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  There will be no fifth generation of jw’s in my family.

  by longgone in

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  i’m happy to say that, yet as always with the wts there is a price to be paid.

  i’ll explain how this is working out.there’s a new development in the family that’s making the final break possible, and sadly is where the penalty for leaving is going to happen.

  only one person of all the jw family history is left that could start a fifth, he’s my nephew.

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  Well that's something worth celebrating!
  
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  Have you seen this appalling new Caleb and Sophia video??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this manipulative new caleb and sophia video has got me so angry!!.

  the level of cultiness has just gone to a whole new level!.

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/make-jehovah-god-happy/.

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  Okay, that video is epically messed up on so many levels it's hard to know where to begin ,..., but I'm going to just point out one really absurd bit of totally whacked manipulation:

  • How in heaven or on Earth would deliberately NOT answering a math problem which you know the answer to Make Jehovah Happy?

  Really. That's just stupid!
  
  
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  John Ceder used my satire about annual meeting for real

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry guys,.

  the gorby satire fake report of the annual meeting with the coincidence about russia, is used for real in john cedars yt channel.. please concider it for well prepared satire.. and not much more.. g..

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  I for one really appreciate John Redwood's candor in admitting his mistake and explaining why and how it happened.
  

  John Redwood: This is a lesson learned, and rest assured we would never accept such information for a JW Survey article without obtaining confirmation from multiple sources ... is our practice.
  

  Absolutely, using multiple sources to confirm information is important practice which all of us should follow. The more important the information and/or its consequences, the more important it is that we properly source it.
  

  The problem here was that they relied on a single source which they believed to be reliable and so they got suckered.
  

  John Redwood: Unfortunately, all of the information we received came to us within 24 hours or less of taping the Watchtower in Focus program, and we had little time to investigate that specific portion of detail related to the annual meeting.

  Many journalists -- and regular people too -- have fallen into the trap of being in a rush to judgment and a bigger rush to publish. It's just asking for trouble.

  But, hey: it happens!
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  John Ceder used my satire about annual meeting for real

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry guys,.

  the gorby satire fake report of the annual meeting with the coincidence about russia, is used for real in john cedars yt channel.. please concider it for well prepared satire.. and not much more.. g..

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  Gorby posted that it was satire in the fourth post on his original thread!

  
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  John Ceder used my satire about annual meeting for real

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry guys,.

  the gorby satire fake report of the annual meeting with the coincidence about russia, is used for real in john cedars yt channel.. please concider it for well prepared satire.. and not much more.. g..

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  Jules: I also took Gorby’s thread seriously when he first posted it because he also didn’t initiatally say that it was a satire.

  Sure, but real journalists do a little thing called "fact-checking" before they go to press!

  Even still they can get things wrong. But to run with something posted anonymously on an ex-JW website without double checking and verifying is simply not prudent.
  
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  1914 and 1919 immortalized in new Ezekiel book. Prepare for 2019 100th anniversary fanfare...

  by Darth FayDehr in

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  So when does the launching of the "JW.ORG" website become a fulfillment of prophecy?
  
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  Russia=King of the North, USA=King of the South? New info coming in from Annual Meeting 2018

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was announced in this year’s annual meeting that they believe that the king of the north is russia and the king of the south is us/britain.

  for me this is the first time hearing from the society actually identifying the identity of the king of the north.

  very interesting times!

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  As if any of it matters.

  It's the theological equivalent of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
  

  
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  Annual meeting - live

  by Gorbatchov in

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  opening prayer and welcome br ciranco .

  babylon the great has fallen - how?

  br robert wallen.

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  Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture stating that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the parodied views.
  
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  Annual meeting topic

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how many think they will announce in the annual meeting they just gonna have one meeting a week?

  if they dont it will be astonishing, amazing and other things..

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  The 2018 Annual Meeting of the WTBTS: Taking ho-hum to a new level of boring.

  
  
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  Healing & Rebuilding Your Life - Feedback Wanted

  by jp1692 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been invited to speak at an international cultic studies association workshop this fall.

  i could use your help in focusing on my presentation subject.. these workshops are for former members of any cult or other high-control, authoritarian group, not just jehovah's witnesses.

  last year, i spoke at one of their larger conferences in europe.

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  Hi all,

  Just a quick update. The workshop is on for next weekend. I'm looking forward to being able to share my experiences as well as the wisdom and experiences of all of you that have given me much appreciated feedback and suggestions.

  I'm told we are to have a smallish group of about 20 in attendance. They will be former members of a wide variety of different cults, not just JWs.

  I'll return afterward to let you all know how it went.

  Thanks again for your support!

  jp