worried I have sent you a PM (the little envelope in the top right corner of the screen).
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Mickey mouse
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Danish article about shunning. Very interesting.
by worried ini just found a danish article in "jyllands posten" (yea, the ones who printed drawings of muhammed once).
i hope that my translation is ok, otherwise, please tell me if there is somewhere you dont understand it.. .
jehovahs witnesses to be investigatedmembers are encouraged by the leaders, to cease contact with those leaving the society.. .
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The effect we are having on the Watchtower is HUGE
by jwfacts ini was inspired by a recent thread i know i aint gunna crumble the wt, but a girl can dream to look at the effect we as individuals are having on the watchtower society.. 3dogs1husband quoted a story to show that even helping only one person is worth it.. it is encouraging to note that the one person you may have helped has lead to millions being helped, due to the power of compounding growth.. compounding growth is well illustrated by the rice on a chessboard problem.
if you start with 1 grain of rice on square one, and double it to 2 on the second, 4 on the third, 8 on the fourth, by the last (64th) square there would be 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains of rice.. likewise, if you help one person out of the grip of the watchtower this year, then next year you help one more and they help one, in a few years that is going to have a formidable result on the number of jehovahs witnesses.
look at the following statistics.
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Mickey mouse
The other way they have boosted the figures is by allowing both parents to count the hours spent studying with their children.
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New here - hello!
by sickandtired ini can't believe i'm actually posting here.
i've been lurking for a while and i've been having doubts about this being the "truth" for years and sometimes feel really stuck and hopeless about my situation.
i'm married to an elder (who is 110% jw) and i was for the most part raised in the "truth".
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Mickey mouse
Hello and welcome! Your story sounds very similar to mine, I was (and still am) happily married when I awoke three years ago. It was 607 that opened the floodgates for me.
Discussing doctrine didn't do anything for my husband but thinking about losing the children of they were ever disfellowshipped did. It was Captives of a Concept by Don Cameron that helped him to open his mind, then Crisis of Conscience finished the job.
Give it time and take things slowly.
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Topic #1 in my letter
by outsmartthesystem indisfellowshipping.
the bible only gives expressly, 7 things that a person may be disfellowshipped for.
found at 1 corinthians 5:11, they are: anyone that is a fornicator, a greedy person, an idolater, a reviler, a drunkard or an extortioner.
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Mickey mouse
Welcome to JWN ChunkyMonkey!
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Mickey mouse
Happy JWN birthday
I'm glad you and the demented wife found your way here.
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" ...but did you know that God has a name? A personal name?" Nine Billion of them.
by Duncan inthis post - and i warn you now, its a longish essay - is going to be all about names.
but to get started, a little quiz: - what do the following all have in common?.
mount fuji, the river avon, the sahara desert, lake niassa.. .
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Mickey mouse
Great thread Duncan. Terry is right about the branding.
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Equilibrium - JW parallels
by Mickey mouse ini just watched this movie for the first time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/equilibrium_(film).
"equilibrium is set in the futuristic and dystopian city-state of libria.
after a third world war devastated the earth, a totalitarian state emerged whose ideology determined human emotion to be the root cause of conflict.
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Mickey mouse
I just watched this movie for the first time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilibrium_(film)
"Equilibrium is set in the futuristic and dystopian city-state of Libria. After a Third World War devastated the Earth, a totalitarian state emerged whose ideology determined human emotion to be the root cause of conflict. All emotionally stimulating material is banned and "sense offenders" are ruthlessly persecuted. Illegal materials are rated "EC-10" for "emotional content" (a reference to the MPAA film rating system [1] ), and destroyed by immediate incineration. All citizens of Libria are required to take regular injections of the emotion-suppressing drug Prozium.
Libria is governed by the Tetragrammaton Council, which is led by a reclusive figurehead known as "Father" (Sean Pertwee). Father never interacts with anyone outside the ruling council, but he is omnipresent on giant video screens throughout the city. The Tetragrammaton Council uses its police state apparatus to enforce conformity."
My favourite quote from the movie: "It's not the message that is important but our obedience to it."
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An Open letter to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses (Elders/ Ex-Elders)
by stuckinamovement inif you are an elder or an ex-elder please add a comment.
i hope that the governing body will see this.
it is too bad it has to be on an anonymous forum.
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'Silent Witnesses' - JW Pedophilia (Australia) *VIDEO*
by 3Mozzies inthanks to mr monroe, i was able to upload this video from 2002.. .
http://vimeo.com/25581273.
'sunday' reveals the extraordinary story of how the jehovahs witnesses in australia routinely cover up cases of child abuse in their ranks and obstruct police investigations.
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Mickey mouse
What a great piece of journalism.
How about that ex JW lawyer who's now an Anglican priest?!
He has a beard now.
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Of the following, the one thing which is true of my present organization is...
by pubtruth ini couldn't help but smirk when i saw this question on a job application.. all of this applies in some aspect or another to the watchtower... .
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