just happened to get my hands of a scientific report that might interest some of us with relatives who suffer for cognitive dissonance.
article is published in natural scientific report nr.
39589. writers are jona t kaplan sara gimbal and sam harris, and the abstract says .
@Bugbear
Thank you. In layman's terms then, we get "hard wired ..."
In all your studies and your personal experience have you found a silver bullet or at least something we can try upon our loved ones that are in the jw mindset?
I notice from your profile that you helped get all your (adult?) kids out and that you have made progress with your wife.
Any guidance for us please?
following the initial publicity for this multi-million pound sale sell-off - as highlighted here and here some three months ago....the sale process has been progressing with tender dates announced:green court (residential apartments):best and final bids invited by monday 19th december 2016 at 5pmno.1 elstree way:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 3rd february 2017 at 5pmibsa house:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 3rd march 2017 at 5pmwatch tower house:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 31st march 2017 at 5pmconference centre & open field:expressions of interest and initial bids by friday 31st march 2017 at 5pmmanor point units 1 & 2:this property will be available for sale with vacant possession in early 2020buttermere court (residential apartments):bidding details to be announcedullswater court (residential apartments):bidding details to be announced.
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Don't forget that London Bethel will almost halve in size from even today's figures (about 400/500 "inmates" ) to about 250 when it becomes Chelmsford Bethel.
So they can sell and take the lolly more quickly than would otherwise be the case.
No big printing press for little England, no more "speshul relashunship" - zer Germuns have definitely become the biggest boy in Europe.
Grand Theocracy ever decreasing!
the sell-off of kingdom hall's in the uk is continuing unabated as we are about to enter 2017....in addition to the thirty-five kingdom halls highlighted by the search a couple of months back.....it seems the cry has gone out to: "sell them faster!
faster!
faster!
"Have they got a licence?"
Yep. A licence to print money ...
dear friends, i am relatively 'new' on this website, but i have been posting about not being allowed to see my granddaughter and the 'shunning' thing..i was just going to start a court proceding(my husband is an attorney)to try and get visitation, then my dad passed away..many of you wrote to me and showered me with much needed support.
thru my dad's 'passing', i had to contact my daughter and we had a long 'talk' and she wasn't 'shunning' me after all..my sister, who is a "double-life" witness told my daughter some terrible lies about me which were ridiculous, and my daughter at that time was being treated for depression, so she didn't know what to think(as my sister is a witness, and she naturally assumed she was being truthful)..i have a damaged neurological system from 8 months of very high-dose chemo, at times i use a cane, i have chronic pain, etc.,but it is all from my illness..my sister was telling my daughter i was on drugs, and yes i am on medication, but not medication that gets one 'high', this is medication i must be on for life.
so, thru my dad's passing, a miracle has happened, after 2 years of missing my granddaughter, in a few weeks i will be spending an entire weekend with her and my grandson whom i haven't seen, so my daughter and her husband can have some 'alone' time!!
Hi Sadgrandmother and welcome! Just a reminder that this thread started 14 years ago.
But do stay and join in please.
there are two kingdom halls in two parts of the county i live in.
one is smaller and their are already about to begin work to replace with a new one.. just posting because i noticed posts saying their wasn't new khs being built.
and i learned this today from someone..
Wonderful news A believer!
Oh. I notice from your post you learned this today from "someone" yet they (the KH's) are in "two parts of the county (you) live in".
Why not stroll down, take a few pictures and keep us updated.
As JWdaughter alludes to I wonder if the one hall being replaced will house the two (or more) congregations and the other hall get sold off?
Oh Joy and praise Jah and the Governing Body!
from jw org.
“six thousand years of human existence”.
in 1969 the watchtower magazine in czech began publishing a series of articles based on the book life everlasting—in freedom of the sons of god.
Didn't get the memo in the UK either ...
My pre-teen and early teen derriere was also dragged around in a "1975" and "1914 generation that would not pass away" warning work.
Keep posting "A Believer" - every lurker sees your specious arguments and our rebuttals and makes up their own fully informed minds.
i recently spoke to an old friend of mine who is still under the clutches of the watchtower.
a while back, i had told him about all the child sex abuse coverups, false prophecies, false doctrines etc.
he was really shocked and surprised.
"Like, is he braindead?"
No. He is frightened.
you guys do know that if you just leave and never go back you wont be disfellowshiped right?
i know people who have done exactly this.
you have to commit a sin and you or someone else has to tell a elder.
Let "A believer" post his/her specious nonsense.
The lurkers read it, get to see the well thought out rebuttals by other posters - often supported by WT's own literature - and make up their own minds ...
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/sly-anglesey-jehovahs-witness-preacher-12361109.
dec. 22, 2016 by derek bellis.
elder, daniel anglesey pleaded guilty at caernarfon crown court and was sent to prison for two years and eight months.
@Rainbow_Troll
So a 46 year old and a 14 year old should have both been more discreet eh?
Idiot.
if i were running the watchtower there are things that i would do to increase the numbers and increase donations.
since so many older witnesses are realizing that the false hope they had of not growing old and not having to die is fading away like a frost on a sunny autumn morning, the watchtower needs to shift gears.. as it has been stated on this forum, the emphasis needs to shift from not dying to the glorious hope of the resurrection, the gateway to paradise.
they need to deemphasize armageddon and emphasize "the way of life" that witnesses have.
Shhhhhh! Don't give them ideas ...
