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Interview with a former Bethelite who now knows TTATT
by RayPublisher in
1. jw
2. experiences
if you like these here's one with a fellow that has gotten his family out recently:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3nqfprloog.
Separation of Powers

Thank you for posting this. Informative without the rancor that usually accompanies this type of interview.
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I need help in dealing with a toxic family member!!!!
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a close family member who is a pro in using shame to try to make me feel bad.

they are coming to stay at my place soon and the issue of me and mrs hoser not attending/ doing field service will come up no doubt.. i need some advice on how to deal with this because whenever i deal with these relatives they make me feel worthless.

it is probably part because they are jw's and jw's motivate by fear and guilt.. .
Separation of Powers

Step 1: Clear your throat

Step 2: Emphatically say, "Mind your own business."

Step 3: Have a glass of wine, preferably Pinot Noir

Step 4: Have another glass.
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trying to convince my wife not to confess...
by wafflesandpancakes in
1. social
2. relationships
during our engagement, we fooled around and touch each other down there.

it's not a "tap" but definitely is not "stimulation".

i tried to convince my wife, who, after 5 years of marriage, strangely felt guilty all the sudden, that its not do called porneia.
Separation of Powers

As for wanting to confess, five years has passed and it is doubtful the elders will do anything about it. In fact, it will probably be deemed "uncleaness" and they will counsel and console her. When you are approached, you might want to simply state that you felt distressed about it as well and looked up information on it in the Index. Because it was not "porneia" you confessed in prayer and vowed to never do it again.

Elders like when people look things up...it makes them believe that people are being responsible for their spirituality. Telling them that what you read didn't move you to speak to them because it wasn't "serious" helps them to feel special because now they have the opportunity to counsel you and "play the part" of the spiritual doctor.

Ultimately, you have to make your own decision, an option might be to tell your wife that you have decided to contact brother "old and caring elder that gets emotional and treats everyone likes his kids" so that you can clear the air.

Good luck,

SOP
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trying to convince my wife not to confess...
by wafflesandpancakes in
1. social
2. relationships
during our engagement, we fooled around and touch each other down there.

it's not a "tap" but definitely is not "stimulation".

i tried to convince my wife, who, after 5 years of marriage, strangely felt guilty all the sudden, that its not do called porneia.
Separation of Powers

It is all based on "intent" plain, simple.
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If you knew that you might have pain, suffer disasters, certainly end up dead,-- given the choice, the power, would you have prevailed upon your parents not to have brought you into the world?
by prologos in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
or changed the outworkings of your ancestors' lifes to suit you?--.
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"Extinction is an abhorrent thing. Only when one is faced with extinction does one fully understand the beauty of a breath." SOP
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The Watchtower Society is IRRELEVANT!
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm not ignoring the pain that thousands of disfellowshipped jw's suffer or the needless deaths or undealt with abuses.

to all these people the watchtower society is far from irrelevant - it's the cause of their misery, isolation and loss.. so what do i mean?.

if we want to make a difference then our focus needs to be on people.
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There is a comment made by a regular poster on this site, simplistically elegant.....the quote:

"It's a cult!!!"
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GB are rock stars!!!
by Separation of Powers in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
quick story to solidfy the current "rock star" status of the gb.. after they announced the congregation's district convention assignment, a couple of brothers were writing down the hotel contacts when one says, "this assembly is gonna be awesome, bro.

the annual meeting was just a taste, i hear the gb is preparing video discourses that can be played on the big screens at the convention.

gonna be awesome!".
Separation of Powers

Quick story to solidfy the current "rock star" status of the GB.

After they announced the congregation's District convention assignment, a couple of brothers were writing down the hotel contacts when one says, "This assembly is gonna be awesome, bro. The Annual meeting was just a taste, I hear the GB is preparing video discourses that can be played on the big screens at the convention. Gonna be awesome!"

Rock Star Baby! Rock Stars!
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Why the New World Bible Translation is special
by pixel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
page 4, 2014 yearbook .

jehovah used his own spirit-begotten sons to provide the original new world translation.

(rom.
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Yeah, forget about ALL those scholars that dedicated their WHOLE lives to the study of ancient languages and translation. Forget about the fact that many of them were charged with heresy, some were brutally murdered for their attempts to provide the Bible in a readable translation for the common man, Forget about the fact that they developed concordances, dictionaries, commentaries on the peculiarities of Koine Greek....FORGET ABOUT ALL THOSE SHOULDERS UPON WHICH THESE ARROGANT, SELF-ABSORBED, EGO-CENTRIC, AND SELF-APPOINTED ELITISTS STAND....THEY are the ones that have made it "the finest" translation ever, forget about its contents and who they should be attributing honor and glory. No, THEY are the ones that make it the "finest."

Just a thought,

SOP
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Will Moses have time for you in the New World?
by bats in the belfry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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2014 the watchtower, april 15, page 6.
Separation of Powers

Oh, by the way, I love how the illustration of the little kid imagining speaking to some "ancient" worthy looks like he is speaking to him on the same island that Jodie Foster was on when she spoke to her Dad...the alien. Subliminal message perhaps?

Is the organization building a device to transport the faithful to the Thetan galaxy?
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Will Moses have time for you in the New World?
by bats in the belfry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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2014 the watchtower, april 15, page 6.
Separation of Powers

Moses will have an entourage similar to his Holiness the Dalai Lama or Snoop Dogg. I believe, with the natural laws of progression in play, that one of the first things that the perfect mind will envision, will be to build a vehicle similar to the modern-day "Pope Mobile" to usher him around the new system, it will obviously run on banana leaves and acorns.

When Gog of Magog attacks at the end of the 1,000 years and many of the "perfect" people return to the more violent nature, Only the "Mope Mobile" will protect Moses from their bloodlust.