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  Pioneers will be down 10% next year...

  by cognac in

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  yup, i said it first - so remember that, lol.. .

  gas prices are going sky-high.

  they have part-time, crappy jobs - if that... what do you think?.

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  Promiscuous or sexually free?

  by brunnhilde in

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  so i'm 37 and i've only been with one man, my ex-husband, in my entire life.

  i just started a new relationship with a wonderful man but i'm fighting the preprogramming that comes from being a dub for 35 years.

  how have other people overcome the inhibitions and issues that come from the ridiculously rigid sexual mindset of the wtbs?

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  Witness fear of demons why?

  by donny in

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  during my ten year sojourn through the watchtower, i was always amazed at the witnesses fear and fascination with demons.

  occasionally at gatherings, they would exchange "demon" stories, which were just a jw way of telling ghost stories, and you would usually hear a few "uhhs" and "oh my's" as the story was told.

  although i had heard folks of other denominations mention demons, it was never with the "shock and awe" the witnesses put into it.

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  Merton, Olga Campbell in March 1, 2008 WT on pedophiles! Irony!

  by Dogpatch in

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  observation of an article found in the march 1, 2008 watchtower about olga campbell, merton's wife.

  i. the text which i copied below i took from pgs.

  39 and 40 of the commentary found in "secrets of pedophilia in an american religion" cd which pages i originally copied from the court documents.. i find it fascinating that this article appeared in the wt (not awake!

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  The Watchtower Organization - A Toxic Parental Figure

  by Jeremy C in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  almost everyone who leaves the watchtower organization acknowledges the fact that the jehovahs witnesses leadership is quite masterful when it comes to using guilt as a means of motivation and coercion.

  throughout the watchtower articles, convention talks, and talks given by traveling overseers, there are often statements woven into the material that are designed to evoke feelings of guilt in those who are not robotically falling in line with all organizational programs and group-think.

  in addition to the many cliches, buzzwords, and catch-phrases used in watchtower material, the organization also makes comparisons between the field service activities of witnesses in one part of the world to another part of the world.

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  The End of Circuit Overseers

  by scotsman in

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  2. beliefs

  is indeed apparently nigh as another poster predicted along with the end of the weekly bs.

  not sure when this should take place but i'm reliably informed by a family member that one of the uk's overseers was talking about it fairly recently.

  reduced to weekend visits by an outside but local elder instead.. i have no further info..

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  IMPORTANT: Elders Mtg at Patterson

  by confusa in

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  a witness just informed me about a couple that we know who had their assembly recently, and it was announced at the private elder's meeting that there will be a special meeting with all the elders in the us in patterson.

  it was mentioned that we are now living "in the end of end of times" and that the un is talking about prohibiting religions.

  has anyone heard of this??

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  Even active witnesses think this is way over the top.....

  by yourmomma in

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  there were gasps after watching this.

  i heard the anti college talks at the dc this year, and while many people i know didnt agree with them, this following video stunned many of them.

  there are many people on this forum, many have gotten to where they are many different ways.

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  Danish film, "Worlds Apart," (about JW girl) reviewed by XJW author

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  once again i'm posting information about the new danish film.

  this time, the xjw, who saw the movie, updated his original e-mail to me containing additional facts.

  "to verdener" / "worlds apart.".

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  The Days After Armageddon -- Future Fantasy written by JWs

  by VM44 in

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  mark k. tjernell, sep 8, 1946 to feb 15,2002.. obituary .

  mark tjernell, author of the story "day one", and owner of his own business, died from electrocution in pierce county, washington, on february 15, 2002. .

  tyernell's theocratic fiction "day one", at one time widely distributed on the internet, dealt with one person's experiences during the first few days after armageddon.

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