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  Research paper on Effects of Shunning

  by peacefulpete in

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  after being around this site for 21 years now, i've heard many recount their stories and feelings.

  many times i can immediately relate but other times they seem to have had a very different experience with the church.

  i'm sure that is because not only are all of us different in personality, but congregations and family dynamics vary as well.

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  LostintheFog1999

  I do think that part of the mind control aspect is the way that for years individual witnesses would write to the HQ and ask questions that they should have made personally. Can I watch this type of movie? Is this music appropriate for Christians? Can I eat this type of food? Should I tip my hat to a member of the opposite sex? etc...

  The WTC assumed the role of dictating what was appropriate or not. Think all those convention talks about dress and grooming, which were then reinterpreted by local elders either harsher or milder depending on the type and overall age of the body of elders.

  We still know brothers who are in their 70s who upon learning about a new craze in the local community immediately respond with "I'll need to talk to (name of current presiding overseer) about it" instead of having an opinion like normal people do. FFS.
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  I wonder what the real JW attendance percentages would be?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

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  most churches in the usa are in decline according to pew research.. i wonder what the real jw attendance percentages would be?

  mind you from what i hear there's still a lot of them attending meetings on zoom.. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/us-churches-closing-religion-covid-christianity?.

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  LostintheFog1999

  Most churches in the USA are in decline according to Pew research.

  I wonder what the real JW attendance percentages would be? Mind you from what I hear there's still a lot of them attending meetings on Zoom.

  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/us-churches-closing-religion-covid-christianity?

  
  
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  where did I first hear these words together?

  by enoughisenough in

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  for many years the only place i heard the words " new world order" together or the words "new system" were in the meeting talks or maybe we endeavored to explain them to people we witnessed to.

  i just find it interesting that the worldly institutions are using the same word terms.

  i just saw an article of some 5 points that came out of this last davos meeting, and all five of these points were using the term "new system" in the changes they want to force mankind into .i am wondering what is the likelihood of the most powerful people on earth borrowing words from a "hated" religion.

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  LostintheFog1999

  I might be mistaken but weren't elders sometime in the 90s told not to use the phrase "new world order" in their public talks?
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  Governing Body: The growth we have is a sign of Jehovah’s blessing.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  this looks like your typical watchtower study meeting.

  lots of empty seats.. twenty-five years ago my old congregation had around 180 congregation members.

  the elders decided to split the congregation in two.

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  If there are so many people coming in, why are they merging congregations and selling kingdom halls?
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  Prophets other than the FDS.

  by LostintheFog1999 in

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  2. bible

  what does anyone think about the "famous people" who allegedly predicted the future?

  edgar cayce, nostrodamus, etc.... are they just as much whack jobs as the wtb& ts?.

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  What does anyone think about the "famous people" who allegedly predicted the future? Edgar Cayce, Nostrodamus, etc...

  Are they just as much whack jobs as the WTB& TS?
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  PIMO but to scared to talk about doubts

  by Indoubtbigtime in

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  i am pimo but too scared to talk about my doubts with anyone for fear of being shunned.

  i know many now have doubts that the vaccines are safe and effective this is as good as doubting the gb.

  you can it say anything in doubt about the vaccines because the gb still act like salesmen for big pharmaceuticals .

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  LostintheFog1999

  indoubtbigtime

  Can I ask why are you still PIMO?

  If you believe anything of the Bible aren't you afraid that you need to leave "so as not to share in her sins" (Rev 18:4).

  Personally I would be running for the hills as fast as I could, if like you I knew that this was all a sham.
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  Should Jehovah's Witnesses Trust the Governing Body?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  if there is evidence that jesus invisibly chose specific men at headquarters in brooklyn new york in 1919 to be his faithful slave and that mandate and ability passed on to future directors...then the answer might just be a resounding maybe.. what is the evidence for this invisible appointment and what is the evidence that this is just watchtower mythology?.

  i hope jws like scholar and fisherman will explain why the trust the gb.. i must be honest, i see no evidence at all to put trust in either the 1919 selection or the current men taking the lead in warwick.

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  LostintheFog1999

  The other glaringly obvious flaw is that because they keep reinventing themselves and applying revisionist history techniques to what has gone before, this is not by a long chalk the same religion that it was in 1919 CE.

  Even if someone genuinely believed that God chose them in 1919 - the teachings of that generation have all been consigned to the dustbin, and replaced with an entirety new set of beliefs.

  If you were asked in a general knowledge quiz "when did the Jehovah's witnesses religion begin?" you might be expected to say sometime in the 1930's whereas the real answer should be - whenever they revised what their R+F have to believe. Which might be around a month ago, for all I know!

  I really don't know how the PIMI can keep abreast of all the changes...
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  New GB

  by XBEHERE in

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  2. friends

  gage fleegle.

  jeffrey winder.

  anyone know them?

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  LostintheFog1999

  Apparently the pair of them had speaking parts at the last Gilead graduation streamed on JW(dot)org a friend said.

  I looked at it and nope I don't think I have ever seen them before at any time.
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  New Book by an ex-jw

  by LostintheFog1999 in

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  2. beliefs

  amazon is showing that i could pre-order this book based on my previous purchases.

  another ex-jw memoir.. hoax: a woman's journey to reveal the indoctrination of the jehovah's witness cult, addiction, and mental health diagnoses..

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  LostintheFog1999

  Amazon is showing that I could pre-order this book based on my previous purchases. Another ex-jw memoir.

  Hoax: A Woman's Journey to Reveal the Indoctrination of the Jehovah's Witness Cult, Addiction, and Mental Health Diagnoses.
  
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  Love - the Identifying Mark of Real Christians?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the jws are fond of quoting john 13:35 that love is the identifying mark of the true religion claiming that only they have this love among themselves.

  they love each other.. i was reading the gospel of luke today and thought about the words of jesus luke 6:32-35 niv, “if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?

  even sinners love those who love them.

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  LostintheFog1999

  Punkofnice

  William Barclay is one of my go to writers. His "book of Acts" commentary was one of the finest accounts I ever read.