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Americans in Prison
by usualusername in
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at the moment the usa has around 2 million people in prison.. along with that you have some crazy prison sentences.. .

thug shot at police 19 times.

hit an officer on shoulder.. 122 years.. .
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Are the GB Mental
by moley in
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2. beliefs
just a thought, do the gb actually beleive they are gods chosen reps and truly beleive this crap or are they just in it for the power and the authority.
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Found a good video on Youtube about WTBT$
by Newly Enlightened in
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2. scandals
it's only about 8 minutes long.

but he brings up the child abuse policies and cover ups and was disfellowshipped for being an 'apostate & liar'.

it's pretty good:.
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Have The Witnesses Changed All That Much In The Last Few Years?
by minimus in
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when i was in it, especially as a young person, it was rules oriented but not like it is now.

to me, the religion is a lot more fanatical than ever before....what do you think?

is it the same religion even as it was 20 years ago?.
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JWs still in that believe and are lurking
by cognac in
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just wanted to say hi.

i understand how you may feel.

i remember lurking here years ago cause i didn't want to tell the elders on myself and have a judicial committee if i could figure a way out of it.
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Powerfully heart-wrenching experience by FORMER BETHLITE
by Black Man in
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2. friends
just wanting to post an experience by a former bethelite.

the first part was just published with the other two coming overt the next couple of weeks.

click the link.
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Visited Beth Sarim today
by exwhyzee in
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2. scandals
my sister in law has been shunned by the family since she da'd herself at the age of 18 and moved out of the house.

i always insisted that my wife keep in contact with her and made sure she knew she had a soft place to land,with us, should she need it.

even at the risk of it getting us in hot water with the pioneer,elder,bethelite family members there was no way we were going to let her disappear into the wild blue yonder on her own.
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The MYSTERY of the Society's BETH-SHAN secret cult compound
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
1945 black and white photo of beth-shan (now hand colored):.

beth-shan house built in 1939, ten years after beth-sarim on adjacent property.

beth-shan, which means "house of security" in hebrew, was literally a house of security -(cult compound)*- it was accessed by a single dirt road that was guarded and gated.
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A Brief History of Racism in Watchtower Publications
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i've just completed a lengthy article on the history of racism in the society's publications.

many people (including myself, until recently) aren't aware that the society's early publications were brimming with racist rhetoric, and this only calmed down as the public mood towards racism changed, most notably with the civil rights movement in the 50s/60s.. a few "headliners" from the article are:.

russell segregated blacks from whites for viewings of the photodramarussell believed that the skin of a black man would turn white during the millennial kingdomunder russell, the society's publications portrayed the black races as "degraded" and the white race as "superior"rutherford viewed the blacks as a "race of servants", and spoke of "sobering the southern negro" in an article against prohibitionunder rutherford, the golden age slammed uncle tom's cabin (a work that helped end slavery) as being "the work of satan"; the same article branded spaniards a "backwards race"rutherford accused "jewish business men" of "oppressing the peoples of many nations"in 1929 the golden age (acknowledged by the society as essentially the same magazine as the modern awake!
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ex-jw-uk
by bigmac in
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2. friends
i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

i've already found several by reading older posts..