Posts by FayeDunaway

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Watchtower Service Robots

by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

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the governing body is unable to leave the mid 20th century.

either that or the service dept.

keeps hiccuping.

FayeDunaway

Robots would be their IDEAL witnesses. "Must. Defend. The. Watchtower. Beep!" Never thinking on their own.

A lot of sympathizers who come here SOUND like robots. It's quite interesting. The years being away from it are adding up for me. I REMEMBER hearing stock answers, regular phrases, repeated slogans over and over. But being away from it for a while, these people sound like robots. Programmed to respond certain ways. Certain stimulus follows into certain algorithms and there is no straying from the path.

The problem I had with that is, I love individuality and human variation, and freedom to be your own person and think and express your own thoughts. It was inevitable that I would leave someday.

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June JW Broadcast - Jehovah's & Jesus' names Are Interchangeable!

by The Searcher in

mr. geoffrey jackson hosts this month's propaganda-fest, and uses a favourite catchphrase of the org - "by extension" - to get out of the dead-end which the scriptwriters had put him in.

he quotes matthew 10:22 - "and you will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my [jesus'] name; but he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.".

mr. jackson knows only too well that probably no j.w.

FayeDunaway

Searcher, don't bother. The guy is a witness drone. A robot. No mind of his own. 'Must. Defend. The. Truth. Beep!'

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I may have a friend

by Defianttruth in

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okay, i am almost forty and outside of my wife i haven't had a friend in decades.

sure i have tons of people with whom i am friendly towards, but they all share something to do with work or business.

i remember thinking last year i had no one who called just to talk.

FayeDunaway

DT I am really happy for you! You mentioned an important key to making new friends...joining a club for a cause you care about.

I joined a church and a bunch of other stuff. The church people are like family to me now. Actually it's unbelievable how many people I know now, through all walks of life. But still, my best friends are the women who knew me long ago, who left the religion way before I did and who I found again after I myself left. But when you are a witness you are constantly putting a wall between yourself and everyone not a witness. Breaking that wall down, you talk to people differently than you used to! There's no more reserve. More eye contact. More questions. More interest.

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June JW Broadcast - Jehovah's & Jesus' names Are Interchangeable!

by The Searcher in

mr. geoffrey jackson hosts this month's propaganda-fest, and uses a favourite catchphrase of the org - "by extension" - to get out of the dead-end which the scriptwriters had put him in.

he quotes matthew 10:22 - "and you will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my [jesus'] name; but he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.".

mr. jackson knows only too well that probably no j.w.

FayeDunaway

Gtte, it's the opposite of the trinity. It's disregarding Jesus. I don't really believe in hell, but somehow, someday, they will be punished for this.

splash....that quote is unbelievable!!!

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Demon Stories

by humblepotato in

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so we all know that "crazy" brother or sister.

every kingdom hall has one.

they give the best comments (from a hilarious perspective), have experiences with the "demons", but most importantly, they are on about 10 deifferent kinds of medications.

FayeDunaway

I think theres definitely some weird stuff out there. I've heard stories from reputable people too, things that happened to them personally. I think much of this stuff does have a scientific reason, but not all of it.

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I Went Into "Cult Mode" The Other Day..

by humblepotato in

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if you recall, i'm just coming to grips with ttatt and atheism after a few years of doubts.

made a long post around here, a while ago, talking about the very subject.

but, anyways.... so the other day, my wife was telling me how she was just exhausted and "peopled out.

FayeDunaway

Hp, that is the power of brainwashing, manifesting itself!

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The Russelites explanation and documentation of what happened when Rutherford took over the WT by force after Russel died.....

by EndofMysteries in

674 kb.

496 kb.

229 kb.

FayeDunaway

Some of this information is new to me. I remember most of it from crisis of conscience. So interesting...I remember when I was very young my best friend (whose father was a big shot) told me about the Russelites, how they STILL followed Russell and never went along with his successors after he died. How they met in people's houses to study Russell's old books and how pathetic that was. But after hearing what really happened, who are the real apostates?

It's just like a country with a king who chooses his successor, but someone else jumps in and usurps the throne. The witnesses are the pathetic people who followed the USURPER.

And what a guy he was. ' You have to follow US because you will die otherwise!! We are God's chosen!! All those other religions are EVIL and SATANIC!! Oh, and the prophets of old are going to be resurrected and going to need somewhere luxurious to live, and it's going to happen in 1925, so buy me a mansion for them, and I'll live there until it happens, if you don't mind....'

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The "Final Push" before the GT!!! I think they REALLY believe it!

by DATA-DOG in

i don't know if i have shared this with everyone, but there seems to be a new theocratic term, at least in my circuit.. the term is "final push.

" wtf does it mean?

well, an eldub said that the gb are "all in" with warwick and they might spend all their money on the project.

FayeDunaway

I still don't understand why the r&f think the governing body has some sort of special insight into the future, some mysterious connection that tells them Armageddon is almost here. Have they ever been right in the past? Haven't they constantly changed doctrine and what their 'truth' is?? WHAT have they done that deserves such reverence. WHAT?

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Disfellowship, Disassociate, or fade. What would you do different.

by John Aquila in

hindsight: .

many times because of the shock of learning ttatt, a person loses it.

you want to scream and tell the whole world that the watchtower is a big lie.

FayeDunaway

I would have talked to fewer inactive but iffy witnesses...I too often assumed they were safe. But noooo, you never know who wants to go back, and who is safe. Be careful!

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Govening Body and JWN

by John Aquila in

do you think any members of the governing body visit this site-jwn regularly?.

how about the heavies in the organization, like the writers, lawyers, and other who work at headquarters?.

for all we know john aquila could be a member of the gb..

FayeDunaway

Half banana, I was trying to remember 'inside the kh''s name too while reading this thread. Thanks for remembering for me! He had said he was on some sort of mission and he wouldn't share what it was. I remember wondering if he was a society spy.