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  Fidel Castro and the WT

  by Hecce in

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  i am going to engage on a trip to the past and share with you some of the matters that marked the beginning of the jws persecution in cuba.

  you will be surprised that the pattern that was followed is very similar to what happened in other dictatorial countries.. in the cuban case, i am going to surprise you and tell you that like what happened with hitler; the wt was partially responsible for their clash and confrontation with the cuban government.

  during the early 60s the revolution was fighting for survival and they were willing and ready to demolish any perceived enemy to their cause.. a prime example was their war against the catholic church that was the most influential religious entity in the country; it took the supreme leader only a few public discourses to send the vast majority of clergy packing and back to their country, in this case spain.. the jehovah’s witnesses were an insignificant minority but they over estimated their importance and displayed a belligerent attitude, it was known that this was a us based religion and an easy target to connect them with the cia.

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  Fidel Castro's eldest son 'Fidelito' commits suicide

  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-castro-suicide/fidel-castros-eldest-son-fidelito-commits-suicide-idUSKBN1FM06J
  
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  What I Learned in the Peace Corps in Africa: Trump Is Right

  by pseudoxristos in

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  my first thought when seeing this headline was; "how could trump be right?

  " even though i am registered as a republican, i don't really care for trump.

  after reading the article, i still don't care for trump, but i had never considered many of the points brought out by the article.. january 17, 2018. what i learned in the peace corps in africa: trump is right.

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  never a jw: Have I been unlucky in my deals with black Americans and lucky in dealing with black Africans

  Africa is not just one country, cultures and customs can change from one place to another; your experiences with some Africans are not an absolute reflection of their people. You will find good and bad like any other place.

  Just the same your bad dealings with certain American Blacks will not make the whole community bad, just like bad experiences with Anglo's, Hispanics or any other culture don't reflect the character of all of them.
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  Goodbye my friends.

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for almost 12 years now, i have been coming to this site on a regular basis and in the last 5, i “faded out”.

  i never regretted this and never will.

  unfortunately though, yesterday, i realized that, until i can publically tell all my old acquaintances why i have left, i will never be truly free.

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  Hecce

  Good luck and I will miss you.
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  The FISA Memo, To Release Or Not To Release

  by freemindfade in

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  2. current

  was the doj, nsa, and fbi weaponized?

  the biggest scandal of this era, or a false alarm by the gop?

  i am skeptical what will come of it, however, some very strong reactions and words are coming from its existence and those who read it, also the fight to keep it secret is telling (reminds me of any cult trying to prevent people from reading damaging information).

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  Release it.

  It might be just a GOP distraction, one interesting item is that Democrats are not saying about it and are the ones trying to keep it secret.
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  Rest in Peace Martin Luther King- THIS was an Honorable Man

  by flipper in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al4fovif7g8.

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  MLK: was a good Republican man and a great loss on race integration. He had his defects and one of them was plagiarizing his "dream" speech.

  https://soundcloud.com/wbez/archibald-carey-jrs-1952-gop
  

  On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s famous ‘I Have a Dream,' a forgotten speech from more than a decade earlier reveals what helped inspire it. Chicago preacher Archibald Carey, Jr’s landmark 1952 civil rights speech was thought to be lost to history, until WBEZ found it. Here's the speech in its entirety with a brief introduction of Carey at the top. (special thanks to the Eisenhower Presidential Library)

  Archibald Carey JrMartin Luther King JrI Have a Dreamhistoric speechcivil rights1952 GOP Convention

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  I am getting disfellowshipped

  by CitizenofEarth in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  maybe some of you remember me, maybe not.

  for general information i am now 19 years old, and living by myself.

  for the past 1 year (more like 1.5 years) i have been quietly fading out of the hypocrisy of this organization, but since i still live in the town i grew up in it has been hard, and filled with different challenges.

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  January 8 1947 Awake on DF:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/161109/excommunication-disfellowshipping-pagan-practice-request
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  Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.

  for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.

  the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.

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  Hecce: Really? If that is true I think your friends are more Jehovah’s Witnesses than Latin Americans.

  Never woman spoke thus, as this woman [speaks].
  
  
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  Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.

  for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.

  the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.

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  Surprisingly the friends over at the Spanish Forum view this situation from a different angle and they think that what this gentleman is doing is providing a great service to the ex JW community. Is like or similar to James Bond "license to kill"; Cedars has a "license to fleece".
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  committees

  by dogisgod in

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  2. experiences

  i have had some conversations with ex-jw women and i am more than a little concerned at how, if a female, is treated in committee meetings.

  it sure seems (i experienced this when i was young) that the elders have a commonality in trying to create such shame and sexual guilt (especially where none is deserved) that it is beyond abuse.

  i know there are a lot of former elders here.

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  Previous discussion

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/269067/ladies-attending-jc-prepared-inquisition
  
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  Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.

  for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.

  the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.

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  \Why don't the people on those threads you linked to, the actual people he was openly discussing his ideas with, seem nearly as butthurt by his book ideas as the people here today?

  Maybe is because what he is doing today is completely different to what he was exploring at that time.