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  Today's public talk: shameless indoctrination

  by OneEyedJoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  today's talk was really somethin'.

  so much so that i felt compelled to post this during the wt study.... i didn't pay attention to the theme, but where i to title the talk it would be "logical fallacy, scripture out of context, and phobia indoctrination: a case study in cult indoctrination.".

  that's certainly a more honest title than whatever they gave, i'm sure.. it starts out by saying that sometimes people are skeptical about things they're told, and feel compelled to look for evidence of the claims.

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  He closes with some strong phobia indoctrination. He asks us to imagine (a common technique used to bypass critical thinking) being in a storm cellar while an EF-5 tornado rages outside. He asks, "are you tempted to open the hatch and peak outside to see if it's really as dangerous as you're told?" My thought was that of I was born in the cellar, and never heard any wind raging outside, yeah I might be tempted to look out. Not to see if the storm was as dangerous as I was told, but to see if it even existed. You probably know where he was going - we're safe in "the organization" and shouldn't be tempted by anything in the world, no matter how innocent it may seem.

  This reminds me the movie The Village (2004).
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  Sleep Aid Recommendations

  by LV101 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in addition to the recent thread, "how to shut your mind down .

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  " (which is excellent) but there was another thread about the same time i'm searching for and unable to locate.

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  wolfman85

  Ambien is good , but some people do strange things under the effect of it if they stay awake for a while after taking it.
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  Indianapolis Assembly Hall Chorus AMAZING!

  by NoMoreHustle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is what wt has been producing, this had my bottom jaw on the carpet while i was watching (like the footloose one).

  and they say there different from other religions yeah right!!.

  i hope this link works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vahglagd2i.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vAHGlaGd2I
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  jw.org pins

  by lambsbottom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  spouse said local congregation meeting they attended they were handing out jw.org pins and most of the brothers/ some sisters were wearing them during meeting.

  speaker was wearing one.

  lol.

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  Watch this site: http://sjarchiwum.tumblr.com/#sthash.ORMXJYov.dpbs

  If doesn't open copy and paste it.
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  Need help understanding scriptues in Mathew. just trying to show my wife the BORG is soooo wrong

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as you know i am still in but have no strong conviction for this cult..but i still go because my wife is still asleep to the false teachings.

  for a few months now...when we have family study it is stricly from the bible.

  which is great, while we study we are taking the bible as it is, i think it is opening her eyes and how important jesus is.

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  wolfman85

  goingthruthemotions you have a PM.
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  The boiling frog

  by wolfman85 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the boiling frog story is a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive.

  the premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.

  the story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually.

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  Thank you Phizzy. You got my point
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  The boiling frog

  by wolfman85 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the boiling frog story is a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive.

  the premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.

  the story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually.

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  Too bad it doesnt work that way. The boiling frog story is just that a story, an urban myth.

  I know it's a myth, but the sad thing is that what's happening with the JW's is very real.
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  The boiling frog

  by wolfman85 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the boiling frog story is a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive.

  the premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.

  the story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually.

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  The boiling frog story is a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually. This has been the story behind the old WTBTS and the new JW.org. Jw's are being cooked slowly by the GB.
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  JW.ORG Business Cards?

  by toweragent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anybody else get an announcement at their meeting about the branch approved jw.org business cards?.

  apparantly, they're real slick and fit into your wallet (making it easier to informal witness).

  the logic was, some people don't want to be handed a big tract and would prefer something smaller.. so strange considering how little there is to those tracts!

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  go here and see them in my post 358: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/281949/2/Testimony-card-returns#.U9ABi_ldUuc
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  Testimony card returns

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  old timers, or careful readers of the proclaimers book, are familiar with the "testimony card" used in the early days of rutherford-era door to door witnessing.

  the jw would traipse up to a house, knock, hand the card over to the householder, and wait while he read it.. well, it seems that "everything old is new again".

  here is an excerpt from a recent boe letter:.

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