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  feeling sad

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the past number of months have been traumatic for myself and my family.. the fascist practices of the wts have wreaked monumental harm to us all - with 3 members hospitalized for suicide.. researching past events brings one to the overwhelmingly sad story of bethany hughes, and her parents lawrence and arliss.. (arliss was featured years later on a dc for her courage through their ordeal.).

  larry did what any normal, loving father would do.. try to protect his daughter.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocex1eu5v6u.

  it is doubly sad knowing personally one of the wts lawyers involved, and his relatives who have left the wts despite the harsh consequences.. sometimes, i wish there were a "dante" hell.. .

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  WT lawyer David Gnam gave a public talk at our hall about the faith of Bethany...he even had a short audio recording of Bethany voice that caused several to sob...anything goes to endoctrinate the sheep...how can you be proud for destroying this family by letting a child choose to die based on a shady doctrine.
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  What is the wackiest or strangest teaching that Witnesses adhere to?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  i guess there are many, but what would be the strangest teaching, or "wackiest" ?.

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  Because it represents life, blood is so sacred you can't use it to save a life...but you can use fractions even if those came from blood that was not poured on the ground...
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  What happy, wonderful thing happened to you since you left the "truth"?

  by Jeannette in

  1. social
  2. physical

  more than one thing for me, but i have learned to enjoy festivals, and just enjoying free time.

  it's not that the org wouldn't allow it, i just felt i shouldn't.

  there are others, of course, and i really have been happier and good things have come my way since i left.

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  It's wonderful to have my own opinion and to call "bull shit" instead of going along to please everybody else. I discovered life is beautiful when you're free from the control of the cult. My neighbors are not unhappy, immoral or hopeless as I was led to believe...all it took me to see this was to remove my WT glasses and see with my own eyes. I no longer exist to please others including a god who does not care about anything or anyone. I'm not sure what is next. All I know is that I'm happy now and at peace.
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  What makes a "good Jehovah's Witness"??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, i have been thinking...what is the formula or recipe for the "perfect jw"?.

  here are a few points i thought of...please feel free to add!.

  always dress in the jw manner...no variation in clothing / hair styles / facial hair.

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  Obey the elders even if it doesn't make any sense according to worldly standards...
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  9/11 Memorial and Jehovah's Witnesses!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  national 9/11 memorial flag.. .. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/911-memorial-museum-opens-to-public-in-ny/2014/05/21/64154ef6-e12f-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html.

  jehovah's witnesses involved.

  some of the brothers and sisters involved with the 9/11 memorial.... .. .

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  Preying on emotionally vulnerable people...spiritual vultures are what JWs are.
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  How many use iPads or tablets in your cong?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a question for those that still attend meetings.... how many use tablets or ipads in your hall?.

  i did roving microphones this week, and i counted 43 people (variety of ages) out of an audience of 98!.

  just curious....

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  My brother who is the CoBoE in his congregation just got a tablet. Both is wife and daughter have been using theirs in service. My sister in law asked me for help with hers and I saw some of the videos she loaded and shows to hiuseholders. My 81 years old pioneer mom wants hers too.
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  Spanish International Convention in Housont Texas - video

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came across this video on youtube.. a "special report" obviously made by a jw but seemingly with full support of the convention overseers.. it is long, i haven't watched the full production, what i found interesting is how theatrical they got for these things.

  dressing up in blue jeans and cowboy hats, putting on stereotypical (in any other setting jw's would call this being part of the world) cowboy-like personas ... it is quite theatrical and staged .... a bus is brought in led by a "cowboy" leaning out of a golf cart waving his hat like its a roundup, a cowboy greeter gives an obvious big hearty texas handshake ... they take on the appearance of the world when it is fun for them but condemn the average jdub at other times for doing it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ioych9mady.

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  International conventions always had people wearing their national garments to show JWs come from every country and every "land" as they would say. My mom's fondest memories of New York's 1958 convention are related to the colourful costumes delegates wore. My parents were there for 8 days and they didn't speak one word of English...still they were baptized...joining an international brotherhood.
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  "I don't care if it's teachings are false, I'd never leave because it's the best way of life"

  by 4thgen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have you ever heard that statement?

  i have heard it many times and i just don't know what to do with it.

  they are chosing a to live a lie because they like the lifestyle.

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  I used that very line of thought in the ministry when a householder challenged my beliefs using my own bible. I said no other religion shows unity and love for each other...for that reason alone I would never leave...man was I brainwashed and totally blind to the truth when it stood right in front of me.
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  Copy of my DA Letter

  by airborne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my first time posting here, although i have been a visitor to it for around a year.

  after doing a simple google search under "jehovah'switnesses" over a year ago, i found ttat.

  i was deeply unhappy with the congregation and decided to educate myself, and boy what an education i have gotten so far.

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  Welcome and great job on the letter. I may soon need to write something along the same lines...Lately my wife has been bringing salutations from some of the "friends" and elder when she returns from the meetings. I may have reappeared on the radar after being left alone for 4 years.
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  Reading the Bible Alone "Will Lead you to Apostate Thinkings!" Stay a Watchtowerite!

  by BucketShopBill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "from time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of jehovah's people those, who, like the original satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude...they say that it is sufficient to read the bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home.

  but, strangely, through such 'bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago.

  the watchtower, aug. 15, 1981.. .

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