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  CoC - Almost half way...

  by MissConfused in

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  thanks to all who suggested me this book.

  almost half way through the reading.

  it sheds light to the darkest secrets of this cult.

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  breakfast of champions

  It's a good read, whether you were ever a witness or not. I think he's a compelling writer.
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  "Giving Makes You Happy" jw.org video for kids

  by Scully in

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  giving makes you happy.

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  Lol@OUTLAW! That was good.
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  JW drone posted typical JW response about Syria on my Facebook wall

  by TheStumbler in

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  i like to keep politics and religion off my facebook.

  i have friends.

  colleagues and relatives on there from all different backgrounds.

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  is it me or do all JWs speak and write the same and adopt the same Watchtoerr rhetoric, tone and vocabulary?

  Yes they do. Just take a peek on one of the pro-JW message boads. There is no free thought, just wild imaginations and a regurgitation of watchtower rhetoric, often word for word.
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  Books used to study with JWs - what are they?

  by Scully in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm on the jw.org website, looking at the publications.. i'm curious as to the books being used with the 'new' studytm, and the order in which they are studiedtm.. anyone still on the inside, can you help me?.

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  Studying the Bible is a really bad idea for anyone who wants to come into "the truth"
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  Encounter at McDonalds

  by jws in

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  2. friends

  so i was helping some friends move and it came time for a break, i took my kids to mcdonalds.

  we're sitting there and there's a family across from us, man, wife, 2 kids under 4. in the next booth is this older guy, maybe late 60's.. i'm not really paying attention, but then this older guy says something to the family about everybody being "me-first" these days.

  so that caught my ear.

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  breakfast of champions

  I like OUTLAW's visual summary.

  Just about says it all.
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  New Book Published

  by satinka in

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  2. experiences

  i have been threatening to publish a book about growing up in the jw religion, then leaving as a mature adult.

  well, it's 368 pages and it's done!.

  introduction to the book.

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  breakfast of champions

  Congrats on your book! Being able to put life into words is a huge accomplishment.
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  Anyone used Steve Hassans techniques to successful get a JW to see TTATT

  by Frazzled UBM in

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  i am back online (sitting in the cathay lounge on my way to sydney) after a week with my wifes dysfunctional jw family in the rural philippines.

  thanks to your recommendation i have been reading steve hassans book and it has been very helpful for improving my communications with my wife by making me understand what will keep conversations going and what will shut them down.

  it has also helped me to understand what is going on with her.

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  My advice doesn't exactly reflect the "Hassan" method but, what I've found that works is:

  Love Bombing: love your wife/husband/family with every last ounce of your existence.

  Appeal to the Real Self: what does your wife/husband/family really love? Sports? Go to a Yankee game one Sunday. Art? Go to the local metropolitan museum in place of a meeting. Fill their lives with reality.

  Avoid doctrine: I think this is in line with what Hassan talks about. What gets at them are the emotional issues: pedophilia and such. As much as you are right about doctrine, avoid it.

  That's what comes to mind right now.
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  Bertrand russell on sceptisism (the philosophy)

  by bohm in

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  i am currently reading bertrand russells "a history of western philosophy" and this passage struck me as true:.

  scepticism naturally made an appeal to many unphilosophic minds.

  people observed the diversity of schools and the acerbity of their disputes, and decided that all alike were pretending to knowledge which was in fact unattainable.

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  breakfast of champions

  Good quote!
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  new book printed in Germany, not wallkill-why?

  by factfinder in

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  i just recieved a copy of the new book "imitate their faith" and notice it was printed in the german branch, not at wallkill.. why would they ship books here (the us) from germany instead of printing them in wallkill?.

  the new tracts were printed in canada.. is something going on at the wallkill printery that would would hinder book production there?.

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  breakfast of champions

  You vill read zees book und you vill LIKE EET!
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  Using the name Jehovah when praying

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know of number of jws who believe that if anyone doesn't address god as jehovah when praying that the prayer really goes to satan... especially if you pray to someone else (jesus, for example).. i haven't been able to find that specific teaching in wt literature.

  they do say that we are to pray only to jehovah, but i haven't been able to locate a publication that says the prayer really goes to satan if you don't.. is there such a reference?.

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  breakfast of champions

  I pray regularly to Ching Ching Potato.