Posts by Brokeback Watchtower

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EXJW Tattoo

by blownaway in

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if anyone has any ideas or pictures of a tattoo that would sum up being an ex jw please share.

Witness No More - any thoughts?

by dozy in

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for those who don't know , there is an ex-jw "activist" in the north of england called mark who demonstrates outside kingdom halls , focusing on the child abuse issue and similar topics.

he regularly updates his visits on his youtube channel , which has gained something of a cult following .

occasionally ( albeit less frequently , as he is now well known ) he gets into the kh & shouts and disrupts the meeting.

I feel the guys pain, I was disfellowshipped for 'speaking against the organization' back in 2001 and was fuming mad for a couple of years and delving into fantasies of seeing them exposed on a major scale and crashed a few conventions but in time my anger subsided. I'm still looking forward watching them go belly up before I die,, just more settled down after those first few years.

So I hope he finds some comfort for his efforts to expose the WT frauds. As to whether he is doing any good by creating these scenes that remains to be seen.

Loesch's March JW Broadcast telling the rank and file to trust always the Governing Body, and most of the brothers and not to believe any media stories or anything on the internet that puts the governing Body in a bad light sure must being helping this exbrother's cause and so there may be quite a few JDubs that are ready to start trying to find out what are these negative things that they are not supposed to believe.

I think these KH crashing thing will keep on increasing as many more learn TTATT. I probably will never do it again(?), but wish success of those who do. The JWs as far as I'm concerned can use a little excitement at these brain numbing meeting, and as long as no one gets hurt, I say carry on and 'do what thou wilt'.

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Leah Remini to tackle JWs in new special

by betterdaze in

the star has a previous first-look production deal with the network to produce unscripted series following the success of her emmy-winning show “leah remini: scientology and the aftermath.” according to the hollywood reporter, remini will produce a special for the network during the break following season 3 of the acclaimed docuseries.. it notes that jehovah’s witnesses, while based on biblical teachings, have come under fire over the years for similar practices to the church remini left years ago.

for example, practices of ousting or shunning members who have dissenting views, a blanket refusal to participate in politics and government as well as not celebrating christmas or birthdays are all things that the special will reportedly cover.

additionally, the religion has predicted the literal end of the world several times, obviously to no avail.. .

Brokeback Watchtower

I hope they include some video's where the Governing Body are telling their member to trust only them and not the media that are spreading lies about the Governing Body, and Lett calling reports about the Organization is easy going on pedophiles inside the congregation as apostate lies.

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Trailer - Apostasy (2018) - UK release is in July of this year.

by Tallon in

i came across this on exjw reddit and thought you would be interested.

it is a fictional jehovah's witness film about shunning.

the film is due to be released in the uk in july 2018.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ubd7je-d6u.

Brokeback Watchtower

wish they include a couple of clips from JW broadcasting from the GB about trust and apostates.

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British Sociologist Predicts Possible Collapse in Jehovah's Witness Numbers

by slimboyfat in

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a newly published article by british sociologist david voas argues jehovah's witnesses may be about to experience a collapse in numbers.

contrary to claims by american sociologist rodney stark who predicts strong future growth for jehovah's witnesses, voas shows that jehovah's witnesses' efforts at recruiting new members have become increasingly unsuccessful over the past few decades: the rate of increase has steadily declined, and the number of hours each publisher must preach to produce an extra convert has gone up substantially.

voas suggests a reason for the stagnation may be that there is a natural limit to the number of people in a given population that are susceptible to conversion to sectarian groups like jehovah's witnesses - the 'carrying capacity' of the population, and that the limit has largely been reached.

Brokeback Watchtower

Being that the underpinnings of the Watchtower Corp. is based on wishful thinking, delusions of grander, and a nieve self serving interpretation of ancient bronze age writings, I see a collapse in the works.

With lawsuit cases being fought all over the world the Watchtower clearly has over extended itself. Videos of proper record destruction, failure to comply with court orders to hand over records, costly appeals to eventually settle out of court with a gag order. This is seriously eating up their assets.

They have many construction projects that have been halted or only half finished, they are being forced to sell their most valuable real estate holdings, Kingdom halls are being sold and congregations are being liquidated and combined to make the loss in active publishers not so noticeable. They had to rob all congregations of their bank account surplus over a few months operating expenses, by mean of a Governing Body mandated order which can not be rejected with out serious consequences.

Printing literature is no longer a money maker, instead it is becoming a unnecessary expense with the advent of the internet and paperless information sharing.

Mega lawsuits in Canada, USA, Australia, and the publicity about these will make persons less inclined to give even the hard core believer will eventually be effected as more property get sold and they find out about these legal problems the WT corp. is facing and where their contributions are going(to pay for bad policies made by the GB(faithful and discreet not!) that harms children).

They may be able to coast a long as a bare bones minimal cost operation for decades but I sincerely doubt it will be worth the effort. If the court case continue to grow against them as this pedophile thing gains momentum they may have to claim bankruptcy when the funds dry up, and liquidation of assets can't keep up with legal costs.

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North Korea and USA are playing Chess on a world wide scale

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i'm glad that nk wants to and is open to having talks with usa.

i do think that nk is playing brilliantly and i'm sure kim is listening to his advisors were as i wonder about trump(i sure hope he does).. i'm sure advisors on both sides have done their homework, so it should be very interesting how this turns out..

Brokeback Watchtower

Latest fake news:

President Donald Trump on Friday warmly welcomed North Korea's promising response to his abrupt withdrawal from the potentially historic Singapore summit and said "we're talking to them now" about putting it back on track.

"Everybody plays games," said Trump, who often boasts about his own negotiating tactics and skill.

The president, commenting as he left the White House for a commencement speech, said it was even possible the summit could take place on the originally planned June 12 date.

"They very much want to do it, we'd like to do it," he said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/summit-talk-turns-warmer-trump-says-talking-to-them-now/ar-AAxN5Xz?ocid=spartanntp&ffid=gz

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North Korea and USA are playing Chess on a world wide scale

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i'm glad that nk wants to and is open to having talks with usa.

i do think that nk is playing brilliantly and i'm sure kim is listening to his advisors were as i wonder about trump(i sure hope he does).. i'm sure advisors on both sides have done their homework, so it should be very interesting how this turns out..

Brokeback Watchtower

I guess we will see how good a negotiator Trump is,, as they match wits, and make their moves. So far I think Kim has got the upper hand because, he knows Trump's weaknesses or at least his advisors do. Trump's "Art of the Deal" should give his opponent a clear advantage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump:_The_Art_of_the_Deal

The book tells about Trump's childhood in Jamaica Estates, Queens. It then describes his early work in Brooklyn prior to moving to Manhattan, whereupon he engaged in building The Trump Organization. It then describes his actions and thoughts in developing the Grand Hyatt Hotel and Trump Tower, in renovating Wollman Rink, and regarding various other projects.[7]

The book also contains an 11-step formula for business success, inspired by Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking.[8] Trump's steps are:[9]

Think big

Protect the downside and the upside will take care of itself
Maximize your options
Know your market
Use your leverage
Enhance your location
Get the word out
Fight back
Deliver the goods
Contain the costs
Have fun

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North Korea and USA are playing Chess on a world wide scale

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i'm glad that nk wants to and is open to having talks with usa.

i do think that nk is playing brilliantly and i'm sure kim is listening to his advisors were as i wonder about trump(i sure hope he does).. i'm sure advisors on both sides have done their homework, so it should be very interesting how this turns out..

Brokeback Watchtower

I'm glad that NK wants to and is open to having talks with USA. I do think that NK is playing brilliantly and I'm sure Kim is listening to his advisors were as I wonder about Trump(I sure hope he does).

I'm sure advisors on both sides have done their homework, so it should be very interesting how this turns out.

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British Sociologist Predicts Possible Collapse in Jehovah's Witness Numbers

by slimboyfat in

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friends

a newly published article by british sociologist david voas argues jehovah's witnesses may be about to experience a collapse in numbers.

contrary to claims by american sociologist rodney stark who predicts strong future growth for jehovah's witnesses, voas shows that jehovah's witnesses' efforts at recruiting new members have become increasingly unsuccessful over the past few decades: the rate of increase has steadily declined, and the number of hours each publisher must preach to produce an extra convert has gone up substantially.

voas suggests a reason for the stagnation may be that there is a natural limit to the number of people in a given population that are susceptible to conversion to sectarian groups like jehovah's witnesses - the 'carrying capacity' of the population, and that the limit has largely been reached.

Brokeback Watchtower

A newly published article by British sociologist David Voas argues Jehovah's Witnesses may be about to experience a collapse in numbers. Contrary to claims by American sociologist Rodney Stark who predicts strong future growth for Jehovah's Witnesses, Voas shows that Jehovah's Witnesses' efforts at recruiting new members have become increasingly unsuccessful over the past few decades:

I agree with Voas. The Internet is the real game changer. I see with the birthing of the information age at your finger tips in the privacy of your our room a real killer for these Faithful and Discreet Dummies.

Loesch's March Broadcast was a pathetic effort at damaged control over all the negative stuff about the governing body that is on the world wide web. In fact his performance that month should act as an incentive for others to start finding out what is all this negative information and start typing into their search engine to find out what Loesch is talking about.

Any time you go public and tell people not to lose trust in the organization and don't trust the Media, and Lawscourts you gotta raise a ton of suspition even among a very brain dead group of followers.

I think we are approaching a armegedon of sorts for this fraudulent group of doom and gloom prophets.

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Why we can't vote our way to freedom

by Brokeback Watchtower in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8etv2mzhuy.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8ETV2MzHuY