Ha, many years ago when I was working for the writing department and we were encouraged to submit article suggestions I had every article I submitted approved EXCEPT two. One I tried to write on homeopathy and other pseudoscientific alternative medical nonsense. The other was an article on propaganda! They have since published a recent article on propaganda as you know....
doubtfull1799
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"One drop of poison in a glass of water"
by stuckinarut2 intime to revive this well known, and often used jw illustration!.
"if you are in desperate need of a drink of water, and the glass in front of you is 99% clean, but contains just 1% poison, would you drink it??".
how often we heard this trotted out from the platform.. recently though, i have heard many examples of still-in jws sharing their observations about things that don't seem quite right with the current activities, direction and culture of the organization.
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Did your ability to work get affected by waking up to TTATT?
by stuckinarut2 injust curious.. when you started to wake up to the truth about the truth, did the shock and the whole experience distract you from your usual activities such as performing at your place of work?.
did you become so consumed by researching, and the subsequent factual discoveries, that it affected your ability to carry out daily tasks?.
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doubtfull1799
I also had a nervous breakdown. It took quite a few visits to a counsellor to sort myself out.
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Did your ability to work get affected by waking up to TTATT?
by stuckinarut2 injust curious.. when you started to wake up to the truth about the truth, did the shock and the whole experience distract you from your usual activities such as performing at your place of work?.
did you become so consumed by researching, and the subsequent factual discoveries, that it affected your ability to carry out daily tasks?.
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doubtfull1799
Absolutely!
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new JW Online Bible Study Lessons
by neat blue dog inhas anybody seen the new online bible study yet, just posted yesterday i believe?
it's the first thing you see now when going to the home page.
the online bible study lessons on jw.org are free, have no obligation, and are easy to use.
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doubtfull1799
The infantilising and dumbing down just gets worse and worse.
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Anyone watching the handmaids tail?
by blownaway ini thought this was all about the 18th century.
but its current or just post current times.
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doubtfull1799
@blownaway - are you kidding me!!! I'm blown away... hehehe
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Awesome, Awesome Report! Wait till you see the end of it!
by cha ching inbeccah hendrickson of wgal comes thru again!
a fabulous interview with barbara anderson, all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together!
watch out watchtower!
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doubtfull1799
Link?
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Two Sad an Interesting Stories From When I Hosted the Ex-Jehovah's Witness Meetup Group in Portland
by new boy infor many years i hosted the ex-jehovah’s witness meet up group in portland oregon.
i heard a lot of sad stories about what people had lost trying to get away from the jehovah’s witnesses.
there were whole families that were wiped out.
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doubtfull1799
looking forward to reading your book @newboy. What is the ETA for publication date?
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Leaked video- Watchtower's Preaching Initiative SIFT
by Newly Enlightened inwatchtower's leaked video.... watchtower's preaching initiative sift.
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doubtfull1799
"Despite years and thousands of tracts left in boxes, we have had a single enquiry or follow up from them."
Yep, that pretty much sums it up - see my recent post about the complete ineffectiveness of the work.
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Anyone watching the handmaids tail?
by blownaway ini thought this was all about the 18th century.
but its current or just post current times.
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doubtfull1799
I love how the regime is called Gilead, as is the watchtower society missionary school. Lovely how they name both after the city which the Bible claims: "Gilead is a town of evildoers, covered with footprints of blood." - Hos 6:8
Nice!
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Anyone watching the handmaids tail?
by blownaway ini thought this was all about the 18th century.
but its current or just post current times.
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Yes love it. Brilliant novel and brilliant series. Elizabeth Moss great actress too.
Consider what it says about your favourite Bible characters from Abraham to Jacob to King David
Handmaid = concubine
I know, I know, all the apologists will argue that its not the same, that concubines were like extra wives with many of the rights of a wife. But really, how do they know that? Isn't it really just another form of sex slavery by another name (euphemism)?