Oubliette-- why the photo of a public hanging? A warning to others, df'd ones are the warnings of today.
losingit
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Disfellowshipping works!
by hoser inthe key ensuring compliance in an authoritarian system is to have a penalty that creates an emotion of dread in the majority of the populace.
the irs and cra create the fear of being audited, and in fact audit and make examples of a minority.
this ensures that the majority file their income taxes in an orderly and scrupulous manner.
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Watchtower® and their education
by punkofnice inok. i'm a brit as some of you know.. what i noticed with the wbt$ is how they only seem to write from an american cultural standpoint.
not a bad thing if you're one of my cousins form the usa i admit........ but.... here in the uk there are some things that are meaningless to us.. eg hazing.
this was warned about in a study and over here we had no idea what it was and it kind of alienated the congregation from the study.
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losingit
Interesting!!!! Sorry you were Americanized by jws. Further reason to be PISSED! I'm just mad I was Witness-ized period.
Btw, this occurswith the Spanish translations too. Idk what country's Spanish they used but I swear I felt like I was learning an unknown version of Spanish, WT Spanish. Weird & yucky!
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Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs
by Lady Lee inthw wts likes to play games with their statistics.
one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?
if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.
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losingit
I know 2, both teenage boys
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Letting JESUS refute the Watch Tower blood policies
by Terry inletting jesus refute the watch tower blood policies.
the watch tower bible and tract society represent itself as christian.. it represents its theology and policies as direct from jehovah god through his son, jesus christ.. further, the governing body of this corporation interposes itself between the mediator, jesus, and the rest of jehovah's (christian) witnesses for the purpose of "feeding them (spiritual) food at the proper time.. the official word of jesus christ is represented in the watch tower's policy on blood transfusions.. in 1998 this statement was made:.
jehovah's witnesses do not accept whole blood, or major components of blood, namely, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma.
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losingit
Thank you again!
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Aren't Jehovah's Witnesses really standing in front of the LIGHT and blocking it?
by Terry infolks are about as happy as they decide to be.. looking on the bright side of life gives you more of a foothold when things go awry.
nurturing hope builds a foundation for you which enables you to save for tomorrow and build toward the future and hang on when things get tough.. people dig their own graves when they become pessimists.
"why bother" replaces "that's worth a try!".
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losingit
Thank you! So accurate :-)
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Amusing line in April 2014 KM
by respectful_observer inunder "2014 convention reminders":.
seat saving: when the doors to the facility are opened each morning, please to not rush to the seating area of your preference as if competing with fellow attenders.
a self-sacrificing spirit that moves us to seek the good of others identifies us as true christians and moves onlookers to praise god.. ................................................................ i personally don't recall them previously making reference to the jw-version of the "running of the bulls" that takes place every morning when the doors open at 8:00 a.m. have seen it myself many times, it's always good for a laugh.
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losingit
Steve2 It's the Jdub version of Black Friday lol
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Do you think not having the book study in private homes has had much effect?
by truthseeker init's been a few years since the organization ended the book study arrangement in private homes.. gone was the last opportunity to have tea and biscuits and a natter with the friends afterwards.. do you think people regret losing the book study?
for some, it may have been the only time they were able to get some "associaton".
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losingit
The bookstudy was my favorite meeting. I didn't have to dress up, always food afterwards with the friends, always great socializing. After they got rid of the book study, i barely commented at the meetings again. Brother Conductor always chose other elders, brothers or pioneers to comment . Cognitive dissonance kicked in big time. Fade to black soon followed.
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When they disfellowship...
by ???What??? inwhen they disfellowship someone, how do they have the audacity to say "[name] is no longer one of jehovah's witnesses."?.
being a witness of jehovah is a personal relationship between jehovah and the individual.
only jehovah and the individual know the depth and trueness of the relation that exists between them.
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losingit
There iseverything wrong with the phrasing that they use. Isn't a person's conduct and faith in God the reason why one can say they are a witness to God? I also resented the wording as it suggested to others that I had lost faith on God.
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Graphic comment on last week's book study.
by Slidin Fast ini offer this with out further comment:.
12 the mosaic law made it a capital offense to profane gods name.
(leviticus 24:16).
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losingit
I don't think ppl truly understand what they are saying, especially Jws. They are so hardened by the propaganda but so ill-informed ,they mouth these platitudes without understanding the reality attached to them. :-(
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International Conventions for 2014 - Landover, MD - What is an International Convention?
by insearchoftruth inhave been out of touch for a while, i see that there is an 'international' convention this year in landover, md (fed ex field) and there are no english conventions in either richmond or hampton, va. what is an 'international convention', is it merely a consolidation of all the other conventions meant to whip up some fervor amongst the masses?.
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losingit
Wow! So FedEx Stadium, where the Redskins play, is the venue for the DC this year?! Smh... Happy I'm out now. I went to a football game there in September and practically melted in the heat. It's going to be MISERABLE in the summer. Oh myyyy :-\