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  Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

  by Jehalapeno in

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  first off, this is a book you want to read.

  avoid the movie franchise at all costs.

  horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".

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  I was in an Ayn Rand phase during my escape from the Watchtower. I think what appealed to me was that the writing was so shockingly opposite from what I was taught my whole life. I have read the Fountainhead numerous times, and will probably return to the book a few more times. It is interesting how I process the book depending on where I am in my life. I enjoyed The Fountainhead much more than Atlas Shrugged.

  While I appreciate her philosophy, I do not consider myself a Rand follower. My political and life philosophy is much more centric than what Rand was preaching.
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  Merger / Sale After - Mathematics

  by waton in

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  2. beliefs

  wt inc derives a steady stream of income from the "kingdom" halls the took out of the hands of the builder founder congregations.

  why sell ?

  do they anticipate that the stream will continue even if the asset is gone?.

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  A common sign of an organization in decline is when they sell assets to support continuing operations. This is an unsustainable model.
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  Fifty years ago today: One quote to demolish the Watchtower

  by JeffT in

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  2. friends

  i did not have any connection to jw's when they published this, about two weeks before i graduated from high school.

  i'm now on medicare and collecting social security.

  so much for their ability to see into the future.

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  I remember this quote. At the time I was 12 years old. This should be abhorrent to anyone. However, the Watchtower can simply say "fake news." So, I don't see how this is the great take down of the Wt.
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  Here’s a link to all the 2019 Convention Videos

  by HiddenPimo in

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  2. beliefs

  2019 convention videos.

  rutube 😉 dang holy spirit foiled again .

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  NewYork44M

  must be up again. I am able to view the videos.
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  VIDEO - Memorial toast stuns Jehovahs Witnesses congregation!

  by John_Carter_1912 in

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  i applaud this great and holy man!

  do you?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fstqepi9iu.

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  I am generally not in favor of public displays of apostasy. However, I enjoyed this episode. I am sure everyone in attendance was highly entertained.
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  Wow! This scandal may be the end of him.
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  Hitler finds out that Muller found NOTHING!!!!

  by DwainBowman in

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  i watched this a few times, laughing so hard.

  it feels like i tore something inside where i had surgery a couple weeks ago!!!.

  hitler finds out that muller found nothing!!!

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  NewYork44M

  yea, that's funny.
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  "Be Strong!"---SAD

  by eyeuse2badub in

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  2. beliefs

  attended the sad yesterday with my wife.

  bethel speaker flown in to california which made it "special".

  (his talks were infomercial bs, but at least he was a good speaker.

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  NewYork44M

  You have to have a strong stomach to listen to that crap.

  "the end is so very near brothers".

  This may reflect my lack of faith, but I was at Whole Foods yesterday and bought 3 green bananas. I hope I did not waste my money.
  
  
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  Two lies all Jehovah’s Witnesses are told

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  2. friends

  lie 1).

  when you leave the jws you will be unhappy and will have a hole inside you that only the ‘truth’ will fill.

  only when you return to the jws will you feel complete again.. utter nonsense!

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  NewYork44M

  Are you serious? I was only told 2 lies in my life growing up as a JW? You have got to be kidding. I was told thousands of lies every waking minute of my formative years. To suggest that there are only 2 lies is just silly.
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  Lazy field service

  by Addison0998 in

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  2. beliefs

  did anyone else have really lazy people in their congregation when it came to the field circus.

  people where i live are shamelessly lazy, they drive door to door even when the houses are 3 feet apart!

  yes even in town houses they drive door to door.

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  NewYork44M

  Don't they call this the pioneer shuffle?