Topics Started by Hold Me-Thrill Me

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Has any apostate ever lied at a JC about being apostate?
by purrpurr in
1. jw
2. friends
i watched/ listened to the brave and courageous souls on youtube who bravely recorded their jc's.

you really see a different and horrid side to the elders there.

it might sound whimpy but i don't think i would be able to stand strong like those guys did.
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JW Org Flags at R.C.
by ToesUp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
photo was posted on jw-archive.

j.w.org flags flying at the 2015 r.c.

in fribourg, switzerland..
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Are JWs trying to make dysfunctional kids and destroy their ability to live normal lives?
by C0ntr013r in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
are jws trying to make dysfunctional kids that wont "fit" in normal society so they will "return to jehovah"?

because there have been many stories about young people who have been out in the world only to find how bad it was and how correct the org was.. a good jw kid with "good" jw parents will have many big issues, some examples:.

fear of demons (fear, misfit).
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Reliable source - new round of US Bethel layoffs coming soon
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
was talking to an ex-bethelite who is still very well-connected to those in the ivory tower.. he says that there will soon be a(nother) large number of us bethelites who will be "reassigned to the field" as pioneers and special pioneers.. he did not give his source, but he is pretty reliable.

incidentally, he was "reassigned to the field" in the last big purge about 7 years ago.. i imagine those so reassigned would be pretty teed off.

let go just before the golden lakeshore palace was completed..
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Ghana jw.org call for retraction
by mana11 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
we have read with interest the above front-page headline and its articlewhich was published on page 3 of your newspaper the chronicle of june 22, 2015. in the article, the writer, alfred adams of takoradi, reported that rebecca dankwa and her mother, believed to be worshipping at the jehovahs witnesses church, refused to accept blood transfusion on the grounds that their religion forbids blood transfusions, and she died as a result.. as representatives of jehovahs witnesses in ghana, we write to point out the misinformation contained in that report.

our investigation into the matter has clearly established that the said rebecca dankwa was not one of jehovahs witnesses.

since this person mentioned in the report was not one of jehovahs witnesses, we are at a loss as to why the name of jehovahs witnesses should be linked to the story.
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Why Is This New Batch of Governing Body Members So Stupid?
by Brokeback Watchtower in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
well there are lots of reason for sure, denial, delusion, wishful thinking, ego maniac, infantile understanding of ancient writings, satanophobia, xenophobia, out of touch with reality, limited choices scrapping the bottom of the barrel,and many more.. listen to this ted talk and see if you can pick out something that helps explain why these guys are such ass holes:.

organizations are often run according to the superchicken model, where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others.

and yet, this isnt what drives the most high-achieving teams.
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Do you have a JW hero?
by Island Man in
1. jw
2. experiences
when i say jw hero i mean a jw who courageously did what was right despite the indoctrination and peer pressure to conform to cultishness.

i have an unknown jw hero that i've never met but only heard of from an experience relayed to me about an incident at a jw funeral.. i was told that at a jw funeral internment, a non-jw put a wreath in the shape of a cross on the grave.

shortly thereafter a jw elder came up and removed the wreath.
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Splane and Morris Should Thank Raymond Franz, Their Organizational Father
by Hold Me-Thrill Me in
1. jw
2. friends
the whole elder body teaching and governing body teaching was based on research by a well known "apostate" raymond franz.

franz wrote the aid book articles which gave rise to the changes made in the congregations and bethel.

knorr was deposed by the johnny come lately new governing body members who in turn gave birth to those in charge today.
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Like Shooting Fish In a Barrel...
by Hold Me-Thrill Me in
1. jw
2. friends
the jw broadcasting barrel that is.

easy to do.

too easy.
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Anthony Morris III: "...we cannot control everything that an individual might say..."
by cappytan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i noticed that anthony morris iii just said on the broadcast: "while we cannot control everything that an individual might say, it is clear that over the decades protecting children from abuse is a top priority for this organization.".

that, in my opinion, is a direct response to the richard ashe "spiritual protection not physical protection" deposition.. here's a video putting the two statements side by side.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgevpuyn7gy.