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  4 Suicides I Am Aware Of This Year, Why Elders, COs Are Not Competent To Handle These Matters. (Life Or Death, Your Choice!)

  by AvocadoJake in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i would like to relate with the first suicide that took place this year, this was more than seven months ago.

  this person was deeply distraught and was talking about killing themself.

  the conduct of this person started to escalate (deep depression with morbid thoughts.

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  Gubberningbody, I beg to differ: The incessant pressure to "do more" and put-down of any effort to fulfil one's perfectly normal desire for self-affirmation or personal worth through development of one's talents is unique to JWs, and an enormous contributor to one's sense of worthlessness.
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  Acceptable and unacceptable dress for visiting Bethel

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just came across this on another thread with pictures/photos ,is this for real ?

  i couldnt beleive my eyes or ears?.

  the control that this organization has over it`s members... is ..is ... well it`s a cult !!

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  It's all about whitening the outside of the sepulchre (Matt. 23:27)
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  4 Suicides I Am Aware Of This Year, Why Elders, COs Are Not Competent To Handle These Matters. (Life Or Death, Your Choice!)

  by AvocadoJake in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i would like to relate with the first suicide that took place this year, this was more than seven months ago.

  this person was deeply distraught and was talking about killing themself.

  the conduct of this person started to escalate (deep depression with morbid thoughts.

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  True, so true WT Wizard; the only thing these guys excel at is making a bad situation worse; in this case with tragic consequences.
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  Is the "Watchtower Study" = Question and answer a form of brainwashing??

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  on sundays study we were always told to keep answers brief and from the paragraph as some brothers would add "other meterial" to their comments.

  the "correct" answer is right there in the paragraph.

  read question --------find answer in paragraph------underline/highlight------read related {not] scripture-----raise hand---give answer from paragraph as though it's your own thought.

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  Teary's classroom analogy is flawed in several respects; in the first -- and most obvious -- case, the WT conductor is not a "teacher" in the academic sense; he does not prepare the curriculum, select the reference materials or grade any paper submissions. He's as much of a student as those sitting in the KH seats, he just has the job of leading the session and is no futher advantaged with prior knowledge of the subject than anyone else in the room. His marching orders from Brooklyn are clear and unambiguous -- song, get the paragraph read, take comments, song, prayer and don't stray to far afield.
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  JWs and the General Public: A Tragi-Comic Paradox

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's bizarre to me for a religion as public as they are, and as obstensibly devoted to delivering the one and only message for the ages, with their tireless pounding on the public's doors, that they are remarkably averse to delivering their message openly -- on the air and in a public forum.. i suspect they know most of their core beliefs are indefensible, and downright cartoonish in their unwillingness to come to terms with unassailable facts of sicence and history relating to evolution, the age of the earth, the flood etc.

  and know they would be laughed off the stage at any public airing.

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  It's bizarre to me for a religion as public as they are, and as obstensibly devoted to delivering the one and only Message For The Ages, with their tireless pounding on the public's doors, that they are remarkably averse to delivering their message openly -- on the air and in a public forum.

  I suspect they know most of their core beliefs are indefensible, and downright cartoonish in their unwillingness to come to terms with unassailable facts of sicence and history relating to evolution, the age of the earth, the flood etc. and know they would be laughed off the stage at any public airing.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-06-2011 WT Study (YOUR SHARE)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  .a revelation by jesus christ,...to his slave john, .

  comments.

  comments.

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  It's galling to read this claptrap, published by self-sparing Bethelites who tut-tut at the rank and file from behind their cloistered walls.
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  Are JWs the worst restaurant customers?

  by Alfred in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  (a little background info before i ask my question...).

  my sister-in-law (non-jw), who manages a popular chain restaurant near a kingdom hall, just found out that my wife and i have recently faded, so she decided to get something off her chest the other day... you guessed it: she wanted us to know that jws are the worst customers ever!

  she then told us some really embarrassing stories about how jws would request a table for 15 to 20 people (after a sunday meeting) and then (when the bill came) some of the jws would start deliberating amongst themselves on whether or not the waiter was diligent or not (to justify the low tip he was getting anyway).

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  I remember one ultra-cheap JW who requested a cup of hot water, then dropped in a tea bag he brought with him.
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  Comments from a real JW about the killing of apostates watchtower. You will be shocked..

  by Hairyhegoat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a very good find from another jw only web site i have access to... hey i just found this on a link of my mom's that she is "friends" with, yes, still a jw...anyway, i had to copy/paste it so you could all see, thought it was a bit hilarious to see how they blatantly speak of keeping info from "outsiders.

  " i did not copy the name of the person since that is not my point and i am not that disrespectful, but i did copy their comment...they were discussing the wt about killing all apostates and someone that was studying asked a question as to whether they all thought that was right or not, so here it is..............."james... although its a great article and very encouraging, as apostates do deserve to be murdered, it may not be such a good idea to reveal it our friend zeek at this moment.

  he may find it a tad over the top.

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  All this proves is that there are loonies on both sides of the JW issue
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  Is The WTBTS' View Of Homosexuality Softening?

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  or at least the public may be given the impression that jws and the wtbts are fair minded and do not discriminate against the homosexual lifestyle.

  check out this quote from the nov 1, 2011 watchtower (public edition).

  the article on page 4 is entitled 'ten questions about sex answered'.. question 8: does god approve of homosexuality?.

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  That's why there are two versions of the WT
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  WT Flip-Flops on Jesus’ Inspection… Was it in 1918 or 1919?... Did the WT PASS or FAIL?

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is utterly ridiculous.... .

  the more i research this particular subject, the more flip-flops i uncover.

  it seems the fds cant even make up their minds regarding what happened in 1918 (or should i say 1919?).

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  I believe they also said the Two Witnesses in Sackcloth" in Revelation were the Old and New Testaments.