A non-JW pilot friend of mine who doesn't know I was a JW sent me this, with the title "Mind control made easy!". It was eerie to watch this and recognize the similarities. It could be useful in helping a current JW who has doubts "get out", as it is NOT produced by an ex-JW. I felt it should be shared here, perhaps it already has been. It's worth repeating.
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Mind Control Cults
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land ina non-jw pilot friend of mine who doesn't know i was a jw sent me this, with the title "mind control made easy!".
it was eerie to watch this and recognize the similarities.
it could be useful in helping a current jw who has doubts "get out", as it is not produced by an ex-jw.
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Watchtower May 2010: "HAS GOD LEFT US?" (answer: YES!)
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land infrom a jw friend:.
"a friend sent this cover for new w..... and said at bethel they have been working on it for months, long before haiti and chile..... isn't this great?!
funny, when i saw the cover, my first thought was "they finally got it right!
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Is that Casper the Friendly Ghost hanging out of the building on the left, above the woman's head?
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Watchtower May 2010: "HAS GOD LEFT US?" (answer: YES!)
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land infrom a jw friend:.
"a friend sent this cover for new w..... and said at bethel they have been working on it for months, long before haiti and chile..... isn't this great?!
funny, when i saw the cover, my first thought was "they finally got it right!
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Oh, and God hates Volkswagens now. Notice that? ;-)
Also, it's always a mother holding a baby in the disaster, pestilence or famine pictures.
They need to find somebody who is better at Photoshop.
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Watchtower May 2010: "HAS GOD LEFT US?" (answer: YES!)
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land infrom a jw friend:.
"a friend sent this cover for new w..... and said at bethel they have been working on it for months, long before haiti and chile..... isn't this great?!
funny, when i saw the cover, my first thought was "they finally got it right!
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Don't you just hope one of them comes to the door with that magazine? ;-)
"Oh, GOOD! You guys finally figured out that God left you. When was that? 1914? 1879? 1935? 1975?"
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Watchtower May 2010: "HAS GOD LEFT US?" (answer: YES!)
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land infrom a jw friend:.
"a friend sent this cover for new w..... and said at bethel they have been working on it for months, long before haiti and chile..... isn't this great?!
funny, when i saw the cover, my first thought was "they finally got it right!
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From a JW friend:
"A friend sent this cover for new W..... and said at Bethel they have been working on it for months, long before Haiti and Chile..... ISN'T THIS GREAT?!"Funny, when I saw the cover, my first thought was "They FINALLY got it right!" ;)
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Russian Tract campaign: "Could It Happen Again? A Question for the Citizens of Russia"
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inhttp://www.jw-media.org/rus/20100226.htm.
for immediate release.
february 25, 2010. jehovahs witnesses address their fellow citizensrussiaon february 26-28, 2010, throughout russia, from the chukchi peninsula in the east to kaliningrad in the west, a special campaign is taking place.
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Apparently they froze their azzes off doing the work. Here's one report.
RUSSIAN TRACT CAMPAIGN
Hello, our dear xxxxx
Yes, we hold a very interesting campaign 26-28 of Feb. T-83 tract is partially based on Russian president recent sayings. He strongly condemned Stalin and cold war time oppressing and persecutions and brothers quoted some of his words and tied them with JW's current situation.
We've never had anything like that before, no experience therefore. We used to distribute Kingdom News tracts but this time we almost did not talk to people, no Bible discourses, no door-to-door calls, no second calls fix etc. Just distributing as much as possible. Brothers planned everything in TOP SECRET (as we joke "BURN BEFORE READING"), even higher. At first they gave an instruction to present a special talk during our SM and give one tract to everyone attending the meeting, but then cancelled this arrangement and said "just a brief announcement about a special campaign". So, nobody could see or read the tract before Friday morning. Two days before Friday our SO gathered elders for a special meeting and said "best to start and finish this work on Friday, late on Saturday". But our ministry overseer only planned the 1st meeting at 10.00 a.m. Too late. So we had to reschedule. We divided the territory in the temporary...lots (not sure the term is correct), paying special attention to subway station entrances, malls, bus stations and so on. Some groups wanted to start about 5.30 a.m. But it was very difficult to organize meetings so early. So in our group it was decided to do the following: after our Thursday meeting for ministry I asked those who can and want to start the work early on Friday to stay for a while. To my surprise 12 brothers and sisters stayed. I told them we can start next morning at 6.30 and since it was too cold we decided to split the time in 30 minute shifts, 2 publishers in each. But then we realized one thing. We were advised not to have too many tracts on us during the work. Police might confiscate all at once. So we decided to take 50 copies for the beginning. And we appointed one "bag-brother" to keep the reserve without distributing. He simply stayed nearby and when I finished my 50 I came to him, took the bag and he went to my place. Now I became a "bag-brother" and so on. Friday and Saturday were working days that week and so the people were a lot. Some seemed to be amazed seeing us on their way to work. In 40 minutes I handed about 80 tracts. Other brothers reported even more. Quickly I realized that 2 brothers in a shift were not enough, so when next shift appeared we decided to keep working. When sisters asked me how long they have to stay I simply told them they have 3 choices: until you're tired, until your tract are over, until you get frozen. The latter choice became mine. In 50 minutes I became like a piece of ice. But also we appointed an extra meeting at 9 a.m. I conducted it and then left for work. Next day we decided to repeat our experience but this time we became 20. And we started at 6.00 a.m. Saturday was not so productive since many people already got the tracts day before. In any case I could distribute about 50. So, good lesson for the future: the first day is the best, second day is 50%, third day only 10%.
Every congregation got 14,000 pieces. Of course, some left, but not too much. I can say we distributed about 12,000 copies. Approximately, of course. People's reaction was different. Russians are not used to such expressions of a free will. This is something unusual for them. And something they would never do themselves. We very rarely speak openly, too scared and afraid of officials. Nobody needs problems, they say. Even among brothers and sisters such spirit still prevails. We're teaching them to speak of their rights before the police officers when they try to stop their preaching. But for most of us this is still a difficult task. Something inside...
In any case those who took the tracts read them. I did not see many tracts thrown out. The reaction in mass media was also very typical. Human rights protection media used our press-releases and said "JW again could trick the authorities, prepared everything it secret", enemies (especially Dvorkin) said, "JW had a PR action, promoted themselves." So they noticed. And this is a point. Difficult to predict what happens next, but if Jehovah decided to make our voice stronger - this is a really successful campaign.
Even some who dislikes us exclaimed: "Do only these sectarians can fight for the rights on our country?!"Police did not meddle. In Moscow at least. We saw many police officers passing by, some even took the tracts. But they did not try to make us stop the work. Now a very serious campaign against corruption and crimes in police is taking place. (One officer who shot 2 people and wounded several in Moscow was recently sentenced to the life-time imprisonment, this happened in our area. So police is now somewhat like us, everyone blames and hates them).
Time will show what results have been achieved, but we felt stronger confidence in Jehovah. As for me I could see the zeal of my brothers and sisters, even of those I thought to be weak before. It was a good opportunity to check oneself, and I think Jehovah was satisfied. May He use this campaign to His name's glory!
This is it. I'm very happy for you. Please send our love to brothers in your congregation.
More news are waiting!
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Russian Tract campaign: "Could It Happen Again? A Question for the Citizens of Russia"
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inhttp://www.jw-media.org/rus/20100226.htm.
for immediate release.
february 25, 2010. jehovahs witnesses address their fellow citizensrussiaon february 26-28, 2010, throughout russia, from the chukchi peninsula in the east to kaliningrad in the west, a special campaign is taking place.
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Yes, this is a REAL tract. Link at the top is directly from the JW's own media relations site.
Random thought: Can someone be disfellowshiped for having media relations? ;-)
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Just like Frank...
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inyou're just like frank.
cabbie: "frank feldman.
cabbie: "not frank feldman.
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Did you notice that this was your post #666?
I'm MARKED! Finally! WHOOOOOooo--Hoooo! Call me Beastie Boy!
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Just like Frank...
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land inyou're just like frank.
cabbie: "frank feldman.
cabbie: "not frank feldman.
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A man walks out to the street and catches a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says, "Perfect timing. You're just like Frank."
Passenger: "Who?"
Cabbie: "Frank Feldman. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happen like that to Frank Feldman every single time."
Passenger: "There are always a few clouds over everybody."
Cabbie: "Not Frank Feldman. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy."
Passenger: "Sounds like he was something really special."
Cabbie: "There's more. He had a memory like a computer. He remembered everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Frank Feldman, he could do everything right."
Passenger: "Wow. Some guy then."
Cabbie: "He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams.. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them. But Frank, he never made a mistake, and he really knew how to treat a woman and make her feel good. He would never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too. He was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever measure up to Frank Feldman."
Passenger: "An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?"
Cabbie: "Well, I never actually met Frank. He died. I'm married to his freakin' widow." -
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A People for His Name
by AGuest inmy lord: "if that is true, that such term was "by divine providence," is there any other name they need to identify themselves by?".
those who also identify themselves by other names.
my lord: and they use such to identify them... with regard to who they belong to... and distinguish themselves from those they do not belong to, do they not?".
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Christian means "chosen one"? In what dictionary?
adj.
- Professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
- Relating to or derived from Jesus or Jesus's teachings.
- Manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus; Christlike.
- Relating to or characteristic of Christianity or its adherents.
- Showing a loving concern for others; humane.
- One who professes belief in Jesus as Christ or follows the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
- One who lives according to the teachings of Jesus.
[Middle English Cristen , from Old English cristen , from Latin Christianus , from Christus , Christ. See Christ.]
http://www.answers.com/topic/christian
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Christian
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/christian
Since it's the premise for the rest of your explanation, please explain how you arrived at "christian = chosen one". Thanks!
