Did not fill in the associated legal paperwork (Australia) for about three-and-a-half years.
Then probably removed the card from my wallet when we walked out for good mid-2009.
Fernando
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At what point did you destroy your Blood card?
by BU2B ini know for me it was soon after lurking here for awhile and reading some threads on the issue.
i remenber when i tore it into little tiny pieces.
it felt so liberating..
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Counteract jw.org August 2014 Campaign!
by jw07 inthere was a letter read at the last meeting indicating a push to advertise jw.org door to door in august 2014.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/273040/1/four-boe-letters#.uv8l4vldv1e.
many of those who the witnesses prey upon will no doubt search for additional information on the internet.. let us use the extra attention against the watchtower!.
- there are many of us on active on this site.. - most of the widley used search engines (google, yahoo, bing etc) show autocomplete results.. .
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has" - Margaret Mead.
Martin Luther (dealt a partial death blow to the mighty RCC from which it never recovered)
Nelson Mandela (reversed apartheid)
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Counteract jw.org August 2014 Campaign!
by jw07 inthere was a letter read at the last meeting indicating a push to advertise jw.org door to door in august 2014.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/273040/1/four-boe-letters#.uv8l4vldv1e.
many of those who the witnesses prey upon will no doubt search for additional information on the internet.. let us use the extra attention against the watchtower!.
- there are many of us on active on this site.. - most of the widley used search engines (google, yahoo, bing etc) show autocomplete results.. .
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Fernando
What a simple and yet powerful idea.
These days many use Google to check out people, groups, new ideas and so on.
If jw.org is being promoted by the WBTS, householders will Google it.
And ordinary people like us can influence what they will find.
Anyone who is passionate about a particular topic can write good content which Google is designed to recognise and reward.
Just search for "rhetorical fallacy" using inverted commas and see what comes up in the results (roughly second from the top)...
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Masterful Game With Spiritual Stalkers
by WinAgainstThem ini've been in the ''truth'' for about 7 years.
basically i grew up believing in it, but knew joining it would destroy me.
im simply awkward around people and have suffered from social anxiety all my life.
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Welcome WinAgainstThem!
What a masterful way of exposing these spiritually blind charlatans.
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The Paid Clergy of the WTBTS
by The Searcher indoes the wtbts of transylvania have a paid clergy?.
but do they lie about it and claim otherwise?
here are some of their falsehoods, imitating "the father of the lie" and his deceptive practices, to blind people's minds:.
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In response to "The Household Financial Survey" posted by JW GoneBad above:
I suppose the Watchtower may be right - they do not solicit. Instead they coerce. Apparently their god (the god of religion) needs our money to finance their campaign to advance religion (legalism) and bury the liberating gospel (the Good News).
*** g93 6/8 p. 26 Charitable Contributions—A Christian Obligation? ***
It is not unusual for some fund-raisers to keep more than 90 percent of the donations they solicit.*** g93 6/8 p. 27 Charitable Contributions—A Christian Obligation? ***
At the same time do not feel obligated to give to any and all who may solicit your money.*** jl lesson 24 p. 27 How Is Our Worldwide Work Financed? ***
We do not tithe, charge dues, or take up collections. Although the costs of supporting our evangelizing work are high, we do not solicit money. Over a century ago, the second issue of the Watchtower magazine stated that we believe we have Jehovah as our backer and that we “will never beg nor petition men for support”—and we never have!—Matthew 10:8.*** g 5/08 p. 21 Is Philanthropy the Answer? ***
Jehovah’s Witnesses do not tithe or in any other way solicit funds. -
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The Paid Clergy of the WTBTS
by The Searcher indoes the wtbts of transylvania have a paid clergy?.
but do they lie about it and claim otherwise?
here are some of their falsehoods, imitating "the father of the lie" and his deceptive practices, to blind people's minds:.
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Paid or not, it reads like a tacit admission that they do indeed have a clergy-class (which rules over the laity-class).
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UN vs. The Vatican - Ex-JWs, are you sure?
by gold_C inso about a few years ago, thanks to this site i became convinced that everything that the jws have been saying is a bunch of nonsense and that i shouldn't worry about it.
it gave me some comfort, since there are several things i disagree with when it comes to the way one has to live in order to be a witness.
however, this business with the un attacking the vatican seems a little too much like what the witnesses have been preaching about to simply ignore:.
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Fernando
Personally I have found far more answers than I could ever have imagined by continuing to pursue the liberating, unabridged, explicit and naked gospel (or Good News) to its zenith, wherever it may lead.
PM me if you want a 1-page summary of the "Good News" in the Watchtower library.
And I pray you find liberation and freedom in the core of the "Good News" as shown in this video:
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does it even matter?
by losingit ini am thinking of sending a simple fb message to all of the jws i know.. "jwfacts.com" with the tag line, "you're in a cult.".
my motivation?
i am disturbed about the fact that these people that pretended to be friends look at me with a negative eye and have no clue as to how they abandoned my girls and i in a desperate time of need over the course of this past year.
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"Jwfacts . com" with the tag line, "You're in a cult."
Personally I'd go with the first half, and drop the part about a cult.
Let them do their own investigation and make their own mind up...
*** g00 6/22 p. 9 Do Not Be a Victim of Propaganda! ***
THERE is a difference—a big difference—between education and propaganda. Education shows you how to think. Propaganda tells you what to think. Good educators present all sides of an issue and encourage discussion. Propagandists relentlessly force you to hear their view and discourage discussion. Often their real motives are not apparent. They sift the facts, exploiting the useful ones and concealing the others. They also distort and twist facts, specializing in lies and half-truths. Your emotions, not your logical thinking abilities, are their target. -
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3 years of study, Just found out!
by impala63rag inhello friends, .
i would like some advice from those that are inpartial, and are familiar with the teachings of jw.
i studied with a wonderful jw couple weekly for 3 years.
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Hello impala63rag, and welcome!
We are delighted that you have discovered something is wrong before it is far too late.
Those who studied with you may be sincere but their highest loyalty belongs to a particular sectarian religious organisation and denomination.
Unfortunately this forces them to bait-and-switch you.
You asked for the Bible and the "truth of the Good News", and their agenda was always ultimately religion.
It is no accident that most followers of the Watchtower call themselves "publishers of the Good News" but are unfamiliar with the "Good News" according to Paul, Moses, Isaiah and Psalms.
Effectively they do not believe in or teach "the truth of the Good News". Ironically though it can be found in their publications, but just not in their hearts or on their lips.
If you send me a PM (via the envelope icon top right of this page) I'd be happy to send you a 1-page summary of the "Good News" in the Watchtower library, which you can compare with the ignorance and blindness of those studying with you.
Maybe not all is lost.
You could ask them to study the "Good News" according to Paul with you, beginning in the book of Romans.
You could work with them to find and mark each occurrence of the phrase "Good News" in Romans (and the rest of Paul's books right through to Hebrews). This link may be of use: WOL.
On my journey I am learning that the highest possible level of spiritual maturity, fulfilment, consciousness, power and intelligence is attained by pursuing the unabridged, explicit and naked gospel (or Good News) to its zenith.
Best wishes on the journey.
Fernando
SEQ, Australia
PS - I identify as SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious), non-sectarian, non-denominational, a follower of Jesus, and a person of faith (not religion).
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How NON-VIOLENT is the Watchtower really?
by Fernando inlooking only skin deep, and at outward appearances, the watchtower does indeed seem to be non-violent.. however it is what one is at heart that really counts.. the watchtower tricks their followers into going to jail to parade themselves as "non-violent" "religious objectors" (instead of genuine "conscientious objectors").. however as jesus said our hidden disposition will be revealed by our fruits.. behind the well-crafted facade i personally find the watchtower to be deeply and maliciously violent, vindictive and venomous at heart.. anyone who dares question or expose them is speedily killed, albeit declared spiritually dead to friends and family.. these same friends and family are:.
taken spiritually captive and held hostage (can't leave with honour and credibility intact)spiritually starved (and fed badly tainted "food")spiritually, psychologically, and mentally tortured (cognitive dissonance whilst kept voiceless)spiritually raped (seduced into prostitution with the god of religion, and into snubbing the god of abraham and his message the liberating, unabridged, explicit and naked gospel or "good news")regardless of how valid their case may be, detractors are routinely undermined, discredited, labelled, misrepresented and slandered.. how do you see the watchtower's supremacist parading of their supposed non-violence?.
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Looking only skin deep, and at outward appearances, the Watchtower does indeed seem to be non-violent.
However it is what one is at heart that really counts.
The Watchtower tricks their followers into going to jail to parade themselves as "non-violent" "religious objectors" (instead of genuine "conscientious objectors").
However as Jesus said our hidden disposition will be revealed by our fruits.
Behind the well-crafted facade I personally find the Watchtower to be deeply and maliciously violent, vindictive and venomous at heart.
Anyone who dares question or expose them is speedily killed, albeit declared spiritually dead to friends and family.
These same friends and family are:
- taken spiritually captive and held hostage (can't leave with honour and credibility intact)
- spiritually starved (and fed badly tainted "food")
- spiritually, psychologically, and mentally tortured (cognitive dissonance whilst kept voiceless)
- spiritually raped (seduced into prostitution with the god of religion, and into snubbing the God of Abraham and his message the liberating, unabridged, explicit and naked gospel or "Good News")
Regardless of how valid their case may be, detractors are routinely undermined, discredited, labelled, misrepresented and slandered.
How do you see the Watchtower's supremacist parading of their supposed non-violence?