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  This Week's New Yorker Magazine

  by DNCall in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the april 4th issue contains a very well-written and insightful article about the jws: "god's work" by kevin canty.

  it's fiction, but on the money as far as the experience of an adolescent reconciling the beliefs with his natural biological urges.

  boy, could i relate!

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  In a related story: Scotsman Hacks New Yorker Magazine
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  This Week's New Yorker Magazine

  by DNCall in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the april 4th issue contains a very well-written and insightful article about the jws: "god's work" by kevin canty.

  it's fiction, but on the money as far as the experience of an adolescent reconciling the beliefs with his natural biological urges.

  boy, could i relate!

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  The April 4th issue contains a very well-written and insightful article about the JWs: "God's Work" by Kevin Canty. It's fiction, but on the money as far as the experience of an adolescent reconciling the beliefs with his natural biological urges. Boy, could I relate! Good reading if you can track it down.
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  This week's resurrection video, will it backfire on the wt?

  by prologos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the resurrection is supposed to be a joyous occasion?, if it ever happened!

  --well, this week's showing at the hall was the opposite, it was about death with violins playing in the background.

  a recently bereaved member, , full of tears, (like many others) could not contain herself.

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  Any video produced by Watchtower cannot portray the subtleties and complexities of life (or death) because the religion is inconsiderate of these things. Good to hear that Watchtower has taken another shot at its own foot.
  
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  This Could Be Good... Hulu’s ‘The Path’ portrays family life inside a cult

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this looks great for people who are both cult survivors and aaron paul fans!

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/slow-but-emotionally-creepy-hulus-the-path-portrays-family-life-inside-a-cult/2016/03/29/43840c46-f2c5-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca_story.html.

  slow but emotionally creepy, hulu’s ‘the path’ portrays family life inside a cult.

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  Watched the first two episodes last night; well done, well acted. Although I believe the practices and beliefs of JWs figured into the research for this show, I wonder if Witnesses will ever be mentioned by name. JWs are not as recognizable regarding their practices and beliefs as Scientology and Jews for Jesus, cults that were mentioned by name. It's ironic that despite well over a century of urgent preaching by a comparatively larger membership, most people have no idea what the JW message is.

  I can't help but wonder if many Witnesses subscribe to Hulu. Typically, Witnesses are not aware of or interested in spending money on new entertainment platforms. And I can't help but wonder if Witnesses are mentioned by name whether the show would help any wake up. No doubt the show will be of greater benefit to those who are already questioning their Witness practices and beliefs.
  
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  My mother has nervous breakdown because we missed the memorial.

  by cookiemaster in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my parents insisted that i'd take them to the memorial.

  my cousin said he'd come too and another brother who doesn't have a car begged to join.

  i was dreading having to go through exactly the same thing again.

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  " . . . Superstition ain't the way." (Stevie Wonder)
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  "Ones"

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (i never was a dub).. this is something which has intrigued me for a while.

  i don't know whether it's dub-speak, or us-speak.. it's the use of the word 'ones' as in 'interested ones', 'worldly ones', 'disfellowshipped ones' and so on and so on.. in the 'normal world' we would probably use the word 'people'.. thoughts?.

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  I had been thinking of staring a thread on the same subject. I was a Witness for 56 years and I reside in the U.S., so a different perspective than yours; however, your take is exactly the same as mine. Whereas words like "person" or "individual" focus on the person being spoken of, "ones" always struck me as focusing on the collective of which that "one" is a part. The same is true of Brother or Sister so-and-so. Again, the focus is on the collective within which the person has a brother-like or sister-like relationship with other members of the group.
  

  I believe, even though subtle, this language is calculated to draw attention away from the person and any uniqueness or independence that person may possess. The organization takes center stage.
  
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  Another one bites the dust...

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so despite glimpses of hope here and there, the wife is just not seeing this cult for what it is.. so who is the one the bit the dust?

  i've not been feeling so well lately.

  a bit of lightheadedness.

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  STA: Sorry about your situation. Please see a cardiologist.
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  A great suggestion from a current Bethelite on the chopping block

  by Gilbeath Haaraloth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a very close friend of mine has gotten his letter.

  although he was planning to leave willingly, he told me that he can't help but feel a sense of being stabbed in the back by a bunch of self righteous traitors.

  he gave tours for years, always telling the visitors "this is the best way of life, i would never change anything here and i'll never regret making this decision to come here.

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  . . . so there's this guy who makes luggage out of foreskins. A potential customer asks him, "why foreskins?" He answers, "Watch this." He pulls out a small, shriveled wallet. He rubs it a few times and all of a sudden he has a garment bag!

  Fun fact: If anyone calls you a schmuck, you are being called a discarded foreskin (Yiddish to English).
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  What makes a WORLD famous musician?

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my brother attended a college for those who " f..led" up at school and got a second chance to do the exams.

  anyway george michael and andy ridgley, were two of those fu..k ups, and my brother was quite friendly with both.

  as a result i met george and andy before they found fame with wham.. geri hallaway ( spice girl) also came from watford when she grew up and was a friend of my sister ( her mum a j.w) and i once spoke with geri on the phone when she rang asking to speak with my sister.

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  From across the pond . . . having grown up in Los Angeles, the son of a music publisher/record label owner, I have known great musicians all my life and especially when becoming active in the music business. I'm not going to drop names of the many that I have known (you can PM me for that); however, I will give you the story of Otis Redding, whom I met when quite young. My father was the first person to record him. He was 18 or 19 at the time. His talent was fully realized at that age. Because my father didn't have strong promotion for his label and because he would not practice payola (paying radio program directors--it's technically illegal--he was a Witness), the records didn't go anywhere. Otis didn't give up. Within two years he landed a contract with a major label that did have the power to promote him, and the rest is history.

  I have observed that world class musicians have these things in common: a great deal of talent, drive, are allied with those who have drive, discipline and luck.

  The website LuteRecords.com is a tribute to my father's label. More information about my family's niche in the music business can be found there.
  
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  "The way of the truth is the best way of living. No better way can there be found."

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  "the way of the truth is the best way of living.. no better way can there be found.".

  remember that?

  it's the opening line to 'make the truth your own'.

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  I missed this thread when it originally appeared. I left Jehovah's Witnesses after 56 years and I must say that my life has improved tremendously since leaving. The original lyrics were: "The way of the Truth is the best way of living, but no one can live it for you." I know because I wrote those lyrics along with the melody that goes with them.

  Many here, like me, are out after being in. We are in a better position to inform those who are still in as to how much better life is since leaving. I realize that this is as hard to understand for those still in as it would have been for me when I wrote those words. But if you are still in, please know that a better life can be found. And it isn't found in just one place. It can be found in as many places as there are people on this amazing planet we all share.