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  Rank & File Reaction to Leah Remini Series

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  wife and i have watched the whole series and just finished episode 7 last night.

  personally, i am seeing a great deal more subtle and day to day similarities to watchtower than the obvious ones i already knew existed, ie shunning.

  very eye opening and heartbreaking, even more so than going clear in my mind.

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  My wife and I watched the movie "Going Clear" on HBO (I believe it is now available on Nextflix). It is a 2 hour documentary on Scientology. After watching it we looked at each other and said, "This is just like the Witnesses."
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  How to reply when someone asks about your spiritual health

  by RodrigoGuerreiro in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  first of all, sorry if i cannot correctly express the original expression used in my native language to ask for the "spiritual condition".. a few years ago some member of the family asks my wife directly how is her "spiritual health" (for me it's one of the many strange vocabulary used by jw like "the slave says...").

  she was catched by surprise with the direct question and says that everything is ok... and luckily someone call them for lunch.. my question is: do you have any good answers for that question?

  you can be ironic/use some humor because the question is a little bit anecdotical .

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  Q: How is your spiritual health?

  A: Health is of the flesh. Spirit is or is not of the flesh. I am one with the Force. The Force is with me.
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  The reality we must face.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my dearest dad is 90 years old today.

  we are far away, separated by geography, but never will i allow an organisation that indoctrinated false love separate me from my dear dad.

  i love my dad and we had our differences but never will i allow that organisation take away my love for my dad.. happy bithday dad.

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  Rebel:

  We are in the same boat and it tears me up. My father is a great man. He did so many wonderful things before he joined the cult. Now that I have found the truth about the Truth, we longer stay in contact as we once had.
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  Watchtower and Theseus' Paradox

  by jwabuse.com in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  came across this today researching something for work, and thought it was an interesting thought when applied to wt.

  with so many fundamental changes and revisions, can they even be correctly viewed as what they are perceived as by active jws?

  if your baptism was an oath of loyalty to the organization, which organization?

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  Mind blown! Great find.
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  I found out why TPTM3 hates "tight pants"!!!!!!

  by Darkknight757 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://youtu.be/j1c2kzjbcga.

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  My eyes - they burn!
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  Article: A Look at Canada's 12 Most Wanted Fugitives (Look who is #2)

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/a-look-at-canadas-12-most-wanted-fugitives.

  december 6, 2016. by sam cooley.

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  truth_b_known

  I've been in law enforcement for nearly 20 years. From day one I have had to deal with Witnesses, especially in child abuse cases. It's one of the things that lead me to leave the organization.

  For the past 4 years I have been assigned to the US Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force. Many of my fugitive cases have involved Witnesses and those case have often involved sexual abuse of children.

  The only way a person can be successful at going on the run and not getting caught is to walk away from everyone they have ever known and never make contact ever again. You can never use your name or your social security number.

  I worked a case that took us 4 years to locate and apprehend the guy, but we got him. His mother was mailing him money. He rented a room from a little old lady. That lady said that he never left his room other than to walk to the drug store to buy cigarettes.

  It is my hope that McLean is arrested and tried before I retire.
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  Was the ransom premature? Shouldn't the effects of Adamic sin have been reversed at the time of Jesus' death?

  by deegee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if the ransom was paid at the time of jesus' death (mark 15:45, matthew 20:28, 1 timothy 2:6, hebrews 2:9), then why weren't the effects of adamic sin (sickness & death) reversed at that time?.

  it seems to me that either:- the payment of the ransom was premature.

  - god was not satisfied with the payment of the ransom; it was not sufficient to make up for adam's & eve's so-called "sin".hasn't god extracted enough from mankind as payment for adam's & eve's "sin" given the billions of persons who have lived and died?.

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  For Christian religions, it was paid and is in effect. Remember, they all believe that accepting Jesus as their lord and savior results in going to heaven upon death.
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  My presentation (new one here!)

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i registered in the board and i wanted to present myself.. i used to visit this forum some time ago and even register an account but then i tried to convince myself all was ok in the congregation.

  now, i'm coming back :).

  i live in a southern european nation, i'm a young jw, a good example in the congregation serving as a regular pioneer and ms. for all in the congregation i'm the good guy, one of the best examples in the area i live.

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  Skepsis - It's not easy, but it gets easier once you are all the way out.
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  How many times did you see a JW start a business

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the intention of spending less time working and more time in f.s i saw this many times.

  an ex c.o started a carpet cleaning business with the charter being spending less time working more time in f.s.

  he has long since passed away and the company is now huge being the major player in flood resteration and employing 100's of people one of the owners i spoke to recently was sick due to using to many chemicals but carries on becouse he loves the money even though he's worth millions.

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  I can't count the number of brothers I knew who started businesses, but only 1 to spend more time in the ministry.

  Right out of high school I worked at 3 different jobs, all businesses owned by brothers.

  My dad was usually self employed the last business he ran would have made him millions, but he wanted to spend more time in the ministry. Now he has nothing to take care of himself and my mother because of it.
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  Awkward exchange with my JW sister in law regarding the circle of life

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so we were at another family members home for a random celebration when the nature channel showed a killer whale eating a seal and my sister in law was horrified.

  we made a joke about the circle of life and i said something along the lines of 'everything that lives must die, the bible says every king must die, so even jesus wasn't immune'.

  after that comment there was an awkward silence with our jw family whispering to each other about my comment of dying.. once upon a time i asked my uber elder jw brother if he thought that he would not die and he asked me if i knew when god would start armageddon.

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  truth_b_known

  The lie of everlasting life and shunning are the two pillars of the organization.