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  EPIC!#%* NOVEMBER 2015 WT VIDEO "Welcome Home My Friend, Now Your Life Can Start Again"

  by NoMoreHustle in

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  2. beliefs

  well i just watched this "epic" video, i would have to say this is probably the most disturbing video yet.

  there campaign to get people back is just pathetic in the most mind-manipulating way.

  "welcome home" or "come back home" are they serious?

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  Dissonant15

  Yeah, and tonight my dad is trying to shove this propagandist sh** down my throat
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  Being interviewed by police tomorrow

  by moley in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  well tomorrow is a big day for me.

  i'm finally going to be interviewed by the police about what happened to me as a kid.. im running the whole gamut of emotions at the moment.

  sad, anxious, angry, guilt, fear and many more that cannot be quantified.. i feel physically sick, cannot sleep, have lost my appetite and i am desperately trying not to self harm.. i've got my sister to thank for getting this far.

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  Your bravery is admirable! Too many don't come forward because it's so painful. If it helps just one less JW child be abused, speaking out is worth it. You can never know just how far reaching your sole efforts could be for other families.
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  What I Hate About Halloween....

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ....is that it has totally wiped away the distinct celebration of november 5th and bonfire night.

  fireworks and bonfires are still ubiquitous this time of year but it's just merged in with halloween which, whilst always being celebrated, was not as promoted and so overwhelming as it is now.. bring back the guy!.

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  Dissonant15

  We don't have that in the U.S. We have fireworks on Independence Day. But we also have Mexican Day of the Dead on Nov 1st.
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  CO Comes Up With A New Way To Be Judgemental...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  at the latest co visit something very strange happened.

  during the meeting with the elders and servants he passed out a copy of a hypothetical publisher card and asked us what we could learn from it.

  upon receiving it i saw that the average hours were pretty good, it had return visits and quite a few bible studies.

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  Dissonant15

  While we're at it CO-exposing, how about this one. Bro Lebel (aka "La-Douche") at his first ever visit at our cong...

  To the pioneers: "Don't think I'm like the last C.O. I will not tolerate any unmet yearly hour requirement under any circumstances."

  To the elders/MS: "Don't underestimate me. I have been known to dissolve entire congregations in one visit. I did in my last assignment and will not hesitate to do it again."

  ...Hey asshat, how about you just dissolve all the congregations for us?
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  question: Pinky rink, the ring i have seen on alot of the GB resembles a Masionic ring

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i get infuriated when i see the god's (guardians of doctrine) sporting pinky rings or rings on there right hands.

  like a club association.

  when i try and take a look at the ring it resembles a masionic ring.

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  GTTM, I've been thinking that for a while now.
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  The Psychological Manipulation of the Watchtower.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when someone interacts with you they can influence your thoughts and also manipulate your thinking.

  i became aware that this is what i was doing with householders on the ministry.

  we chipped away at householders with manipulation, and called it a return call.

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  100% agree. I remember telling my bible student, "you're not going to progress until you start going to the KH." So she finally went, and what do you know is now a baptized subservient. When I think about all the bible students I used mind control on as a pioneer I feel awful. I just remember, I was under mind control too.
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  'Seek the Kingdom First' Economics

  by Tornintwo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone else's family finances been victim to the 'seek the kingdom first' economic policy?.

  for years, my husband and i have had our own business, my husband is not the most proactive guy, prefers to go in field service than to work, but he has always encouraged me to 'rely on jehovah and all these other things will be added to you', 'seek the kingdom first' etc etc.

  there have been times, such as when i was heavily pregnant and we lost a big deal, that i have been begging jehovah on hands and knees to honour that promise, wondering why he wasn't helping us.

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  Diogenesister has good advice, you can often get free financial and debt counseling through your bank. They can help you set up a plan even if your husband's isn't on board.

  Dubstepped it sounds to me like you guys did all the work, not a miracle of God. Congrats on getting out of debt. Your attitude and method reminds me of Dave Ramsey's school of thought.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christians. It's impossible.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  good morning.

  i was just checking out the forum and something occured to me.

  jws simply cannot be christians.

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  Dissonant15

  Didn't we used to have a song or something that said "We belong to Jehovah"?

  JWs don't worship Jesus or view him as diety, which is contrary to gospel accounts and most of Christendom today.
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  Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?

  by Dunedain in

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  2. experiences

  there were always all types of speakers in the org.

  myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.

  other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.

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  Dissonant15

  Just remembered a few more.

  This one passage of scriptures repeatedly mentioned the word "brazier," and the person reading it kept pronouncing it like "brassiere."

  This older guy, a very flustered speaker, giving a TMS talk assignment about homosexuality, blurted out in the middle "Homo sex is unclean & dirty!"

  This one elder had his face and hand blown off in an accident. He would give incomprehensible hour long public talks with his half a face and hook hand. Literally, no one could understand a word he said. But everyone kept requesting him far and wide because "his bravery is so inspiring!" Children of the audience were a mix of either terrified or giggling.
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  Apostasy and Pedophile Scandal are Spreading

  by cookiemaster in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so here's an interesting thing that happened lately.

  if you guys have followed my previous posts, you probably know my mother almost died from severe anemia, decided to take blood transfusions to avoid death and the elders announced the congregation she disassociated.

  last week a "brother" came to visit from a congo about 100 kilometers away.

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  Dissonant15

  That's very encouraging. I hope more of my loved ones start coming around like this.