Mad Sweeney

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  What about this????

  by mouthy in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.jw.org/index.xjp?option=qryqcsvrgznt.

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  Mad Sweeney

  They've been giving the mags away free for almost 20 years.
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  Is it possible for an apostate to get reindoctrinated?

  by foolsparadise in

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  and if so why?.

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  Mad Sweeney

  Feed a troll once, shame on him. Feed a troll twice, shame on you.

  Define apostate however you like. If it means someone that leaves a religion - the most common use of the term - then yes, apostates can return to the Borg and get reindoctrinated. If it means someone that leaves the Watchtower cult, reads Crisis of Conscience and Combating Cult Mind Control and understands their implications, and then actively opposes the Borg, then the chances of returning to the cult become statistically high to the point that it can be treated as practically impossible.
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  "There will be 0% Unemployment in Paradise"

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last week the elder giving the public talk mentioned that in.

  the usa we have 9.1% unemployment but under god's kingdom.

  is a new house.

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  Mad Sweeney

  There will be a 0% unemployment rate because they won't keep track of or pay those without work. They'll just send a couple "shepherds" up to you and they will tell you: "get to work!"

  Everyone will work and it will ALL be free (aka slave) labor for the Borg.

  Paradise? Not really.
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  Perpetual Cognitive Dissonance

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  revelation 7:9nwt - after these things i saw, and, look!

  a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of allnations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands.. every year, as an adolescent witness, i would eagerly await the arrival of the annual "watchtower world report" issue to come out.

  it had always bugged me that we were not in all the lands even though purporting to be the one and only "great crowd" decribed in the verse above.

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  Cognitive dissonance can be useful if you learn to recognize it in yourself whenever it occurs. If you understand the concept of cognitive dissonance then you can avoid (or at least minimize) the irrational justifications that humans usually employ to reduce it.

  I second the recommendation of "Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)" and would add "Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert Cialdini and "When Prophecy Fails" by Leon Festinger to the reading list.
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  Cult Free Radio on the air this Saturday night with special guest Barbara Anderson

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's right.

  barbara anderson will be on cult free radio this saturday evening at 10pm eastern time.. show up to listen and post your questions on the social stream for me to ask her.. https://www.facebook.com/cultfreeradio.

  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio.

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  Mad Sweeney

  I have no clue how to do it through a phone but over the Internet on computer it is fairly easy. 4shared is free on the internet - you can pay for "instant" access but the "free" version is usually just a 45 second wait.

  One of these days I'll get it all up on to iTunes. Sorry for the inconvenience.

  Anyone with a smartphone know how to help DarioKehl?
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  Cult Free Radio on the air this Saturday night with special guest Barbara Anderson

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's right.

  barbara anderson will be on cult free radio this saturday evening at 10pm eastern time.. show up to listen and post your questions on the social stream for me to ask her.. https://www.facebook.com/cultfreeradio.

  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio.

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  Mad Sweeney

  45 minutes . . .
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  Victoria, Australia: October 11th hearing. All five cases made it through the court...just!

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this is a preliminary summary only.

  i hope to obtain more details later.. .

  all five cases are still within the criminal justice system.

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  Mad Sweeney

  The "Helpers" are not considered part of the Governing Body. The committees are not all GB members, only their chairmen. To be GB you have to nibble-n-sip.
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  No Christian Congregation in Australia according to the Witchtower. HAHAHA

  by hamsterbait in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in the continuing court battle in australia, the legal counsel for the witchtower babble and trash religion shocked witless onlookers by saying the there is.

  "no christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses in the state of victoria," or indeed the whole of australia.. hahahhahahahaha!.

  at least they are not perjuring themselves as any fool can see that their congregations are not "christian".. check this on barb andersons thread!.

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  The WTBTS of Australia WAS included in the action. They were the ONLY entity with a lawyer in the previous hearings.
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  Former JW's on Ankerberg show Sun Oct.16-2011

  by koolaid-man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.ankerberg.com/ should be good.... 6 part series..

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  Mad Sweeney

  Getting $50 a pop selling DVDs could have something to do with it.
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  Cult Free Radio on the air this Saturday night with special guest Barbara Anderson

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's right.

  barbara anderson will be on cult free radio this saturday evening at 10pm eastern time.. show up to listen and post your questions on the social stream for me to ask her.. https://www.facebook.com/cultfreeradio.

  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio.

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  Mad Sweeney

  BTTT - T-minus Two Hours