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An excerpt from Plato's Republic, the 'Allegory of the Cave'.
by Truthexplorer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
an excerpt from plato's republic, the 'allegory of the cave' is a classic commentary on the human condition.

it is a story of open-mindedness and the power of possibility.. .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69f7ghasodm.
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What is the most bizarre counsel you received as a JW, from a JW?
by Funchback in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there were many addressed to me.

for example, i once had a sister tell me i was gambling because i liked playing skill crane (the machine where you have to try to pick up prizes like stuffed animals) at the arcade.

i then fired back a her: "you saw the r-rated movie 'backdraft.
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Are the J.W's reaching a "Tipping point"?
by karter in
1. jw
2. friends
i haven't been to a meeting in 15 years but my mother and sister are hard as j.w's.

the brothers they are appointing elders are at best suspect like one guy from my old hall made elder,big time drug used before becoming a j.w his talks are all over the place and would have struggled to make m,s years ago but with at least 60 to 70 % of young ones leaving the pool to pick from is at best reduced.. 2 other recent elders both young and zero life experience both on benefits one not well at all falls asleep all the time.. the decent,kind elders mostly older and are decent people with alot of life experience are burning out fast as there are so few of them left like 3 per congro of 100 publishers.. then you have the rich elders who wouldn't ever think of inviting some poor older or mis-fit person out to the expensive placers they go to as they couldn't afford to go so they are above the r&f and the r&f get pissed off with them.

then we have the ones who have "put the kingdom 1st" who are now old worn out and barely getting by from welfare cheque to welfare cheque that are saying "the system should have been over many years ago" it's still here and they are struggling everyday.. then there are the pioneers who have a low payed reduced hour job that seem to think anyone who has anything is totally materialistic and looks down on anyone getting a new car buying a house ect.. along with the child abuse issues,the generation change,access to information the the g.b don't want anyone to know ,not to mention the issues around blood.. is there a tipping point coming????
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How Many Prayed Out Loud whilst they were at a restaurant?
by LoisLane looking for Superman in
1. jw
2. friends
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not loudly, but just so your table could hear?.

ll.
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FROM Italy : The 10+1 Urgent Reforms.....to return the trust and honesty in your Organization
by LaFrancia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
reform of goverinig body.

transparency of their regular meetings and reports to the brotherhood.

creating a committee for biblical reforms.
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Your worst convention experience.
by zeb in
1. jw
2. experiences
by a split second rescuing our handicapped son from being pushed down the stairs by a flood of sisters rushing out to see as the drama had started.. the main offender being a special pioneer..
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55 REASONS JWS WILL NEVER BE REFORMED--Frank Toth
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
my husband and i had a nice visit with frank toth at grace gough's home.

it was great.

he has written a few things.
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Are You Raising An Introvert?
by darth frosty in
1. jw
2. friends
its not easy being an introvert in an extrovert worldespecially when youre a kid.

it is even more difficult if none of the adults in the kids life recognize that the child is an introvert.

this doesnt happen only when the childs parents are extroverts, but also with introverted parents who have never understood their own introverted nature.. .
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The Truman Show, a movie that JW's must hate.
by moshe in
1. jw
2. friends
the truman show is on tbs tonight and i know, it's been mentioned before here, but it has to be a movie that gives jw's the creeps.

jw's know something is not right in the wt fantasy land, but until they have that epiphany, that the wt has lied to them, the jw is just left with a niggly feeling of "something is just not right" in the back of their mind.

now when jim carrey- truman burbank- figures it out and becomes self aware of the lie, everyone around him tries to redirect his focus away from his epiphany , then convince him he is the only one who see's a problem.
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Whatever happened to the KINGDOM SMILE???
by Latte in
1. jw
2. friends
whilst sat in my car at some temporary traffic lights recently i saw what looked like a co doing his bit of encouraging a young boy in the f.ministry , he had his hand on this young boys back (kinda distant for a dad) i smelt a co immediately!

lol.

the road was narrow, and then low and behold!