested I should preserve my fade and say as little as possible, that is the advice I shall take, I guess that is the easy way, but this brave 18 year old, "Brie" puts me to shame, but then our circumstances are completely different.
  

  But Magnum made a very significant comment "That video itself should be the wake-up call. If Lett didn't wake him up, I don't think you stand a chance."

  Also d4g "I would just let it sink in on its own when he is ready. Otherwise, all you will do is raise his CD, and that may close the door to his mind actually opening at all."

  This elder does know my position and I think keeping the door open for him is the best way I can help him to wake up.

  Once again thanks for all the suggestions.

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  Looking for ideas.

  by Driving Force in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i received an email from one of the elder in the local congregation.

  i am not dfed so there is not a problem there, i am just an aggressive fader.. one of the last things i said to this elder before i stopped all activities was that i do not agree with the borg taking all the assets from the congregations.. here is what the elder said in the email:.

  "i recently saw something while looking through the jw broadcasting for the month of may and i though about you.

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  Driving Force

  I received an email from one of the elder in the local congregation. I am not DFed so there is not a problem there, I am just an aggressive fader.

  One of the last things I said to this elder before I stopped all activities was that I do not agree with the bOrg taking all the assets from the congregations.

  Here is what the elder said in the email:

  • "I recently saw something while looking through the JW broadcasting for the month of May and I though about you. You talked to me about the financial situation of the organization and the amount of money involved. This video from Brother Lett explains things very well, definitely better than I could. It's about 60 minutes long and I found it very interesting, just take a look at it."

  And there was the link for the May broadcast by Lett.
  

  Now the thing is with this brother he also has this rare quality of being a shepherd and he does care for those in the congregation.

  Of course I know / we all know that Lett talks a load of cods wallop. But I need some suggestions on how to answer him that might make him think about things and help him to wake up. So any useful suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

  
  

  Driving Force.
  
  
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  An excellent (and funny) example of Cognitive Bias

  by Slave4_38y in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i saw this and immediately thought about how this relates to us.

  once you've learned how to ride the ttatt-bicycle it's almost impossible to ride the "truth"-bicycle again.

  https://youtu.be/mfzdabzbll0.

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  Driving Force

  Very interesting video.

  Well I am glad I learned the TTATT-bicycle, and will never get on the "Truth"-bicycle again.
  
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  Help? :(

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i apologize for how rantish this is but please hear me out.

  anyways i'm a 15 year old girl and i've never really wanted to be a jw.

  its just never been something thats made me feel happy or loved.

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  BlackWolf

  Great that you had the courage to write here. Lots of people are on your side.

  Do not give up your dreams, I did to become a JW, but after 28 years I realize what a bad decision that was.

  Do not give up, hang in there.
  

  Thinking of you from another continent.
  
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  Dwindling Attendance? Here's a quick fix!....

  by Tech49 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so here's a real life experience you will get a kick out of.. our kh has about 90 publishers.

  typical meeting attendance during a co visit is right at 100 or so.

  the rest of the time, attendance is a dismal 50-60, sometimes 70 on a good week!.

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  The congregation I was in before I faded, joined up with another congregation about 5 years ago due to low attendance, now the attendance is dropping dramatically in this congregation, and with officially about 100 publishers the attendance is sometimes as low as 40, but averages between 50-60.

  Not in the US, but a European country.
  
  
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  2015 Convention Releases

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/jw-convention-releases-2015/.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc7cyswlvwg.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfmuamqiv4k.

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  When I saw the video Sophia video, I started swearing.
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  Did judge Rutherford piss off Hitler

  by greenhornet in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the jws at the time in germany where considered part of the aryan race, (since they were not jews).

  then things changed for the jws after rutherford mailed a letter to hitler bragging about jehovahs kingdom on earth.. so can we add this to the bloodshed that that the watchtower corp is responsible for?.

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  OrphanCrow

  Really good, thanks for this.
  
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  Witnesses called for a bible study

  by umbertoecho in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello all.. i haven't been here for some time to post as mainly i read the comments and such.

  yesterday was a really interesting, unnerving experience though.

  two sisters had called last week when i had an abscess on my tooth and was sort of sick from it.

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  Driving Force

  Why not ask a couple of friends around at the same time and when the sister arrives with her (elder) husband tell them that your friends are also interested in the discussion.

  Of course prime your friends well on this.
  
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  The JW religion has just cost me my marriage & my family life

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after leaving the organisation 10 years ago i fought with everything i had to stay in my marriage and with my three children.

  after a tumultuous number of years trying to maintain a happy family life while living in a divided home, it's finally over.

  the religion is single handedly responsible for destroying my marriage and my family.

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  Driving Force

  jambon1

  To give up on your marriage without even making an effort to see the other side of the story is absolutely astonishing to me.

  I am having precisely the same problem with my wife, she will not even open the bible to have a discussion on any text. I can imagine how you feel, it is very hurtful, I have been married for 22 years.