In reality, I actually do hope they further expose themselves to the public. More people will understand they are a cult and will want nothing to do with them.
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Reality is plain to see: if you just open your eyes
by kneehighmiah ini made a post a few days ago about stagnant jw growth at international conventions.
i also enjoyed reading analysis of the statistics from jwfacts.
what the watchtower claims and what the reality is, are two different things.
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LostGeneration
Born ins like us are dealt some pretty shitty cards.
You don't expect you parents to be liars. You trust them.
You go to school and have to be different, stick out like a sore thumb. You start to build a persecution complex from a very young age.
You invest thousands of hours in meetings, FS, assemblies, over the first 20 years of your life. If you want sex, you get married real young, and have hopefully have some real fun for a few years. If kids come along quickly, its stressful as hell as you try to make ends meet with a HS diploma.
Its a wonder any born in escapes.
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What I'm going to say to JWs offering the JW.org tract
by baltar447 inlisten guys, one month i had some bible thumpers knocking at me door telling me about hell.
then i have some weird fundamental religious sponsored "education books for parents to help their children in school".
the next i have some south korean mother god cult come to my door with qr codes on their literature too.
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They are wearing those buttons in service? How frikken embarrassing!
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October 1914
by Quendi inwe have had a great discussion about world war i and its impact on the twentieth century.
i hope we can have an equally interesting exchange about october 1914. we all know how important that date was in the history of jehovah's witnesses but what may be murkier is the wts's later thinking on what happened that month and when.
charles taze russell and his followers expected the gentile times to conclude in that month with the battle of armageddon.
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As to the last part of your post Q, I think they are distancing from this sort of nonsense. One of their recent publications says something like "about 1914" on the chart.
Vague claims and dates work best for the type of personality they are trying to attract and keep in the cult.
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October 1914
by Quendi inwe have had a great discussion about world war i and its impact on the twentieth century.
i hope we can have an equally interesting exchange about october 1914. we all know how important that date was in the history of jehovah's witnesses but what may be murkier is the wts's later thinking on what happened that month and when.
charles taze russell and his followers expected the gentile times to conclude in that month with the battle of armageddon.
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1914 was one of many darts thrown at the board. They kept on throwing, then Armageddon didn't materialize.
I shudder at the thought of collective total of man (and woman) hours lost because of this ridiculous date, 1914.
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"Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions." -- Frater Ravus
"The Way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason ." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence." -- Richard Dawkins
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Writing campaign to Washington DC papers in view of International Convention
by Londo111 inive heard from a credible source that the landover (dc) international convention is important to the society in view of the 100 year anniversary of "kingdom rule" and the location being near the capital of the "seventh world power".
perhaps they hope this particular international sends a message.
we know that come convention time usually there is some feel good fluff piece in the newspapers about the watchtower religion.
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LostGeneration
Just checked the DC weather forecast.
Fortunately there won't be blistering heat.
Unfortunately its 40% chance of rain Friday, 70% Saturday, and 40% Sunday.
How many will simply say f-it and go home Sunday morning if they get poured on tomorrow and Saturday?
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for those still "in" what's the mood
by lastchance inin my area the general sense is bleak.
many are in survival mode.
even at the convention the appearance of the majority was unhappy and tired.
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LostGeneration
TTATTElder.
Imagine 20 years from now when their kid is graduating high school. Hopefully they remember how you helped them out.
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Would you do this to your kids? Is this cold or am I crazy?
by BU2B inmy mentally in jw wife is trying to organize a "princess party" for my 4 year old daughter and her little cousins and friends.
she was looking at prices of a tent for the backyard party in case it rains.
she asked the hardware store how much and they said 90 dollars for the day.
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LostGeneration
Your FIL is a Mother Fucker.
But I'm guessing you already knew that.
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convinced 95% of all active jw's don't have a clue as to where 1914 originates
by goingthruthemotions inso talking with my wife last night...i was explaining to her about a conversation i had with a person at work about end times.
he has a strange belief that some scriptures in isaiah perdict something huge is going to happen in september of 2015. she then states that no one can predict the future only the father knows and he is in a cult.
lol on the inside.. i then stated "what about 1914 and the dubs perdiction and what it means today" she said no there was never any predictions.
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LostGeneration
And all of this is why doctrine doesn't matter.
Getting a loved one out rarely depends on doctrine. You have to find another way.