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  Climbing Out of The Box

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been reading the blog of bruce gerencser, a 61 year old evangelical pastor who moved on to being an atheist and humanist.

  his description of climbing out of that box and the reasons why he did so will, i am sure, resonate with many of us on here.

  https://brucegerencser.net/2015/02/danger-box-makes-sense/.

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  doubtfull1799

  Yeah, that was a great little article well written - thanks for sharing!
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  Do You Typically Accept The Press As Being Unbiased And Honest?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  there is more “ yellow journalism “ than ever before!

  newscasters and writers that you thought were trustworthy often miss the mark.. do you generally accept the “news” as being honest?.

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  doubtfull1799

  All news will inevitably show bias to one degree or another at some point, but that doesn't mean its totally unreliable and it doe snot mean it is biased all the time.

  The important thing is how we consume the news, to be aware of the biases and to expose ourselves to different sources (which is admittedly getting harder as many news outlets are now just regurgitating the same news from a few key sources instead of doing their own reporting)

  I highly recommend "The News: a User's manual", by Alain de Botton as a great guide to understanding the biases involved in reporting.
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  Have you ever considered how bizarre the idea of "War in Heaven" really is?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you grow up and look back on childhood belief you have to laugh at how.

  easter bunnies and santa were all too plausible for children because trusted adults who were otherwise unimpeachable sources of truth and reality assured and reassured kids.

  why wouldn't they accept it?jehovah's witness kids didn't have santa, we had armageddon.only this morning i suddenly asked myself why i ever accepted the idea of a war in heaven as even remotely sane.

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  doubtfull1799

  No I hadn't, but now that you mention it - YES!!!
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  "One drop of poison in a glass of water"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  time 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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  doubtfull1799

  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....
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  Did your ability to work get affected by waking up to TTATT?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just 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 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just 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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has 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 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i 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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  beccah 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 in

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  2. friends

  for 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?