Posts by Londo111

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Opps! 2015 Calendar with errors

by pixel in

to all congregations in the united states branch territory.

re: 2015 calendar in english.

if many publishers in your congregation have requested the 2015 calendar in english,.

Londo111

The Watchtower has been wrong about chronology from the start…

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January 15, 2015 watchtower 3 study articles about marriage.

by hoser in

couples having problems and getting divorced must be a problem in the jehovahs witnesses.

the articles are definately an interesting read.

they give plenty of bad advise as usual.

Londo111

Because they can only marry within the cult, selection is limited. This leads to incompatible marriages.

Also the qualities looked for in a mate are primarily field service hours and organizational status.

These things do not a good marriage mate make.

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So who knows/knew William Malenfant?

by L3G in

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since a previous thread is getting comments that this guy may become a new gb member, the topic above is worth pursuing.

here's what i found out by searching so far---in other words, not much.

surely others must know something about the guy.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/198944/1/william-malenfant-learn-from-me-mp3-trinidad-2010-zone-talk.

Can a slingshot hit harder than a handgun? (Self-defense research oddities)

by Terry in

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as you've probably guessed, i'm interested in almost everything.. whether that is good or bad, i dunno.. but, recently i started researching ways of defending myself against bad actors.

(no, not keanu reeves.).

even though i live in texas--i just have no comfort at all about the conceal carry handgun scenario for myself.. i've explored alternate scenarios.. i purchased a rather wicked folding pocket knife, but--i kept thinking to myself how i didn't really want to bleed somebody.

Londo111

If you start sporting a slingshot, we will have to call you Denniss the Menace...or Bart Simpson.

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How many of the GB helpers are "anointed"?

by Nostromo in

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according to this list there are 29 helpers at the moment: https://jwleaks.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/jehovahs-witnesses-governing-body-committees.jpg.

i wonder how many of these are "anointed"?

all the current seven gb members were helpers first and then appointed to be gb members.

Londo111

If the rumor is true that there will be new light that means appointment to the GB will mean automatically being anointed, it won’t matter.

And if the rumor is also true that they will make the GB number 12, it wouldn't be suprising if they are grooming Malenfant, since they showcased him on the first video on Dub TV.

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Steven Alan Hassan's BITE Model of Cult Mind Control

by FFtruther144 in

i know this is a long post, but it seems to me that the watchtower society has pretty much got every single item covered.. bite = behavior, information, thought, emotion.

behavior control.

1. regulate individuals physical reality .

Londo111

Reading Combatting Cult Mind Control was very eye opening. Before that, I was awakening to the fact that the JW theology was ill founded, but I believe I denied on this forum that JWs were a cult and that anything like mind control was employed. Once I understood what a cult was (a high control group), and what mind control was (undue influence/extreme peer pressure), and read the experiences of other like groups, it all made sense.

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Be Honest: Were You Ever Jealous When Someone Was Appointed a Pioneer, MS or Elder?

by minimus in

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i knew some that were very happy for you and others, along with their families, that were envious of someone's advancement.. .

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Londo111

When I was a ministerial servant, I never liked “taking the lead”. Especially when I’d to direct men and women several decades older than me in field service. It felt very unnatural.

The Watchtower claims “apostates” are envious of people having positions and want to take the lead. But what I’ve found is that is the rhetoric of all authoritarian groups, not just the Watchtower.

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