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  "This is their best way of being in the new world"

  by FreeAtLast1914 in

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  2. beliefs

  a post from jwtalk.net reminded me of how demented the groupthink is among jehovah's witnesses (http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16268-international-peace-security-news/):.

  every one who is in the world today and dies tomorrow is in line for a ressurection.this is their best way of being in the new world.

  they probably wouldn't get through the the gt.

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  Has Gambling Become A Conscience Issue Among JWs?

  by FreeAtLast1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reason i ask is that i have a coupe of cousins who are still jws who have gone gambling in casinos with us.

  i have a brother-in-law who openly brags about his "perfect" blackjack strategy he employs in vegas when he's in town.. i know that growing up as a jw, gambling of any kind was a dfing offense.. is my jw family simply more liberal than most, or has there been a subtle shift in this area since i've been out?.

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  Another WT Contradiction in December 2011 Awake

  by FreeAtLast1914 in

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  PropagandaTechniques Banned??

  by FreeAtLast1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i noticed a few days ago that a guy going by the moniker propagandatechniques on youtube was nowhere to be found.

  then after a little digging, i saw that his account had been suspended.. he had some good stuff and i generally enjoyed watching his daily rants.. does anyone know what happened to him?.

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  WTBS - The Ultimate MMRPG

  by FreeAtLast1914 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the lives of the typical jw include all the elements of a classic mmorpg, like world of warcraft.. there is the constant grind (field service and endless meetings and assemblies, commenting, demonstrations), quests (aka "privileges" of carrying the mics or cleaning the bathroom or mowing the lawn, giving talks), leveling (improving your status from r&f to elite by becoming a ms, elder, pioneer, co, do), buffs (receiving the call of "anointing", your life experience making it into a yearbook), and finally the rewards (anywhere from pats on the back for a job well-done on a part to being voted onto the governing body as the elite).. and just like with any mmo, you never reach the end, you are always grinding away for what amounts to be empty rewards in a fantasy world....

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  Missing District Conventions

  by FreeAtLast1914 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in my case, even after i stopped attending meetings, my family still had contact with me, though it became stranger and more awkward as the months went by.

  but it all fell apart rapidly after i missed the dc and my wife went without me (to appease her parents who were in attendance).

  she was seriously love-bombed, but it didn't work because the "friends" had already shown their true colors and she was beginning to see there was no real love there.. i didn't use the excuse of work or anxiety.

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  Is the Bible Really Scientifically Accurate?

  by FreeAtLast1914 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the society (and others) love to quote job 26:7 where it says that "[god] suspends the earth over nothing" and isaiah 40:22, where it speaks of "the circle of the earth".

  they use these scriptures to boast about the incredible scientific accuracy of the bible, proving god had a direct hand in everything written in it.. the trouble is that elsewhere in the scriptures, opposing views are put forth explaining then-unexplainable physics and geographical notions.

  one is job 26:11: "the pillars of heaven tremble.

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