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  by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

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  something just dawned on me today as i processed my assimilation into the real world (thanks to our new poster, @jester, giving me a major throwback to my first post).. when you're a jehovah's witness, you really are in some sort of la la land.

  things which are perfectly normal are acts of eating from the table of the demons.

  things which are horribly grotesque and extremely unjust are branded as "righteousness".

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  Muddy Waters

  That was an awesome post, JoHo..! It really is like peeling back layers from an onion to see how indoctrinated and controlled we were.

  You don’t know what you don’t know...

  I’m about 5-10 years out, and it really has been a journey of awakening and insights and “revelations”, which are still happening and which still amaze me.

  Your thoughts about “privileges” vs. “rights” is so Orwellian (have you read “1984”??) and is such an example of black-white thinking and the cognitive dissonance which occurs when one tries to explain or justify it. (Freedom=slavery, war=peace <—-Orwell, “1984”.)
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  Romans 2:21,22 Matthew 23:3 and the hypocrsity of the November 2017 Broadcast!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  hypocrites!

  i know we have spoken of this before, but in light of the appaling november 2017 jwdotorg broadcast, these scriptures just need to be highlighted!.

  please re-read them, and tell me if they don't apply to the society !?!.

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  I looked up these scriptures in the new NWT:

  Romans 2: 21, 22 - “21 do you, however, the one teaching someone else, not teach yourself? You, the one preaching, “Do not steal,” do you steal? 22 You, the one saying, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You, the one abhorring idols, do you rob temples?”

  Matthew 23: 3 - “3 Therefore, all the things they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds, for they say but they do not practice what they say.”
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  Your donations at work: WT Farms “inspirational” corn maze

  by betterdaze in

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  “best life ever” is displayed at watchtower farms, near pine bush.

  the jehovah’s witnesses' maze is a work of devotional art, and not intended for exploration like the pagan ones made for hudson valley tourists every halloween.

  source: lohud.com.

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  Muddy Waters

  Ha, I missed seeing this the first time round. But I can see that it’s supposed to be a man in a tractor, and he is waving... the two large circle things near the bottom of the picture are the tractor wheels. And you can see the barn (much smaller than the giant tractor) on the right, and rolling hills or plowed fields on the left, with some sort of fence on the left. I guess the best way of life is.... farming...?
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  Convention “Highlights” - bwhahaha!

  by Muddy Waters in

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  2. friends

  taking a walk down memory lane at those looooonnnnngg, tedious conventions... .

  (boy, they weren’t kidding when they spoke about being long-suffering and having endurance!).

  but what were some of your convention highlights, or lowlights, from back in the day?.

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  Muddy Waters

  Taking a walk down Memory Lane at those looooonnnnngg, tedious conventions...

  (Boy, they weren’t kidding when they spoke about being long-suffering and having endurance!)

  But what were some of your convention highlights, or lowlights, from back in the day?

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  I remember:

  - taking endless notes

  - shifting uncomfortably constantly

  - walking aimlessly around the coliseum till you spotted somebody you knew and then it was a big deal to say hello and find out where they were sitting so you could resume walking aimlessly around again...
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  Rock band titles from JW history / culture

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  on another thread, undercover suggested "adam and the dinosaurs".. i came up with these:.

  green bible dinosaurs.

  jezebel and the fornicators.

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  Muddy Waters

  The Pretenders (ha! Didn’t even have to change that one!)

  The Comely Feet

  Collective Soul-Stealers

  Insane Crowd Possibilities

  Sister’s Casseroles

  KISS the Son Lest He Be Angry

  Babylon The Great & Her SuperTramps

  The Tragically Unhip
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  Rock band titles from JW history / culture

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
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  on another thread, undercover suggested "adam and the dinosaurs".. i came up with these:.

  green bible dinosaurs.

  jezebel and the fornicators.

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  Muddy Waters

  Pink Tight-Pants Floyd

  knocking on The Doors

  The Glorious Ones

  The Rock & The Heavy Crag

  Salt Pillars of the Earth

  New Riders of the Purple Apocalypse

  The Four Horsemen

  The Flying Lizzards of Warwick (and their hit song, Money - That’s All I Want)

  
  
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  Rock band titles from JW history / culture

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on another thread, undercover suggested "adam and the dinosaurs".. i came up with these:.

  green bible dinosaurs.

  jezebel and the fornicators.

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  Muddy Waters

  Hurling the Great Serpent

  Pharoah and his Armies

  Jonah and the Wailers
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  I want to add something about garlic bread or sad garlic bread, or bread overlapping with garlic, but can’t figure out a “band name” for it, lol.
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  The Mental Regulators
  Love Bombers
  Grand Funk Railroaders
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  well running out of steam....
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Rock band titles from JW history / culture

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on another thread, undercover suggested "adam and the dinosaurs".. i came up with these:.

  green bible dinosaurs.

  jezebel and the fornicators.

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  Muddy Waters

  Those are GREAT, Pete Zahut! Love “Blue Logo Cult” and “Bon Jehovie!!
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  Rock band titles from JW history / culture

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
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  on another thread, undercover suggested "adam and the dinosaurs".. i came up with these:.

  green bible dinosaurs.

  jezebel and the fornicators.

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  Muddy Waters

  The Watchtower Thumpers

  Bethel Lights (Choir)

  Hootie & the Silver Sword-fish
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  How to help indoctrinated cult victims break free

  by Faith after Deception in

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  2. beliefs

  cults are fuelled by fear, shame and secrecy.

  members are taught to set their sights on a future existence on a paradise earth or in heaven, and forced to give up all hopes of true joy or fulfilment in this life.

  they must resign themselves to boredom, drudgery and self-discipline, which is often accompanied by feelings of emptiness and dread.

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  Muddy Waters

  I found your post, and list of questions very informative... thank you. I am not interested in religion or Bible anymore, but do respect where you’re coming from.