the following was from a friend of mine:.
yesterday for the first time in the 2 years we've been living here.
two 50+ year old women.
[Doing my best Circuit Assembly interviewer impression . . .]
"What a heartwarming and encouraging experience Brother Covenant! May we all seek ways in which we can scatter seeds of truth in our daily lives!"
[Applause. Interviewer and Bro. Covenant walk off stage]
i was perusing the internet not long ago and came upon this series of videos by a guy calling himself xendrius.
it declares that many of today's best magicians are in league with the devil.
his claims are based on his observation that the tricks would be impossible to do unless the magicians had made unholy pacts with the devil.. so what's the take of the wtbts?
this is not an attempt to 'straightjacket' anyone into a fixed interpretative perspective.
so set your mind free and see satan and his demons if you reallynwant to adopt a possible jw perspective.
or, just sit back and watch the show and the trick affects if you want.. or like the uk guardian you could see the movie in terms of dysfunction (personal and family).. quote: the original movies were always based on the most extraordinary nexus of personal and family dysfunction: a motor of guilt, shame and conflict.
What a fantastic movie!
My wife and I NEVER go to movies in movie theaters anymore. . . .
We're both ready to see it again!
Incredible. Wonderful.
the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.
ray franz.
Just a couple random musings. . . .
You can read a LEGAL copy of Crisis of Conscience right now FOR FREE!
Just go to your local library and see if they have any copies in the system. My county library system has two. My university system has several copies as well. All legal, costs nothing.
Also. . .
Crisis of Conscience is a really interesting read. However, in the past few years since it's been unavailable to buy legally, I'm fairly certain thousands of people have learned TTATT and woken up without it. I did. My wife did.
Books like CoC are interesting and perhaps persuasive for many readers, but in the end, what is really necessary to "wake up" is to develop critical thinking skills. . . . and then watch a couple episodes of JW broadcasting.
No book can do the work for you.
the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.
ray franz.
I did read the post. I don't understand why this person doesn't have the ability to publish the book and fight the copyright/bootlegging battle at the same time.
Yes, to illegally print this book and sell it for just under the legitimate price is disgusting. The person should rot in hell.
But to hold back in legally publishing the book (even just electronically) makes no sense whatsoever and really encourages people who WOULD LOVE TO PAY FOR THE BOOK to turn to the bootleg stuff.
the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.
ray franz.
If the copyright owner of the book is so worried about bootlegging, THEN PRINT SOME COPIES OF THE DAMN BOOK AND SELL THEM ON AMAZON ALREADY!
I mean, really folks: If any of us had the copyright to the book, you can literally publish anything electronically on Amazon in about 24 hours. How many years has this been out of print now?
i read crisis on the conscience and i am about to start, "who wrote the bible?
does anyone have a list or great books to read for anyone searching for the real truth?
i've only ever seen the world through a jw lens and i am excited to see what other view points are out there!
I say read Dawkins, Derrida, Pinker and all the rest. . . . .
Your mind is free. Read what you want.
i started my fade a the beginning of 2015, took counseling form a psychiatrist, and worked hard to get my family away from the cult.
my marriage split and i now live alone with my 15 year old daughter.. she came to me last night and we started talking about jws.
she told me that the subject they are discussing at the moment in philosophy is "cults".
Wow, just read your OP DRIVING FORCE. That's amazing!
don't know if anyone else caught this subtle but malicious photo from the 12/13/15 wt study article.. not sure how to post pictures here, but the photo is on the website's copy of the article, just below paragraph 12:.
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20151015/give-us-more-faith/.
note the 3 pictures in sequence tell a "story":.
I hate to break it to you. . . .
But they ate the damn dog.
A little dog and a bag of rice goes a long way in the 3rd world.
Pass the soy sauce.
recently my 'in' hubby did some work for another jw.
there was need for me to communicate with them and i used facebook to do so.
it was amusing to find the blue jwfacts.com logo on their page instead of the jw official logo!
