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  The last video in the 2016 convention...

  by problemaddict 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.

  bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.

  he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.

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  problemaddict 2

  JWfacts I thought the same. billion of people, but apparently the world is still empty. Unless his kid is the first to be resurrected.

  In other news......are those hospital scrubs we will be wearing in the new world? Oh lovely!
  
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  "Just don't overthink the truth"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so after almost a year of complete inactivity and non attendance, i ran into a nice brother from the local congregation.. after some nice chit-chat, he says "we really miss you and your family...etc...you were always the kind and supportive one, the approachable and encouraging one in the congregation.

  your absence has confused so many".

  i thanked him and said "oh no, no individual has stumbled us.

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  The concept of overthinking is an interesting one. I think its just loaded language in JW world for, "dont think ypu know better than the slave".

  Many people, many good people, stay JWs because they purposely decide to ignore the thibs they do not agree with, and feel its "closest", to the truth......whatever that means.
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  The last video in the 2016 convention...

  by problemaddict 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.

  bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.

  he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.

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  If you died faithful with a beard, you get to keep your beard. But.....if the system that was just destroyed might rhink ypur beard makes ypu a dirty hippy, you must fashion for yourself a shave club, and take the hair from your face.

  Was that supposed to be Hezekiah?
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  Our Letter to Our Family

  by What Now? in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  our families have cut off contact with us for the last several months.

  they found out that we were celebrating holidays with our non-witness family.

  our families were our last tie to the organization, as our former friends stopped associating with us about 3 years ago.

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  Great letter. I missed this original post. I wonder if the family ever responded?
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  The last video in the 2016 convention...

  by problemaddict 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.

  bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.

  he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.

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  Well the music is from a secular source. See crows post.

  I showed it to my wife. We have faded, but her concern is her family gets the heat turned up on them and the guilt makes them start to question their behavior. Its a legit concern. My buddy said everyone was crying. This is San Diego. Large open air convention.
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  The last video in the 2016 convention...

  by problemaddict 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.

  bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.

  he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.

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  problemaddict 2

  ...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation. Bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.

  I have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role. He said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes. "That last one was a 5 tissue!", his neighbor stated.

  Ugh.

  What struck me the most, is 3 things.

  1) This was not shot on a green screen. They used actual places, IN THE WORLD THEY LIVE IN NOW, to shoot this. Want to eat fruit, build a home, sit on the beach......why wait!? Do those things with your loved ones NOW. Everything they showed, they showed in current real time. this longing for something that does not exist, is what is really amazing to me.

  2) Its what was not present. The billions of dead people. The places needed to make their clothing, horse bridles, and violins. The complete chaos. I must say, the JW version of the end of the world is pretty damn tranquil. Like Hindu cows, with nothing to fear apparently.

  3) It is just me or were their amorphous outfits at the end reminiscent of the people that the Morlocks would eat in the old Time Machine movie. Anyone? Are the GB just Morlock puppets getting ready to use the faithful as food? I find this as plausible as anything else taught at the convention.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d43EyGZTXL4
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  All 2016 Convention videos in English and all Talk outlines for download

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all convention videos in english and all talk outlines for download.

  http://avoidjw.org/2016-regional-convention/

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  Every time I take a few minutes and look at an outline, or another video.....my jaw hits the floor. I simply have no words for how brazen they are being. I simply cannot imagine any person that attended because of an invite, looking and thinking this is normal.
  
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  Does the governing body know what they are doing?

  by Gefangene in

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  2. scandals

  what do you guys think?.

  are they only some uber religious zealots or do they pursue hidden agendas beyond religiosity?.

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  I personally believe that the GB are true believers. Like most big corporate machines, the reigns easily get away from them, but they think what they are doing is right and just. All of them are cult members too.

  I think recent poor choices in these videos make this even more apparent.
  
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  All 2016 Convention videos in English and all Talk outlines for download

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all convention videos in english and all talk outlines for download.

  http://avoidjw.org/2016-regional-convention/

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  Holy crap!!!

  I just can't even place this stuff. Facepalms don't seem to do it. A lot of head rubbing and brow furrowing seems right. But man.......this is next level garbage.

  It strikes me that this would be so obviously off putting to any "guests". This has to prove the handing out of the invitations is just busy work.

  This is simply insanity.
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  Study Article for 29th May 2016 "Jehovah's Guidance"

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if this is up already and i missed it , - apologies..... today's study article ,from march study wt , is entitled " jehovah guides his people in the way of life"....theme is is.

  30.21 " and your own ears will hear a word behind you saying, “this is the way.

  walk in it,” in case you should go to the right or in case you should go to the left".

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  I find it interesting when you confront JW's with what seems like a very clear teaching such as Jehovah killing all non-JW's, or the GB's direction being treated on par with the word of God......that they go through mental gymnastics to avoid having to cop to this.

  I can't figure out if they don't want to admit it, or are simply engaging in self deception.