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  2019 International Convention Growth Figures from Baptism

  by HiddenPimo in

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  2. beliefs

  so the borg has put up the attendance and baptism figured from the miami and atlanta international conventions.. amazing growth!.

  atlanta - 46,374 peak attendance / baptized 314.

  0.67% growth.

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  Not sure which would be better watching them die a slow death or all at once.
  
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  Do any of you born into the cult feel like your mental growth was stunted?

  by rockemsockem in

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  2. beliefs

  being born in to me was devastating.

  when you are a child born in and raised with the they vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die.

  not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of you.

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  I never had the nightmares but my mother did. She was upset later in life as she woke up at the damage she suffered. Not all situations are the same. Some were never raised in a real witness home. Or were never really witnesses. I would say from Blondie's post she never really was a JW. Maybe she was raised not really to the standards of the cult. For those who were strictly raised as the cult taught its extremely damaging to children. I know of several family's who go to the hall and "play" Witness. But tell their kids to go to collage get an education and make a future for themselves. These are not real JWs. They play at it. If the truth be told no pun intended the true JWs in the cult looked down on these people as not strong or real JWs. We had several in the halls I went to. They were accepted to a deg. but looked on as not people to do much socially with. If a child is raised in the cult as the cult dictates they are damaged. Its just that simple.
  
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  Do any of you born into the cult feel like your mental growth was stunted?

  by rockemsockem in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  being born in to me was devastating.

  when you are a child born in and raised with the they vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die.

  not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of you.

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  I believe that being raised a JW is very destructive. You don't form the relationships in society that normal kids do. You are not allowed to join in any of the secular activity's the normal kids do. You are taught you are part of a very special group that is going to be treated very special and everyone else is doomed. You have all the answers to life's questions while everyone else is lost. I went to therapy for a bit and when I told the therapist I was raised a JW she told me that she deals with a lot of damage from this cult. And she used the word cult. She said it was widely known among her profession of the danger and damage done by the JWs.

  I think every child, and parents and congregation is different. I would say some are not quite as damaging as others but for me I have been part of 4 different congregations and although that is not a large number non have been anything but destructive. I have seen what they have done to myself and others. Children raised in the cult are exposed to beliefs of imminent violent graphic death and destruction via My book of bible stories or in my case the Paradise book and down playing of the self. You as an individual are not important. Only Jehovah is important. The viewing of others not believing the same as you as less than and the list goes on. You may not know it but if you were raised a JW you were damaged.
  
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  Do any of you born into the cult feel like your mental growth was stunted?

  by rockemsockem in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  being born in to me was devastating.

  when you are a child born in and raised with the they vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die.

  not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of you.

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  Being born in to me was devastating. When you are a child born in and raised with the They vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die. Not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of You. The cult is IMO devastating to the growth of children. Its pure and simple child abuse.
  
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  How the JW's can improve the street work!

  by Giordano in

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  2. humour

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rirdoittodm.

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  Stay home
  
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  607 date of Jerusalems destruction

  by benny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am confused about the time scale regarding the year of the destruction of jerusalem.

  in the 1st october 2011 watchtower an argument is presented to back up 607 bc but there are so many conflicting arguments that this happened 20 years later according to secular sources.

  your thoughts please..

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  rockemsockem

  No one outside the JWs use 607bce. The lines of evidence are many that it was 586/7 BCE. Its also funny but the JWs use the same lines of evidence to show other dates that they and secular scholars agree on.
  
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  Another problem for the JW door knockers

  by greenhornet in

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  2. beliefs

  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7107379/have-milennials-killed-doorbell-people-admit-theyre-scared-answer-aggressive-ring.html.

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  rockemsockem

  Depends on the time of day. If I don't know and its late I will answer with a 9mm Ruger SR9c in my hand behind the door so they can not see but will be used if needed. It is middle of the day I am a bit less concerned. If its anytime and it looks like Charlie Manson the 9 will be in hand.
  
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  What is it with Milie Cyrus putting her Tongue on everything?

  by rockemsockem in

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  this stupid kid is 20 something going on 5yo.

  she has to put her finger or tongue in everything.

  [img]http://i63.tinypic.com/2h5p9a0.jpg[/img].

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  Do you know her or are you talking with your little head?
  
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  What is it with Milie Cyrus putting her Tongue on everything?

  by rockemsockem in

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  this stupid kid is 20 something going on 5yo.

  she has to put her finger or tongue in everything.

  [img]http://i63.tinypic.com/2h5p9a0.jpg[/img].

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  This stupid kid is 20 something going on 5yo. She has to put her finger or tongue in everything. [IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/2h5p9a0.jpg[/IMG]
  
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  all the talk of pedos made me remember

  by rockemsockem in

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  2. scandals

  i had forgotten this, but when i was younger there were several of us who were friends in the religion.

  i never really reached out and one of the guys was a ms. well a couple were but this one we were close for a while.

  i remembered him saying that when his friend from down state came up to visit he would have his younger sister sit on his lap in the back of the car.

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  I had really forgotten about this. As I remember it was the only thing he told me like this. Same guy who would turn us in for smoking a stolen cig. but then come and stay over night and stay up reading my penthouse collection. His wife he has been married to since the late 80s had a double mastectomy. I know this upset him a lot. I don't think I would call him a pedo. but I thought that was out of line back in the day. We grew up you don't sequel. It was a different time. One can not look back on history and say this or that when they are not from that time. As I grew up I saw how people who told even when the elders asked them, they were still looked upon as low life. I only told once on a brother who was smoking. I worked with him, the elders were at my dads house banging the table and saying you have to tell us, my dad got up and walked out, and they intimidated me to the point I told. I then lost my job with brother and was given a garbage truck to go around the jobs and pick up scraps. From Apprentice to garbage man. I learned shut your mouth. Not to mention that being told something is not even evidence in civil or criminal court little-own the JWs.