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  Managing a doomsday cult

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wtbts have only one objective: to keep their religious engine on the tracks.

  the pastoral care of their followers (although they would publicly deny it) is right at the bottom of their priorities.they demand abject loyalty.

  as a matter of sociological fact the subscribers to the watchtower belief are on average placed at the lowest rung of the income ladder and in the bottom category of the least educated of religious groups.

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  The pastoral care of their followers (although they would publicly deny it) is right at the bottom of their priorities.

  The R&F are told that they are happy and that their lives would be miserable if they were "worldly". If any JWs are having problems, they are told to rely on Jehovah and work harder in "Jehovah's organization." And if anyone dares to point out any flaws or injustices in that organization, we know it doesn't get corrected. No. The "complainer" is told to stop being critical or they'll be birdfood very soon now.

  The other point she mentioned was that JWs are unified.

  WT doesn't have unity, they enforce conformity. When you spend much time in a congregation, you start to see the gossip and conflict that flourish underneath the veneer of "unity".
  
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  Why don't some members of the congregations never slow down or get tired out?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  2. beliefs

  my uncle passed away two years ago at the age of 83. he served as an elder from 1965 to the last day of his life.

  even till the end of his life he was still reading the bible.. he was an elder for 48 years.

  never missed a meeting,pioneered during the summer months ( took vacation weeks),pioneered after retiring at 65 years old, never went on real vacation, went to all summer conventions and assemblies ( traveling to new york,wisconsin, canada and california ).. he also conducted book studies, watchtower meetings, gave sunday public talks, assembly parts, elder meetings, had a weekly book study with his family,cleaned the kingdom hall, and donated money when the congregation was short money for the month.. everyone is zealous in the beginning but tire out sooner or later.

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  she went on about the upcoming CO's visit and the one day assembly and how she's busy in service.

  By being completely engrossed in their slavery to WT, they are left with no time or intelligence to examine their situation. They're like hamsters that spend all their waking hours running in their wheel, but getting absolutely nowhere.
  

  "I'm running so fast, I MUST be getting somewhere!"
  
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  National Public Radio (NPR) broadcasts today about JWs. Do you want to hear the secrets of what this religion has been keeping under wraps?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  to all those who frequent this discussion board:.

  we just wanted you to know that an investigative public radio program named reveal, produced by cir (center for investigative reporting) and prx, will present today, saturday, february 14th, the results of new investigations uncovering hidden stories.

  in this weeks story, there will be three different topics covered.

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  That's a very good report, accurate and factual, yet also hits the heart. I hope this continues to get the media exposure it deserves.
  

  It sickens me to think of how I used to blindly follow such an unjust cult. And the WT policy is still wrong, wrong, wrong.
  
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  Morris Vindicated. Yoga Pants ARE Indecent

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31447905.

  even those in "the world" (tm) recognise the indecent nature of this type of apparel.

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  Poor old Anthony got a little tingly in his his lower regions and felt a proportionate amount of guilt and shame for getting tingly.

  He must have gotten that same tingly feeling before he started condemning men who wore tight pants. He sure seemed to know who to point the finger at for promoting tight pants--not the ladies, it's gays that are to blame for snug trousers!

  Next up, Tony condemns ballet!

  

  Tingle, tingle Tony!
  
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  statisme

  by gda in

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  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhpkqzerm7g

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  uneducated in politics or any other higher ed for that matter. In fact I have about a 6th grade ed due to 56 years of abiding by Watchtower rules. Just announced this year my dis-association. I have no sides with anything at this point

  Sorry to hear that!

  If the GB had its way, every JW would leave school around grade 6 to slave for the WT cult.
  
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  Morris Vindicated. Yoga Pants ARE Indecent

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31447905.

  even those in "the world" (tm) recognise the indecent nature of this type of apparel.

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  Wait, Yogi never wore pants!
  

  "Smarter than the average bear," and still no pants!
  
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  A brazen falsehood in this week's Watchtower study! (week of Feb 9 - 15, 2015)

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  on page 13 of the december 15, 2014 watchtower (study edition), the first 2 sentences of paragraph 10 say:.

  "the symbolic separating of fish does not refer to the final judgment during the great tribulation.

  rather, it highlights what would happen during the last days of this wicked system.".

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  Trifling over words.

  Since WT has already stated (I think in the Revalation's Bland Climax book) that Bible "prophecies" can't be clearly understood until after their fulfillment, how are they even prophecies? It's easy now for all kinds of nuts to point out prophecies about 9/11, but where were those "prophets" on 9/10? Taking these rather obscure illustrations and turning them into ever-changing prophecies is such a waste of time and paper.

  And who wants to be compared to a fish in this illustration? The unsuitable fish are throw in the fire and the fine fish are thrown in the frying pan. No promise of these JWfish getting set free to swim forever with their pandafish, eh?
  
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  jw dot org! ha! Now check out the mormons website...

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jws go on about how wonderful the website is...blah blah..... check out the mormons version!.

  now this is only one of their many official sites.. http://www.mormonchannel.org/.

  http://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/bible-videos/laborers-in-the-vineyard-1 .

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  Now this is only ONE of their many official sites.

  It has a much more appealing look than the JW website. I wonder how many official sites they have?

  I googled "mormon" and found that they have plenty of anti-mormon sites that come up on the first page, just like the JWs.
  
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  New Caleb video uses fearmongering on children

  by Jonathan Drake in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  check it out.

  literally the message is if you don't pay attention at the meetings you could die.

  how insane, i feel like this must wake some people up..

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  Yes, it's so life-saving for children to carefully listen and draw appropriate pictures when the meeting covers subjects like circumcision and mass murder.
  
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  I Thought we had Friends!

  by Kelley959 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am a life long jw, but this issue i'm going through has taken the cake.. i am in a job situation that is not good.

  and we were promised to us in our old hall that we would have a roof over our head for us an our animals.

  so i gave notice on thursday then went to call by so-called jw friends and they backed out and claimed he now couldn't let us move in and broke the deal.

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  WT promised that my grandparents would never grow old or die, but they did. While there are many good people who are JWs, they live in a culture that is huge on promises, but very short of delivery.

  There are a lot of good "worldly" people. I hope you can surround yourself with some as you move on with your life.