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  "Even if it isn't the truth, it's still the best way to live"

  by Simon in

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  2. beliefs

  have you heard that old chestnut?

  i have.. typically it's the last resort when you have dismantled a jws beliefs and they have no way of defending them.

  they know they are beat so they come out with that one.. its effectively an admission that you are right and they have no argument but they are still going to attend meetings because they like the social club.. what a lame way to defend your faith..

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  Yep I've heard it.

  I then ask how they feel about telling people to make life and death decisions based on 'old light' and how would they feel if they let a child die that could have had a blood fraction.

  As you can see their face turning ......I then ask them how people feel about those that walk into a theater and yell fire, resulting in people being hurt or even killed. ....as they ponder, I then let them know 'that is what JW's have been doing for the last century".....

  There is nothing 'innocent' about being a Jehovah's Witness. You're telling lies, damaging psyches and in some cases, costing people their lives...both physically and mentally.
  
  
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  Book Review: The Watchtower Society, Organizational Misbehavior

  by johnny depp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the way crisis of conscience should have been written.

  finally, a book written on the watchtower society by someone who actually knows how to write!

  after reading the subheading, “the psychology of jehovah’s witnesses,” (pages 160–182), i have abandoned the belief that we have an “unconscious,” and will never again consult any psychologist, psychiatrist, or counselor.

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  Interesting, I wasn't aware of this book.

  ...and the Insight Books have bit the dust.....apparently not very 'insightful' anymore.

  LOL
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  Ex elders vs. Current elders

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in our congregation there are now more ex-elders than current ones.

  (probably very common).

  what i notice most of all, is that the ones who were the best speakers (we actually had some good ones) are the ones who have all stepped down.. i'm of the opinion the better teachers recognize its all a joke, and can't be bothered to reach out again.. so the ones left who are taking the lead are the most boring ones available.

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  daringhart13

  YES.

  100% true in my former congregation, as well as the entire 'circuit'

  It's fascinating.....the best speakers/teachers end up quitting or leaving....interesting to see someone else observe that.
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  To all JDub lurkers: How can you continue to preach knowing that you are telling lies?

  by macys in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a damn serious question.

  you must know by now that jerusalem was not destroyed in 607 bce and that 607 was initially picked by ct russell by using his "pyramid scheme" measurements.

  there is no hiding these facts yet you continue to preach this nonsense.

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  To further the question.....how evil do you have to be to preach lies to people and bring them into such a 'religion?'

  Anyone who does is seriously morally bankrupt.

  Being a Jehovah's Witness is NOT an innocent decision. It harms people.
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  Lurkers: A truth is either true, or it isn't. There is no in between.

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  truth is absolute.

  there is no such thing as 2=1 or 1=2.. if one starts out with the equation 2=1, one has already failed.. truth = truth.

  you cannot change whether something is truth or not.. when the organization teaches one thing as a truth (ex.

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  My message has always been: "what are you afraid of?"

  Read 1 John 4
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  ELDERS, ha ha ha ha....!!!!!

  by brandnew in

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  2. friends

  so as many know....ive been df'd goin on 19 years already.

  i drive pops to meetings, and drop him off on saturdays for fs.. well yesterday, the elders ask to speak to me, and tell me that if i plan on returning to jehovah, i had better shave my beard off..

  omg!!!!!!

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  daringhart13

  You're a good man.....I would have leaned into their face real close and told them to "go %$#@ themselves"...... and dare them to touch me
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  New York Times article Dec 31 2015

  by Gayle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/nyregion/stalled-brooklyn-park-exposes-rift-with-religious-group.html?_r=0.

  jehovahs witnesses have been criticized by community leaders for not fixing up parks in dumbo, brooklyn, as promised.

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  They are always "loving their neighbor" aren't they?

  LOL.....they are so pathetic.
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  The really cool feeling of community within JWs

  by Phaedra in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i remember going out with other jws after the memorial.. small gatherings.. picnics at some local landmark.. the feeling of closeness, camaraderie, friendship with like minded people you could trust.. haven't experienced it since i left.. really miss that..

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  I remember my fellow elders and their wives getting hammered on wine following the Memorial every year.

  Yeah......I don't miss that. Or them. At all.
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  What's a better story that Beth-sarim

  by eyeuse2badub in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://nyp.st/1mgz4ql.

  this group built a place for non other than jesus-heck with those "ancient worthies".. just saying!.

  eyeuse2badub.

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  Beth SHAN.

  Look it up.....its a doozy in it's own right......and not known by many.
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  Questions for Serena Williams

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  being as serena williams shows outstanding abilities and skills at that which she exerts herself in, such as tennis, it would seems reasonable that serena williams has the same high level of abilities in all of her worthwhile endeavors.

  perhaps she has this level of abilities in her journey as one of jehovah's witnesses.

  would it not be reasonable that those who need greater clarification and understanding of certain bible subjects, to make contact with serena and ask her such questions?.

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  daringhart13

  She isn't a Jehovah's Witness.

  In fact, NO ONE that doesn't live their laws, demands and schedule can say they're a Jehovah's Witness.

  There are tons of 'baptized' JW's that aren't JW's at all........they are fake, living double lives. Their depth of spirituality.....as some call it.....is only measured in not getting caught and continuing to 'associate'

  JW's are the hard core followers that obey and waste their lives on a daily basis.