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  DEMONS: the torment I suffered

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  when i was in my teens i wanted a room of my own, but i lived with my grandparents whose house was very small.. my uncle had been living in a little one room bed-sitter way out in the backyard.

  he married and moved away and i moved in.. it was quite isolated and the ceiling was six feet from the floor.

  unfortunately, the top of my head was four inches higher than that!

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  Exploitation of human frailties makes the indoctrination easy....it's like Mary Poppins' spoonful of sugar. Nice explanation, Terry!
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  Dilbert Comics On Cognitive Dissonance

  by frankiespeakin in

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  If only jdubs would actually apply this to themselves...but they won't. They'll just point to it as another example of how fruitless it is to be wrapped up in a corporate job when you could be out *joyfully preaching the good news of jw.org*.
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  Brother Knorr's Cadillac and other secret perks

  by tim hooper in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  back when i was a wee lad, my dad told me that the brothers in brooklyn had voted to purchase a cadillac motor car for the sole use of the then president, nathan h knorr.

  he'd got this information from the london bethel, him being a chum of the then branch overseer, pryce hughes and his pal ron drage.

  religious leaders of non-profit sects are supposed to take a vow of poverty!.

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  I think the PERKS were better defined by Rutherford's two hugely expensive Cadillacs and his "perfect" mansion in California (oh, just tell them it's for the return of the prophets...hahahaha!).
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  Arguably the best debunker on YouTube

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this fellow's channel is called watchtower examination.. he is clear, reasonable, thoughtful--but best of all--his teaching method with visuals is perfection!.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukcep7v1i1o.

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  Island Man, good point.

  Sometimes explaining jdub doctrine to someone totally unfamiliar with it...makes the craziness very clear. So it stands to reason that a never-jdub would easily see through the smoke and mirrors that the dubs are so comfortable with.
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  A chance to make some Xmas $$$

  by hardtobeme in

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  2. bible

  that's right!!!!

  sell the miracle oil.

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  Wow. But it's da troof!
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  Here we go again. The next hate letter from our 2nd Son.

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes it happen again with our youngest son.

  this last monday we got a letter from him telling us how unloving we are because we are no longer jw.

  cult and not had kids.

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  If he told you that "you should know better because you were an elder and know it's the truth", I would tell him in the letter that it's precisely BECAUSE you were an elder that you know it's NOT. Tell him that you saw the pettiness of men fighting for position and power, that it was obvious holy spirit played no part in appointments, and that you found the child abuse coverups completely unacceptable.

  He can put that in his pipe and smoke it and hopefully it will ring a bell somewhere in his head, telling him to pay attention.

  So sorry you and your wife are having to endure this. I still have one child "in" but at least I've only been called an apostate once, which I refuted [use of the term], and we get along even though we don't share beliefs. There is hope for you two, too!
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  Talked to Two More Witnesses Today

  by new light in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it was the same booth as last week, with two different witnesses.

  once again, i printed off the list of false prophecy quotes and walked up to them.

  i asked if they were aware of the organization's history of unrealized predictions.

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  new light, good for you! advancing the cause for truth is an awesome endeavor...you are truly doing life-saving work!
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  'Trusted' Jehovah’s Witness ‘raped and sexually abused girls’

  by cliff in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  'trusted' jehovahs witness raped and sexually abused girls.

  court: barry furlong arrives at bournemouth crown court.

  first published tuesday 9 december 2014 in news by jane reader.

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  Johnamos, I'm just curious to know if you have children?
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  John Lennon, 34 years, long time gone

  by designs in

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  2. entertainment

  imagine.

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

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  Thanks for posting this. Love the song, this video makes it even better. Namaste.
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  Have you been J-SNUBBED? HOW RUDE!

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got to thinking the other day about how the wt uses loaded language.

  and spin to give thinly veiled credence and so-called respectability to their policies.. but why not call a spade a spade.

  why not identify the true nature of a policy,.

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  cultBgone

  Great list! I'm too tired tonight to add to it but will definitely come back to this thread.