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  Subliminal images - why and who are the individuals behind it?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i remember about 5 years ago reading on another site about subliminal images in wt literature.

  i honestly thought it a load of bs until i checked out one glaringly obvious image of a creepy skull in clouds within the knowledge book.

  i was shocked and even showed my wife at the time who thought it was creepy.. so my question is why?

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  So my question is why? What is the purpose? And by whome? Is it just some individuals playing around? Does anyone on this forum know of anyone at bethel doing it just for laughs etc?

  Thoughts?

  Very, very simple. Those images are created so people can say things like:

  I honestly thought it a load of bs until I checked out one glaringly obvious image of a creepy skull in clouds within the knowledge book. I was shocked and even showed my wife at the time who thought it was creepy.
  

  I just don't know how/why people keep falling for it.
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  Will The Internet Immune The World From The Watchtower Virus/Meme?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a hot internet topics: creation or evolution, and many other related discussions, the amount of ridicule the watchtower receives over the internet far out surpasses any passing of possitive internet data to the world's unfettered view.

  you need a good internet presents it is vital for the cult to survive, and the internet simply won't allow this cult to prosper, but rather is sending it into ridicule filled bankruptcy, as public gets immune from the wt(virus) fairy tale about them being the only ones to survive god's righteous indignation and repopulate the earth with more drones like members.

  they are stopping all construction and are selling kingdom hall,and dissolving congregations nobody is getting baptized because the public is just too informed to believe their bull shit.

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  The decline is irreversible with no hope for the worlds end for these terminally delusional corporate managers.
  

  I know many people want to hear about their crumbling and decline and ridicule, etc. However, they aren't stupid. They have been in their plan B for quite some time. They are failing as a religion, and their old model of gaining converts and selling literature is obsolete.

  However, like any money hungry business, they have changed their model. They have a real estate business, very lucrative, with an almost $0 investment. Financially they are rock solid, and they no longer depend on converting people and publishing printed literature.

  For their real purpose, they are just fine.
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  Foreign Language Field and Fading

  by NoviceLocs14 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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
  2. experiences

  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

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  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

  1. social
  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

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  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

  1. watchtower
  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.