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  Today's Text

  by snugglebunny in

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  The comments conclude by admonishing us to "adjust our thinking."
  

  Well I'm happy to report that I have adjusted my thinking!

  • I no longer think the writers of the WT know what they are talking about,
  • I no longer think the GB have a clue,
  • I no longer think that JWs are "the One True Religion," in fact,
    
  • I now think JWs are a cult,
    
  • I no longer think that I have to belong to any religion at all to be happy, finally,
    
  • I no longer think that God exists.

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  And I am so much happier because of these adjustments in my thinking.
  

  Praise be my new found thinking abilities!

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  The Governing Body's Publicity Methods

  by John Aquila in

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  Let's review: It's a cult!

  
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  What will 1914 (DROPPED) mean for you (EX-JW)

  by John Aquila in

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  let's pretend this might happen.

  im not asking what it will mean for the jdubs or for the organization, but what will it mean for you---- if one day you wake up and the watchtower drops the 1914 doctrine.. (you know at some point they have to, but probably not our lifetime).

  if you are disfellowshipped or disassociated and have been shunned by your parents, by your children, by you spouse or ex-husband/wife, for years or even less, will you call your relatives and ask/tell them;.

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  IF they drop it, which I don't see them doing anytime soon, I'll have two questions:

  • What took them so long?
  • Did they actually admit they were wrong, or just spin it as "New Light" bullshit?
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  Door knocking is so last century. See how we got rid of them.

  by betterdaze in

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

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  Door knocking is so last century. See how we got rid of them.

  by betterdaze in

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

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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

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  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  ToesUp: I agree but they just can't give it up. They don't know where else to go. It scares them to leave their comfort zone. It is also there only source of "friends."

  I mostly agree with you, except they CAN "give it up," they're just afraid.

  I have become convinced that deep down, most--maybe even all--JWs are cowards. They are afraid to face so many things: the real truth and the fact that they've been fooled/duped/swindled.

  But maybe their biggest fear is to become self-reliant.

  "Fear is the mind killer." - Frank Herbert, Dune
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

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  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  "he claims that he does not expect that the big A will happen in his lifetime."

  Well the LEADERS of this religion consistently claim it will, soon in fact.

  So if these people don't believe the WT leaders, then why, of why, do they follow them?

  Frankly, that's just stupid. It shows a lack of personal integrity and intellectual honesty.

  Let's review: It's a cult!
  
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  That old time religion............JW.Org

  by punkofnice in

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  2. beliefs

  i had a secret conversation with a dyed in the wool jw recently.. they told me that they felt that the organisation now was a different religion to the 'good old days' when knorr was the boss.

  the books were more interesting.

  the zeal was there.

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  Exactly. This is not the religion I joined in the '80s. It was a cult then--in retrospect, I recognize that now--but at least it was interesting and there was some genuineness.

  Now its all so vapid, insipid and flat out inane and has turned against almost all of the beliefs that were initially attractive.

  The real apostates are the current Governing Body.

  Let's review: It's a cult!

  
  
  
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  Am I understanding this generation overlapping "New Light"

  by greenhornet in

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  so i'm thinking...my daughter has a great grand mother that was born in 1900. she was 14 years old in the 1914 year.. well this grand lady died in 1990. my daughter was about 9 years old at that time.

  so my daughter can live until 2065.. she will be about 84 in the year 2065. so this "new light" means that 2065 is the new 1914?.

  can someone say im right?.

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  Anyone that thinks they "understand it" has failed thinking ability and compromised moral integrity.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  the comet: doctrine doesn't matter

  That's for sure.

  This is NOT the religion I joined back in the '80s.