William Penwell

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  Wow - Scientology is so similar to Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Illuminated in

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  i recently watched this excellent interview with ex members of scientology.

  i was blown with how much former members sound like ex jehovah's witnesses.

  both organizations are so similar.. here's a link to the interview:.

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  Scientology is similar to the JW's because they are both cults.

  Funny you should mention about how the WT won't attack Scientology. I recall one time when I was telling my brother about a documentary about Scientology and he defended Scientology. He said it is like ex dubs talking against the WT. Who are you going to believe a disgruntled ex dub or the WT? He said the same as Scientology, that can you believe ex disgruntled members of what they have to say about Scientology? I was wondering if he got that from WT literature. The thing is the WT Tare so quick to jump on say ex Catholics who speak out against the Catholic church.
  
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  Counting service time in a creative way

  by nevaagain in

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  couting time and, how to count time while doing as little service as possible is often a hot topic around witnesses.

  i even overheard pioneers discussing about it.

  they call it "creative time counting" (i translated that phrase from a different language so bear with me ;-).

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  As a good dub I would never think of count time I didn't put in. I would try to drag out the time like what was mentioned by other posters. I know some ex dubs that would admit that they fudged their hours just to get the service overseer off their back.
  
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  Family MOURNS because baby LIVES? WTF!!!!

  by Glitchy in

  1. watchtower
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  i was researching all things un related to jws when i came across this website: "jehovah's trumpet" http://jehovahstrumpet.com/.

  i read an article about a jw who found out the watchtower had joined the un.

  she left the org and now her daughter is shunning her while boasting about it!

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  William Penwell

  "Satire" is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement.
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  Counting service time in a creative way

  by nevaagain in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  couting time and, how to count time while doing as little service as possible is often a hot topic around witnesses.

  i even overheard pioneers discussing about it.

  they call it "creative time counting" (i translated that phrase from a different language so bear with me ;-).

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  The other morning I seen a couple of dubs with the new rack they have for magazines way out in the middle of no where. I guess they were hoping no one would see them.
  
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  Counting service time in a creative way

  by nevaagain in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  couting time and, how to count time while doing as little service as possible is often a hot topic around witnesses.

  i even overheard pioneers discussing about it.

  they call it "creative time counting" (i translated that phrase from a different language so bear with me ;-).

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  I seen this 30 years ago when I last went out in the service. I always wondered how much of that time reported was actually spend in talking to others. I know even my mother would be disgusted with the ones that would spend half the time in the coffee shop and not out banging on doors.
  
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  Are people really happy at Bethel?

  by The Searcher in

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  2. beliefs

  if they are this happy, why do they keep taking down this video?

  :).

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evulyocziz8&feature=youtu.be.

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  t's a social club disguised as a religion! 

  If most active JW's left, they would have NO ONE.

  Quote from Robin Williams..."I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, it's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone."

  I have always said that if it wasn't for the threat of DF,ing most dubs would stop going. When I went to the meetings you could see the glazed looks in a lot of the dubs there, like their brains were shut off during the talks. Then after it was like it is time to arrange for the social events after.

  I found out over twenty years ago how these so called friend made you feel all alone when I dared to start to think for myself. It is all based on conditional love. Outside of that the only dubs I knew that did not practice that was my parents and my sister.
  

  
  

  
  
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  Are people really happy at Bethel?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
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  if they are this happy, why do they keep taking down this video?

  :).

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evulyocziz8&feature=youtu.be.

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  I could see my 30+ dub niece liking this video but I know my dub mother would be appalled with it if she was still alive but then if the GB approved it, it would be OK.
  
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  Woke up this morning to the realization that the future is now

  by campaign of hate in

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  as the title of the thread says, i woke up this morning realizing more than ever that we should, each and every one of us, live for today and what we can accomplish today, rather than constantly looking toward the future.. i'm not implying we shouldn't make plans, plans are healthy and advisable, especially if you have healthy commitments.. but i realized the reason why nothing in my life ever seems to get done, is because i put things off, and look ahead 10 years down the line, then a few days later realize how much work needs to be put into that said task, then i don't do anything.

  and so the cycle seems to repeat itself.. what i think i'm trying to say is that worthwhile endeavors that have a reward at the end, but take many years to get there, need to be challenged one day at a time.

  i now understand that to get to where we want to be 10 years down the line, we need to focus on today and the hard work that needs to be out into a task one day at a time.

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  The last 40 year were not supposed to happen in this system. I was told that from a young child that I would not even graduate HS in this system. Forty years on and I am now retired. I enjoy each day as it comes and I do not worry about tomorrow. A religion is fine if one chooses to believe the fairy tales and as long as it doesn't rule every aspect of your life, like the WT does.
  
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  JW Bethel Video - long version

  by Esse quam videri in

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  2. beliefs

  listener gave a link to a short version.

  not taking away from that post but here is a more complete version, 2 minutes longer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs.

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  It is made private, oh oh I guess the GB found out about it.
  
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  GB says, "Our way of worship will soon be altered."

  by Separation of Powers in

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  my mom called me yesterday to ask how i was doing.

  i hadn't seen her in a while, so it was nice to hear her voice.

  we went through the motions of jw small talk and then she started telling me about her co visit from last week.

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  Fear mongering, they have been doing this for the last 150 years. I recall in 1975 a poor old fellow that was had cancer but was hanging on because the new system was just right around the corner. He died a few months later. I guess the good thing was he went to his grave believing the BS.