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  For how long can they massage the figures ?

  by leo999 in

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  so looking at the worldwide report , the baptisms are down , many countries are 0 growth ,publishers, hours , and studies up because of changes in reporting methods .

  but just how long can the propping up of numbers happen for , before the real downward slide starts ?

  a year or two tops , which will be real close to 2014 .

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  I received an email from Ray Franz

  by Out at Last! in

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  i have read on this site that if you write to ray, he will reply.

  i was skeptical about this, so i wrote him about how much i appreciated reading the book crisis of conscience and thanked him for his time and effort in writing and documenting his experiences in bethel.

  after a few weeks with no reply, i thought that i would never get one.

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  untitled

  by leo999 in

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  2. beliefs

  i always have felt that the meetings at the kh lacked any spirit , were more like an academic exercises , with boring speakers lacking any enthusiam .

  there seemed to never be any holy spirit flowing or if there was , it bypassed me !!.

  coming out now from this , i have to admit being a little scared by some of the services i have only heard about , where they say the holy spirit is poured out , as it is sooo different to what we have been used to .. so i guess what i'm trying to ask is , have any of you ever had an ' experience ' or received the holy spirit , and you knew for sure it was that , and can you share how you knew and what it felt like ?.

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  Undermining confidence in the wonderful Borg

  by leo999 in

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  hi , i need some help to convince someone that feels the problems all lie with people in our congregaions that are 'imperfect' , but that the fds and the wt are wonderful .

  i am doing this over the net , and have sent articles on the spanish bethel .. has anyone any suggestions on subjects / info to undermine their view that all is rosy in the borg ?.

  leo 999.

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  Fighting the Cult of the Watchtower Good or Bad? Does it Give Your Life Some Meaning?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  ever since i left this mind control cult i have continued to offer resistance in what ever ways i thought good at the time.. but i'm faced with the question: is it good or bad idea?

  or how far should i go and to what lengths should i go in my efforts to fight this cult?.

  i think being a jw for 29 years has defined a large chunk of my life and to just try to forget about it may be a big mistake.

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  Elders dont know much !!

  by leo999 in

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  one of the reasons that i started to 'wake up' from 50 odd years of slumbering in the 'truth' was the realization that the elders just do not know very much at all .

  in fact they are so very ignorant !.

  2 years ago , i was trying to fill in the advance blood directive form , or whatever it is called and i had the km insert on the allowable fractions to refer to .

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  Artists in Societys publications are working under inspiration?

  by donny in

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  i saw this in a post from a watchtower facebook page.

  a person asks about the discrepancy between the society's illustrations and the actual biblical text.

  look at the response for some good humor.. .

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  mischievious tricks and cunning plans

  by leo999 in

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  i am in the process of reading steve hassans combatting cult mind control and i'm wondering has anyone here resorted to underhand , sneeky ways to free their loved ones from the jw's ?

  how far would you go to free them ?

  also has anyone enjoyed playing tricks to get back at the elders , ie dropping cig ends in the kh and dropping apostate tracts in suitcases etc etc.

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  Watchtower cleans out Kingdom Hall Library's ...

  by RR in

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  2. beliefs

  last night i got a call from a chap in the uk, who recently left the jw's.

  he wanted to compare notes with his us counterparts.. he said that a few years ago, (i think about 2 years ago) the society cleaned out all the literature from every kingdom hall, particularly russell and rutherford books and anything prior to 1950. giving each hall a computer with the watchtower cd rom for them to use for research.

  he wanted to know if the same was done in the states.

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  a BIG shoutout to jwfacts

  by poopsiecakes in

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  im sure this has been mentioned many times on this site but i wanted to express my personal feelings of gratitude to paul at jwfacts.com.

  paul, your site changed my life.

  even though i discovered it when i was already disfellowshipped and really didnt have the intention of going back, i was still a fierce jw apologist.

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