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  How to Block an Interrogation by J.W's

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
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  "don't you believe that this is god's spirit-directed organization?".

  "do you believe that god is teaching us through the faithful & discreet slave?

  "who else has the truth?

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  oppostate

  Otay Coal-eyes no 4th of July colors for you on this forum, sorry.
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  How to Block an Interrogation by J.W's

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "don't you believe that this is god's spirit-directed organization?".

  "do you believe that god is teaching us through the faithful & discreet slave?

  "who else has the truth?

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  Those loyalty questions are a form of violence. There is NO harmless loyalty question you can throw at someone. They are darts full of poison.

  They very underhandedly connote that if you disagree with WT policy you will suffer, castigated with marking or DF'ing, being distanced from your family and friends, ending up emotionally and mentally maltreated by Gobbering Body supporters to your detriment.

  The only advantageous response is to hit back hard:

  Something like: "I am sorely disappointed and quite disgusted you would throw those questions at me. Who are you the Spanish Inquisition? I'm feeling harassed when you dare ask me like that. You obviously aren't interested in my nor anyone else's well-being. (Now put fists to waist, Superman style, and assert vigorously and with frowning eyebrows.)

  "If you EVER dare harass me with anything like that again I'm seeking a restraint order for continued harASSment!" (Raise your voice and accentuate the second syllable not the first).

  Then add a parting rhetorical question: "How DARE you!?!" And walk away from them.

  Don't pause while you tell them any of this, don't give them a chance to interrupt through your assertion. Talk over them if you have to. You are incensed because of their verbal violence and you refuse to be victimized.

  If this mind controlled automaton dares seek the elders on you, then you simply rinse and repeat the process to wash them off your hair--or if you will, contemplate another, more emphatic illustration--do a shot of this spiritual listerine response to combat their septic mindset, swish and flush them out with a good tongue lashing then spit out your not so subtle protestation at them full force.

  Not a very Christian response? Consider it the anti-loyalty-question equivalent of throwing the filthy-lucre-loving money changers out of the Temple.

  These people are trying to do you harm. They're like a bear trap's teeth waiting to spring. Once you give the inquisitionist bear trap a good baseball bat tongue lashing, they'll snap themselves into impotent silence.

  Hit them where it spiritually counts, with a swift legal knee to their cultish gonads.
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  Pre assembly video clip

  by InquiryMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the music is somewhat different than in traditional jw-video clips.. https://sammankomst.org/#/video/tirsdag.mp4/forberedelser%20-%20tisdag.

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  Did you see their drone?

  There were many drones milling about like minions, but did you mean the one that was flying about?

  
  
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  Pre assembly video clip

  by InquiryMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the music is somewhat different than in traditional jw-video clips.. https://sammankomst.org/#/video/tirsdag.mp4/forberedelser%20-%20tisdag.

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  There was a time when I would have thought "Wow! The Society does such a great job of organizing things!"

  Then again, I worked on some of these "organizing" projects, saw the nepotism, the preferential treatment of some, the denigrating of others, the gossiping, the stupid, wasteful and senseless instructions to do things the way the "organization" (read ignorant, self-deluded men in control) does things.

  Now I just shake my head in disappointment, in disgust, and feel sorry for those still mentally subservient to the "Organization" (still read ignorant, self-deluded men in control).
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  Financial Report 2013 and 2014 Australia Branch

  by Listener in

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  oppostate

  So for those two years supposedly they have operated at a deficit.

  How does the WT remain viable? How does the WT spend millions "teaching"?

  Those figures are just "funny" in a weird way.
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  Rutherfords influence on Church of God (7th Day) and Sacred Name Movement

  by oppostate in

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  2. beliefs

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sacred_name_movementthe sacred name movement arose in the early 20th century out of the church of god (seventh day) movement, following on the preaching and ideas of joseph franklin rutherford who founded jehovah's witnesses in 1931 based on his belief in the importance of the hebrew name of god.

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  @dropoffyourkeylee

  You can read the Melton (1992) quote at this address:

  http://books.google.com/?id=KRTGzgpDvL4C&printsec=frontcover#PPA83,M1
  
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  Rutherfords influence on Church of God (7th Day) and Sacred Name Movement

  by oppostate in

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  2. beliefs

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sacred_name_movementthe sacred name movement arose in the early 20th century out of the church of god (seventh day) movement, following on the preaching and ideas of joseph franklin rutherford who founded jehovah's witnesses in 1931 based on his belief in the importance of the hebrew name of god.

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Name_Movement
  The Sacred Name Movement arose in the early 20th century out of the Church of God (Seventh Day) movement, following on the preaching and ideas of Joseph Franklin Rutherford who founded Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931 based on his belief in the importance of the Hebrew name of God.[2]
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  What's Sophia doing in Oz?

  by oppostate in

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  2. humour

  sophia either got lost or is playing the role of dorothy!.

  sophia, i mean dorothy, pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!.

  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/b00z89myti.

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  New technology has greatly helped the production of animated films. But there's a certain style, a sort of Toy Story-like style of animation that permeates a lot of animation production these days, in my opinion.

  The WT knows how manipulative the moving picture can be. The brain actually perceives the watching of a movie in the same way as witnessing a live event. That's why we can so caught up in a scary movie--have you ever chewed your fingernails, litterally, while watching a horror flick?

  Repressive dictatorships like to use moving imagery to control the population--like "1984" and "A Clockwork Orange."

  There's not much denying that the purpose of Caleb & Sophia WT videos is to entice the young to follow the Organization. Sort of like training up a boy in the way he should walk, even when he turns older he won't deviate from going in that way.

  Hopefully this over-the-top indoctrination will be too much for the young ones as they grow up and become aware of the mind control.

  Or could the WT adapt anew and produce mind-controlling propaganda aimed at tweens and teens to keep them in?
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  Caleb & Sophia RC badges

  by oppostate in

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  take a look at this caleb & sophia rc badge for children.. .

  what's the motivation to make special childrens' badges?

  i smell indoctrination!.

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  From Russell taking "in" his waif interest, to Rutherfords young lady "nutritionists" and his book Children, to today's Caleb and Sophia, there always seems to be an unhealthy WT hierarchy's interest in children.

  Making children sit through long meetings, with study articles that mention all sorts of sexual no-no's, and stories containing graphic violence and bloodshed, seems twisted and evil minded.

  Now this emphasis on cartoon videos, coercing children into giving up their ice-cream money--they're like the wicked cannibal in Hansel and Gretel, waiting to devour children for their own purposes.
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  Getting it out of my system, a VERY long introduction/outpouring..

  by adimmedlight in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  warning, novel ahead:.

  after a few months of lurking on this site, i've decided to take the plunge...i don't really care so much about introducing myself, but somehow there is some relief in the thought of getting my little story out there, just getting it out of my system.

  i am the oldest of 5 kids.

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  oppostate

  I too enjoyed reading your "novel"

  What I get from it is that you are resilient and have a good, perceptive mind.

  Learning "the truth about the truth" (TTATT) has distanced me from the JW religion but I'm more than ever, strong in my faith toward God and His Son. In them I find support and a guide in Christ's example. I hope your Christian faith will add light and brightness to everything you do in life.

  Agape'