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  Scare tactics and manipulation in the Nov 2014 Watchtower . Low down dirty rotten charlatans

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  scare tactics and manipulation in the nov 2014 watchtower .. low down dirty rotten charlatans.

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  keyser soze

  "The brothers told me the New System is so close, with the Middle East happening,

  Yeah, because unrest in the Middle East is such a recent occurrence
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  Could it be that Jehovah is punishing me for leaving his religion?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  i know it's a completely absurd thing to say, but something happened to me today that triggered the old cult reaction.

  my mind instantly lapsed back into that of a jw and for a split second i thought that because i wasn't doing jehovah things that jehovah's blessing had been removed from me and this is why my life seems to be running into so many dead-ends.

  as a jw i attributed anything good happening to me to being the result of my being a good jw and dutifully doing everything the borg teaches.

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  I used to have those moments when I first left. It helps to think about all the things that are wrong with the JW religion- the blood policy, the shunning, the failed prophecies. If God actually exists, this couldn't possibly be his religion.

  It also helps to think about people who have it worse than you, or the ten thousand people who died in the Philippines from a hurricane. Was God punishing them, too? What for?
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  For those of you that LEFT.....

  by DocHouse in

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  ...did you also toss your faith as well?.

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  keyser soze

  Able- you would not be DFed for just
  "pointing that out"-

  Really? Do you know him personally? Did you sit in on his judicial committee? Pretty arrogant and presumptuous of you.
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  Said from the platform: "You are not surviving Armaggedon if you are spiritually weak"

  by Daniel1555 in

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  2. beliefs

  today i was at the meeting (i go there about once a month now).

  in the service meeting they had a part where they interviewed the secretary of the congregation.. so one question was: "why are the service reports so important?".

  our secretary explained that the reports are important, because the elders can see, who is spiritually weak.

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  keyser soze

  Women do as much of that as men do. Try again.

  I agree. And personally, I think getting a stiffy on demand is an attractive quality in a woman.
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  Sharknado 2

  by keyser soze in

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  has anyone, yet, had a chance to watch this glorious epic?

  it is truly a flawless work of art.. i know what you're thinking: it couldn't possibly pack the punch of the original, or surpass it in scope or magnitude.

  but you would be wrong.

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  keyser soze

  Has anyone, yet, had a chance to watch this glorious epic? It is truly a flawless work of art.

  I know what you're thinking: It couldn't possibly pack the punch of the original, or surpass it in scope or magnitude. But you would be wrong. This isn't just a movie about sharks that get sucked up into a storm and then rain down upon humanity. That in itself would make it great. No, it's really a gripping testimony to the triumph of the human spirit, reminiscent of Schindler's List. It's a wondrous and surreal foray into our very souls.

  Tara Reid gives a virtuoso performance that can only be classified as 'spellbinding'. And Ian Ziering proves once again why he is the greatest American actor since the prime of Marlon Brando.

  I must suggest, however, that you watch it multiple times, as the story is so richly layered and intricately-woven that it couldn't possibly all be absorbed in one sitting.
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  The spelling fairy says: It's 'atheist', not 'athiest'

  by Apognophos in

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  atheists are people who are "a-" (without) "theism" (a belief in god).

  they are not "athiests"; they are not "athier" than everyone else, nor is "athy" a word.. .

  this isn't aimed at anyone in particular, but it's a mistake i see every day on here and i thought it might be nice to have a topic we can bump just to periodically remind people of the proper spelling, especially since they are sometimes referring to their very own beliefs.

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  keyser soze

  Duely noted
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  Does anyone live by any Bible stuff?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. bible

  this is not meant to be a slag off the bible thread.. i had a question asked me the other day and it was: 'do you live by anything from the bible?'.

  i had to think about that one because i was force grown in the filthy, disgusting cult of the paedophile loving watchtower(r).. you know what?

  i really don't know if i just naturally am a great bloke or if any 'nice' bits in the bible influenced me......or has western culture been influenced by the bible for good and bad?.

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  Ditto what Cofty said. If I do, it's purely by coincidence.
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  I do not miss anything about the conventions

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

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  this weekend nearly everyone i have ever known or that i am related to is sitting in a convention.

  i miss none of it!!!!.

  i do not miss:.

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  keyser soze

  I don't miss talking about how great the convention was afterwards, when it was completely indistinguishable from every one before it.

  I don't miss having to burn vacation time at work to attend the first day.

  I don't miss wearing a suit and tie in 100 degree heat.
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  Would You Care If You Were Disfellowshipped?

  by minimus in

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  just curious.

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  Not at all. It would probably be a relief. I wouldn't have to come up with excuses to avoid family get-togethers. I've strongly considered sending a letter DAing myself, but that's more effort than I care to put into it. I'm never bothered by elders anymore, and even my mom rarely calls me anymore.
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  Women elders, what difference would they make?

  by Freedom77 in

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  okay, let's do a big what-if: suppose the gb for its own unfathomable reasons suddenly got new light (tm) and decided to start appointing women elders and ministerial servants.

  they would, of course, refer to the examples of junia (apostle), and priscilla and phoebe (deaconesses in wordlyspeak) in the greek scriptures; never mind what mental somersaults it would take to get them there.

  stranger things have happened in wt history.. that being the case, would having women in positions of real authority make any significant difference in the congos or in the borg as a whole, and why or why not?.

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  keyser soze

  Not much difference. As with male elders, how long they last in the role would depend on how willing they were to tow the company line.