Pete Zahut

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  Good news to report: Congregations merged because lack of attendance, publishers & field service

  by Khaleesi in

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  so it's official, i am happy to report that we merged with another congregation having the same problem.

  why is it good news???

  because people are either waking up, fading or just not buying into this organization any longer or walking away.... i think many young ones are just not buying into it as much, i see many in the congregation i go to very depressed and some i know personally going thru major depression especially the young "sisters" in their early 20s.... .

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  Pete Zahut

  I see many in the congregation I go to very depressed and some I know personally going thru major depression especially the young "sisters" in their early 20s....

  It's sad to think of these young sisters struggling between their inner voice and youthful ambitions, and doing what they've been led to believe is the right thing to do, namely to wait and hope rather than take action. Hopefully for this younger group, they will be able to get out and recover while they still have energy and the sparkle of life hasn't been completely rubbed off.
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  Cue to leave

  by Grey Goose in

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  just reading a thread about one circuit saying the pubs must donate $10.. it got me thinking, that if it ever became policy to donate a % of ones income, that would be my cue to leave.

  or i would kick up such a stink about it i would be kicked out.

  either would be good for me.. so, is there any public policy changes which would be your cue to leave?.

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  Pete Zahut

  it got me thinking, that if it ever became policy to donate a % of ones income, that would be my cue to leave. Or I would kick up such a stink about it I would be kicked out.

  I understand your reasoning but If you think about it, $10 is a percentage of your income. Not a big percentage but a percentage just the same.

  What's the difference if they say that you must donate $10 or that you must donate .05% of your income? It's still a call for mandatory donating. Little by little the religion is evolving into something most JW's wouldn't have accepted had it been presented to them all at once.
  
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  I need some advise

  by Lost his mind in

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  following is a letter i am going to send to the entire family both jw and non.

  i would like to get your advice on whether i should do it.

  my husband has told me before to voice my complaints but i have yet.

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  Pete Zahut

  I did not realize that my letter had the note of anger in it that some have expressed. My husband said it did also. I am sorry for this because I am not that sort of person

  Of course not...you just needed to vent a little and so often that's exactly what this forum is for.
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  Church of Christ Brainwashing Children Video

  by cofty in

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  all churches are cults, it's just a matter of degree.. always submit to the church administrationfor they were placed by lord god to lead his nationif we obey then we will receive salvationsing along with me.... ....

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  Pete Zahut

  Listen Obey and Be Blessed

  JW kids sing about obeying Jehovah....even though they believe obeying the Governing Body is the same thing.
  
  
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  I need some advise

  by Lost his mind in

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  following is a letter i am going to send to the entire family both jw and non.

  i would like to get your advice on whether i should do it.

  my husband has told me before to voice my complaints but i have yet.

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  Pete Zahut

  I understand how you'd be tempted to send that letter but since you asked, I'd advise against give them anymore ammunition against you by putting it in a letter that can be dragged out years later. I'd advise that you just address each person, if and when the situation arises and I'd factor in your annoyance about all of this and tamp whatever you say, down a bit.

  If you do send a letter, (although it's a stretch) you could thank them for their well intentioned advice and tell them that you think from this point forward, it would be better if you and (husbands name) work things out between you.
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  Seriously....We have to start attacking this cult!!! Enough is enough!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  i propose that we make pintrest accounts and start openly challenging this crap.. .

  seriously.... any suggestions?

  this crap cannot be left unchallenged.

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  Pete Zahut

  ....and you just know that one day they'll have a JW theme park at the new Warwick complex. They already have the rooms....all they need to do is add a few attractions....a real money maker for them. The religion is becoming more and more "American Fundamentalist" in it's ways. It seems like they're attracting the over the top emotionally shaky types who need this kind of thing to distract them from the reality that we all eventually grow old and die.
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  JW.org on *MY* New TV - ???

  by AudeSapere in

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  so i *finally* upgraded my old, heavy, tube tv to a new flatscreen, smart tv.

  the install was much easier than i expected and i was very happy with my progress.

  then i get to the set-up part of the installation.

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  Pete Zahut

  I suspect JW.org have their fingers in the ROKU pot, hence the push for all JW's to buy that particular device.
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  Who can you trust to admit you have doubts?

  by MrMonroe in

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  (that is, doubts).

  in margaret atwood's "the handmaid's tale", a futuristic story of life inside a repressive, abusive big brother-style society tightly controlled by religious fundamentalists, there's a passage in which the protagonist is alone with another woman at a state-controlled centre where prayers are generated -- then printed out and read out -- by a machine.

  the other woman asks, in barely more than a whisper, "do you think god listens to these machines?

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  Pete Zahut

  People on some basic level, want to be lied to. They want to believe what they want to believe. They may on some level agree with you and have the same doubts themselves but more often than not, will go to great lengths to do what ever it takes to continue believing whatever eases their personal fears. To ease their conscience about all of this, they will also go to great lengths to punish anyone who forces them to acknowledge their doubts.

  It's a case of shooting the messenger who delivers the bad news.
  
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  When you Go to Bethel, You Sign Over Your Dead Body.

  by new boy in

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  this is in response to the thread about the supposed suicide of a bethelite in 1995.. when i went to bethel i and everyone else, signed a form stating that "if we died while at bethel the wathtower bible and tract society,had the right to keep our body.".

  yes, we thought it strange at the time but as a twenty years old you didn't think much about stuff like that.

  besides we were never going to die anyway.

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  Pete Zahut

  I had forgotten that we had to sign that document....the joke was that nothing goes to waste at Bethel...they were going to make ink and or soap out of you and bury whatever was left over.
  
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  "There will be earthquakes...."

  by Fisherman in

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  given: the prophecy is true.. what did jesus mean?

  i have an app that alerts me of any earthquake all over the world.

  since i got the app, it is one earthquake after another all over the world.

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  Pete Zahut

  The increase in seismic activity reported, is directly proportionate to the increase of seismic equipment installed. (funny how that works out)