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  Would you want to live in a Kingdom under the Duds?

  by Maverick in

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  one of the 'problems' i had before blackguard deprogrammed me was i could not reconcile the actions of the j-dud masters with a loving god.

  i felt if god was with these people i did not want to live in any new system under this power structure.

  if god was as phoney, vengeful, and petty a person as his faithful and discreet slave was i was better off dead.

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  Subliminal self-promotion

  by Maverick in

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  i thought i would try a little experiment.

  i saved all my bound volumes of the wt and was curious as to how mant time the writing department of the governing body made reference to the 'organization' in one form or another.. .

  i picked a bv at random and read four watchtower articles, (that was all i could stomach), and underlined each mention of the brotherhood is its various forms.

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  What to do with my WT library?

  by Maverick in

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  after i came back for down under this jan. i gathered up all my j-dud literature except my indexes, bound volumes, insight and aid books.

  these i wanted to use for references.

  i took the rest out to the dumpster behind my office and filled the thing!

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  What would happen if there was no more shunning?

  by Maverick in

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  i wonder what would happen if the governing body decided to drop the shunning of those who do not want to go along with the program?

  how many closet dissidents are out there in j-dud land?

  would they lose a million publishers?

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  Baptism Nullification Endgame

  by Maverick in

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  well the governingbodygod has added a new twist to my bn letter.

  they are not contesting my stand that i was never a baptized member.

  but they have decided to treat me as if i was an unbaptized publisher.

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  Baptism Nullification update

  by Maverick in

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  i mailed out the baptism nullification letter to brooklyn on the 16th of jan. and i did a mass mailout on the 17th of jan. i was waiting until the co's visit to see what would happen.

  well, that was the week of feb.17th and here is what has happened.

  not one word officially.. the po of the hall i last attended called on the 19th of feb. and left a message on my voice mail.

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  Elders Recording Phone Calls?

  by Maverick in

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  i have a question for you-all.

  but let me explain first.

  it was a common practice in my hall to record all calls from the membership.

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  Has Maverick been a bad boy?

  by Maverick in

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  hey folks, seem my posting privileges have been restricted.

  i guess i've been a bad boy.

  dedalus and i had some cool interactions but i guess the fun is over.

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  Disfellowshiping and Title 7

  by Maverick in

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  any legal eagles out there have any thoughts on the potential success of a class action lawsuit against the watchtower for their written corporate policy on the treatment of disfellowshipped people?

  does their policy fall under religious discrimination as outlined in title 7 of the federal anti-discrimination statues?

  i am sure there are many df'd people who have lost jobs and housing and suffered mental anguish as a result of the restrictions of interacting with loves ones and family members.

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  Are there only two ways out of the WT World?

  by Maverick in

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  we are told we can quit (dissassociate) or get kicked out ( dissfellowshipped), but are these the only options we have?

  while you cannot stop people from acting a certain way around you there may be a way to take to power away from the society and give it back to the people who love you and know it their hearts that shunning in unloving.

  check out the baptism nullification letter in the friends forum posted by blackguard.

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