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  Unbelievable!

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. social
  2. humour

  you gotta listen to the first 60 seconds of the special talk drivel.. you'll immediately see why i've put this under jokes & humour.

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  https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/vodspecialtalk2020/pub-sp-tk20r_1_video.

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  Since when did Watchtower acknowledge the “United Kingdom” was even a thing? I thought it was “Britain” (England, Scotland, and Wales) and “Ireland” (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) in their worldview.

  Does this mean the Republic of Ireland gets a separate talk, and Northern Ireland is now covered by the United Kingdom? Or are they including the Republic of Ireland under “United Kingdom

  Imho...Having lived in Ireland (south) for many years, the conventions were always held with an all Ireland perspective. This was purely down to logistics. It was easier for people to attend conventions from all parts of Ireland in the one place. So, one year, the convention might be held in cork, the next year Belfast and the next Dublin. Of course jw's are non political, so don't look at borders and regions in the same way. They view Ireland in its entirety based purely on a geographical perspective, being as practical and logistical as possible in feeding "their sheep"

  Their reference to the United Kingdom is interesting though from a watchtower perspective
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  Today’s nauseating WT

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am sitting at home, trying not to barf as this wt paragraph by paragraph tries to character assassinate those who have the temerity to take the emblems.

  the unwritten, unspoken subtext is that they, the gb, the now distinct and separate “slave” are above all this.

  they, the gold standard are immune to this questioning.

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  UnshackleTheChains

  I'm listening to it just now and it's turning my stomach. Control, control, control
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  Legal Concerns About "Zoom" Meetings!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this whole "zoom" thing has got me wondering whether some of it is legal or not.

  if a person has to dress up for a zoom meeting the way the watchtower dictates, doesn't this really go "beyond" cult?.

  even the cults who committed mass suicide were able to dress the way they wanted for their meetings.

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  UnshackleTheChains

  Jehovah's witnesses are not a cult!!?

  Then

  why are most of us on this site hiding our identities

  Why are there so many heart breaking stories of mothers, brothers, sons and daughters no longer allowed to keep in contact with each other as a result of the disfellowshipping/disassociation policy

  Why are members unnessessarily dying as a result of the blood policy that no other Christian organisation or indeed orthodox Jews agree with?

  Why are members not allowed to question the leadership?

  Why are the elders so controlling over its members lives?

  Why don't the leadership comply with the higher authorities and hand over their database of alleged child abusers within their ranks?

  Why can't members be allowed their own conscious decisions when it comes to holidays/birthdays etc

  Why does the leadership manifest an orwellion approach to their history, ie destroying their old books/heritage.

  I could go on and on.

  I think everyone can judge for themselves if they consider the watchtower Bible and tract society to be a cult or not.
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  Repeating Jehovah Jehovah Jehovah

  by Davros in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  went to a meeting after a long absence.

  after being away for so long, its still the same old thing.

  (this was a couple of weeks ago before the zoom thing).

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  UnshackleTheChains

  Completely agree with the OP.

  I haven't been to a meeting in 2 years and have been listening lately to the new communication tool they use on their tablets for meetings. My Mrs is currently listening to this in the living room and can over hear.

  I too noticed the constant use of the 15th century name 'Jehovah' all the way through the watchtower article and in the answers and prayers. It's incredibly excessive and annoying.

  What they don't realise is that it is a very over familiar way of refering to the creator of the universe. Could you imagine one of the queen of England's servants speaking to her by calling her "Elizabeth" !!!

  Whenever Jesus prayed to God, he always referred to God in an a close intimate way by calling him 'father'. He even told those in the sermon on the mount how we were to pray to God.. "Our father, who is in heaven......."

  Whenever I pray to God, I always address him as my heavenly father. I never refer to him as Jehovah.

  The jdubs are way of track on this one. But hey, it's a cult!
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  2020--2 Letters--Coronavirus--Memorial!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020 march 9, letter.

  https://docdro.id/cfjrhgb.

  2020 march 12, letter--coronavirus--memorial.

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  UnshackleTheChains

  Nice one. 👍😎
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  What triggered your awaking?

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was listening to a radio show about a jw women who had been disfellowshiped , her daughter cut off all contact ,must admit at the time i thought so what.. then this man phoned up and explained he was disfellowshiped for asking about jws being ngo in the united nations during 90s till early 2000s when a newspaper exposed them , i still thought he's a apostate but looked it up found the article then found this forum and even more info..

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  I got baptized at 23. My mother became a jdub when I was 16.

  I always had some nagging doubts, but the revelation book..it's grand climax at hand really started to wake me up to the BS spewing from watchtower
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  What triggered your awaking?

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was listening to a radio show about a jw women who had been disfellowshiped , her daughter cut off all contact ,must admit at the time i thought so what.. then this man phoned up and explained he was disfellowshiped for asking about jws being ngo in the united nations during 90s till early 2000s when a newspaper exposed them , i still thought he's a apostate but looked it up found the article then found this forum and even more info..

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  It started in 2004 when I was up at Bethel helping painting the interior of the old factory buildings. Walking around Brooklyn I couldn't understand why the wt. had so many buildings they were not using but to house bethelites to maintain the buildings. That really bother me alot! This reality lead me to look into other things because of the doubts this caused

  That's an excellent point. Did the watchtower society morph into a corporation that seems more obsessed with real estate using religion as a front to achieve their aims. Is it the case that the love of riches (real estate) has been made the priority over everything. It baffles me why they have so much properties. Their latest ventures in New York's state will have many people wondering why? Why when Armageddon is so imminent. It doesn't make sense to the rank and file looking at things from a faith perspective!
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  Link to documentary ' The Witnesses'

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  for those of you in the uk who want to watch the documentary the witnesses.

  here is the link.

  https://www.freemovie7.com/v_play/bxzfmta3ote2lw5txze=.html.

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  UnshackleTheChains

  For those of you in the UK who want to watch the documentary The witnesses. Here is the link

  https://www.freemovie7.com/v_play/bXZfMTA3OTE2LW5tXzE=.html
  
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  Why the Oxygen Special will not work like we think it will...

  by HiddenPimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  within the very documentary is a reason i think that jw's for the most part will not wake up even if they watch this program.

  the one lady actually saw as her family sat behind the abuser in court supporting him despite the established fact that he had abused their very own child.. this shows how deep the indoctrination is.

  i am not saying that some won't wake up, but the majority will carry on, not even because they think these things are lies but because they will look past that at all costs to side with jehovah.

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  UnshackleTheChains

  Oxygen doesn't appear to be available in the UK. Can it be viewed on Facebook?
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  Dropped my family off at the thought control assembly 🙄

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well that's my family dropped off at the assembly for their mind control charge up.

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  from what my 2 sisters (non witnesses) in ireland said about my mother (pioneer) after her assembly, was that she seemed to more fanatical and that they couldn't change the subject as obsessed with the end etc.. i hope their mind control coercive talks don't have too much impact on my family.

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  UnshackleTheChains

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