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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
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  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  Ding - "I asked, 'When do WT publications stop being the truth and turn into garbage and apostate literature?'...He stormed out of my living room."

  Reminds me of a video on YouTube I once saw about a guy showing folks on the street certain passages in the Koran than they found offensive, with one fellow in particular espousing the Bible as therefore being inherently superior...

  ...only for the first guy to pull off the dust jacket and reveal that he was actually reading from the Bible.

  And the Biblical loyalist turned and stormed off down the street in a huff.

  Funny thing about assholes that we sometimes forget...

  ...you can give them enough toilet paper, but eventually they'll shit on themselves.

  
  
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  IWant2Leave - "...Old literature/light is right up there with apostate literature."

  IMO, you're even more right then you know.

  Hell, as far as the Org is concerned, anything that criticizes the the Society, contradicts "current light", or refutes WT ideology may as well be be "apostate"...

  ...even stuff that never had a WT connection in the first place.

  The only reason they haven't fully set it in stone is that it would probably limit recruitment too much, and "growth=God's blessing" is still too strongly embedded in the JW worldview.
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  Organized Rioting Across America Due To A Black Man’s Death

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  cities across america have been pillaged and destroyed these last few days.

  a white policeman has been charged with murder of a black man.

  protests have been organized across major us cities and horrible riots have occurred.

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  Vidiot

  I've heard that some organized protests are often infiltrated by opponents who deliberately try to incite violence in order to discredit said protests' agendas.
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  Spiritual Paradise Watchtower Style

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. beliefs

  can you believe the presumption?.

  https://youtu.be/1mamt-krcnc.

  https://youtu.be/wjnk-mr_860.

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  eyeuse2badub - "In my efforts to 'reverse witness' I always encourage people to watch and listen to Stephen Lett. If they can take him seriously, I know that my efforts are in vain..."

  smiddy3 - "...How can anybody take this man seriously? Surely anybody new to JWs and sees this guy give a talk would never come back."
  

  I often can't help but suspect that the rest of the GB are, in fact, fully aware of this, and deliberately put him on specifically as a sort of bizarre litmus test.

  If a current JW is so hard-core loyalist that he or she can drink Lett-flavored Kool-Aid and honestly say, "please sir, can I have some more"...

  ...they've got 'em for life*...

  ...and if a new recruit can't, well, let's be honest... they probably wouldn't want 'em anyway.

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  *not unlike increasingly staunch and borderline extremist rhetoric, for example...
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  Gorby's question about current US situation

  by Gorbatchov in

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  from the peacefull netherlands i have a question about the current situation in the us.. is a civil war possible?.

  g..

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  Vidiot

  Sometimes it feels like a new American Civil War IS brewing...

  ...between the Left and the Right.

  Which - if it actually happened - would be way worse than the North vs. the South, IMO.
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  Do as we SAY, but not as we DO!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. social
  2. current

  "it's easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they've been fooled.

  it's not just jw's who blindly follow their leaders.

  it's horrifying to see how easily mass-hysteria has been instilled in a nation.

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  Vidiot

  All hail the Newworldordereptilianuminati!!!
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  Do as we SAY, but not as we DO!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. social
  2. current

  "it's easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they've been fooled.

  it's not just jw's who blindly follow their leaders.

  it's horrifying to see how easily mass-hysteria has been instilled in a nation.

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  WakeupsheeplewakeupsheepleWAKEUPSHEEPLE!!!
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  Do You Think We Will Ever Get Back To “Normal”?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i hope that within the next several months we will get back to some type of normalcy.

  will restaurants ever get filled again?

  will you ever be able to sit at a bar or go to a concert or broadway show?.

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  * shrugs *

  What's "normal"?
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  Why is this an APOSTATE site?!?

  by LaraK in

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  2. suggestions

  i made a big mistake when signing up at this supposed website for jehovah's witnesses.

  after reading some things on this site it has become apparent to me that this site is nothing put another pathetic site for apostates: people who betrayed jehovah, left the truth, and are so bitter about their experiene in the truth, and they are angry just like satan because they know they will very soon be dead at jehovah's hand!.

  this website should be renamed something more fitting like "satan's playground" or a similar name that would get across the message of your site.. sincerely,.

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  TD - "Blast from the past. I wonder where Lara is today..."

  Hmph.

  The way things have been going, she'd probably got her own "apostate" website by now.

  
  
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  New Blood policy for JW medical professionals?

  by FreeAgent in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  hey folks, .

  it’s been a long time since i’ve posted, good to see the forum well attended & spicy as ever.

  this just in from a close & trusted source, names & local places redacted for obvious reasons:.

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  Vidiot

  Hmph.

  Just goes to show... never put the fucking lawyers in charge of a church.