Posts by passwordprotected

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WT makes comic books now!

by wifibandit in

full set http://imgur.com/a/jvcla .

i put that album together so you don't have to give www.jw.borg any more traffic .

sample:.

passwordprotected

4 million people in a desert for 40 years and not one scrap of archeological evidence. Amazing.

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I'm meeting with my congregation Elders Today HELP PLEASE

by LennaB in

meeting with my congregation elders today.. going to tell them about the things i discovered about c.t russell.

(astrology, racism, ect.

) i don't know how to present this information or what to say.

All hope is far from lost. The future hasn't happened yet. Don't fret over it. Be glad that you've learned what you've learned now rather than decades later, as many here did. Start rebuilding those bridges, you'll find the friendships from "Worldly" people are much easier to repair than you might think. Thanks for sharing your story, you're among kindred spirits here.

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strange experience at the RC- was it segregation?

by tornapart in

i went to the rc last weekend (for my hubby).

it was at a new venue.

a large arena usually putting on music concerts.

passwordprotected

You have to remember that the JW.Org religion is all about segregation. They segregate themselves from society, their families...THE WORLD. They are they master religion.

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THAT "Resurrection" Video

by rory-ks in

jw
friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqr51qsvf2o.

passwordprotected

The resurrection myth, and the emotional manipulation behind it, is what keeps my mother in the religion.

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What would you do if JW's lifted the shunning policy?

by bsand20 in

jw
friends

have you guys asked yourself that question?

what if the gb decided that "new light" revealed to them that disfellowshipping was wrong and they would do away with it for current dfd members as well...... .......16 years of my life.

would i welcome my family back?

passwordprotected

I want nothing to do with people who are conditional in their friendships and unquestioningly follow the guidance of American corporations. Stopping shunning me wouldn't result in me wishing to re-active friendship with any of them. Family included.

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Crowthorne Kingdom Hall (UK) Website

by passwordprotected in

http://www.crowthornekingdomhall.co.uk/.

looks waaaay too close to jw.org branding, including the font, for it to be allowed to stay online by borg lawyers.

plus the video gallery page is all jw.org videos, yet the site carries this in the footer:.

passwordprotected

http://www.crowthornekingdomhall.co.uk/

Looks waaaay too close to JW.Org branding, including the font, for it to be allowed to stay online by borg lawyers. Plus the video gallery page is all JW.Org videos, yet the site carries this in the footer:

The content is clearly JW.Org owned.

My guess is some JW wizzkid has got carried away with himself.

And check out the "News" section:

"

Crowthorne and Great Hollands Congregations welcomes the International Delegates to our special Hosting Day, on Wednesday 20th August 2014.

This will be a day to remember, photos and video will be upload to the online gallery of www.crowthornekingdomhall.co.uk

The Timetable for the Host Day for International Delegates

10:00 a.m. The Coach of delegates will arrive, with a warm welcome from many of our younger one in the congregations – waving welcome banners.

10:20 a.m. Meeting for field service. Partners to work with delegates and territory identified beforehand. Captains to look after group of 8. Territory for others as well.

10:45 a.m. On the ministry.

12:15 p.m. Back at the Kingdom Hall. Drinks and cakes – meeting the congregations. Photos and memorabilia given out by the younger ones of the Crowthorne and Bracknell Great Hollands Congregations.

12:45 p.m. Coach leaves to take the delegates to Henley for a boat trip for the afternoon. Light buffet onboard the boat.

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Boat trip. Hobbs of Henley. The New Orleans Riverboat. (Car parking will be approx 5-10 minutes away).

4:15 p.m. Farewell to delegates.

4:30 p.m. Boat available for shorter trip of approx 1 hour."

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

by Watchtower-Free in

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

passwordprotected

Woah, hold on there. That looks a little too much like a congregation book study group. Weren't these outlawed?

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More JW bragging about the Landover, MD. convention. Please have barf bag at the ready before reading

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

the following e-mail is circulating among jws about the international convention at fedex stadium in landover, md.

note the all-too-familiar jw claims: everything they do (including the simple act of parking cars) is proof of jehovah'stm blessing, and everything wt did at the convention was the fastest, greatest, best ever.

oh, and the never-fails-to-get-mentioned alleged 'persecution'/resistance from some unnamed authority who tried to get in watchtower's way and hamper the effort...but jws prevailed anyway (as always):.

passwordprotected

Pity Jehovah and his holy spirit can't coordinate a campaign to end global hunger and war. But parking? Like a boss.

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God listens and RESPONDS to your prayer if you know how to log on to Him! Here is the proof.

by exWTslave in

all my family members and friends (that include some elders) advised me to divorce my wife whose only joy was to pick up fight with me for everything i do, except my grand-mother who said: when you married her, you looked for only her good pointher regular pioneering despite having an opposing family.

for being good, you will ultimately reap something far better through her.

stick on to her.

passwordprotected

We are god, so it makes sense that if we quiet our minds, we'll be able to "hear" ourselves better...

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JWs at the Edinburgh Festival

by passwordprotected in

my girlfriend and i took the train through to edinburgh to soak in the atmosphere and catch a few free comedy shows at the fringe festival.. almost immediately i spotted them; jw.org witnesses.. how did i know it was them?.

well, the middle-aged, tall man wearing the suit, shirt and tie was a big clue.

that and the fact that he was holding the hand of a similarly tall, middle-aged woman, dressed in the jw uniform of long skirt, blouse and light summer jacket.

passwordprotected

My girlfriend and I took the train through to Edinburgh to soak in the atmosphere and catch a few free comedy shows at the Fringe Festival.

Almost immediately I spotted them; JW.Org Witnesses.

How did I know it was them?

Well, the middle-aged, tall man wearing the suit, shirt and tie was a big clue. That and the fact that he was holding the hand of a similarly tall, middle-aged woman, dressed in the JW uniform of long skirt, blouse and light summer jacket. Oh, and the "publisher bag" she had slung over her shoulder, with the clear plastic pocket on front displaying a piece of JW.Org printed propaganda.

And that was as soon as we'd emerged from the bowels of Waverley Station.

Then, after climbing up the hill to the Royal Mile, we saw more of them. You see, the Royal Mile at High Street is closed to traffic during the weekends of the Festival to allow street performers to do their thing, and the whole street is packed full of tourists, parents with young kids and hundreds of people handing out flyers to drum up an audience for the dozens and dozens of shows taking place throughout the city.

And there, right on the corner of St Gile's Street, at a very busy crossing, being buffeted by wave after wave of tourist and pedestrian, was two more JW.Org witnesses, standing with their literature cart (a potential trip hazard), each clutching the new August 1st "Where Can You Find the Answers... (clue; it's on our website)" tract.

However, unlike the people trying to generate interest in their comedy, dance or music show, the JWs simply just stood there. They didn't try to thrust the live saving message into anyone's hands. They didn't engage with anyone passing. They just stood there. In the fucking way. At a busy street crossing...

We now walked down Bank Street, onto North Bank Street, at right there at the steps leading down to the Scottish National Gallery was another two. Again, helping to contribute to a bottle neck of pedestrians. This time I knew them. Martin Benzie, formerly from Bellshill, now (I'm guessing) a circuit overseer and still a full-time nut sack (look up Hoboken's experience with Benzie at his appeal hearing).

Benzie's wife, a sickly looking woman, always has been, was standing holding up a copy of an Awake! magazine, adapting the new pioneer stance; stand still, feet planted, holding a magazine in front of her chest. As we waited for the lights to change, along with dozens of other tourists and visitors to Edinburgh, I watched them closely. Martin was being engaged in conversation with a small elderly bearded man who looked to me like a born-again Christian. Martin adopted the slightly patronising tilted-head stance of a person who believes he is superior in every spiritual way possible, nodding while the man spoke to him, while evidently wishing to end the conversation.

All the while his wife stood rooted to the spot while absolutely no one took a single piece of literature from her.

Here's my issue, apart from feeling nauseated at seeing a blast from my JW past.

The people handing out leaflets and flyers for their shows had much more passion and enthusiasm for the role than the JW.Org Witnesses had in spreading their life-saving message of urgency. They were prepared to stop strangers in the street, talk to them with a smile and do their best to "sell" their show. The JW.Org Witnesses, on the other hand, stood lifelessly, unsmiling like statues, holding anonymous pieces of paper, seemingly in the hope that a passerby would initiate contact with them, taking the tract from their hand.

Compared to the efforts of the entertainment hawkers, how on earth did they expect to get their message noticed by the thousands of people converging on the capital city whose lives they're apparently responsible for trying to save?

This religion is changing before our eyes...and yet it's closer than ever to the end.