i want to start doing a wt review on certain articles.
i think we need as much discussion as possible breaking down these mind control sessions.
i cannot compare with blondie, but i will do my best.
For the sake of some "well-meaning friends", I thought of going to the meeting earlier.
But seeing today's topic... no, no, no.
No way I am ever going back to these dreary brainwashing sessions again.
If there are real-life mental zombies, you know where to look.
I want my life back, my mind, and my heart back.
ever notice how the "happiest people on earth" are also the most class-oriented?
the social structure in the congregation is more complex than the blueprints of a nuclear warhead, but just so that you "remember your place", see if you can find where your niche was/is:.
1. at the top of the social order of things within the congregation is of course, the presiding overseer and his family.
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Welcome back, Mouthy
i knew some that were very happy for you and others, along with their families, that were envious of someone's advancement.. .
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No. I just had to join the clapping for them at the meetings.
hi folks:.
i've been lurking here all summer and i finally decided to take the plunge and join you all.. i'm a single, 53 y/o black woman living in the nyc metro area (usa).
i was brought up around jws:mom's mom, mom and my favorite auntie were all in.
Welcome, DaleRivers!
From the Pacific
a question for those that still attend meetings.... how many use tablets or ipads in your hall?.
i did roving microphones this week, and i counted 43 people (variety of ages) out of an audience of 98!.
just curious....
Around 65% in our cong uses them. Thank goodness my calligraphy and doodling skills during the meetings have improved.
:D
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Uhm. My goodness.
the wt study for sept 7th just breeds such a spirit of paranoia!.
using old biblical references just so as to prevent anyone from using critical thinking skills and analysing the "truth".. then using incorrect, leading reasoning to paint any who "think outside of the box" of the org as "apostate".... pure manipulation!.
So this was the topic last Sunday?
I'm glad I changed my mind at the last minute, put on my pants and stepped out of the house to go shopping instead.
so today's study is all about being kindly, and not judgemental to those in the congregation....we don't know their circumstances etc.... i can't believe the hypocrisy being spewed out...both in the article and by means of the answers from the audience!.
we know the reality is so different!
unless a witness does everything exactly as the gb directs...in every aspects of life, they are effectively no longer a good person, but are viewed as spiritually lacking or weak..... they are going directly beyond the biblical directives, and being ones who condemn, rather than ones who commend!.
Oh please..... I hope those who are still "studying" read this:
Life inside the congregation is different.
The GB encourages "kindness" but soon after the "study" is over, the weak people are still weak. The pioneers and above still lord it over them.
