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  The Watchtower organization's crime against humanity

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who are the real heroes of society?.

  are they not the people who are doctors and nurses and teachers and firemen and policemen and counselors and humanitarians?.

  because of the watchtower organization, we are missing generations of those kinds of heroes who will not exist (but could have) because jehovah's witnesses destroyed them by convincing millions of it's members those professions are meaningless and unimportant for them to pursue.

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  What does it say about confidence in "Truth" that it is seemingly indefensible against an education?

  What debate did Jesus ever shrink from? Did he not confound his highly educated elders in the Temple with his insight and wisdom?

  The young JW I've been counseling for the last five months astonished me in saying, "I hate Science."

  I was dumb-founded. I gently probed his reasoning on that, and it came down to something rather unexpected.

  Science can't be out-argued so it must be hated instead.

  I extrapolate that to higher education as well.
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  The Watchtower organization's crime against humanity

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who are the real heroes of society?.

  are they not the people who are doctors and nurses and teachers and firemen and policemen and counselors and humanitarians?.

  because of the watchtower organization, we are missing generations of those kinds of heroes who will not exist (but could have) because jehovah's witnesses destroyed them by convincing millions of it's members those professions are meaningless and unimportant for them to pursue.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Who are the real heroes of society?

  Are they not the people who are doctors and nurses and teachers and firemen and policemen and counselors and humanitarians?

  Because of the Watchtower Organization, we are missing generations of those kinds of heroes who will NOT exist (but could have) because Jehovah's Witnesses destroyed them by convincing millions of it's members those professions are meaningless and unimportant for them to pursue. In effect, the GB strangles the surgeon and the scientist in the crib by destroying the dream of being more than an amateur salesman.

  Generation after generation of productive human beings continue to be destroyed.

  The horror of Jehovah's Organization is that it churns out deliberately ignorant people of no use to themselves, their families or mankind.

  What is such a person capable of except Kamikaze ethics?

  I accuse them of no longer being human!

  On purpose.
  
  
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  ARE WATCHTOWER SOCIETY STATISTICS REALLY TRUSTWORTHY?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  of these, over 2,000 were admitted to concentration camps.

  1,000 died in prison and concentration camps.

  another 1,000 of jehovah's witnesses died in prisons and concentration camps.".

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  Orphan Crow: Himmler's proposal to release the BS/Jws on just a handshake:

  "In all these cases where prisoners are partially free and have been assigned to such work, we want to avoid written records and make such agreements with just a handshake".

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  Which source is that O.C.? Kristen John-Stucke ?
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  What is the most current information on the Ricco indictments of Don Adams re: Menlo Park?

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. scandals

  did this quietly go away?.

  details, please.

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  The guy on this video is a bit of a clown, but you get the inside gist of what went on here.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NihzMylOiTk
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  Ayn Rand - Opinions?

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

  i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

  do you think she's a charlatan?

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  TerryWalstrom

  How did Mr. Belding remember his lines? :)
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  Ayn Rand - Opinions?

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

  i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

  do you think she's a charlatan?

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  TerryWalstrom

  Viviane, our discourse would be a lot more productive as a P.M. rather than public contretemps.

  Cappytan has created a fine opportunity for discussion about Ayn Rand in this thread, and I'd hate to hijack it with personality colorations from respondents. I invite you to P.M. me if you have anything you'd like to work out privately. Otherwise, let us raise a window and let some fresh air in, shall we?
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  Thinking it through and not liking the result.

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today at work a co-worker of mine and i were having lunch at a nearby establishment.

  he is what you would call a c&e christian in that he basically attends church only for the christmas and easter services, though he definitely says he believes in god.. he said that he just recently caught an episode of a crime/forensic show that featured a man from new jersey named john list who was also known locally as the "bogeyman of westfield.

  " list became infamous for murdering his entire family consisting of his wife, three children and his mother on november 9, 1971. see below link for more data.. on the tv show the narrator commented there were a few reasons why he did it.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnqJpYVY2ao
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  Introducing myself

  by maksutov in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my name is russ, i'm 40 years old, from the uk, and i left the jws nearly 5 years ago.

  i've been a member of the yuku board throughout that time, so there are probably some on here who know me already.

  there seems to be more activity over here at the moment, so i thought i'd pop in and say hi.i was raised as a jw, started questioning it when i was 16, but there was no internet back then (well, no www anyway) so i got sucked right in and got baptized when i was 18. auxiliary pioneered on and off for a couple of years, then became a ministerial servant.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Welcome from Texas!

  Think of this place as a bus station. It is a hub with many travelers. We are all passing through on a life journey from X to Z. As we gather, we share our stories. We go our separate ways. Each day is both the same and different. That is, the hurt is the same, but the people are different.

  You will probably go through the same phases we all have done and still do.

  At first there is Denial, then astonishment and fear. Soon, it is fact-gathering and a million questions.

  It's good to have an almost NEUTRAL ZONE where you are allowed to vent, question, complain, and suffer in public.

  The folks here are a rag-tag motley crew of great people. Take everything with a grain of salt except our affection for you and empathy for the path you are treading.

  One thing will serve you well--we are among the few people on earth who KNOW what you are going through without your having to explain.

  Cheers!
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  Ayn Rand - Opinions?

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

  i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

  do you think she's a charlatan?

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  TerryWalstrom

  <I feel that she was a person of her times. It's easy to judge her now that we've gone down the path of history a bit and see more of what has happened in the world since communism's heyday when issues seemed to be more black and white... communism vs. capitalism, and seen that the more successful societies are more socialist than capitalist. (Not that everyone here would agree with that, but check out statistics of happiness, sense of security and prosperity in socialist countries.>

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  If you asked JW's the same question about happiness under the banner of Watchtower society wouldn't you get the same glowing stories of 'happiness' and sense of security? I think you would.

  As far as Capitalism vs Socialism?

  You have to distinguish between Rand's precise definition of Capitalism and the textbook definition of state-controlled economy to have an honest discussion. Rand's Capitalism was NOT the mixed economy structure at all.

  Rand was trying to champion the ownership of intellectual and tangible property by the INDIVIDUAL as opposed to STATE-CONTROLLED ownership.
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  Ayn Rand - Opinions?

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

  i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

  do you think she's a charlatan?

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  TerryWalstrom

  Does anyone else think her unique ideologies were originally derived from the overly regulated communism which she experienced when she was living in Russia. ?

  Living through the Russian Soviet Socialist reality post-revolutionary period certainly opened Rand's eyes to the contrast between speeches, slogans, and idealism vs. the brutality of a dictator state in pursuit of total control and nullification of the individual. She was in the crucible of testing Communist philosophy, you might say. Her philosophy was a direct reaction to it.