What makes it hard to say is that most people don't become JWs because life is great. So how many of them were normal when they joined or had normal parents if they were born in.
mynameislame
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We Knew Many JWs That Weren’t Right....what about xjws??
by minimus indo you think that when people leave the religion that they are basically now, “normal”?
or do you think it’s more a work in progress?.
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mynameislame
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Who's he kidding!?
by Lost in the fog ini had to read this paragraph twice in case i'd misread it the first time.
who is he trying to kid!?
mr gomez says, "there's very little rules, if any, most of our conduct is governed by principles, and there's a lot of room for us to make personal choices.
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mynameislame
Diogenesister
The movie (office space) is worth a watch. It does a good job of making fun of absurd corporate practices, at least in the US.
Flair is something you do to make yourself stand out, like the reddit flair. In this case it was the buttons.
The clip just made me think how the JWs say they have very few rules but seem to have an awful lot of non-negotiable "suggestions".
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Who's he kidding!?
by Lost in the fog ini had to read this paragraph twice in case i'd misread it the first time.
who is he trying to kid!?
mr gomez says, "there's very little rules, if any, most of our conduct is governed by principles, and there's a lot of room for us to make personal choices.
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mynameislame
He's probably not lying, he believes it.
This is how the non-rules work.
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Collapse of JW Org - Possibly on the Horizon?
by JWTom inthis topics get a great deal of discussion here.
what i find interesting is even some of my pimi family is embracing the reality that all is not well with jw.org and that many current jws are just going through the motions due to not having a good way out of the org.
wondering what could realistically lead to the collapse of jw.org in the not distant future?
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mynameislame
The new generation explanation is so stupid it makes me wonder if someone isn't trying to wind things down without causing mass suicides within the ranks.
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The most thrilled topic but why dont people reply with facts/ figures
by Ardian inthe watchtower and awake have been listed as the most popular magazines.the figures are astonishing.
i am not sure whether it is based on reality or not.. source: https://tingtopten.com/2020/01/top-10-most-popular-magazines-in-the-world/.
i have seen the link on many social media networks.
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mynameislame
Where to start
That site seems amateur at best. I'd be surprised if it wasn't being run by a JW. If not the site then at least that post.
Probably one of the JWs that preys on other JWs. Open a site, post a couple pro-jw stories, post link on social media, make money on advertising.
Either way it is typical JW slippery speak that is hard to refute because it isn't and outright lie. It is easy to be number one when you define the criteria.
What was the criteria for judging the popularity?
But, we have compiled a list of top 10 most popular magazines of 2020 is based on their circulation and popularity.
Obviously written by someone skilled in circular reasoning. However they are clearly not skilled in writing.
Comparing the WT and Awake to a commercial magazine is a bit of a stretch. It's like comparing a matchbox car to it's real life counterpart.
Does folding the pages in half and stapling them make something a magazine?
Calling it a magazine is another one of the JW slippery terms. Even if it is technically a magazine calling it one is deceptive.
Find another "magazine" that is written on 100% news print.
The only ones I can think of are those advertising ones near the exit to supermarkets and restaurant. I know I have never thought of those as magazines.Circulation:
They have a forced circulation of 8 million right off the bat.
Minus that from the total and what have you got? Considering that it is published world wide makes whatver it is even less impressive.
Even if it is still more than other "magazines" what is the value of that circulation? It certainly isn't turning into a lot more recruits.
From their perspective it probably means that whoever took the WT or Awake has accepted the license agreement to join or be killed at the big A.
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Observations loosely based on this week's WT.
by Jofi_Wofo ini struggled mightily to stay awake for today's zoom meeting.
at least we have it on saturday morning, so i don't have to dread it for the rest of my lovely weekend.. i suppose you could summarize today's lesson as such- "the annointed are annointed because they say they are annointed, and the annointed are special because god says they are special, and we know that god says what we say god says because we say god says that what we say god says is what god says.".
lord helmet: everybody got that?!.
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mynameislame
I disagree with one point, that "none of them claim to be the Christ"
While they don't outright clam that they are Jesus, they have clearly attributed many of the things said about Jesus to themselves. And it is clear that Jesus is of little importance in their religion.
One example, Jesus said No one comes to the Father except through Me.
JWs say the exact same thing about themselves.
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where have the demons gone?
by aboveusonlysky indoes anybody remember some of the sensational demon stories jw's would tell back in the day?
i was a kid in the early 80's and i remember a few times hearing of people having real life encounters with demons.
for example, one sister claimed that before she became a jdub she would regularly talk to demons and they would even fix stuff like her washing machine!
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mynameislame
My theory is that it had to do with the influx of heavy drug users. Which would have been about that time.
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The Pope Tells Trump He's Not A Christian
by minimus inthis should be fun.
building a wall is unchristian.
i can't understand why the pope is getting involved in american politics.. poor donald..
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mynameislame
Could be the beginning of the end for religion if trump gets elected.....
Just sayin....
Of course we could always send the undocumented people to the Vatican....
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WT should admit that 1914
by bobld inwas a man made date when jesus came and that a generation is not 102 plus years.. why not say something like this.when the disciples asked jesus for a sign and the end of the age.jesus gave them a composite sign and said all these things will take place.when-before the people now living(at the end of the age which no one knows)have all died..
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mynameislame
They have already moved it to the 90s with the new overlapping generation teaching. My guess is they will soon be referring to a single generation that started in the 90s.
I was wondering why they used such a confusing explanation to extend the "last generation". And I think I figured it out.
The explanation is much more confusing than it needs to be. I believe this is on purpose. They know that most people will be embarrassed that they are too dumb to get it so will just go along.
That means when they go about dropping 1914 all together and just concentrating on the 90s all the confused people will be relieved that they have an explanation they can finally explain.
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WATCHTOWER SCAM? WTWR NYSE
by biblexaminer inin 2009, a new company, traded on the new york stock exchange was initiated.. watchtower inc. wtwr.
corporate headquarters.
100 henry streetbrooklyn, new york 11201united states.
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mynameislame
Another interesting link
https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k4j3mzl0l/watchtower-inc/
Note their web page is http://watchtowerdocuments.org/ which appears to be an exjw site?