It's hard to imagine that the number of people actually converting to JWism in their 20s or 30s is anything more than the tiniest trickle these days, in the West at least.
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classification of Jehovahs Witness members by when they joined up
by besty injust got to thinking how long can the watchtower peddle the 'soon' story with any credibility?.
i would say there are the oldtimer or born ins in the 70+ age group - they possibly remember the 2nd world war, and maybe joined for 1975 or made life affecting decisions meaning they are so commited with 'nowhere else to go' that they have surrendered to the resurrection hope.. then you have the '1986 international year of peace, the 1914+70 year' generation crowd.
people in their 40s and 50s now.
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The Governing Bodys irrational fear of the Apostate Boogeyman
by Londo111 inhttp://freeminds2.org/the-theocratic-life-and-times-of-theodore-jaracz/.
i was reading the above article by barbara anderson and was struck that, rather than knowing better, the governing body actually believes in this shadowy organization of former members who are out to attack them.
[jaracz] said that the governing body had been preparing for much longer than anybody could guess for an attack by apostates.
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[Jaracz] said that the Governing Body had been preparing for much longer than anybody could guess for an attack by apostates
Wow. Like, how exactly? Apostate-driven tanks gonna show up at Bethel's front door someday? dafuq?
"Breaking news, apparently a large group of former Jehovahs Witnesses are attacking the headquarters of the Watchtower Bible Society in Brooklyn Heights..."
ROFL! Jaracz was mad as a hatter!!
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." - Dan Quayle
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I wish I'd known this sooner
by JeffT ini would have done a lot of things differently if i'd known that compatibility started between her boobs.
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Yes, I think my face would fit just perfectly in that space.
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Prophets of Doom (interesting history podcast)
by fresh prince of ohio ina favorite podcast of mine for several years now has been dan carlin's hardcore history.
dan has a real gift for storytelling, and is a serious and humble student of history.. a recent episode (which i still haven't finished) deals with events that transpired in the german city of muenster in the early 1500s, events specifically related to the rise of protestantism and a millenial-apocalyptic fervor (with date setting and everything) that gripped a good chunk of the very, very religious populace, particularly the anabaptists.. the jw parallels are obvious, as you will discover if you decide to give it a listen.. http://www.dancarlin.com//disp.php/hharchive/show-48---prophets-of-doom/luther-reformation-history.
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Have you listened to his podcast "The Ghosts of Osfront"?
If I have, I've forgotten about it - but I'm pretty sure I haven't. I'll be sure to check it out.
Cool to know that I'm not the only person on here that enjoys this podcast!
Aren't the Anabaptists one of the sects that JW's believed were " Bible Heroes?" Going D2D preaching, probably members of the "slave class?"
It wouldn't surprise me, given the similarities. But, typical of the WTS, if they ever did publish something about Anabaptists in this context, then they had to have gone pretty 3rd grade level on the details.
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Prophets of Doom (interesting history podcast)
by fresh prince of ohio ina favorite podcast of mine for several years now has been dan carlin's hardcore history.
dan has a real gift for storytelling, and is a serious and humble student of history.. a recent episode (which i still haven't finished) deals with events that transpired in the german city of muenster in the early 1500s, events specifically related to the rise of protestantism and a millenial-apocalyptic fervor (with date setting and everything) that gripped a good chunk of the very, very religious populace, particularly the anabaptists.. the jw parallels are obvious, as you will discover if you decide to give it a listen.. http://www.dancarlin.com//disp.php/hharchive/show-48---prophets-of-doom/luther-reformation-history.
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A favorite podcast of mine for several years now has been Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. Dan has a real gift for storytelling, and is a serious and humble student of history.
A recent episode (which I still haven't finished) deals with events that transpired in the German city of Muenster in the early 1500s, events specifically related to the rise of Protestantism and a millenial-apocalyptic fervor (with date setting and everything) that gripped a good chunk of the very, very religious populace, particularly the Anabaptists.
The JW parallels are obvious, as you will discover if you decide to give it a listen.
http://www.dancarlin.com//disp.php/hharchive/Show-48---Prophets-of-Doom/Luther-Reformation-history
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J J Cale, After Midnight, passes
by designs injj cale was one of the best rock song writers in an era that had really great rock n roll song writers- here he is with eric clapton on the classic after midnight!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tiqv4irjs.
jj was 74.
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/27/showbiz/jj-cale-obit/index.html
Other musicians who covered Cale's work include The Band, Chet Atkins, Freddie King, Maria Muldaur and Captain Beefheart, according to his biography, which also notes he was asked whether it bothered him that fellow musicians considered him a legend while many fans did not even know his name.
"No, it doesn't bother me," Cale said. "What's really nice is when you get a check in the mail."
LOL
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In 12 Lines or Less: GIVE US YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY POETICALLY
by Terry inautobiography.
forever began at the day of my birth, but, it turns out that it was a lie,.
i am who i am when nobody's watching, then nothing is there to deny.. .
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damn, sorry...
it's been a long time
called but got no response
made a real mess of it
it was my only shot
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Is The Watchtower Spawning An Entire Industry Of Freedom Fighters?
by Narcissistic Supply in167,000 people cast off annually by the jw's; the number of broken and destroyed families grows to the millions?28 million dollars defending child endangerment?
are you kidding me?10's of millions "mentally diseased apostates" undermining the real estate laundering corporation?800 million in real estate sold in brooklyn *recently* by the jw ficticious business name statement?jehovah witness corporation crawling on its belly like a reptile to upstate new york?big money to be made eating the eyeballs out of the corporation?new tales of jw horror published daily?
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Tens of millions of apostates...wow, sorry, but let's not kid ourselves.
While lots of people leave or are forced out of that mess, i'd guess that only a small percentage of those that do truly break free from it mentally.
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Being pressured and getting increasingly stressed.
by NBird inhello, i'm a 17 year old born in and i'm done with this religion.
one hundred percent.
i came to the conclusion a year ago that i wanted to leave.
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"I just don't think I'm ready to get baptized yet. I know that the general thing is to do it when you're 12 or 13, but I also know that a lot of people who do that wind up getting DF'd later in life, so it makes me wonder, did they get baptized just because they felt pressured to? I really want to be sure that if I do get baptized, that it's my own decision, between me and Jeehoovy, and not because I feel pressured to."
Worth a try. Might buy you some time.
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Proust, Remembrance of Things Past
by Band on the Run ini wanted to read this in college.
its length is daunting but madelines are.my favorite cookie.has anyone here read it?
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It's one, er. seven, of thousands of books I'd like to read. If things go well, I'll be able to get through another two to three hundred books before my biological functions cease. So how to narrow down...