The loyalty convention is still the weirdest thing the JWs have ever produced. The wife of lot video was their attempt to be a TV dramedy of course most of the humor felt forced and a lot of it relied on old stereotypes. Plus, they felt the need to throw in a scene about gay people in there for good measure. The loyalty convention though had the bunker videos, the Sergei videos, the disfellowshipping videos, the cult paradise videos, the dead son manipulation drama, and nonsensical videos about nature being better than man's inventions.
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Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...
by _Morpheus inhad the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.
i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!
im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.
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What woke you up?
by MrRoboto infor me, i think it was just the right time as i was starting to wake up on other fronts as well (anyone who had went through these will know what i mean).
but it started when i was looking for what info goes on a publisher card, which led to me reading one person's story (ex bethelite) which was pretty crazy to an all-in jw but who trusts those apostates...?.
then i started watching videos on cults, as if my subconscious was trying to tell my concord mind something... when i saw a particular one about a young man in lds getting ready to start their 2 year preaching campaign, including a school, social activities etc, i realized that i couldn't tell the difference between the folks of this mormon cult and the jws (save for some religious differences) .
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It was a lot of little things but I would say the turning point was the 2013 WT with the now infamous quote. I was doing the mics and I looked around at everybody and they were answering like it was normal. Then I was wondering just why the article was written to begin with, the biblical basis for the article was very shaky. It seemed to have been written for the sole purpose of introducing that quote. After that I began to read WT publications very differently.
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Who is benefiting from Watchtower Corporation financially
by John Davis inwho do you believe is financially benefiting from watchtower business dealings.
i know about the gold apple watch, but that is only a small percentage of the billions that they have.
so who do you think is keeping all of this money.
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Jw rouge they didn't spend much on mags all free labour, last mags I seen only had 4 sheets of paper folded in half with writing both sides , 16 pages of fairytales aren't going to break w bank
Yes, but this has been going on for thirty years that is a long time to be bleeding money. Plus, I believe they want a large portion to simply store away and extract the interest like a endowment of sorts. This is to offset any downturns in donations. They will not tell the congregations this because people will stop donating.
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The "faithful slave" urges confession in latest Watchtower!
by The Searcher inwatchtower october 2017, page 11, par.
17 - confess and abandon secret sins.
some christians who have committed a serious sin try to cover it over in order to avoid embarrassing themselves or disappointing others.
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"We love you, confess and all will be better," they say. However, remember this:
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Who Do You Think Is HOTTTT?
by minimus inwhat attracts you in a male or female?
give me an example or better yet a pic to tell me what you like.😈.
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Amy Adams used to be really hot, now she is starting to get the mom bod LOL
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Who Do You Think Is HOTTTT?
by minimus inwhat attracts you in a male or female?
give me an example or better yet a pic to tell me what you like.😈.
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I share more stuff like that on my tumblr: https://noscriptnofilter.tumblr.com
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Who Do You Think Is HOTTTT?
by minimus inwhat attracts you in a male or female?
give me an example or better yet a pic to tell me what you like.😈.
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Since I recently started using tumblr, I have found many pages dedicated to hot women/girls, I like when a girl is sexy but has a cute vibe going on.
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How do you get over all the things that you missed? The stuff you can't get back
by JW_Rogue inlook my life is not bad but sometimes i just think about all the normal things i missed out on.
and no i'm not talking about christmas and birthday parties.
i'm talking about your first kiss happening in your twenties instead of your teens.
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In answer to the OP's question, I found it necessary to rediscover the person that I had been before the Watchtower madness took hold, then move on from there.
This is hard for me because I was never anybody else, I was raised on this stuff. Even though at times I didn't really believe it I always let it define me. I know doing my own thing will hurt others. It isn't rational but it will hurt them, they'll feel like I'm betraying them. I know that's not true but it won't matter, they are thoroughly controlled
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Going "Hollywood" not helping!
by eyeuse2badub ingoing “hollywood” hasn’t seemed to help build any enthusiasm for the wtbts.
think about it, jw’s now have their own studio to make videos and cartoons.
the ‘kingdom’ dirges (songs) have received a makeover to a bit more modern tunes.
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Yes, I think their manipulation is easier to see in these videos. And some are just downright cringe-worthy, with forced humor, bad acting, and moral lessons that don't stand up under scrutiny.
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How do you get over all the things that you missed? The stuff you can't get back
by JW_Rogue inlook my life is not bad but sometimes i just think about all the normal things i missed out on.
and no i'm not talking about christmas and birthday parties.
i'm talking about your first kiss happening in your twenties instead of your teens.
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Thanks for everybody's responses, I did go to college, although I went the community college>local college route while living at home. Many of the jobs I qualified for were military research based as that is kind of a big thing where I live. Turned down some jobs and ultimately ended up in a lower paying job outside of my chosen career. Going back would be hard, as it is a fast moving field, and most of my training would be obsolete now.
