A half-brother of mine in California had been in gangs his whole life. Did time in prison and everything else that comes with gang life. At about 40 years of age, while in prison, he became a born again Christian. He stopped all his gang activities and transformed into a different person. What helped him change? It certainly wasn't the witnesses or Jehovah. Jws, no matter what they wish to believe, do not have a monopoly on changing peoples lives for the better. Many organizations and religions have the same effect on people. Jws choose to ignore that fact.
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Strip off the old personality
by eyeuse2badub inyesterday’s watchtower talked about how by becoming a jw it enabled “worldly” people to ‘strip off the old personality’ and make really significantly good changes in their life.. paragraph named 4 individuals (anonymous names of course and probably embellished tales)) sakura, ribeiro, stephen, and hans.
their lives changed for the good because they found god or because they became jw’s---right?.
so on the way home from this wt meeting, my wife commented to me how wonderful our brotherhood is and how it helps people who would otherwise be ‘lost’ n this world.
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Excellent YouTube channel
by Are you serious ina few days ago, thanks to someone's post on here (sorry i forgot who it was), i found an awesome youtube channel called theramintrees.
the videos this guy has made are amazing!
i'm sure others here have seen some of his videos.
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Yea the voice is somewhat strange but the information, though he applied it to all religions, really hits home when it comes to the indoctrination one receives as a jw.
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Excellent YouTube channel
by Are you serious ina few days ago, thanks to someone's post on here (sorry i forgot who it was), i found an awesome youtube channel called theramintrees.
the videos this guy has made are amazing!
i'm sure others here have seen some of his videos.
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A few days ago, thanks to someone's post on here (sorry I forgot who it was), I found an awesome YouTube channel called TheraminTrees. The videos this guy has made are amazing! I'm sure others here have seen some of his videos. They have to do with different subjects such as losing faith, conformity, grooming minds, etc. I highly recommend this channel. -
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so its discussions with people..
by zeb inso the wt mag is all but gone just a few a year.
thus a big gap in the sunday program?
no more year books.
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I would say 75-85% of adult jws don't know how to carry a conversation at the doors and 95-100% of young people have no idea. So it'll be interesting to see what happens. Most people are barely comfortable placing mags or tracts.
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My Ex CO in Texas was 25 years old.
by Iamallcool inhe became co when he was 23. i was wondering is he the youngest co ever?
his name is jonathan smith.
he is from south dakota.
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How long ago was that? That would be pretty surprising if it was recent. Not shocking considering they could be having problems recruiting new COs.
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Did you leave the JW RECENTLY? Really? Recently? WTF were you thinking?
by The Real Edward Gentry innot to be overly harsh...but if you just left, what the hell were you thinking?
between 1995 and now, you never did an internet search of "jehovahs-witness" or "watchtower"?
good god.
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I think he's trying to get everyone riled up by throwing out a foolish question such as the last one. Good chance he's not even an ex-jw.
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If WT are cutting back on mags will they also cut back on Bethelites?
by truthseeker ini was thinking after hearing about the agm cutbacks to the mags and other website content surely they will end up dismissing more bethelites?
i would have thought in the old days, before the web, an artist or writer at bethel would have been a full time job making content for four 32 page mags a month.
now what are these guys going to do?.
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I should've clarified that there will be way more cutbacks at bethel than the ones that have taken place already.
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If WT are cutting back on mags will they also cut back on Bethelites?
by truthseeker ini was thinking after hearing about the agm cutbacks to the mags and other website content surely they will end up dismissing more bethelites?
i would have thought in the old days, before the web, an artist or writer at bethel would have been a full time job making content for four 32 page mags a month.
now what are these guys going to do?.
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I believe bethels around the globe are the next big cutback. With all these cutbacks to publications there won't be a need for so many bethelites distributed in many departments that were tied to the publishing work. I can imagine many long time bethelites are having sleepless nights not knowing what there future holds in bethel.
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October 1, 2017 TO ALL BOE IN NIGERIA Re: Local Needs For the Week of October 16-22
by wifibandit inoctober 1, 2017 to all bodies of elders in nigeria re: local needs for the week of october 16-22.
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It does sound a bit suspicious for us in the West but maybe this is the terminology that is used in Nigeria. It wouldn't surprise any of us if it is authentic because of the regular demanding of money nowadays from the gb. -
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Using history as a means to pinpoint possible future events.
by HealthySkeptic inthe purpose of this thread is to share some history with the community.
i am an active jw.
the reason i picked this forum is due to the openness and ease with which information can be accessed.
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And he's an active witness. Interesting.