greendawn
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WTS upper echelons.
by greendawn indoes any one know who writes all the wts literature?
books pamphlets, magazines?
i heard there is a writing department consisting of about 200 individuals.
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Awkward car situations.
by greendawn indid you ever have a serious problem while driving an awkward breakdown fire, or accident?
my worst was when i got an overheating problem on a night in the middle of nowhere.
it was the water pump, but by driving 20 miles at a time stopping to cool down and then restarting i got home.
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Last JW meeting
by greendawn inwhen you finally came to the jw meeting that you knew was your last one, what were your thoughts, feelings or actions?
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my last was the summer convent of 1986. i stood there until everyone left and then i took a picture with my new camera of the empty stadium, the wish being that the wts would collapse and never fill up again stadiums with people.
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Shunning JWs and cultural background
by greendawn init appears that most jw parents follow the insane instruction of the gb to shun their own children in case they leave or get expelled from the org, that's what we perceive by reading ex-jw sites.
that may well be the case in the english speaking countries mainly represented on this board for example, but i find it difficult to believe that the same occurs with jws of different origins eg southern european, latin american, japanese where family ties are much stronger.
the different cultural background could influence jws in taking certain decisions such as this.
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Weight control issues.
by greendawn inthe weight control issue is strange in the sense that statistically most people that lose weight later on more or less quickly regain it, and all the money spent on weight loss gets wasted.
i've had this problem for many years trying to lose 13kg (about 30lb)going from 95 to 82kg (210 to 180lb)the normal weight for my height and body frame.
i lose a lot of weight even reaching the target but then regain it so i'm always ranging somewhere between 95 and 82kg.
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Evil WTS and the seeds of its destruction
by greendawn inthere is a saying that "evil carries within it the seed of its own destruction" and we can see this occuring with the wts and its evil leadership.
things there are going from bad to worse due to the fact that they are simply not capable of running a group like this.
being also extremely autocratic and jealous of their authority they don't accept advice on how to imrove things from anyone outside their tiny and secretive inner circle and problems never get fixed.
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Paradox of the defeated evil
by greendawn inbefore jesus ascended to heavens he said that he had acquired all power on earth and in heaven having wrestled successfully with, and overwhelmed satan and his angels.
however the church he established had/has to make an attrocious war against that same soundly defeated enemy.
the question is if jesus defeated them once and for all why are his followers fighting a war against them all over again?
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Frightening experiences
by greendawn inmy most frightening experience occured about 12 years as i was driving in a safari park with wild animals like tigers around.
there was suddenly a very loud explosion under the bonnet and that really frightened me and my two passengers, if there is to be a fire what do we do with tigers outside?
fortunately it soon became clear that there was no fire only a lot steam came gushing out, the cooling system had over heated and a pipe got burst asunder .
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Grief from those you helped
by greendawn inwhen you were jws did you bring people into the org (relatives or not)that later on became for you a source of grief eg stole your spouse, shunned you, slandered you, persecuted you after becoming elders etc etc
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FDS and deception/exploitation of dubs
by greendawn inif a dub asked you to give him some instances where the faithful and discreet slave ie their leadership has committed shameless and blatant acts of deception and manipulation on them, what would you choose to open his eyes to the realities of this issue?