LostintheFog1999

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  As pioneer i updated "do not call lists" dangerous mission!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  as a brave or dumb pioneer i took the dangerous mission to update the people who were do not call...by calling on them!

  some had moved one house was now a used car yard some orthodox greeks some people had family members who died refusing blood i almost got punched afew times i was abused alot..one woman went to throw rocks at me...a man threaren me with a shovel what a hero i was...or a dumb ass bothering people.

  i would ask if they still felt the same way and they would tell me to #@#@ off!.

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  LostintheFog1999

  It made me laugh because in our congregation back then the territory was huge so publishers only got round it all in about 2 years.

  However the people who had specifically asked that JWs do not call, their homes were visited as per the directions every 6 months.

  Which meant that the people in general saw a JW about once every 2 years, whereas the people who said they didn't want a Witness to call, got called on 4 times in the same period. Is it any wonder that some of them were quite abusive when their door was knocked.

  Go figure.
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  Why Bother?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we who actually look at wt history know that they just changed 1874 to 1914 without a fanfare.

  setting up the potential for changing any dates to new dates because "holy spirit" told them to do so.. which makes me ask, why do we bother to watch what they do?

  i mean, we don't care having escaped their greedy little claws.

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  LostintheFog1999

  We who actually look at WT history know that they just changed 1874 to 1914 without a fanfare. Setting up the potential for changing any dates to new dates because "holy spirit" told them to do so.

  Which makes me ask, why do we bother to watch what they do? I mean, we don't care having escaped their greedy little claws. We're free and POMO!

  Okay I appreciate that perhaps, just perhaps, we might wake up a few more PIMO people but for the majority, they won't listen to apostates, and even won't listen to family, or they just try to get us to rejoin and drink the snake oil again.

  So, I say it again, why are we bothering? 🤷
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  Her Handbag Told Her to Stop Preaching

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/qzpj3kzgidi?si=x1xazpqmed1zq5h2.

  ah, yes, another shining example of the watchtower’s *unmatched* commitment to rational thought.

  forget logic, science, or even basic common sense—just blame that suspiciously cursed handbag for all your troubles!

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  LostintheFog1999

  I think it is similar to "A man called Steve*..."

  Footnote: *names have been changed

  As if in a religion of several million people you are studying the WT for the meeting and suddenly think OMG that must be elder Steve in our KH.... Lol.
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  Disfellowshipping

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i see there is an opportunity to get involved with research into disfellowshipping aka mandated shunning.. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-art-of-critical-thinking/202502/evaluating-the-effects-of-mandated-shunning?fbclid=iwy2xjawiz45dlehrua2flbqixmqabhuqypaxnuhdb7coi_9byojrfese4mn9z-sz9fqdsgsfjd4vxm2h13q_kha_aem_1g9mbjngxupj6pr-wwp2lq.

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  LostintheFog1999

  I see there is an opportunity to get involved with research into disfellowshipping aka mandated shunning.

  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-art-of-critical-thinking/202502/evaluating-the-effects-of-mandated-shunning?fbclid=IwY2xjawIZ45dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUqyPaxnUHdB7coi_9BYojrfeSe4Mn9Z-sz9fqdsGSFJD4VxM2H13Q_khA_aem_1g9MbJngxUpJ6Pr-WWp2LQ
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  What's Wrong with the Watchtower?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure who wrote this list a while back but i think it is worth a repeat....to be added to or subtracted from or modified...whatever.. what's wrong with the watchtower.

  "overlapping generations" - this teaching makes no sense.

  the word used by jesus is in the singular, not plural form.. .

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  LostintheFog1999

  For me it was a few things plus the way I was treated by this "loving organisation" when I was ill and in need of support.

  But changes based upon the "light gets brighter" fallacy never made sense to me. Because what WT does is blow out the old flame and introduce a new one. So the light stays as one light. Later on it too will be blown out and replaced with another leaving with the same amount of light. Except for the personal realisation (💡lightbulb moment?) that for all of this new light, they are all in darkness really.
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  Covering up bathroom mirrors at the assemblies!!!

  by nojudgement in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was one of the craziest things i remember about the summer conventions.

  i would go into the sister's bathrooms and the mirrors would all be taped up with brown paper so that we couldn't look at our reflections.

  were were amish or something?

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  LostintheFog1999

  I just asked my wife about this. She said that in all the assemblies she attended in the UK and Ireland she never saw mirrors covered up in the ladies facilities.

  Mind you she did say that there were often long queues for the wash hand basins because young lassies were spending ages in front of the mirrors putting on their cosmetic warpaint in the mornings, before going out hunting for suitable single brothers. Lol.
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  LostintheFog1999

  Isn't the very idea of conventions an American concept like the Democrats National Convention currently taking place in the USA?

  It's an opportunity for people to pat themselves on the back and say how wonderful they are, it's nothing more than a self-appreciation society.
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  Does this sound familiar?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came across this in a psychology magazine i was reading and seeing the left-hand list i immediately thought it was a fair description of my former jw congregation.

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  LostintheFog1999

  I came across this in a psychology magazine I was reading and seeing the left-hand list I immediately thought it was a fair description of my former JW congregation.

  
  
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  Catholic Church Apology

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. social
  2. current

  bbc news - catholic church apologises to survivor of sex abuse.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e400rzygzo

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  LostintheFog1999

  BBC News - Catholic Church apologises to survivor of sex abuse.
  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e400rzygzo
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  Debutante - Award-Winning Short Film

  by notsurewheretogo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you have not seen this already it is well worth a watch.. brutally traumatic and captures very well one of the biggest issues in this cult.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndapjdzj0ss.

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  LostintheFog1999

  I knew of one committee where the chairman pointed to an empty chair in the room and actually said to everyone present "That chair is for Jesus the head of the congregation who is sitting in it invisibly". As one of the other elders on that committee I had never been on one with this brother before, and can remember thinking what planet is this brother on. It didn't get any better believe me. It was an embarrassment to be there.