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  Going on the OFFENSIVE

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the wtbts has an easy time painting x-witnesses as apostates because the direction of information is entirely one way.

  and jws rarely get an opportunity to consider both sides of the equation for themselves.

  i think that websites like this one are a great tool for those who are already questioning their beliefs or are already entirely out.

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  Going on the OFFENSIVE

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the wtbts has an easy time painting x-witnesses as apostates because the direction of information is entirely one way.

  and jws rarely get an opportunity to consider both sides of the equation for themselves.

  i think that websites like this one are a great tool for those who are already questioning their beliefs or are already entirely out.

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  Start plastering this on everything ...

  
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  " Do not ask permission, just play the video--" service meeting instructions.

  by prologos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this statement startled me out of the pleasant mental absence during this week's "service" meeting.. pushing the org.

  explanation: "the listener has time to interrupt, if they want--" .

  together with an incredible boring "study" of an hand held device, or it's stored content, i will be a totally new crop of orgies at the halls,.

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  wannabefree

  During the age of the phonograph, I could be wrong, but I believe these were provided by "The Society". Just wait til Gramma's forced to purchase their little iPads (or androids) start dropping them while fumbling at the door and getting cracked screens. This could get costly for these folks.
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  Lurker no more

  by DaleRivers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks:.

  i've been lurking here all summer and i finally decided to take the plunge and join you all.. i'm a single, 53 y/o black woman living in the nyc metro area (usa).

  i was brought up around jws:mom's mom, mom and my favorite auntie were all in.

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  Welcome!
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  Am I the youngest one on here?

  by Capstone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i finally registered on here after reading on the forum for almost two years on and off (more often the last year).

  to give you some background on who i am i can say that i'm a girl in my late teens and live in western europe.

  my mom is a jw and my dad is not.

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  Hi Capstone, welcome.
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  Apple Cider Vinegar

  by poppers in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i've been drinking 1 tbs with a glass of water twice daily for digestion for about 3 weeks now.

  i've found it helps, but it also acts as an appetite suppressant; i've lost several pounds since using it.

  i'm consuming fewer calories because i'm just not as hungry as before.

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  caroline77 ... I made the same mistake your father did the first time I tried it. I put two tablespoons into a cup, put it up to my mouth and took a breath just before I was about to drink it ... my esophagus closed right up, couldn't breathe at all ... as others have said DILUTE it! Learned from experience
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  2014 AGM announcement rumour

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from barbara anderson, former watchtower headquarters researcher and writer, on another recent thread:.

  it is expected that at the 2014 annual meeting, usually held the first saturday in october, will serve watchtower leaders well to cover-up all the 100-years of prophetic nonsense.

  rumor has it they are going to celebrate their 100-years of announcing the kingdom in an adroit way by featuring a move of "great" significance to do with the expansion of the governing body to an "apostolic" 12 or some other fantasy idea.. .

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  I missed the other thread about the announcemnet shocking the old timers.

  I think the GB/Lawyers that run the Corporation know that shocking the old-timers is the way to go. These older ones have too much emotionally invested in the relgion to lose that the majority will most likely just feel depressed but continue (some will leave, others may just find ways to reduce their support), but where will they go? This religion is their identity, their entire social structure ... the younger ones on the other hand, they are eating up these changes and they are the future of the religion, the powers to be know it and they are adapting to survive. It's a con, it has become obvious.
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  Waking up your spouse

  by All for show in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am aware this has to be done quite carefully, but how?

  while many may complain and see the hypocrisy within the kh's, maybe even with the gb, how does one bring up doctrine issues?

  i surely can not tell my husband to "go look what jwfacts.com says".

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  I haven't been able to do it ... it doesn't work for all.

  have a look at this recent post on jwsurvey, perhaps you will find some things useful

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/comparing-cults-the-most-effective-way-to-wake-up-a-loved-one
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  More delegate parties and dancing!

  by Atlantis in

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  july 2014 - conyers assembly hall party and dancing for the.... play the video!.

  petra.

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  @ 2:32 ... did that brother cop a feel?
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  Will JW.ORG actually harm the WT Society Long Term ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my son and i were discussing this yesterday over coffee.

  since the wt society in previous years virtually demonized going on the internet at all for jw's - now wt leaders are doing a complete turn around or about face probably so as to " compete " or keep up with all the anti-jw websites that are out there to give the wt society point of view.. however- it very well may backfire on them as once people start doing google searches looking for jw.org it will bring up all the other websites dealing with any jw issues and in the privacy of their own homes out of curiosity i'm sure lots of jw's are going to want to check out some of these sites to see what all the " apostate " hoopla is all about.

  i wonder how many jw's will do this and will it have an effect in opening more minds to other views ?

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  In the short term not good, long term I think they will recover. Look how many left after '75 then the growth during the 80's, I joined the "high control group" in 1986, I was 20, 1975 meant nothing to me and at that age seemed so long ago LOL!

  It will just make the cult more normal to those who desire to fit in and be a part of a bigger picture. I think they will eventually have to lighten up on higher education though.