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  Stephen Lett at our assembly today

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  2. experiences

  he delivered the most cultic piece of propaganda i've ever seen in an assembly.

  wife typed up the whole thing.

  i will be posting when i get a chance.

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  elderINewton

  Anyone who has been trapped in an elevator can see it's a great illustration. Either they keep you trapped in to control what you see and do and keep you confined, or you escape.
  Thing may go up or down but if that damn thing keeps you in its like what now?
  Man escaping this cult feels the same, as I was once trapped in an elevator for 4 hours. Damn cult was 20 years but thanks for the illustration Lett.
  Just for makemeanunbeleiver Luke 21:8 "Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them."
  Guess you shouldn't follow them as you wouldn't be following God's direction.
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  Do You Remember The First Time You Looked At "Apostate" Material?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i was always fascinated by it.

  as a kid, i used to go to the local library and secretly read books by so called apostates.

  later, i would sneak into christian book stores and quickly buy a book or two.

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  In university while I was studying with JW's. I didn't understand all the acronyms and didn't bother to dig further into them, as it was all weird.

  I remember it was the Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. It just seemed too far fetched to be real.

  Nothing like being wrong.

  Then while in, I did nothing for 12 years, and then boom, a googles news article then off to the internet.
  
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  Quality of JW teaching from elders

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there was a recent thread on the "quality" of converts to jws in recent years.

  it wasn't a pretty picture, based on the thread contents.. well, the lack of depth isn't restricted to new converts.. in our clam this week, one of the principal points for review was this:.

  ne 1:1; 2:1—why can we conclude that “the 20thyear” mentioned at nehemiah 1:1 and 2:1 is countedfrom the same starting point?

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  The quality is indeed diminishing probably due to strict confirming to the tms book. Some stuff made sense but never allowed for a person to be anything but a robot. The new clam meeting will amplify this in years to come unless it's all from a TV.
  Lastly, the candidates being brought in are not the most well versed or educated. You get what you pay for.
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  The slow trickle has become a steady stream!

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the last few weeks it seems that instead of one or two new posters a week we seem to be getting several every day.

  many seem to be long time jw's who are troubled by the path of the organisation.

  this is really encouraging to those of us who have been here sometime.. welcome!

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  I can't help but wonder if the cult is just evolving to the point that all you get is really in people, and that in turn drives other people to learn TTATT.

  So soon all that will be left is jus the uber dub's. Which is really all the GB want, besides there money that is.

  I can say I personally thought I might be one rare elder that escaped. This site proved me dead wrong on that. But I did notice that for all the former elders that I have read about, they all have the common theme of actually caring for people. Obedience trumps caring, and thus we have the uber dub division.

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  Walking a thin line - Resigning Elder

  by Sanchy in

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  2. friends

  warning of a long boring post ahead.

  i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.

  i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.

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  elderINewton

  best of luck. I know how hard it is to step away, and the pain that goes with it.

  One of the things that woke my wife up was an article on white blood cells in breast milk, where I had showed her and worked into one of our studies. I approached it with the I'm not sure if we should breast feed the child... It was her start.

  Keep looking and you'll find your path.
  
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  FEB 2016 broadcast

  by Grey Goose in

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  it might be the craziest one yet..

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  I need the Swedish chef in that video somehow....
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  Aussie jw girl very sick in US funded by wordly people carity

  by sherrie11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/i-want-to-go-home-13yearold-phelicity-sneesbys-dying-wish-20160130-gmhky4.html.

  this article is sad.

  but what amazes me is her jw family is accepting donations or has to resort to the very worldly people they look forward to being destroyed.

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  elderINewton

  I thank Sherri11 for the link. I have forwarded this to a few "in" friends and said take a read of this after you watch the broadcast.

  I hope this wakes up some minds.

  I hope that all the apostates pick this up and show that the GB really doesn't care. Maybe that will work.

  
  
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  Aussie jw girl very sick in US funded by wordly people carity

  by sherrie11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/i-want-to-go-home-13yearold-phelicity-sneesbys-dying-wish-20160130-gmhky4.html.

  this article is sad.

  but what amazes me is her jw family is accepting donations or has to resort to the very worldly people they look forward to being destroyed.

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  this is the girl in the February 2016 broadcast.

  Not sure if I should get angry or cry.
  
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  Reveal News: "Jehovah’s Witnesses fight law on reporting child sex abuse to police" by Trey Bundy

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/jehovahs-fight-law-requiring-child-sex-abuse-be-reported-to-police/.

  jehovah’s witnesses fight law on reporting child sex abuse to police.

  trey bundy, february 1, 2016 .

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  elderINewton

  I actually disagree that the elders have a legal case in that they have only been orally implied to have the privilege. The catholic church actually has evidence in paper, so evidence to prove the privilege. All elders have is being told they do, its no different than everyone else is told they are now ministers when they are baptized. So if a 13 yr old gets baptized do they get the same privilege? Its a technicality rather than dealing with the denomination specific laws. Its the witnesses that have to prove that the elders had such privilege, rather than the other way around. Ignorance is not a defense under the eyes of the law.

  Will be interesting to watch.
  
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  Cue to leave

  by Grey Goose in

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  2. friends

  just reading a thread about one circuit saying the pubs must donate $10.. it got me thinking, that if it ever became policy to donate a % of ones income, that would be my cue to leave.

  or i would kick up such a stink about it i would be kicked out.

  either would be good for me.. so, is there any public policy changes which would be your cue to leave?.

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  As it says in combating mind control we all have lines. It's those lines we can't cross that wake is up.

  The problem is that the line isn't the same for everyone. So the moments to leave are different for as all.

  It's usually only after you reflect on the lines you missed