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  Pop Psychology - warning

  by Uzzah in

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  for the past few months i have found myself biting my tongue at what i have been observing with some participants on jwd.

  please keep in mind i have been around since noah on these boards (circa 1997) and have watched several trends and people come and go over the years.. i am not seeking approval, support or anything other than expressing a personal observation.. every once in a while an egoist appears on the ex-jw boards.

  more often than not a former elder who feels they continue to hold some sort of special wisdom that they must proclaim to the masses.

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  avengers

  This is not the best place for psychological or even relationship advice.

  Are you talking about your advice?

  You say you've been around this board since 1997.Your avatar says you've been around since 22-Jan-03

  ??
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  Good solid WT advice

  by JimmyPage in

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  in this week's service meeting there is a talk taken from a wt about what to do if you lose your job.

  one suggestion is to not be picky about the kind of work you do.

  to reinforce this it shows a picture of a guy working over 3 stories in the air looking very vulnerable (i kid you not).

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  avengers

  Good solid WT advice

  No such thing!
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  My Story-A Sioux Indian in the Watchtower Organisation

  by ExjwSiouxChief in

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  my name is chief waneta ('the charger') of the sioux nation.

  since the leaving of the seven falcons when i was a child, my family joined the jw cult.

  chief waneta wanted to do a rain dance.

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  avengers

  consults the smoke of the great wakmaka tree. Chief Waneta ancestors tell him to eat only corn for 1 week when he will see a vision. Chief Waneta is given a great vision and told to join his ancestors in the worship of the Great Spirit. Peace be unto you.

  Hey chief! Got anything for me to smoke. Must be great stuff you're having

  Andy
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  JW religion is not all that bad really

  by veen in

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  i know we all have issues with the borg, but really i think there are far more despicable religions on the go, namely american style evangelical christianity.

  i'm watching a film called 'jesus camp' as i type and all i can say is any of you idiots who post on here who say you left the jw's and have now found jesus are totally retarded.

  you really need to get a grip on reality and stop needing religion as a crutch.

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  avengers

  all I can say is any of you idiots who post on here who say you left the JW's and have now found Jesus are totally retarded.

  HUH?
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  Suing the tower

  by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/157788/1.ashx.

  in the above thread, otwo made a comment about how someone might sue the wt based on their shunning policy.

  i have not seen the topic discussed here and have been unsuccessful in getting the search function of the site to gather information about it, but i wonder if we as a group could sue the washtowel society.

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  avengers

  Keep this in mind- trying to get former JW's to work together is like
  herding cats.

  Love the analogy.
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  Bossert Hotel sold

  by Aaac in

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  watchtower society has found buyer for the famous bossert hotel.

  the price was 100 million dollars.

  http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20080505/free/215086780/1059/toc

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  avengers

  Where does the money go?

  They still owe me and my family for 30 + years

  Lets see. $30,00 a month. = 30 x 12 = 360.

  30 x 360 = 10,800 just for contribution.

  Count all the hours at the meetings, field service, shepherding calls, etc.

  They owe me.
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  Fantasizing about the end of the Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Bring_the_Light in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm pretty new here.

  after being on my own 10 years, i'm finally coming to grips with my past (which i previously just ignored/didn't think about).

  thanks for existing everyone, its been very existential.

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  avengers

  Don't waste your time. Go have fun.
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  Witty replies needed......

  by loosie in

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  ok one of the only two peopel who don't know i haven't gone to meetings in 3 years sent me this remark: , i can't believe how all this time has gone by.

  the one good thing about getting older like this is that it brings us that much closer to the new system.

  i need a witty reply.

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  The Watchtowers lies............for money.

  by searcher in

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  the wtbts makes much of how witmesses were persecuted in nazi germay, but how many know that they claimed compensation for it, and lied?.

  in a letter to adolf hitler the wt claimed,.

  "dear reichskanzler, the brooklyn headquarter of the watchtower society is pro german in an exemplary way and has been so for many years.

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  avengers

  Hey Searcher. Good to hear from you. Remember Amsterdam!
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  Diary of a thinking to return ex-Jw

  by reniaa in

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  i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.

  i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!

  she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .

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  avengers

  If they had the Truth I would go back.

  They don't so I won't.

  Why would you go back to a religion full of lies and hypocrisy?

  I don't get it.

  My guess is that some people indeed need the blue pill.

  Andy