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  If I was still PIMI, I'd be terrified

  by neat blue dog in

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  just looking at the pictures in tomorrow's wt study makes me think of the nightmares i used to have as a child.

  and nowadays the pictures are sometimes more realistic, so for any who are truly mentally in, this has a terrible effect on them and even their life choices.

  looking in as a pimo or pomo it seems almost comical that adults would believe in this sci-fi bible fan-fiction, but it's not funny when we remember that all ages of the r&f are being manipulated by the gb by these cheap and evil means.. .

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  This is disturbing to me. What the hell is wrong with them? 🤬
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  Do You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Are A Threat To Any Government?

  by minimus in

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  russia believes they are a threat.

  the usa has put witnesses in jail in the past.

  other countries look at jws as a nuisance.. do you think the witnesses are a threat to governments?

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  sickandtired

  Nope.
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  How Does It Make You Feel Kids?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
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  a recent printable kids activity asks kids to describe their feelings when marketing various jwdotorg products:.

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  meanwhile, here's a recent public post from harvest inn's social media profile:.

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  sickandtired

  That poor little boy looks miserable. This takes me back to when I was a kid and I was going door to door with my mom and she’s told me to smile because I didn’t look happy. Apparently my face reflected how I felt about going in the ministry 😂
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  Did You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Typically “Racists”?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  i was a jw from infancy.

  we had a melting pot type of congregation.

  i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.

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  Jehovah’s Witnesses as a whole never seemed racist to me, but I remember a time when I was growing up hearing a white sister say that her dad would disown her if she married a black brother - and her dad was an elder at the time. 😲 That really surprised me at the time. Thing is, I think the organization encourages racial harmony, but racism is a hard thing to overcome for some when it has been instilled in you from childhood on. A lot like religion 😂
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  Awakenings Full Movie

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i think this an amazing true story about what happened to patients 30+ years in a vegative state from sleeping sickness were give an experimental drug called l-dopa.

  starring robin williams and robert de niro .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw7dgzqdx20&list=plhifr8iv7tbiajtcfcrqtahtw2dhmcnvp.

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  I saw this movie in high school and wrote a paper on it for my Honors English class. It made a huge impression on me. Great movie!
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  After A Day In Field Service, Did You Get Euphoric Or A Spiritual High?

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this might sound silly but field service did provide a strange type of good feelings after i was done.

  i called this the "halo-effect" because i felt so "righteous, obedient and good" for taking the weirdos or "the friends" in my station wagon.

  vans and station wagon owners in the congregations often get used hard, pile up seven whacks and your off!

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  sickandtired

  Yeah, I used to feel good because I did what I thought I ought to have done. Then, I could do all the other things I REALLY wanted to do without feeling guilty.

  Now, I still have to go out in service and it's torture for me since I've been mentally out but not physically out.
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  I am exhausted emotionally.

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. jw
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  i have been reading ashley judd's 'all things bitter and sweet' autobiography, and it has exhausted me.

  she paints a picture of neglect and abuse from early childhood on.

  as i sat reading, i realised i was identifying with so much of what she wrote.. why, when having an emotional breakdown as a teenager, major obsessive compulsive disorder, obvious depression symptoms, would you refuse to get medical help for your child?

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  (((((PaintedToeNail))))) I am so sorry you were put through all that.
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  WT Elders school: Look how cute that kindly old elder is! Too bad the Talmud says we have to stone our victim anyway

  by sir82 in

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  more haphazard thougths on the recently concluded elder school..... a big chunk of time was spent on a video which traced a judicial case, all the way from the confession to the elders through the decision to disfellowship the guy.. here is a very brief synopsis of the video:.

  tearful late-teen or early-20's publisher confesses to 2 elders that he committed fornication with a "worldly girl" who is now preganant and wants to marry him.

  the elders give him some "homework" to do prior to his judcial committee - read psalm 51 and an old wt article.

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  Thank you, Sir 82, for all of your information! I was curious as to what they discussed at this school. My husband went already and he did mention they used videos and that the information was timely. Sigh. I wish I could get into his brain is see what he is thinking. From outward appearances, it seemed he totally agreed with whatever he heard at the school. I was hoping something there would make him think. Actually, he did mention Steve Lett having a pinky ring on a video and how pretentious that looked to him. He said he had assumed that they didn't have much in the way of money and got the same as the other Bethelites. I commented that they had all their needs taken care of and receive a monthly stipend and no doubt receive monetary gifts as well. Sometimes I can tell his wheels are turning, but I think he's afraid to connect the dots.
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  Reaching Loved Ones Stuck in a Cult: An Idea for Discussion

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you may have heard the expression: "the map is not the territory.

  " have you ever thought about how this idea may help you reach your loved ones stuck in a cult?

  the phrase has been attributed to polish-american scientist and philosopher alfred korzybski.

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  sickandtired

  Thanks, Cedars!
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  Reaching Loved Ones Stuck in a Cult: An Idea for Discussion

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you may have heard the expression: "the map is not the territory.

  " have you ever thought about how this idea may help you reach your loved ones stuck in a cult?

  the phrase has been attributed to polish-american scientist and philosopher alfred korzybski.

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  sickandtired

  My husband claims he doesn't have any doubts. I don't necessarily believe that. Although the blood doctrine was never much of an issue for me (weird, I know), I think that it may be something that makes my husband uncomfortable. He still hasn't filled out a DPA and he's an elder. He keep his old blood card in his wallet. I've never asked him why he hasn't. That whole fractions business is what I think he has trouble with. Other clues are that when we see something on TV about a disease affecting the blood (such as leukemia or sickle cell anemia), he always asks me "What would happen to a Witness who had that disease?" We conclude that they'd probably die. Then there's the time when I was expressing my doubts to him (I mentioned that Jehovah had a law about a woman grabbing a man's genitals and losing her hand as punishment. I expressed how barbaric that sounded). He chastised me for expressing my doubts and then made the comment that he could understand if it was the blood doctrine I had trouble understanding. I recently started thinking about all of this and realized maybe I should be working the blood doctrine angle with him.