Cultivate peace in an angry world.....aka...don't sue us over our complicit sexual crimes. Be peaceful. "Jehover" will sort it out in the end. Cultivate the Cult!
exjwlemming
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Anyone know what the special talk is this weekend?
by charity7 innon jw so thank you for bearing with me.
do special talks happen with individual congregations or is it throughout?
i was told by my husband that i had to go with him and the rest of his family to the special talk that was happening this weekend.
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When can I let my guard down?
by hybridous inquick background:.
born-in, but never baptized.
remainder of family still (by all appearances) loyal dubs.
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exjwlemming
You can never let your guard down. My mother was baptized in her mid forties. My dad was dunked in his fifties. My grandmother in her mid eighties! So sad.
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1986- U.S. bombs libya!
by nowwhat? inreagan orders bombing of libyia target's kadaffi.
i vividly remember calling my pioneer buddy "ok this is it get ready for ww3!
" guess what nothing happened.
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exjwlemming
At the start the 1st Gulf War, attendence soared as many were expecting "The End." The numbers dwindled down to the usually level after several months. The same thing happened with the 2nd Gulf War. After 9/11, the hall was filled with people for weeks afterwards but the apathy returned and attendence dropped. The invasion of Iraq and Afganistan brought many more inactive ones back for a cursory appearance for awhile. I don't think this will continue to occur after every global crisis or conflict. Crying wolf only lasts for so long....think about WWI, WWII, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War...Cuban Missle Crisis.....Makes me think of Billy Joel and "We didn't start the Fire."
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Are you a Putin witness?
by lusitano o tuga ina new sect emerges n russia to overcom jehovahs witnesses,.
they are putin`s witnesses!.
http://www.interpretermag.com/a-new-sect-emerges-in-russia-putins-witnesses/.
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exjwlemming
Come on! This has to be fake news and propaganda on April Fools Day.
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Prison chaplain.
by quellycatface ini'm rather gobsmacked to hear that an elder in my ex congregation has been appointed a prison chaplain (in the uk).
the reason for my disbelief, is that, this particular prison is for "schedule 1" offenders - covering sex crimes, child abuse/paedophilia and even downloading child pornography.
the reason for my reaction is that he has at least 9 "disciples" who have a bible study but i cannot help but think that when they are released, they will be part of a congregation, where they will have access to children and vulnerable people?
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exjwlemming
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." This guy is playing with fire to massage his "theocratic" ego. Can you imagine the adulation he receives from the rank and file to minister to these incarcerated inmates? Once a sex criminal, always a sex criminal. That's why they are required to register in many countries around the world. The odds are against him that one or more of these people will offend again. I see another round of future lawsuits that will drain the org of their lifeblood, money. Give the org enough rope and they will hang themselves. Unfortunately, it will be a the expense of young children that will be scarred for life. So sad.
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Shockingly sad - Ex-JW's suicide note revealed
by darkspilver inw a r n i n g !the candian national post newspaper has released a copy of the scrawled and bloody suicide note.brought up in jw family, but kicked out of the family home when he was a teenager.it's featured on page 6 of the wednesday 29 march 2017 print edition.see online for full story - please note it includes a colour picture of the suicide note.
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exjwlemming
A truly sad story. I was in the same predicament, though not nearly to his extreme. It was very tough. My heart bleeds for him and I empathize with his situation. Unfortunately, these children will grow up without a father. The upside? The heartless money grubbing bitch can't get $6500 a month when he is dead. I hope Karma comes back around and pays her back, big time.
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What does CLAM stand for?
by QuestioningEverything ini've seen this in a few posts and not sure what it means.
:) please help..
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exjwlemming
Cult Learning and Manipulation
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Aren't you a bit amazed that the WTS/JWS is still around ?
by Finkelstein ini know i am, to me its a bit of a peculiar anomaly that the wts is still around and functioning in reflection of its decades and now complete century that the wts has been bullshitting to people .
organizations like the church of god have shrunk dramatically from its heyday of the 1980's, this too was another organization that spread and grew by publishing its own magazine proclaiming a armageddon soon doctrine and its main publication was called " the truth " .
i'm guessing some of this has to do with the fact that people who get lured into this cult aren't aware of its past, its doctrines, the people who started it and so forth.
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exjwlemming
I'm not surprised at all. The many meetings each week provides a constant flow of Org propanganda and brainwashing. It use to be 5 meetings for about 5 hours plus field service, special assemble days, circuit assemblies, and district assemblies. Being surrounded 24/7 by the JW "friends and family" gives little time or opportunity to think critically. With the org website, music, videos, and the monthly GB talk show host pitching the most recent made up doctrinal change....these stunted viewers have nothing else to enter their minds. Honestly, I feel so sorry for them, slaving for the org with the carrot hanging in front of them until they die.
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Memorial Non-Attendance: The Single Most Impactful TTATT Witness to JW Friends & Family
by AMNESIANO in(original version posted 2014).
notice: the following is submitted in full recognition of and with compassion and due respect for those who, due to personal circumstance, feel they are unable to employ this powerful strategy.. ---.
anyone who has awakened to ttatt and has conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent, highly-regarded, studious true-believer from a celebrated multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.
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exjwlemming
Well said, AMNESIANO! The mandatory memorial attendence is a scam to guilt many inactive and uninterested attendees and unbelieving spouses into making changes to serve the org. Offering Bible studies to those that show up is like shooting fish in a barrel. Get in and get out. Try not to make eye contact with the hardcore JW lackeys and yes men.
Captive 1990-2015
Last WT propaganda memorial attendence 2015
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any contractors here that can give an educated estimate of what warwick cost?
by nowwhat? injust wonderin'.
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exjwlemming
Darkspliver is really close. I am in construction in the USA in the Midwest. Generally, you are looking at $300-$500 a square foot depending on the size, height, type of structure, specialty systems, and grade of interior finishes. A simple office building complex with residential suites would be about $400 a square foot. However, the $400 a square foot includes union labor. As we know, the real estate company, WTBT$, was built on free labor. Since many of the labor manhours are donated, the org gets a break. It can be said that about 50% of the cost, is labor. There still is cost involved with free labor such as housing, food, and other expenses. I would probably figure a 35-40% discount due to the free labor because I believe that they do subcontract some specialized work. Also, my personal experience on quick builds (do you remember those?) demonstrated a lack of serious rates of production as well as work that had to be done over again with additional material costs. I estimate about $450,000,000.