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  Pyramid Schemes

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  several years ago, i was introduced to a "wonderful" company called fortune hi tech marketing by a brother and his wife.

  they had been introduced by a former sheriff who claims he had researched the company and found no leins or judgments, and that former sheriff had been brought in by a pastor.

  you can read what happened with fhtm on wikipedia if you so desire.. this whole new idea of multilevel marketing had my brain reeling, though, and soon enough, i actually signed up with none other than prepaid legal.

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  https://youtu.be/s6MwGeOm8iI

  #thisisapyramid
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  Can JWs really vote now , since when?

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. beliefs

  is this true??

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  Excellent point, undercover. They've gotten away with that extortion this long.
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  Can JWs really vote now , since when?

  by Crazyguy in

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  is this true??

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  I've heard of brothers writing in "Jehovah", etc. if they're required to vote.
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  Can JWs really vote now , since when?

  by Crazyguy in

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  is this true??

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  http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/quotes/voting.php
  
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  Can JWs really vote now , since when?

  by Crazyguy in

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  is this true??

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  I know it's technically a conscience decision since 1999, but it hasn't been taught that way any time since. An elder told us in 2009 about an African American sister who'd been disfellowshipped for voting for Barack Obama without repenting. Another sister, perhaps her friend, was repentant and reproved.

  Of course, the Watchtower saying it's a conscience issue was in 1999 and WOL goes back to 2000.
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  Fifteen years later, I went to the UN in person.

  by biblexaminer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  of all the things that the watchtower has done wrong, what would you say is the singular most powerful thing that you could point a jw to, to crack their eyes open?

  what is the singular thing that can be expressed bluntly and conclusively that might shock a jw to their senses?

  if you could only carry one arrow in your quiver on your way to war with watchtower, what would it be?.

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  Fifteen years later, I went to the UN in person.

  by biblexaminer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  of all the things that the watchtower has done wrong, what would you say is the singular most powerful thing that you could point a jw to, to crack their eyes open?

  what is the singular thing that can be expressed bluntly and conclusively that might shock a jw to their senses?

  if you could only carry one arrow in your quiver on your way to war with watchtower, what would it be?.

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  I just remember being a little kid who had to study this in the early 90s, then again years later, maybe once more if I'm not misremembering, and again when they revised some text.

  

  

  

  I wasn't an adult who'd been in the truth for years. "Revelation: Its Grand Climax At Hand" came out when I was 3. You don't get to show me that, repeatedly, and then lie about your involvement with the United Nations.
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  Fifteen years later, I went to the UN in person.

  by biblexaminer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  of all the things that the watchtower has done wrong, what would you say is the singular most powerful thing that you could point a jw to, to crack their eyes open?

  what is the singular thing that can be expressed bluntly and conclusively that might shock a jw to their senses?

  if you could only carry one arrow in your quiver on your way to war with watchtower, what would it be?.

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  @Island Man, heh. I like how God's will has to be instigated.
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  Doctor Strange

  by schnell in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i took my wife to see doctor strange yesterday.

  i'm not really going to review the movie here (it's good!

  ) but i noticed a few things.

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  I took my wife to see Doctor Strange yesterday. I'm not really going to review the movie here (It's good! Go see it if you haven't already!) but I noticed a few things.

  First off, remember Loki's words in The Avengers? "You were made to be ruled." He talked about submission and his armies came out of the sky above New York. Hmm.

  In Doctor Strange, we have:

  * a villain who promises eternal life in paradise and slanders a religious authority as a hypocrite

  * all information in the library is free to everybody, but some of it is off limits and confidential

  * belief in more than the material world

  * a hero whose ladyfriend teases him about joining a cult
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  Newly out, am I shunning them before they shun me?

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have indeed made the truth my own, and i am never going back to jehovah's witnesses.

  the fact now is that talking about this religion with someone who believes it makes me sort of angry.

  it raises my blood pressure.

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  @biblexaminer, she never thought too hard about it. People like my mom are essentially irrational, and only want eternal life in paradise.