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  Wow more heavy artillery propaganda from the 11/14 WT!!!!!

  by BU2B in

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  every paragraph and every article in this issue is nonstop heavy artillery fire propaganda.

  i have never seen a wt so full of logical fallacies, appeals to emotion, appeals to authority, guilt tripping and bite techniques all in one issue!

  paragraph 9 states clearly that even though the gb is imperfect, that does not matter, we must obey them anyways.

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  Obedience = Holiness. WOW I wish my dog felt that way.
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  The video with the engineer crying to his boss.

  by Defianttruth in

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  i watched this video the other day and would like to add some comments.. i have a team of 3 p.es that work for me.

  sometimes, i have a few guys who will contract when things get busy.

  a few times a year, i may ask my guys (and gal) to work 60,70,80,90, or every hour during a week.

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  The whole video is unrealistic BS. I'd fire the guy for crying. Man up and do the job you signed on to do!
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  Question for current and former elders: did you feel qualified to give counsel for depression?

  by kneehighmiah in

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  do you feel the counseling demands placed on elders are fair and scriptural?.

  i live in an economically depressed industial city.

  my dad is an elder in a lower income black congregation.

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  Although its been many years ago...my answer would be that I was totally unqualified. There are no easy answers to grinding poverty and depression. I would have to agree with sparrowdown. The canned answers that an elder would give by way of the society would probably make matters worse.

  It sounds like your Dad is educated. Does he have a degree in psychology? Maybe he enjoys feeling needed? Either way it's up to him to decide when enough is enough and hang up his elder hat.
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  More dumb JW logic

  by Batman89 in

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  witnesses always say when a person comes into the "truth"(deception) it was because jehovah saw they had the right "heart condition".

  so they're basically saying that only 7 million people on earth which is way less than 1% of the population have good hearts and are good people.

  and everyone else is just evil?

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  @Apognophos. What you have to remember is that since god can read the hearts of witness children, he know that they're just doing it to make their parents happy. So they're gonna die too. Hey, while he's at it what another million or so deaths?
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  The epitome of cognitive dissonance

  by sir82 in

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  it is rare to get such a startling, sparkling, perfect example of this.. here is a snippet of a conversion going on at jwtalk.net regarding israel/gaza:.

  http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16268-peace-security-news/.

  every one who is in the world today and dies tomorrow is in line for a ressurection.this is their best way of being in the new world.

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  Just EEWWW! How's that for a well thought out response. Guy No. 2 is a dolt. This is one of the top two reasons I couldn't remain a witless.
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  is it just me?? the district convention at nassau coliseum was crazy

  by dugout in

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  number one- fact-it was dangerously overcrowed.

  ok its one thing dropping the ball on this one.

  or they just didnt care.

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  Even the Islanders have ditched that s$%thole!
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  Seattle Convention Videos

  by exwhyzee in

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  this is the link to the website that was set up for the intl.

  convention here in seattle the weekend before last.

  we went to dinner in the city with family members afterward and saw a lot of old friends.

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  Watched the travelogue video and was a little surprised the narrator used the word WE so much.

  WE have this natural beauty. WE have this amazing agricultural system. WE have this amazing hydropower. WE are home to technology companies etc.

  THEY have contributed nothing to all of the above. In fact if their vision ever came true THEY would make sure that most of the residents of the fine State would vanish at the hands of an angry god. Just vomit inducing.
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  What was your out of control, sobbing moment with this stupid religion?

  by ctrwtf in

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  i have often laughed at public outpourings of emotion.

  just google mike schmidt"s retirement speech in which he loses it and blithers on about his career.

  completely douche chilling.. but to be honest, i had a moment recently when i literally balled my eyes out.

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  I have often laughed at public outpourings of emotion. Just google Mike Schmidt"s retirement speech in which he loses it and blithers on about his career. Completely douche chilling.

  But to be honest, I had a moment recently when I literally balled my eyes out. For some reason I was watching my kids interact and I thought of all the children that have never been born because "the end is near." It hit me like a ton of bricks. I completely lost it.

  After regaining my composure, I got angry at this evil institution that strips so many people of what are basic human needs and desires in the name of god. It's unimaginable that there are those who put so much faith in the GB that they deny themselves even the pleasures of family life.

  Woe be it to the woman with a suckling child at Armageddon! This was always the justification for the unspoken yet very real prohibition on childbirth. "Responsible child rearing in the time of the end" was the title of a talk at the 1986 District Convention. How about the fact that it would be unchristian to refuse assistance to the weak in a time of distress? Yet many of the uber faithfull have gone without having children.

  I'm happy to write that even back then my inner self told the GB to F off. My two kids are my greatest joy in life. They're smart, funny, successful and thankfully living apart from this mind controlling horseshit.

  This was my out of control moment. What about yours?
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  So Much For Advertise Advertise Advertise (another DVD thread)

  by ctrwtf in

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  if the ultimate goal is to reach as many people as possible with the kingdom message, why does the society find it necessary to block any public access to the new dvd?.

  could it be because the public will see how vacuous their teachings are?

  producing this propaganda is a new low even for them.

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  If the ultimate goal is to reach as many people as possible with the kingdom message, why does the society find it necessary to block any public access to the new dvd?

  Could it be because the public will see how vacuous their teachings are? Producing this propaganda is a new low even for them. As soon as the content becomes public they seek to hide it from sight. How emabarrasing!
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  This new JW video is so stupid that it has to be a troll

  by Pacopoolio in

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  recently, my mother, who had stopped talking to me because i was 'apostate,' started speaking to me again.. (note that i successfully faded as opposed to ever being disfellowshipped due to dodging every elder question with "i'm not sure, i'm still searching and trying to find the answers.").

  the reason why?

  at the international convention this year, they receieved a new video called something or other.

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  Maybe the father should've told the story about Fred Hilmo falling asleep at the wheel and killing his wife on the way back to Watchtower Farm.

  Actions do indeed have consequences.

  Working hard in your career and being responsible often lead to happiness and prosperity.