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  JWs Were Right About Something

  by minimus in

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  they used to say the world governments would turn on religion.

  i think this part is coming true.

  however they also said since jehovah’s witnesses were going to be the only religion left the governments were going to focus on the “eyeball”of jehovah, his people.

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  Yes they said the "love of the greater number would cool off"

  Thank god they got this one right.
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  1984 movie, Similar to WT land.

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  wow, if you have the time, watch this movie of orwell's 1984. it was made in the '50s, so its a little hokey, but wow the similarities are scary.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mj08hncica.

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  “Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
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  What are the Society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  what are the society's rules when confronting a disfellowshipped person at a funeral service?.

  are there specific rules or watchtower articles that must be followed?.

  i have been to three different wakes/funerals where a disfellowshipped person attended with different results.. 1. ten years ago my first cousin passed away.

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  I guess I don't know because when my inactive father died my JW sister never bothered to call me to let me know of his passing. So I guess you could say I was shunned and given no opportunity to attend my own father's funeral.....

  "By their you will recognize them" Boy isn't that true.
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  I've been shot

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yes, the long-awaited vaccine entered my bloodstream yesterday at 5 pm.. as steve martin humorously remarked, "good news/bad news.

  good news: i just got vaccinated!

  bad news: i got it because i'm 75.

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  The Bethelite

  Good news the vaccine cures Covid... bad news the side effect is cancer.
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  EXCELLENT F.B Post re: latest Borg Mind Control etc

  by Phizzy in

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  2. child-abuse

  from william.

  h. bowen on facebook :.

  alienation and garbage the new message of jehovah’s witnesses.

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  This Kool Aid taste strange.....
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  Thoughts on JW funerals

  by Syme in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently had the sad opportunity to attend 2 jw funerals.

  the first was a few months ago and the second today.

  the first was my grandfather's and the second of an old friend back from my jw days.

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  The Bethelite

  Yes so true...some lucky JWs might get a whole 5 minutes of eulogy...but not usually.

  Only 5 minutes for their 80 years of life on this planet... how sad.

  But the vast majority get only a minute or two and then its "let me tell you about what Bob really believed in, as a Jehovah's Witness" Their segue into to propaganda.

  We all know the individual means nothing in the organization. That is one of the first things they teach you at Bethel.

  P.S. You know the speaker gets to "count his time"
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  The Life of Pioneers...

  by The Bethelite in

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  2. friends

  i don't know why but sometimes like to check up my old/self righteous friend, gary kennedy from bethel on face book....he is a pioneer in ecuador.

  yes and just like most pioneers he likes to brag on his selfless life style.

  he is serving the lord my sitting at home and writing out thousands of letters long hand all day long to count his time.

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  Funny your right I didn't notice. Flag stamps!
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  The Life of Pioneers...

  by The Bethelite in

  1. jw
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  i don't know why but sometimes like to check up my old/self righteous friend, gary kennedy from bethel on face book....he is a pioneer in ecuador.

  yes and just like most pioneers he likes to brag on his selfless life style.

  he is serving the lord my sitting at home and writing out thousands of letters long hand all day long to count his time.

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  I don't know why but sometimes like to check up my old/self righteous friend, Gary Kennedy from Bethel on Face Book....He is a pioneer in Ecuador. Yes and just like most pioneers he likes to brag on his selfless life style. He is serving the Lord my sitting at home and writing out thousands of letters long hand all day long to count his time. Day after day writing the same "come to Jesus" message everyday. Who knows maybe like Jack Nicholson in "The Shinning" the letters will turn into "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!"
  
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  If The Jehovah's Witnesses Stole Your Past...Don't Let Them Steal Your Future!

  by The Bethelite in

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  yes, many here have lost many years of life due to being infected by this cult like religion.

  for many it is very hard to let go of that life and those wasted years.. of course people need time to heal and this web site is a great place to do that, swap war stories and commiserate.. i was in for over 50 years.

  so of course it will be with me for the rest of my life.

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  Yes, many here have lost many years of life due to being infected by this cult like religion. For many it is very hard to let go of that life and those wasted years.

  Of course people need time to heal and this web site is a great place to do that, swap war stories and commiserate.

  I was in for over 50 years. So of course it will be with me for the rest of my life. My son was in for 21 years and we both left it 19 years ago.

  However like thousands of other people my son can't let it go. Each day is consumed with what "the Witnesses did to him." All the missed opportunities, education, school sports, childhood friends... this has been going on for 19 years.

  So in essence the church stole his first 21 years and his last 19 years also.

  So how many more years will they steal from him and others?

  I told him he needs to make peace with this, so he can still enjoy his future.

  So please my friends don't let the Watchtower Bible & Truck Society steal any more of your future.

  Keith Casarona
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  Unraveling threads which expose WatchTower 

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  cults are famous for controlling information about people, places and events which are embarrassing to their self-myths.in my experience from the beginning of my personal contact with jehovah's witnesses - i knew next to nothing at all.

  i was in elementary school in the 6th grade, age 12. a school chum who was a jw befriended me and the indoctrination began straightaway!it took all of 6 years of studying and attending meetings before i agreed to be baptized on a date very easy to remember: it was november 23, 1963 - the day after president john f. kennedy was murdered a few miles away in dallas.

  (during the convention i attended - not a single mention of assassination or kennedy or his family was spoken.

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  Good Job Terry once again....

  "The light gets brighter"