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  Leah Remini and Scientology show

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been watching leah remini's show about scientology.

  as she interviews people i see that i was right many years ago when i said this is a lot like the jws.

  they do not go after people quite the same way but they sure are very similar in how they run their org.

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  ShirleyW

  There's a list that has been posted several times saying you might belong to a cult if: and I"m not referring to the list by that comedian, I think Steve Hassan wrote the list I'm referring to. All of the list sounds familiar for the JWs and I'm sure Scientology and even the Mormons would have to agree with the list.
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  JWs Reveling In The News Of Hurricanes And Earthquakes

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as you know, this week the human race has been hit with hurricanes and earthquakes.

  natural disasters which happen almost everyday, but this month we've seen them cause massive damage and a huge loss of lives.. as you can imagine, theres a whole host of jws positively wetting themselves with anticipation over this.link here: https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/25884-earthquakes-in-one-place-after-another/.

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  ShirleyW

  Chook - You actually know someone who said that the JWs were protected from AIDS because of not taking blood? Could you please tell that bro or sis that in the Cong I attended I can name one elder and the wife of the elder, she got it from him, along with both of their infant twins, I don't think either one of them made it to their first birthday. Also in the 80's at the time all those deaths from AIDS was happening, in another Cong this young brother who was hairdresser died from pneumonia, so you can figure that one out I'm sure, plus two more sisters I just thought of.

  ALSO, reading that attachment, with the brothers talking back and forth about earthquakes, what the heck is this app they all have now? Do all Dubs have this app to track every quake, but in there minds they think they're tracking how much longer to the Big A? What a bunch of morons.
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  What's Happening in Italy? Bethel Relocating Departments to Bologna?

  by Room 215 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  according to some websites, it appears there's going to be a transferral of several departments out of rome and to imola (bologna) in november, along with the sale of some property in the capital.. are they downsizing?

  anyone know what's going on?.

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  ShirleyW

  Anyone who has visited the Bethel in Italy know if it's true that they served wine with their meals, because of Italian tradition or was that just another JW lie being passed around, and also at the German Bethel they had beer with their meals. I remember hearing that several times

  I'm sure the young boys in Brooklyn would've appreciated it if the same were true for them, think of all the money they would've saved out of their own pocket if the American Bethel served beer and wine.
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  Saying hello for first time

  by pimojw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been sneakily looking at this forum, almost every day, ever since it began!

  it has taken me till now to actually register and contribute.

  (actually i did register with a different name in the beginning but never commented).. i am a pimo elder with a fairly long history of senior "positions" in the organization.

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  ShirleyW

  Thanks Flipper for breaking down what PIMO is!
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  New "Annointed" Brother In My Old Hall...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've only just stopped laughing.. in my old hall there's a brother who's now claiming to be of the anointed.. he's 28.. i do wonder if he's doing this for attention, if he's awake and messing with them, or if he really is that deluded.

  when i was in he was an ms. which surprised even me because only a year earlier than that he was "a bit of a lad", is rubbish at talks and relies on his elder uncle to get him out of trouble all the time.. i guess this now means he's get his pick of jw sisters.

  he's been after the same one as the rest of his peers since 2014..

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  ShirleyW

  Are all the GB members, past and present, partakers? When one dies and is replaced does that automatically buy you a spot in heaven?

  Didn't somebody post here a few weeks ago the quote from the washtowel that basically said they are aware that among the many mental patients within the Org they now acknowledge that quite a few of them think they are on that first train to heaven, since they notice the number of partakers keep going up when in fact all 144,000 should've bought the farm decades ago?
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  We don't take collections like other religions do...

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i think this screen shot says it all... need i say more?.

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  ShirleyW

  I wish I could show that to my mom, wonder what she would say now since she also was one that always said the Dubs don't collect money like the other religions, now they have a reward program? What's that, a couple of extra hours you add to your time sheet without actually doing the time? (as if that doesn't now)
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  How Many Here EVER Considered Going Back To Meetings?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once i left ,i was done.

  in over 10 years i didn't return except for my mother's funeral.

  did you ever re enter the kh after you left?.

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  ShirleyW

  Last time I stepped foot in a KH was my fathers memorial. I made sure my mothers was not held in the KH.
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  For the UK folks - "Former professional boxer Dennis Harbon, 68, took own life, inquest told"

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i get the google alerts for the dubs - an article from telegraph & argus features the story in the title, i'm not techy enough to know how to attach it here, but his wife id'd him a jw, then it says he was a window washer, so no doubt that he was def a dub, he's from mayfield place in wyke.

  he was acting irratic jumping in and out of traffic and such.

  is this a big story in whatever part of the uk this was taking place in?.

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  ShirleyW

  I get the Google Alerts for the Dubs - an article from Telegraph & Argus features the story in the title, I'm not techy enough to know how to attach it here, but his wife ID'd him a JW, then it says he was a window washer, so no doubt that he was def a Dub, he's from Mayfield Place in Wyke. He was acting irratic jumping in and out of traffic and such.

  Is this a big story in whatever part of the UK this was taking place in?
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  How many do you figure are converted through the door to door ministry?

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i regular pioneered for 2 years and never have actually converted anyone through the door to door work, in fact, i only knew a few individuals that joined this way.

  most were born-in or at least had some type of family influence.

  i had several bible studies but they all got cold feet when things got serious and potential baptism was discussed.

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  ShirleyW

  Well that was basically the only way folks came in back in the day, now I'd say it's probably at the 2 per cent mark.
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  JW.org is a real estate and publishing company disguesd as a religion.

  by UNCONDITIONAL LOVE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since my awakening i have tried to understand why and how people could continue to believe so blindly in a proven false "religious" cult that has such an extensive and detailed record of scandals, lies and cover ups???

  i've come to the personal conclusion that there are three major reasons.

  i call them the 3 f-ups!

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  ShirleyW

  um, in the daytime hours I do believe it's a well known fact if it's a clear day the sky is blue, only a JW would mention sunrise or sunset . . .