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  New here

  by winnie12 in

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  2. experiences

  hey i'm new here, i've been reading up so much here and on other sites about tatt and it has really settled a nagging feeling of doubt within me.

  truly i have been lied to and have been trapped in this cult.

  i've been suffering with depression, anxiety, attempted suicide, hospitalization, anti depressants, loneliness all this while being in supposedly surrounded by "the happiest people" on earth.

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  FadeToBlack

  Welcome. You are not alone.
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  Tower of Babel built by Babies!

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the weekly tms bible reading assignment is not read, or not carefully read, by most of the sheeples.

  it doesn't really matter, because the consideration of the bible reading material is one of the shortest parts on the meeting with a limited number of comments, and those comments are restricted to less than 30 seconds or you will get counselled.

  over and over, the dubs are told to read the bible, yet the organization gives no real encouragement to read the bible by keeping everyone busy in the recruiting work and using relatively few scriptures in their "talks".. why?

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  Glad to see this pop to the top. All the new ones joining us should have a chance to beneift from Leolaia's remarks. I personally don't see how the WT's mid 19th-century view of history could fail to get a few lurkers over to the other side of the fence.
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  They made me throw away a windchime!!!

  by quellycatface in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had a lovely mirrored windchime in my house.

  my study conductor told me it attracted deemunz and i threw it in the trash.

  i've since bought another.. what's the reasoning behind that idiocy??

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  FadeToBlack

  Going to get the wind chimes setup this spring. Thanks for the reminder. Should be lovely.
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  Kingdom Ministry Feb 2014 has a couple interesting statements

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought the kingdom ministry feb 2014 had a couple interesting things in it:.

  1. a short talk encouraging the jw sales force to publicize the jw.org website at every opportunity.. 2. do not put out bibles on your table displays keep them hidden underneath.

  i thought they were so p-p-p-p-proud of their new nwt??.

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  FadeToBlack

  OffTopic, but wanted to let WTWizard I sent him a PM.
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  Kingdom Ministry Feb 2014 has a couple interesting statements

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought the kingdom ministry feb 2014 had a couple interesting things in it:.

  1. a short talk encouraging the jw sales force to publicize the jw.org website at every opportunity.. 2. do not put out bibles on your table displays keep them hidden underneath.

  i thought they were so p-p-p-p-proud of their new nwt??.

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  FadeToBlack

  @BlackSheep: I wouldn't trash it. Better to keep it to compare with previous and future versions.
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  Are you excited about the next space race?

  by tootired2care in

  1. social
  2. current

  for the last several years a number of things have been coalescing to make deeper space exploration and colonization possible and even feasible.

  it seems that the velocity of such endeavors has really increased the last couple of years.

  big things are in the works such as:.

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  FadeToBlack

  Not going to happen. We wasted all our resources on an orgy of consumerism and unnecessary military nonsense and now the funds are gone. Not to mention the diminishing physical resources available for future projects. If we can't even establish colonies in Antartica or under the ocean where we would still have acces to necessary resources, how are we going to do it on Mars? We can't even do it on the moon!
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  Nugget's 2nd exhibition piece

  by cantleave in

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  FadeToBlack

  Beautiful work. If you don't already have a bird in the lineup, may I suggest that be the next project. Thanks for the link to earlier stuff.
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  A story about Reggie and Reginald... and why it makes me cringe... more vomiting

  by confusedandalone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i grew up in new jersey in a very urban part of the state.

  i literally only saw white folks if they were in a police car or if i went to the assembly.

  the funny thing is at the assembly there was still a level of segregation as well although it was self-imposed.

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  FadeToBlack

  To be fair, my family was the only white family at our KH in Alexandria VA in mid 80's and we were treated like family. I would have to say it was the warmest cong. I have ever been in. I never realy thought about it, but sharing the same hall was another cong. made up of mostly white, financially well off folks. Also a great bunch. But the two groups did not mix. I was really naive and never gave it much thought.
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  You put your right foot in...you put your left foot out...

  by hokeypokey in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  enjoying the commentary on this board and up at night doing some research.

  coming to grips with my new reality.

  - hokey pokey.

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  FadeToBlack

  Welcome. Take it slow-and-easy. I wouldn't say anything to the family yet. You need to get a grip on yourself first. Otherwise, when you first spill the beans it will all come out in a rush and they will think you are the spawn of Satan. There are lots of guys here in your same shoes (wife and children) and lots of good advice already dished out. Be prepared for more late nights. Don't gve up...
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  Hello New World: JW.org prepares for the Long Haul In the Old World

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the prominently displayed text in the home page on jw.org is (predictably) matthew 24:14. but you do not have to be too keen-eyed to see something pivotal missing from the shortened verse.

  it omits perhaps the most important part of the verse (well, important for an end-times religion).. this is how it reads on jw.org: "this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth.".

  this is how it reads in the bible (nwt): "this good news of the kingdgom will be preached in all the inhabited earth and then the end will come.".

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  BOTR,

  It sure looks to me that they have brought in some outside help to put this together. Content is the SOS, but presentation is pretty slick. If this was just a bunch of bethelites who had taken some web design courses, we would be seeing something much less professional. I'm sure we have some web professionals who could chime in here. Heaven forbid that they would actually employ possibly university educated people to develop this (I'm not saying that you have to have a university level education to be creative or talented).