Welcome James. My husband and I pioneered for 25 years between us. We left together when I was thirty thank goodness. Is your wife of the same mind as you on the JWs?
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21 Years as an Elder, 5 as an MS, I will never be that guy again.
by James Jack ini was deleted as the cobe after i let my adult child move back home and he admitted that he fornicated under my roof while my wife and i where away on a rbc project.
of course the elder mode in me kicked him out of the house.. the elders moved quickly to remove me because i was too involved in "theocractic activities", i had neglected my adult son.. i accepted this primarily because i didn't want to serve with a boe that did not want me.
i was devastated however because it was the only life i knew.
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Don't you just love a great quote?
by stillin ini have seen a few here on this forum.
i just came across on in a book i'm reading that i thought i would share with you, appropriate to the forum.. "men think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one".
charles mackay in extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds (1841).
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BigMike very well done! Years of work have lead to a very worthwhile profession. Enjoy your success, you've earned it.
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The Fear mongering of this weeks WT study!
by stuckinarut2 inhave you all read this weeks study article?.
oh my word it is full of fear inducing tactics....doom and gloom outlooks.... anxiety inducing methods to develop absolute control over witnesses and cripple them in any attempt to think for themselves!.
(notice i am saying "themselves" rather than "ourselves"?!
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More beating them over the head with the idea they must stay in an organisation to be safe. The inner rooms connected to the KHs will protect them when the big A comes. Such a primitive ides. People have been rushing into churches and temples as the buildings fall on them or the lava pours down for thousands of years. A deeply entrenched fear in the human psyche exploited by this cult.
All to keep reeling in the individuals who are exhausted with the constant doctrinal changes and want to find their God away from an organisation that keeps verbally beating them to do more. Only a building can save them?? Whatever happened to a relationship with God!
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Do Jehovah Witnesses give out mis-information deliberately?
by smiddy indo you think it is possible that the g.b.is deliberately giving out mis-information to confuse either apostates or media that might be investigating them for one reason or another ?
speak out of both corners of their mouth .
and the reason they do so ?
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Well yes, see EndofMysteries thread an hour ago about the biology professor whose words have been taken out of context in an article on evolution in Awake! I suggest the evolution books the Borg released were stuffed with misquotes from scientists to cast doubt on evolution. -
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received revealing "witness" in parking lot
by Magnum ina few weeks ago i was working out of my home state and was in a grocery store parking lot when i received my first jw witness since leaving jwdom.
a youngish-looking lady was sitting in an suv parked next to my car and i was about to get in my car to leave.
she opened the door and asked whether she could give me something to read (had a tract in her hand)..
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Great work Magnum. How typical that they are being taught ad hominem phrases but no scriptural argumentation of the kind we learned. As you say all they can do is hand you a leaflet and keep repeating the web site. Truly a dumbing down especially after living through the overlapping generations fiasco she doesn't even know about it. -
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Are people really happy at Bethel?
by The Searcher inif they are this happy, why do they keep taking down this video?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evulyocziz8&feature=youtu.be.
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HAVE ALL OF YOU FORGOTTEN WHAT IT'S LIKE IN WTLAND?!?!? - Billy
Oh Billy no I haven't, why are you shouting?
That's why I asked the question where is this vid from. It's so cultish. From one of the most controlling religions in the world that made us miserable, pretending they are the happiest people in the world.
I have seen about five threads on this vid talking about how disgusting it is, should dancing be allowed, should people dressed as Bible characters dance and the obvious question, to me anyway, is where did it come from.
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An interesting comment given by an older brother during the prayer yesterday.
by My Name is of No Consequence ini have been a regular visitor to this site for several years now.
i never really felt the need to set up an account and post...until now.
at the close of yesterdays meeting, an older brother gave the prayer.
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That"s very insightful sparrow. First they get rid of all the old literature then they get rid off all the older people who remember the old light. -
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Are people really happy at Bethel?
by The Searcher inif they are this happy, why do they keep taking down this video?
:).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evulyocziz8&feature=youtu.be.
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Yes that makes sense Dagney. What doesn't fit is why they keep taking it down.
edited to add just seen your post wifibandit, possibly true but I find it hard to believe they thought it wouldn't end up online. Are they that naive?
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Are people really happy at Bethel?
by The Searcher inif they are this happy, why do they keep taking down this video?
:).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evulyocziz8&feature=youtu.be.
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Ok I will summarise it for you so far. The JW one may or may not have been made at the summer convention 2014 as an answer to the AAWA one made sometime In 2014.