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  The effects of shunning on The View

  by Rebecca 619 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sheri sheppard spoke about this as a ex jw how it affects a person to be dfd,you feel like you loose your identity, its very difficult, i see my son struggling, i wish this practice can be done away with,so hurtful for everyone..

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  Here's a link- it's season 17 episode 57:

  http://watchabc.go.com/the-view/SH559080/VDKA0_2s0kti0j/the-view-1126

  (The page says it will expire in 6 days)
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  The effects of shunning on The View

  by Rebecca 619 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sheri sheppard spoke about this as a ex jw how it affects a person to be dfd,you feel like you loose your identity, its very difficult, i see my son struggling, i wish this practice can be done away with,so hurtful for everyone..

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  Hopefully this clip from The View on the JW shunning can end up on YouTube.
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  True Stories from the Tower - Part 1 "From Anointed to Pedophile to Bethelite"

  by BluePill2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.

  during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.

  as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.

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  Thanks for this bro. I am eager for more as the rest are.
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  Honest survey question on effectiveness of 'apostacy'

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems like lots of people have big dreams of 'destroying the watchtower'.

  it's usually linked to a story of how they were wronged and want some revenge.

  do these 'in your face' attempts to convince people that the truth isn't the truth really have an effect?.

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  Yeah Cedars to put yourself on Eric's category also is appalling!!!

  You suck Cedars you are the scum of the earth!

  Signed,

  Eric

  (Only 28 minutes until I can delete/alter this hastily written pithy-festo...)
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  Honest survey question on effectiveness of 'apostacy'

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems like lots of people have big dreams of 'destroying the watchtower'.

  it's usually linked to a story of how they were wronged and want some revenge.

  do these 'in your face' attempts to convince people that the truth isn't the truth really have an effect?.

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  I have personally had many people (over a dozen easily) message me just in the last year of doing this and say that watching one of my YouTube videos and/or reading my blog helped them to come out of WT.

  Notice the operative phrase is "helped them". It didn't work like some magic pill to deprogram them. As has been mentioned, a person has to be searching for answers, become a critical thinker, etc. But when people get near that tipping point and have the courage to type in a search on Google or YouTube then these resources may help them immensely.

  I used to try and target asleep JWs with my stuff but not anymore. I would rather focus on ones that are fading and contemplating leaving the movement, ie, ones that want help to escape WT. Here's a recent example of a some that were helped by watching these videos from my friend Shyla:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBNazYB3j1A
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  Baptism is a risk says JW.org - New YouTube video

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been working on this one for a few weeks and it is finally done.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inmzhysxa-o.

  here's the description from the youtube video:.

  baptism is a risk!

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  Not everything in life is meant to be taken literally- that's all I've been trying to get across. If you like the video, great.

  If you don't then... you don't.
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  November 2013 Our Kingdom Ministry has been slightly adjusted

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we would like to inform you that the question box article published in the november 2013 issue of our kingdom ministry has been slightly adjusted.

  the updated version is available for download on jw.org.

  in preparing for the item, which is going to be discussed this week, we kindly ask you to use the updated version.

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  great graphics!
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  Baptism is a risk says JW.org - New YouTube video

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been working on this one for a few weeks and it is finally done.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inmzhysxa-o.

  here's the description from the youtube video:.

  baptism is a risk!

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  Thanks besty- if you feel the title is inaccurate that's okay that is your opinion and I respect that. I feel it is a 100% accurate statement that's what the little debate is about.

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  I have decided to start using "JW.org" interchangeably with Watchtower Organization, Watchtower Society, etc. for the simple reason that the WT is currently re-branding itself and phasing out the word "Watchtower" more and more. They are even putting up stores with "JW.org" on the side of them now. Not JW, not WT, but that.

  Their letters are usually signed:

  

  I predict that in the next five years the word "Watchtower" will not appear anywhere in their new writings, magazines, books, Kingdom Halls, etc.
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  Baptism is a risk says JW.org - New YouTube video

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been working on this one for a few weeks and it is finally done.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inmzhysxa-o.

  here's the description from the youtube video:.

  baptism is a risk!

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  We are all on the same side here and I appreciate the great comments and points made.

  What I find difficult to fathom is why someone would dogmatically stick to defending something that is the equivalent of the "tenth of the mint and the dill" and get stuck in a loop with responses like "the WTS does not say it is a risk in that article...which I find deceptive"

  Is WT deceptive or isn't it? Are they simply altruistic Christians trying to help these lovely young people become true Christians? If you know the WT is deceptive and a racket then why persist in arguing against the heinous act of child baptism into the cult of WT? You are in effect doing this:

  "THE ARTICLE DOESN'T ACTUALLY SAY BAPTISM IS A RISK SO NANNER NANNER NANNER YOUR VIDEO IS SH1T!!!!!!"

  We all know the risk of disfellowshipment is real. JW parents know it. GB members know it too, and the article make reference to this fact.

  It is the height of lameness IMO to keep debating this but some people love to disagree about everything and now I'm getting sucked into debating too lol...
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  Deceptive WT Quotes

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are there other wts quotes, such as the following, that clearly demonstrate deception (cover up) on the part of the organization.. "jehovah's witnesses have consistently shown from the scriptures that the year 1914 marked the beginning of this world's time of the end and that "the day of judgment and of destruction of the ungodly men" has drawn near.

  " watchtower 1993 aug 15 p.9.

  "the "time of the end," a period of one hundred and fifteen (115) years, from a.d. 1799 to a.d. 1914, is particularly marked in the scriptures.

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