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  Hands up.........................

  by The Searcher in

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  ................who ordered the chinese takeaway?????????

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  paul from cleveland

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  Born to Be Conned - The New York Times

  by paul from cleveland in

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  2. beliefs

  born to be conned - new york times.

  when people want to believe what they want to believe, david sullivan, a professional cult infiltrator, told the commonwealth club of california, a public affairs forum, in july 2010, they are very hard to dissuade.

  and the reason it happens (and often happens to the most intelligent people) is that human nature is wired toward creating meaning out of meaninglessness..

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  paul from cleveland

  
  Born to Be Conned - New York Times

  “When people want to believe what they want to believe,” David Sullivan, a professional cult infiltrator, told the Commonwealth Club of California, a public affairs forum, in July 2010, “they are very hard to dissuade.” And the reason it happens (and often happens to the most intelligent people) is that human nature is wired toward creating meaning out of meaninglessness.
  
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  Changes to reporting

  by Formerbrother in

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  so it seems placing literature is not so important anymore, now that we live in a digital age.. we are being pushed to show videos instead.

  this is the new reporting from next month, just hrs and any literature placed in one box and then how many videos you showed in another box.. bib changes for sure..

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  paul from cleveland

  Can they download these videos or do they have to stream them and use mobile data at the door? If required to use mobile data, it could get expensive if you're a family head with a wife and several children. All of you need smart phones or tablets and a larger data plan.
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  Sundays without the indoctrination session...

  by Tornintwo in

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  2. friends

  what are you doing instead of the meeting?.

  i'm ordering cool personalised pressies for all of my non jw family online, whilst listening to some great 80's classics (currently fade to grey, visage).

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  paul from cleveland

  Now I go to Saint Mattress
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  How do you overcome SHUNNING after leaving the organization and move on?

  by suavojr in

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  2. friends

  it amazes me how many of you have left it all behind, including family, brothers and sisters, friends and a full network of people.

  i for one cannot find the courage to breakaway, and this causes me great anxiety and stress.

  it eats me alive to think that if i open my mouth everyone i know will simply turn their back on me.

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  paul from cleveland

  That's really true Simon.
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  How do you overcome SHUNNING after leaving the organization and move on?

  by suavojr in

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  2. friends

  it amazes me how many of you have left it all behind, including family, brothers and sisters, friends and a full network of people.

  i for one cannot find the courage to breakaway, and this causes me great anxiety and stress.

  it eats me alive to think that if i open my mouth everyone i know will simply turn their back on me.

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  paul from cleveland

  I have to think of it as similar to this scenario: I was in prison for 30 years. Then one day the warden came up to me and said I could be released under the condition that I would never be permitted to return to the prison to visit my former cellmates. I might miss them but it's much better to be free.
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  How do you overcome SHUNNING after leaving the organization and move on?

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it amazes me how many of you have left it all behind, including family, brothers and sisters, friends and a full network of people.

  i for one cannot find the courage to breakaway, and this causes me great anxiety and stress.

  it eats me alive to think that if i open my mouth everyone i know will simply turn their back on me.

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  paul from cleveland

  Shunning is very dehumanizing. It's been 22 years and I haven't overcome it.

  However now I have real friends. People that I know will never leave me.

  You do realize that you don't have any true friends in the organization don't you? All of those relationships are entirely conditional. They'll all abandon you in a heartbeat without even knowing the reason if they disfellowship you. It usually happens at the time you need friends the most.
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  Why do people just give their money to the Watchtower?

  by WireRider in

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  2. scandals

  what do they contribute to humanity?

  what do they contribute to any part of society?.

  why are people paying for a scam?.

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  paul from cleveland

  I donated because I thought it was the true religion at the time. What kind of answer are you looking for?
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  Awesome New Books on JW's, MUST READ!

  by johnny depp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey, i just thought i let you guys know about these two books i read:jehovah's witnesses, what lies behind the truththe watchtower society, organizational misbehaviorboth books by gabriel h ibarra.

  awesome!

  awesome!

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  paul from cleveland

  Gabriel, I highly doubt you'll sell many of these books at $50 a copy. It's not a good price point. Lulu charges you just $7.85 for a 6x9 330 page book. A good starting point would be to triple your cost of production and make the price around $25 or less. It would add a lot to your credibility as well.
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  "Why don't you just call yourself an atheist?"

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. beliefs

  the best answer to this question ever.

  i don't tire listening to it.

  "i am not, i am not simply the one who says 'i'" .

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  paul from cleveland

  I'd like to try to understand this philosopher but this time I had to google Derrida for Dummies