Posts by slimboyfat

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JW All seeing eye property

by wwjdnwt in

https://youtu.be/t0nfxs7cans have you guys seen this?

i googled it on my pc and pulled same thing.

crazy stuff.

Be loyal when a relative is disfellowshipped

by UnshackleTheChains in

well.....they showed that shunning video again.

you know...the one where goldilocks gets disfellowshipped- and the parents look across the hall at her with disdain.....yeah that video.. i was interested to see what kind of answers would be given during the discussion after the video and some of the reactions.

everyone sat there gormlessly staring at the video.

slimboyfat

It is a shocking video. Ruby what was the reaction to it like at your hall?

Are you sure it was only £3 a year? Not per month or per week? Even that seems incredibly low.

Not sure what it means in terms of their financial difficulty. I'm sure they must get more than £3 per publisher. Did they maybe mean £3 extra? It's difficult to make sense.

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Help ... maybe

by vienne in

dr. schulz and i are pushing to finished volume two of separate identity by mid-2018.

to make this book the best it can be we need material that we haven't been able to find.

1. a tract on spiritism by n. barbour published about 1881 or so.

slimboyfat

I have not the slightest idea where to find the items you are looking for, but I wish you well on your project. I think it's interesting and important work, because regardless of our perspective on current Watchtower, more knowledge about its origins enlightens everyone.

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Why the verb shun is missing from the JW lexicon

by cognisonance in

so my parents when i confronted them about how unhappy i am at them shunning me, responded by saying: "you keep using the word shunning, we're not shunning you.

"i am a bit confused how they can say that.

i'm an ex-jw and an atheist.

slimboyfat

Aha that's it! Highly significant that they begin to own this word, in my view.

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Be loyal when a relative is disfellowshipped

by UnshackleTheChains in

well.....they showed that shunning video again.

you know...the one where goldilocks gets disfellowshipped- and the parents look across the hall at her with disdain.....yeah that video.. i was interested to see what kind of answers would be given during the discussion after the video and some of the reactions.

everyone sat there gormlessly staring at the video.

slimboyfat

That is a chilling quote from the "God's Love" book.

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Why the verb shun is missing from the JW lexicon

by cognisonance in

so my parents when i confronted them about how unhappy i am at them shunning me, responded by saying: "you keep using the word shunning, we're not shunning you.

"i am a bit confused how they can say that.

i'm an ex-jw and an atheist.

slimboyfat

I think there was a recent WT publication which did use the word to describe shunning DFed people. It stuck out to me because I'd not seen them own the word. I wish I could track down the reference.

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The Key Text on JW.Org Leaves Out The Most Important Part!

by steve2 in

perhaps the one scripture most often quoted by jws is matthew 24:14: "this good news of the kingdomwill be preached in all the inhabited earth and then the end will come.

" even after decades away from the kingdom hall, i can still rattle off that verse.

i daresay all 8-plus million "active" jws can also recite it, plus the untold millions who have left or become inactive across the decades.. it is among the top cornerstone texts used in jw communications.. but now there's a significant shift in the use of that text: jws often focused heavily on the part of the scripture about the end coming.

slimboyfat

Col 1:23

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The Key Text on JW.Org Leaves Out The Most Important Part!

by steve2 in

perhaps the one scripture most often quoted by jws is matthew 24:14: "this good news of the kingdomwill be preached in all the inhabited earth and then the end will come.

" even after decades away from the kingdom hall, i can still rattle off that verse.

i daresay all 8-plus million "active" jws can also recite it, plus the untold millions who have left or become inactive across the decades.. it is among the top cornerstone texts used in jw communications.. but now there's a significant shift in the use of that text: jws often focused heavily on the part of the scripture about the end coming.

slimboyfat

Follow the direction brother Steve. I do detect a rather critical spirit from you of late.

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Be loyal when a relative is disfellowshipped

by UnshackleTheChains in

well.....they showed that shunning video again.

you know...the one where goldilocks gets disfellowshipped- and the parents look across the hall at her with disdain.....yeah that video.. i was interested to see what kind of answers would be given during the discussion after the video and some of the reactions.

everyone sat there gormlessly staring at the video.

slimboyfat

Surely one of the worst things Watchtower has ever produced.

Only positive spin on it is that perhaps their extremism has reached some sort of limit with this video, like the worst of the storm before a period of calm.

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I have enjoyed the shunning in the past. But why not now?

by sinboi in

i am prepared for shunning when i send in my da letter.

my dad was furious when he comes back from overseas and find out that i have da myself.

yes, i do regret not talking to him first before i da...i also know that my mom is crying in her room.. but they didn't chase me out of the house.

slimboyfat

It sounds like your parents are more reasonable than some JWs.

But I've also found some JWs operate a very strict "my advantage" approach to shunning. Which means that the JW will allow any amount of association with DFed or "marked" individuals so long as that association is to their advantage: take lifts from you, let you do chores for them, look after them, buy them dinner, whatever. But if you need something from them they suddenly remember you are bad association and refuse as a matter of "principle". Or maybe I just had a bad experience!