I meant to say there is a fairly new site called leavingjw.org where you can upload your story, free of course, in fact that is the purpose of the site. All welcome of course.
Diogenesister
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Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories
by Bangalore inhttps://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.
for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.
the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.
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Things You Still Agree With The JWs On
by Fred Franztone inaside from obvious things that most people agree on, like theft being wrong and the importance of family, i can't think of a single thing i agree with the jws on, nothing that's specific to their religion anyway.
do you have any?.
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Diogenesister
SBF (JWS) are the most consistent defenders of God's name.
It's the old king Saul argument isn't it? A bad king doesn't stop it being Jehovah's people. It's worth considering at least
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- SBF Was Jesus real?
- DioSister [opens door; goes outside] ahem...AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals
by Drearyweather in2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.
peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .
regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .
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Perhaps my math is not correct, but do the figures represent a 7,198.8 hour commitment to get ONE person baptized?
You're correct.
2 billion hours preaching. Utter rot.
Take out lunch breaks, coffee breaks, donut breaks, cart guarding, drive time, looking for deaf people, building projects, elders public talks, stuffing mags in laundrettes, pioneer shuffling.....how much of that 2 billion is active preaching???A miniscule percentage.
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2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals
by Drearyweather in2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.
peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .
regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .
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SBF I'm also amazed that more and more JWs are becoming pioneers.
Guessing it's because it's easier to get the hours in, sitting by a cart playing clash of clans.
I'm still pretty surprised, though, too. Agree with your suggestion that their could be a split of ideologies.
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Crazy statements from JWTalk
by Jehovah lol ini'm sure many of you are aware of the jwtalk site, a message board which has yet to succumb to apostasy (give it time).. some of the forums there are visible to the public, and i've seen some crazy stuff.
here is a sampling:.
"satan is really trying his best to make things worst for the witnesses, knowing the 6,000 years is almost up, from eve's creation!".
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funny thing is if they were to read their bibles, cut off from all things jworg , they would likely snap out of the culty mind set and leave the jws.
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Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories
by Bangalore inhttps://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.
for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.
the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.
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Diogenesister
I know their has been a lot of controversy about Lloyd Evans /John Cedars over the years and I have been on the fence making a judgement about him ,however I think this post by himself LE/JC has tipped the scales.
Smiddy I'm with you. I enjoy Lloyd's JWbroadcast rebuttals, and I do think there has been a touch of envy in the attitudes of some, particularly other YouTuber's. There has also been some rarther nasty insinuations about Lloyd being rarther predatory toward young women. This from so-called " Christian" exjws, and Lloyd has, quite rightly in my opinion, put a lot of their spite down to his atheism.
I also 'get' that he is trying to make a living in the competitive area of journalism, with a specialist subject with very limited appeal. Doesn't help that he lives in a country where I imagine the job market is very limited. I get all that.
But really. Is this a competition - the most heartrending story gets to pay you the honour of having their story printed as an afterthought, in a book with Lloyds name emblazoned on the front cover. And this purports to help people like them? Really?
Nothing wrong with being paid for your work but if you want to be a professional be a professional - ghost write, put the persons name on the cover and share the profits.And don't take advantage of The hurt and unheard.
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Do they officially give marking talks without telling the one marked?
by Wakanda inmy pimi (physically in, mentally in) friend believes she was marked without them telling her.
i believe her, and she has been making work for the elders.
she is a pain in their arse, and they are a pain in hers, which is great.
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Zeb
yes they do because they don't have the testicular fortitude to front some people and a marking talk allows the smug elderettes to feel even more smug because they will know who its aimed at.
Exactly, plus I thought as Christians you were supposed to: Mathew 18.15
"If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over."
Not muck spread to every man and his dog behind your back.!
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My Father passed away & i'm suicidal. I want to talk to somebody
by Qrystal inin summary, my dad passed away not to long ago, 8 months ago, on april while i was 12. i'm 13 and i've been grieving for 6 months now and im suicidal.
i'm not doing this to get attention, but to talk to someone.
my dad was a jehovah's witness and i want to talk to all of you.
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Diogenesister
Hi there, please please ring childline, they are completely confidential
If you live in the rest of the world:
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Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories
by Bangalore inhttps://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.
for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.
the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.
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Smiddy you didn't misunderstand.
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Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories
by Bangalore inhttps://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.
for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.
the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.
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Part two, sorry. Bo thinks it's a bit of a scam, as one author to another....
( sorry for no synopsis above. Basically this is Bo sees it as taking advantage of exjw financially. Since we've already been scammed by Watchtower, he feels we are vulnerable to this sort of thing and that our stories should stand on their own merit, we shouldn't have to pay someone for the honour of having our story as an addendum to theirs).