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  Demons - Possession - Dreams & Witnesses

  by objectivetruth in

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  i would like to get some opinions from you all.. .

  have you known a lot of witnesses that have dealt with demon issues?

  have you personally dealt with problems with demons?

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  truth_b_known

  Objectivetruth:

  i do not have specifics for you. Only speculation. My father professes to be of the anointed and was an uber elder in the circuit/district back in the 70s and 80s. He often communiticated with the WTB&TS.

  I often noticed that those in the congregations I belonged to who complained of demonic attack just happened to be on psych meds or stated they used to take them, which means they should still be taking them.

  These "demonic" experiences always came in the form of hearing or seeing things only they witnessed. I remember one family where the husband, wife and one of their three daughters were all mentally ill and when they were off there meds it was a living hell for the elders. I remember another sister who saw vans that followed her around. The couple who studied with her convinced her it was demons and that psych meds were poison. She turned into one of those hoarder cat ladies who washed everything in salt ( not salt water, but pure table salt) to wash out the demons.
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  Demons - Possession - Dreams & Witnesses

  by objectivetruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would like to get some opinions from you all.. .

  have you known a lot of witnesses that have dealt with demon issues?

  have you personally dealt with problems with demons?

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  truth_b_known

  In the 1970s my father did a study on the number of mentally ill becoming one of Jehovah's Witnesses. The number was high and he received orders from the Watchtower Society to bury the study. Historically, demon possession and other related topics are in reality persons dealing with physical or mental illness.
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  Elder: I threw out all WT & Awake and only keep the last ten years...

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had a recent conversation with an elder from my mother's congregation.

  he with another elder was at my mom's house.

  my mother has all the bound volumes for both the awake and watchtower plus most of the older books.

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  truth_b_known

  One day, when I was 13, my father threw away my comic book collection. At that time I owned certain comics that were individually worth over $100.00. He said they must be thrown away just like the first century christians who burned their magic practicing book.

  I threw away all my Watchtower publications. Box after box of bound volumes, aid books, etc. After all, the first century christians burned all of their evil books.
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  No Refusal Blood Checkpoints!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in oregon, during the 4th of july weekend, troopers will be conducting checkpoints to see if someone has been drinking.

  if someone refuses a breath test, they will be forced to have their blood extracted from them.. what do you think of this?.

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  truth_b_known

  I believe a more correct telling of the tell is persons refusing to give a sample will result in law enforcement obtaining a search warrant for the person's blood.

  By accepting a driver license in most states you give implied conset to give a breath or blood sample upon request of a law enforcement officer during an investigation of DWI/DUI.

  DWI/DUI is one of the hardest criminal offenses to prove in court. All the alleged defendant has to do during a police investigation is refuse to perform standardized field sobriety tests and refuse to a a breath/blood sample. This pretty much prevents most evidence of the crime from being used against them and forces the police to obtain a search warrant for blood. During this time, the defendant's body is eliminated the alcohol in his blood, literally destroying evidence.

  In addition, the Kansas City Study showed that the level of visible presence of police in a community has no effect on the level of crimes committed. More or less marked cars. More or less uniformed officers. No change in the level of crime.
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  This is a CASTING CALL . . . for a scene in my book

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  attention!.

  i'm in my final re-write of the monorails of mars novel.. as you may know, the book is a sci-fi allegory concerning mind control by the watch tower.. .

  i have a scene in nikola tesla's laboratory in which he is about to attempt an exchange between mars and earth.. the volunteers--instead of actually traveling physically from one planet to the other will instead swap minds.. need i say--it will go wrong?!.

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  Count me in. Reading a book about Mars is what actually got me on the road to leave the organization.
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  Getting kicked out.

  by bobert in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometime this week.

  my parents are getting a lot of heat from the congregation, and tension in my house was already super high.

  i know it's inevitable.

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  truth_b_known

  Are you old enough to enlist in the military?

  My only regret in life is that I did not join the military when I was young. I came close after high school graduation, but I was in to deep in the organization.

  On top of having all of life's necessities provided, you can learn skills and trades marketable in the private sector. On top of it all it sends a powerful message to Jehovah's Witnesses.
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  A PERSONAL QUESTION to help me finish my NOVEL

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is a personal question:.

  is it disturbing to you when an author jumps into the flow of history and radically departs in order to drive an important lesson home to the reader?.

  in this novel i have several watch tower leaders meeting incredibly violent deaths at the hands of --well, i won't give anything away.

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  truth_b_known

  PM sent.
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  A PERSONAL QUESTION to help me finish my NOVEL

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is a personal question:.

  is it disturbing to you when an author jumps into the flow of history and radically departs in order to drive an important lesson home to the reader?.

  in this novel i have several watch tower leaders meeting incredibly violent deaths at the hands of --well, i won't give anything away.

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  truth_b_known

  First, I would like to thank you for taking on this project. I, too, wanted to write a science fiction novel that had an allegory of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society and Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Second, I would offer to proof your book. I believe I actually live relatively close to you.

  Growing up as one of Jehovah's Witnesses I was and still am an advid fan of science fiction. My mother blames my father for this. She still holds it against him for taking me to see Star Wars back in 1977 when I was 3.

  I found that many Jehovah's Witnesses are huge Star Trek fans. Gene Roddenberry's utopian future of humans living in peace problably strikes a chord with those hoping for a paradise earth. However, they miss the fact that Roddenberry was an aethist and his vision of the future was sans religion.

  I think you chose wisely on using science fiction be the tool to deliver your message. That's how Star Trek got away with anti-war and racial harmony messages during the 1960s.

  I think if you make a character that the readers adore and than have this oppressive regime who changes the rules as the go constantly harassing him, you will reach the hearts and minds of your readers.
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  Two points of entry for the Dallas Convention?

  by CaptainSchmideo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone else hear about this?

  i got this second hand from my wife, who got it from her mom.. .

  apparently, there will be two points of entry to the convention.

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  truth_b_known

  I might be wrong, but I do believe the Dallas, Texas convention is actually in Arlington at the AT&T Stadium aka Cowboys Stadium aka Jerry's World. This is probably as a result of the stadium's security administrator. This is the same tool who tried to prevent police officers from entering the stadium with a weapon.
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  CO Special Meeting with MS & Elders

  by Syme in

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  2. friends

  when the co visits a cognregation this semester, a special meeting with elders and mss is sceduled tuesday night, right after the normal meeting.

  does anyone know what this meeting is about?

  this special meeting is held at the beginning of the co-week, and is different from the standard meeting with personnel which is held friday evening.

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  truth_b_known

  The only one I went to and remember went like this:

  1) Meeting with MS and Elders - The circuit has two huge problems; oral sex and foul langauage. Any brother who masturbates or receives head should be removed. Any brother who says the word "crap" should be removed.

  2) Meeting with just the Elders - Ministerial Servants; GTFO! Elders only!