Thank you for all the comments. Watching that video reminded me of this thread which talks about how cult members have a cult personality and an authentic personality.
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40Youtube Apostasy!?
by DT inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnnopujqb04.
i'm not sure if this really a jehovah's witness or just someone trying to make them look bad.
notice his facial expressions as he warns about apostates.
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The Great Screaming debate....
by Tuesday ini remember reading somewhere that if a woman didn't scream during a rape or try to stop it physically they would be disfellowshipped.
i have a couple quick questions about it, first off when was this policy stated and in what magazine.
second, did this change?
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DT
You might find these links to be helpful.
http://www.quotes-watchtower.co.uk/rape_is_fornication.html
http://www.quotes-watchtower.co.uk/rape_is_not_fornication.html
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Crazy Rumored or Authentic Quotes of Celebrities about Jehovah's Witnesses
by flipper inthis is going to be fun !
being raised for 44 years in the witnesses myself as i'm sure many of you heard rumored experiences dealing with celebrities.
funny stuff !
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One time I called on Garrison Keillor, of public radio fame, during a tract campaign. He had a script in his hand and appeared kind of busy. A few days later I was listening to his radio show and Jehovah's Witnesses were mentioned in a skit. I wonder if that was already planned or if my visit prompted him to include that.
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Youtube Apostasy!?
by DT inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnnopujqb04.
i'm not sure if this really a jehovah's witness or just someone trying to make them look bad.
notice his facial expressions as he warns about apostates.
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DT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnnOpuJQB04
I'm not sure if this really a Jehovah's Witness or just someone trying to make them look bad. Notice his facial expressions as he warns about apostates.
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I am POd right now. Have they infiltrated the media?
by Tired of the Hypocrisy inin a previous post http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/156153/1.ashx.
i showed how i was making some local headway in warning the community about jw's and the danger they pose as a cult and as protecting child molesters.
well the post i made with the link to nbcs story on the lawsuit payout got deleted by community correspondent.
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DT
A blog that you control may be a good option. Not only are you sharing information with the public, but you can give a boost to critical news articles and websites by linking to them. The effect goes far beyond the traffic you personally send. It also helps their performance in search engine results, which can make a big difference in the flow of information. It's important to get a Google page rank of 1 or more to give your outgoing links weight. That shouldn't be too hard if you are willing to trade some links with other xjw bloggers. If you make good use of keywords in your articles you can also get a significant amount of search traffic from that. Linking to current news articles can also result in a spike of traffic and give that article more exposure.
Unfortunately, the traditional media seem unwilling to take the lead with regards to certain controversial subjects like Jehovah's Witnesses. However, they may be willing to occasionally follow the trends that are emerging on the Internet.
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WATCHTOWER COMMENTS IS BACK! Whole KNOCKING story...
by V inhappily announcing that watchtower comments is back up on youtube with all study articles restored.. to answer the knocking producers, i removed the introduction, including all 3 seconds of prirated knocking video and replaced it with a lovely animation.
the rest of the content is the same.
check out the videos here:.
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Tuesday,
Thank you for sharing the results of your correspondence. They seem to be far more concerned with criticism than with copyright issues and they are still ignoring the issue of fair use. I would think that as documentary film makers, they would be more concerned with allowing people to debate important issues in a reasonable manner, such as by making fair use of copyrighted works. It's also ironic that they chose not to interview former Witnesses in their propaganda piece and then deny them a voice by disabling comments on their Youtube videos. (The ones on their channel, others are now allowing comments.)
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WATCHTOWER COMMENTS IS BACK! Whole KNOCKING story...
by V inhappily announcing that watchtower comments is back up on youtube with all study articles restored.. to answer the knocking producers, i removed the introduction, including all 3 seconds of prirated knocking video and replaced it with a lovely animation.
the rest of the content is the same.
check out the videos here:.
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DT
It's great to see them back up. I fixed my links to the videos. I couldn't find the introductory video and the one for the week of 3/3/08.
I'm sure sure this was a big pain for you, but at least this situation helped to advertise the controversies surrounding the "Knocking" documentary. I'm sure there will be more questionable copyright challenges in the future towards those who criticise the Watchtower Society. I think we now have a better idea of how to respond.
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The Watchtower Society Shows Their True Colors Again
by TooBad TooSad inin the new may awake magazine there is an article "is philanthropy the answer?
i knew what the answer.
was going to be before i even read it.
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DT
This might be a good article to send to the charity commission in the UK.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Grow by 'Devious' Methods
by DT ini thought this was an interesting news article.. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/969459.html.
it discusses the work of jehovah's witnesses in israel..
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I thought this was an interesting news article.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/969459.html
It discusses the work of Jehovah's Witnesses in Israel.
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Big News About "Knocking" on Youtube!
by DT ini think i uncovered an important development in the "knocking"/youtube controversy.
a few days ago i was reviewing the knocking excerpts on youtube and paying attention to their viewer stats and whether they allowed comments.
none of the videos i saw were allowing comments.
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I thought I would better clarify why I think this is important. Uploading new Watchtower Comments videos will be damaging because they will have to start over with new links, viewer, stats etc. However, it appears that some of the "Knocking" promotional videos have also taken a hit. This will hurt them in search results and popularity. Furthermore, they are less valuable for promotion because they allow comments, some of which will be critical of the film's omissions and distortions.
The legal threats from "Knocking" are frustrating because it's not practical to fight them. It's more practical to edit the videos and suffer the loss of the original links, comments, etc. However, practical considerations go both ways. The people who make money from "Knocking" will also be hurt by this negative publicity. I'm thankful to JWD for providing a good forum to discuss this. Some of these threads about Knocking's legal threats are already doing well in search results and will probably help counteract that propaganda piece for a long time in the future. The promotional videos on the knockingdirector channel are still preventing comments, but this won't stop people from being exposed to criticism of the film. Hopefully, this will be a lesson for those who may be tempted to make frivolous copyright challenges in the future.
Here are some of the other threads on this topic.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/155256/1.ashx
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/155346/1.ashx