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  Foreign Language Field and Fading

  by NoviceLocs14 in

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  hey guys.

  first of all, i want to thank everyone for being so welcoming and helpful on this forum.... i was thinking about my last 3 years as a jw when i was attending the portuguese congregation and learning that language to bring in more converts.

  interestingly, we were told not to attend meetings in our native language in order to immerse ourselves in the new language.

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  So to those who have attended foreign language meetings or have been part of that field, what have been your experiences? And did you find that they aided or prevented you from being "de-brainwashed"?
  

  None in particular. Aside from the cultural differences in the people who speak a language other than English (the language in which all that JW crap was invented), nothing really.

  The tactic and practices are WT guidelines and rules. They are the same all across. I'm not sure that a foreign language changes anything in that respect.
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  Last Memorial Experiences

  by NoviceLocs14 in

  1. jw
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  i'll share mine first.... i had never missed a memorial for at least a quarter of a century of my life.

  i was kind of raised to believe that missing the memorial was a sin in itself.. by 2013 memorial season, i was missing most of my meetings (even though i was still technically part of my foreign language congregation), and i had just come off the pioneer list.

  i still made plans to attend the memorial (god forbid if i missed that lol).. i knew that typically our memorials were around 9 pm, since we usually got last priority (being a foreign language hall and all).

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  I got a hand job once during the memorial in the 80s. Other than that, nothing interesting.
  
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  Can JWs vote?

  by NikL in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i finally found the questions from readers i was looking for.. from nov 1, 1999 wt .

  it says.... questions from readershow do jehovah’s witnesses view voting?there are clear principles set out in the bible that enable servants of god to take a proper view of this matter.

  however, there appears to be no principle against the practice of voting itself.

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  The WT cannot say "don't vote" because they get in legal trouble. Not a problem for brainwashed people who are more than happy to shun family members or letting them die over blood transfusions.
  
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  The saddest song of all time?

  by Bad_Wolf in

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  2. entertainment

  i would pick this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2w6oxx0kq.

  i don't know how so many are happy or fine if thinking this life is it.

  haven't lost parents yet, but when with them, sometimes i'll think of this song.

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  I know this is a weird choice for a Puerto Rican, but this is it for me:

  https://youtu.be/c-Dh0BLHQgU
  
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  For all in the USA - Happy 4th of July!

  by ttdtt in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's nice to say that:).

  i am looking forward to a 4th party with "worldly people" and fireworks!.

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  Happy 4th of July!! I did have to deal with a sense of shame for feeling patriotic after TTATT. Not anymore.
  
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  Gog of Magog - Watchtower says it has two identities

  by Listener in

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  2. bible

  the searcher started a topic addressing the gt, a comment from sparrowdown asked an interesting question -.

  "...the political powers of satan's world will form a coalition..."that's the statement that interests me.

  what are they alluding to?.

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  I saw Gog of Magog on TV:

  
  
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  Just had to share.

  by Coded Logic in

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  anybody into art out there?

  i was just so blown away by this piece i had to share.. .

  at first i was just like "oh, that's a clever idea".

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  Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
  
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  If Jehovah God was in "Human Form" with his Theocratic Nation on earth in todays climate he would be facing Human rights issues.

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  where does one start :.

  he is guilty of genocide for the attempted and succesful ,killing off other nations not leaving man woman or child alive.. he is guilty of barbarism against women for not living up to his rules or regulations such as cutting off a womans hand for defending her husband in a brawl with another man.. he is guilty of condemning the whole human race for the misdemeanor of the first human pair for eating a fruit he said not to eat ?

  a bit over the top dont you think ?.

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  If Jehovah God was in "Human Form" with his Theocratic Nation on earth in todays climate he would be facing Human rights issues.
  

  He would be arrested and tried for all the crimes, but found innocent for insanity, and probably committed to a mental health institution.
  
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  What the craziest thing you have heard of someone hauled before a judicial committee for ?

  by Chook in

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  anything that's true

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  In one of those lame JCs (I was called a lot at the end), the elders pretty much identified every single gay man they knew in the congregation by asking me if I had sex with any of them. The list was quite long and surprising.
  
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  One Year Past Disassociation - An Appraisal

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  two weeks ago marked one year over my disassociation.

  time for an appraisal.. quick summary of my story for those who came in lately: my mother brought me into the witnesses when i was 4, grew up the role-model jw boy, baptized at 16, married a zealous reg.

  pio.

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  scratchme1010

  Thank you for your update. I found this part something I relate to, and I'm sure this can be a very powerful thing for many who are in the process of fading:

  ...having someone who believes on my skills is something that has a profound effect on me, because it is deeply ingrained into me that unless I give myself some credit for my own achievements, no one ever will...
  

  Thank you for sharing that, and everything else.