Rank&FileGuy

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  New Simplified Watchtower - No More Beating Around the Bush!

  by Rank&FileGuy in

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  2. bible

  looking forward to comparing the study edition vs. the simplified edition in upcoming months.

  the grip is tightening!

  more control!

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  Rank&FileGuy

  Looking forward to comparing the study edition vs. the simplified edition in upcoming months. The grip is tightening! More control! OBEY US!
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  The GB tightening their grip! Straw to break a camel's back?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i post on a couple of forums and read and lurk and all that stuff.. a theme that seems to be gaining momentum is about how the gb are 'tightening their grip' and 'becoming more cultish'.. i don't read the publications anymore and oddly i read extracts of them on the forums.. punk is babbling now.............sorry...................my questions are (sorry if they're a bit long.

  sorry if i sound like satan: 'is it really so?

  ' but then i am a mentally diseased apostate).. 1. are the gb really tightening their grip or is it just the same as it ever was........but..........we just notice the propaganda more now we're out?.

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  Rank&FileGuy

  I did a side-by-side comparison of the new simplified version vs. the study edition. OBEY the faithful and discreet slave...the grip is definitely tightening.

  
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  Namby-Pambyland boo hoo Drama Queen

  by brotherdan in

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  2. friends

  alright guys,.

  i'm going to suck up my pride, apologize to those that i offended, promise to not be insulting anymore, and let bygones be bygones.

  i know that there will be people here that will make fun of me coming back after such a dramatic exit (i.e.

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  Rank&FileGuy

  Glad to see you back Dan, I've always enjoyed your comments.
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  Watchtower's new entrants get to hear the Governing Body share their qualifications

  by Dogpatch in

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  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-frdngnwvm .

  here's a rare one you'll not find elsewhere, send it to your friends!.

  new bethel entrants introduction to the governing body circa 1985. two new bethel boys at watchtower headquarters somehow managed to videotape this introduction to the brooklyn bethel headquarters of the governing body off of the bethel tv screen.

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  Rank&FileGuy

  So you can put the face with a name.

  
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  Let's study the Organization and dress up like Rutherford!

  by Rank&FileGuy in

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  2. beliefs

  study the bible on family worship night?

  nah!

  let's study the organization and dress up like rutherford!

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  Rank&FileGuy

  Study the Bible on Family Worship Night? Nah! Let's study the Organization and dress up like Rutherford! Is it just me or is the Watchtower getting more and more overt about glorifying the Governing Body and Organization then ever before? Illustration is in latest WT (Study Edition) March 15, 2011 p.18.
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  Cult...Cult...Cult...Cult!

  by Cold Steel in

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  2. bible

  it seems that many people on this board get a certain amount of glee calling the jehovah's witness faith a "cult.

  " especially former jehovah's witnesses.

  and though it's true in a number of senses, we must be conscious of the fact that the early christians were considered by nearly everyone in roman and jewish society as a cult.

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  Rank&FileGuy

  Read Combatting Cult Mind Control by Steve Hassan. The book is about the authors experience with The Moonies (nothing to do with JW's). They employ all four major components of mind control: Behavior Control, Thought Control, Emotional Control, and Information Control. The book changed my life and helped me realize they qualify to be grouped as a high-control cult.
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  Video: Jehovah's Witness Elders Lie and Call Police

  by leavingwt in

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  2. beliefs

  (via free minds).

  jehovah's witness elders lie and call police.

  on october 31, 2010 jehovah's witnesses elders lie when asked by charles huff, also a jehovah's witness, if they shun ex-members of the jehovah's witnesses' religion.

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  Rank&FileGuy

  This type of behavior just feeds into the witnesses persecution complex and is defeating IMHO. You need to get them THINKING. In a calm manner ask them QUESTIONS that they can't answer or that cause cognitive dissonance. The key is to get them asking their own questions and doing their own research apart from the WTS.
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  "Charitable Giving" Brochure

  by HintOfLime in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  can someone provide me with some information on the names and nature of a brochure by the wt with a name something along the lines of "charitable giving"?

  upon learning that a close jw relative was diagnosed with cancer, and possibly on their deathbed, the "friendly neighborhood jw hopital group" showed up, had a lengthy closed-door discussion with him one-on-one (wife couldn't be present), and left a brocure and dvd in the room with a title along the lines of "charitable giving" - i'm sorry, i didn't read the full name before it disappeared.

  the 'brothers' (*cough* moneyhounders in sheeps clothing *cough*) had already left this "information" and had "discussions" with him before even the family learned of the situation and had arrived.. am i right in thinking this is a "you're soon-to-be-widow doesn't really need that life insurance money" brochure?

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  Rank&FileGuy

  Lime, check your messages, I sent to something.

  -RFG
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  The organisation wants our money

  by Heartofaboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone heard that at the end of the theocratic service meeting last night the organisation asked for money, pensions, properties, shares, insurance policies in fact anything of any financial value?.

  it upset some people attending the meeting.. .

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  Rank&FileGuy

  One thing I thought was interesting is that the "Charitable Planning" brochure is now freely available behind the literature counter, no more having to go to an elder to ask for one. It's very difficult to sit through talks like this where they're pleading for jewelery, stocks, land, property, etc. and then brag that there's no collection plate passed at the kingdom hall like in Christendom.
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  Following GB equals following Christ (Visual Aid)

  by Rank&FileGuy in

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  2. bible

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  just a visual aid to help everyone understand what message they're conveying in the watchtower study this coming sunday.

  it's funny but just by using their first names instead of "governing body" really brings home the ridiculousness of it.. -rfg.

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  Rank&FileGuy

  

  Just a visual aid to help everyone understand what message they're conveying in the Watchtower study this coming Sunday. It's funny but just by using their first names instead of "Governing Body" really brings home the ridiculousness of it.

  -RFG