Beth Sarim

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  A Little About Me & What Is a Resurrection?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a little about me first: i was a 4th generation jw who had major reservations about the wt growing up, but finally got on board at age 23 when i got baptized.

  spent 8 very active years in, then 8 years out as an agnostic.

  got saved in 2004 and been living the born-again christian bible-believing life ever since.

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  Beth Sarim

  ""Ive yet to find a religion that claims to be false.""

  Nailed it!!

  100% bang on. If I could hit that like but 1000 times,,I would.
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  WEASEL WORDS--WHAT ARE THEY--HOW THE WTS USES

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "a number of techniques employed to mislead others fall under the category of weasel words, and this article quotes examples that are regularly found in watchtower publications.. weasel words are defined as:.

  “words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading,”[1].

  intended “to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true."[2].

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  Beth Sarim

  The Mark Martin youtube channel had a video on this a few weeks ago.

  It"s called "loaded - language" too.

  Things like "bible based" publications. And '"honest - hearted" ones.

  He related that these terms actually meant WT publications and the latter one is a gaslighting term to those who feel the need to have the WT influence their lives or otherwise vulnerable to WT teachings at the time.
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  WEASEL WORDS--WHAT ARE THEY--HOW THE WTS USES

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "a number of techniques employed to mislead others fall under the category of weasel words, and this article quotes examples that are regularly found in watchtower publications.. weasel words are defined as:.

  “words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading,”[1].

  intended “to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true."[2].

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  Beth Sarim

  And people plan their lives around this stuff. On such ''qualifying'' words.
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  WEASEL WORDS--WHAT ARE THEY--HOW THE WTS USES

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "a number of techniques employed to mislead others fall under the category of weasel words, and this article quotes examples that are regularly found in watchtower publications.. weasel words are defined as:.

  “words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading,”[1].

  intended “to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true."[2].

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  Beth Sarim

  ''Don't forget EVIDENTLY and APPARENTLY.''

  Nah. The Borg would never, ever, ever use those words, now would they. ROFL.
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  JW visit...after 12 years out

  by Nobleheart1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i used to post here under the name nobleheart but forgot the old password, so put up a new account (nobleheart1).

  was a jw (2002-2011), ended up writing a da letter.

  i am a christian (since leaving the org).

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  Beth Sarim

  It's just the same old JW rhetoric and circular reasoning,

  Resulting in doubts, depression and all these things.
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  JWs Using the system

  by XBEHERE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have it on good authority from a friend living near warwick that many bethelites filed for covid-19 economic relief from the us govt.

  he said that one bethelite actually told him that they were being instructed to file some sort of income, not sure of the logistics of that with the vow of poverty and all, but if they did that then they would qualify for economic relief.

  basically getting thousands of dollars for free.

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  Government investigation firms-up their persecution "complex".

  It can work in a reverse way.
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  Do Your Own Research.

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there were several times when i was inside the congregation that i met up with a problem in my life and on mentioning it at a group i would be told to do my own research about it.. of course, they didn't mean for me to research worldly material for the answer but to use the wt indexes and look into the wt society magazines.. it was only when i started to do my own research outside of the wt that i began to see the limited scope of the society's magazines as all problems usually fell into the category of 1. read the bible, attend meetings, go out on the work, and pray; or 2. this isn't going to be fixed now but in the new world god will sort it out and the former things (what you are suffering from now) will not be called to mind.. i wonder how many people still in are struggling and are not being encouraged to research away from the organisation where they would receive practical and valuable advice?.

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  Their own research, using WT propaganda , circular reasoning.
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  WEASEL WORDS--WHAT ARE THEY--HOW THE WTS USES

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "a number of techniques employed to mislead others fall under the category of weasel words, and this article quotes examples that are regularly found in watchtower publications.. weasel words are defined as:.

  “words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading,”[1].

  intended “to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true."[2].

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  Beth Sarim

  There "might" or "could" be more earthquakes, likely.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and Mental Health

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this psychiatrist makes sense to me.. https://youtu.be/l5wcqc6m-gi.

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  Beth Sarim

  Just do everything possible,,,,the opposite of what the Borg promotes.

  ie...planning for your retirement,,getting a good education....making friends out of the Borg.

  Lol,,,,do you EVER think that, The Borg would tell you how to prepare for retirement?????

  Its just common sense. You'd NEVER hear that!😆
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  WEASEL WORDS--WHAT ARE THEY--HOW THE WTS USES

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "a number of techniques employed to mislead others fall under the category of weasel words, and this article quotes examples that are regularly found in watchtower publications.. weasel words are defined as:.

  “words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading,”[1].

  intended “to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true."[2].

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  Beth Sarim

  "Presumptuous".

  Right there and then.

  If any elder asked any rank and file member

  "Do you believe the GB is Gods channel",,,and the answer was it would be "presumptuous" ,,,that member would be turfed right there instantly.