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  Jehovah's Witnesses and restaurant bills

  by usualusername in

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  did you ever have the experience of going to a restaurant with witnesses and spending 30mins sorting out the restaurant bill?.

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  thats something i miss since leaving... .

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  oh yeah...our worst was the "brother" who after all the fuss went back and stole the tip my hubby had left. nobody came up with enough $$ for the bill, much less the tip....so my hubby being the generous soul he is covered the tab, plus left a good tip. this dude actually made some excuse and went back and pocketed it.

  WOW......this dipshit takes the cake. I'd like to hear how you caught him taking the tip, and if he knew you guys knew he took the tip. Was he an elder, MS, pioneer? What a lowlife to steal from the food server like that.
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  Does the WTBS emphasize these two verses for control?

  by cog_survivor in

  1. watchtower
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  something i came to understand that the worldwide church of god did effectively was to cut people off from from their feelings and intellect in favor of the "appropriate" thoughts and feelings.. how they did this was by frequently emphasizing these two verses:.

  proverbs 3:5 - trust in the lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.. jeremiah 17:9 - the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?.

  by means of these two verses i was taught not to trust myself with regards to either my ability to reason or if my gut was telling me something was wrong.. i was wondering if these two verses were emphasized for jws as well..

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  Think About It

  The WTS uses several different angles for control over the JW's.

  1) bible verses

  2) emphasizes a closed community with no outside friends

  3) shunning or loss of family

  4) threat of destruction at Armageddon

  5) vilifies education or self-improvement that makes you less dependent on the religion

  6) vilifies free thinking or reseach on the religion

  7) allows no questioning of the religion or leadership

  A person could go on and on. It it sounds like a cult, looks like a cult, and acts like a cult, then it's a cult.
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  Who are considered as being wicked by JW's?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  during the public talk last week the elder giving the talk.

  mentioned the tragedy in newton, conn where an evil.

  man killed 27 innocent people including 20 children.

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  I was flying once, and while looking out the window at all the cities and people I've flown over.......it finally dawned on me that the world is too big for all this God will kill everyone, but a few million superfine JW's bullshit.

  This religion is just doomsday, cultish, bat-shit crazy nuts.
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  The Borg "our mother"? Good Grief!

  by Roberta804 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard it all now, or at least up to now, the borg never ceases to surprise me.

  so when jesus was talking to his deciple from the cross (opps stake), "this is your mother" or something like that, was he talking about the borg?

  lol.

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  This whole organisation is becoming unrecognisable to us older ones and its realy quite sinister....

  The Mother Goddess of the WTS bOrganization and Her Governing Body

  IMO......the Jehovah's Witnesses turned into a religion that worships their Organization through their Governing Body.

  
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  Thankyou dad, for making me think...

  by Aussie Oz in

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  son was up visiting today and we had some great little chats about all things watchtower.

  i would say the chances of him going back are real slim now, for he was telling me of some of his own wtf research on the internet about them.. anyway, at one point he came up, gave me a big hug and said "thankyou for making me think".

  it seems that all the little seed dropping and question dropping over the last 3 years really did work!

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  That is fantastic.
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  After fading for over a year...I finally cut my ties by posting on my Facebook page

  by eyesropen323 in

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  i was 8 when my mom brought us into the jw's.

  i am in my late 30's now.

  many knew me from school.

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  Wow.....that was very impressive! I too would be very interested in hearing any comments you get. Congrats on your freedom from the cult. Happy new life to you.
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  Fading with children in tow

  by brainmelt in

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  Welcome to JWN Brainmelt. Such an interesting introduction. So many new ones are waking up now. Take your fade very slow. You will get some good advice here. Also, different things that happen from now on could give you a good opportunity to fade faster.
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  Hello??

  by franticfran in

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  2. friends

  i have just joined this website and just wanted to say hello to anyone out there.

  i am so nervous,after thirty odd years in the "truth" i feel as though my husband and i have just walked into a room full of smiling strangers and we are just standing here hoping to god someone will come up and speak to us.

  scared and excited and hoping to wake up one morning and not wonder what we do now???

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  Hi. Today is my first day too! I left the JW's a glorious 11 years ago! I still have parents and a sister on the inside though.

  Welcome Vajeni82. You should start a thread title introducing yourself.
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  When did the WBT$ start to break up families?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. experiences

  as you all know since i became a 'mentally diseased apostate that the jehu elders should slaughter(tm)' my wife left me and ripped our family apart.. the elders are convinced it's all my fault that the family suffered although i was the one trying to hold it all together.. i just read greybeard's story about his wife leaving.. how many of you have had family break ups as a result of the heartless and selfish wbt$ corporation?.

  is this just a recent trend?.

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  The first 2 Presidents of this crazy cult organization, both Russell and Rutherford had dysfunctional families.
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  Candace Conti: Further Extension

  by DNCall in

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  the parties stipulated to another extension of 30 days.

  wts opening brief is now due on 3/8/31..

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  Think About It

  It is "professional courtesy" common in the legal field to grant such an extension.

  That, and the longer the WTS lawyers can keep those funds in the WTS bank account they make more money. Also the longer the WTS lawyers drag it out, the WTS can pay the judgement out of the contributions to the WTS pedophile defense fund.