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  What are the reasons for the the new electronic publisher card

  by poopie in

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  please speculate.

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  P.E. Saves paper? I don't see how this could be a trick.

  They have been saving paper on time slips for years. It must be 99% that turn their time in via text or phone. People were bragging about it before the iPads were a thing. It was the hip thing to do if you were a publisher or elder. Now it is very rare to have an elder that doesn't take your time via text, and they are getting rid of them. They are letting those elders that don't text off the hook, and other elders are doing that work.

  It is definitely a control thing; its gotta be easier to red flag individuals. Algorithms can be set up, and C.O.s can enforce the shepherding calls on such 'weak' ones.

  I'm not trying to slam you P.E., I'm just not buying the saving paper reason. At. All. You rock, btw.

  Edit: Oh, also, who is going to switch from paper to electric card? The texters will switch from text to on-line, the paper reliant people will need others to fill in the 'electronic' card.
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  Do you miss that initial "high" ??

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. experiences

  do you remember the first time you found out "the truth about the truth"?.

  yes, it was confronting, shocking and life altering.

  yes it was hard to deal with.. but, along with that, many have said that they experienced a sense of thrill, euphoria, or joy when realising the facts about the religion that held us captive mentally and physically for so long.. it was liberating to learn some of the controversial teachings etc.

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  Cortisol. Truck loads of cortisol. Still pumping as an effing PIMO with the love of my life being PIMI. Can't ask him hard questions for a month (there's a situation), then I need to ramp it up for my own hormonal safety.

  It was a Ton of Bricks.

  I remember forgetting to lock my car, not being aware of my surroundings, crying myself to sleep. It was when Margaret Sanger got to talking about how cults keep you busy in the following video that I broke down and cried myself to sleep when hubby was away.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bRBFhMEQFk

  In fact, I think making a movie composite of people waking up, going from one person to the next as they covertly look online and their reactions would make an interesting film. Probably a short, or it would be a small segment of a movie. Just one person is too boring.
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  Are the 8 superstar Popes planning a purge?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. friends

  there are over 8 million jdubs and i would venture a guess that at least 20% to 30% are pimo.

  in my opinion, the kingdom hauls are only half full for two reasons....many have left but the majority are pimo and any little excuse will keep them home and they will report their token ghost hours in service.

  all it takes to stay home is being tired, too much school homework or i will go next week, no doubt many have taken part-time jobs and the fear of working the second shift and the guilt of missing meetings is gone.

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  Well, it's a top down org. I think Kevin McFree's latest video sort of answered the question. I started another thread about it, but for convenience:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOE3AbgHaVU
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  Grace Gough ( RIP ) left the JW cult in her 70s and went on to help 1000s to escape the cult

  by Not_Culty in

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  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj7ilnoxvu4.

  she helped me.

  sent me my first copy of crisis of conscience (free) grace has been featured on many talk shows, including sally jesse raphael, raising awareness of support for cult abuse survivors.

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  She was an inspiration! I only saw a few of her posts as I was waking up, and now thanks to Simon I can look through the older posts from when I was asleep as a JDub.

  Thank you Grace.
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  Hallisey says GDPR could create a minefield when prosecuting WT for sexual abuse

  by Wakanda in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/8cu6jh/sexual_abuse_survivors_this_article_on_jwvictims/.

  i wish that those who want to take wt to court to know what this may mean for them.

  my other thread about this topic.

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/8cu6jh/sexual_abuse_survivors_this_article_on_jwvictims/

  I wish that those who want to take WT to court to know what this may mean for them. My other thread about this topic. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5715082848763904/gdpr-may-give-wt-license-destroy-files-about-rape

  I hope this helps those that are thinking of telling WT to erase there info, and yet think they may sue them in the future. It may be giving the WT the perfect out.
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  Need some encouragemant

  by LogansRun in

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  its been awhile since i've commented but i come by and read your posts about once a week.

  so why do i need a pep talk ?

  after almost 2 years into my fade these bastards won't give it a rest constant hang ups on my answering machine and today for the first time in about 6 months they come to my apartment complex but thankfully couldn't get in they did keep buzzing me so they were here looking for me.

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  Keep dodging Logan's Run! They seem to get a bug up their butt every once in a while, however it gets tiring always dealing with the rejection. They know on some level that you are rejecting them, and will move on to other things... Then something will happen, C.O., whatever, and another wave of dodging will start again.

  Were rooting for you. Keep your stick on the ice (Red Green reference).
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  GDPR may give WT license to destroy files about Rape

  by Wakanda in

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  2. child-abuse

  i think this has somewhat been touched on with regard to wt protecting the abuser, but it didn't make too much sense to me until i watch kimmy's video from two hours ago.

  she talks about coc on amazon until minute two, so skip if you like.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3n7fdwug6k.

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  Thanks Slidin. I wish I could still edit it because I would put Kathleen Hallisey's name near the top and Kim's later, so people see it and click on it. I think some may ignore it because they dismiss Mike and Kim. They shouldn't.
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  GDPR may give WT license to destroy files about Rape

  by Wakanda in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i think this has somewhat been touched on with regard to wt protecting the abuser, but it didn't make too much sense to me until i watch kimmy's video from two hours ago.

  she talks about coc on amazon until minute two, so skip if you like.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3n7fdwug6k.

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  I think this has somewhat been touched on with regard to WT protecting the abuser, but it didn't make too much sense to me until I watch Kimmy's video from two hours ago. She talks about COC on Amazon until minute two, so skip if you like.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3N7fdwUG6k

  Also, Alexandra James wrote a blog, which Kim reads in whole or in part where Kathleen Hallisey weighs in. Alexandra wrote to her and Ms. Hallisey was nice enough to respond. Here is the post:

  https://jwvictims.org/2018/04/16/an-urgent-warning-to-uk-child-sex-abuse-survivors-regarding-the-new-gdpr-laws/

  Hope this helps someone make the right decision. It seems to be a case of being between a rock and a hard place. Consulting a lawyer seems to be in order, especially if you are a rape victim.
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  New data movement this is what I see as their goals .

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after listening to the leaked videos this is what i think it’s all about.

  first i don’t believe they will want to much personal information ie bank accounts etc do to potential legal problems down the road.

  what i think is their goal is once all publishers are in the data base they then have no need for written information about any issue concerning a publisher and how issues are handled by elders and the branch etc... this information now is in their own data base and can be deleted or manipulated by them at any time.

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  I went to see if Deciphering Warship put a video up about this new data subject (DW is super entertaining), but he already had a paranoid video when they added the notes feature. There are a couple crazy ludicrous jumps to conclusions (putting daughter to bed). But there are also a couple good highlights like the girls answer at the meeting about death, the bible getting burned, ruined, torn up, run over, the Skype advertisement/product placement.... So here it is.

  Tin Foil Hat Burka Warning:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgH2GKIMOe0

  The active/awake iPad next to the possibly legally blind girls bed while she sleeps makes me think of the websites that were caught turning peoples cameras on. Not that the they would do that. However, that makes me think of Barbara Anderson telling the story of the Jewish man that lectured and was upset with the writing department. Who was he and how was he connected? Would/could there be others directing the 'brothers' to do things that those directing could use for nefarious actions?

  Critique all you want Morph.
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  Why do Jehovah's Witnesses always answer questions through the bible?

  by MarieChii in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi.. recently i've been researching jehovah's witnesses and their beliefs and found out that they don't believe in blood transfusions.

  so, i've asked one of my friends who is a jw as to what is the reason for this, and so far, they had always directed me to a bible verse that is in their bible.. clearly, i wasn't getting anywhere and so far, it's pretty much frustrating to even make my friend give me reasonable reason.

  when i was getting somewhere, even a smidgen, they would answer with a question.

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  Go to: Bridget fromAZ on Youtube

  I've plugged this youtube channel before, but listening to this christian's phone witnessing to JWs will help give you ideas. She also believes Sola scriptura, but knows JWs and Watchtower more than many who used to be JWs. She tries to be kind, and 99% of the time is very nice. JWs push buttons, and every once in a while you can see it gets to her. She shares scriptures with them, when they don't hang up! The Bible is usually what wakes up JWs, but sometimes it's non-biblical stuff like evolution or science.

  Hope this helps and Good Luck. Here's one on blood:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD_lliVoDR4