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  what tv.jw.org REALLY is

  by Nebeska Nada in

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  i think that tv.jw.org is the greatest slap in the face that apostates ever received.. what do you think?.

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  rebel8

  Personally, I think the timing is suspicious. I'm sure they're doing this for recruitment purposes, but to go live right now takes a lot of attention away from something very significant: 100 years since 10/1/1914--the date predicted for Armageddon, later revised to occur while the generation was still alive, later revised to overlapping generations.

  1914 remains one of their biggest teachings that is so obviously false. They have taken the wind out of that sail by posting a little...hmmm...look what "some" believed back then...how antiquated "some" were...now let's see something exciting! Bro. Lett tickling our ears in a bad suit.

  jw.org has an Armageddon countdown card on it. seriously.
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  1914. 100 years. So what?

  by punkofnice in

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  rebel8

  Because it's proof of a false prophecy. The generation did pass away.

  And then there's the evidence of what they taught before the "generation will not pass away" doctrine: jw.org has an Armageddon countdown card on it. seriously.
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  Looking back to what happened since sept 2012... i must say its brilliant !

  by insidetheKH in

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  who thought in the early months of 2012 that such a rebranding would take place in only a matter of 24 months?.

  they managed to go from an antique looking and boring website (watchtower.org) with hardly any attractive content to go to a fresh looking new website with stuff for everyone, families, children, teenagers.. movies, and short videos about almost everything and new ones added every month.

  cartoons, animation video's , interviews, picture activities all kind of projects, many audio files like dramatic bible readings, dramas and music, online research tools, new brochures for kids (off and online) etc.

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  Whatever happened to showing people scriptures right from the Bible? Isn't using a kindle or notebook the same as showing someone something you photocopied?

  Brother, you have missed an important detail. It's not "a Kindle or notebook". It's a tablet.

  
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  TV.JW.Org - WTF is Wrong With This Guy? - CAPTION THEM

  by passwordprotected in

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  i've heard about his bombastic, overly patronising, cartoon-ish delivery before, but i'd never actually seen it...until now.

  and i should add, this religion bears little to no relation to the one i left 6 years ago.. .

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  I thought to myself, "You've been out a quarter of a century. You can tolerate a few minutes of babble for entertainment's sake." I lasted about 3 seconds before getting goosebumps and nausea. I guess I will never learn to tolerate exposure to people who brainwashed, abused and tried to kill me. Blech, I need to purge that thought out of my head now.

  I don't know why, but his pants really bother me. Not a good fit.

  I'm sorry but that just cracked me up. I know that's not the main issue here but it looks like a little boy wearing his dad's suit for Halloween and it is so distracting.

  I hope they have the least credible, respectable programming to turn off as many people as possible.
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  Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYTimes)

  by NewYork44M in

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  rebel8

  removing the obstacles to their coming forward and seeking help, is not only the right thing to do, but it would also advance efforts to protect children from harm

  BS. What obstacles? Treatment programs exist and people participate in them all the time.

  Society should continue to have the strongest disdain for this behavior and continue to pressure people with these urges to work to eliminate those urges.

  Is it sick? Absolutely.
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  JW TV Announcement - Proof the Organization Is Not Leaking

  by steve2 in

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  Hermetically sealed, huh. I'm having a hard time thinking of one example of something that was not leaked before the official announcement, including the tv thing. I was on a thread where it had been leaked 2 days before today when it went live as a "surprise".

  Just like with the new bible

  j-dubs had a wild rumor about a new bible going around months before it was released. I heard about it from relatives in 2 states in different regions of the country.
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  Coming out to the closet to your family as an "apostate". Any experiences? Your input would be greatly appreciated.

  by im_free in

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  so it's been about 10 years since i have faded out and have stopped believing in the jw teachings.

  since then, i have accepted jesus and have experienced an amazing tranformation in my life and have been freed from the jw prison mentally and spiritually.

  a more detailed thread about my journey is here if you are interested.. anyways, my jw family lives in another state so they are unaware that i am no longer "in the truth" since i have not told them.

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  Saying you are no longer active and you don't care to discuss it is fine, then change the subject each time they bring it up. Nope, not interested in discussing this. Hey, did you catch the game? Still no. How's Aunt Joan's arthritis? Yeah, still no--told ya, I don't wanna talk about this. Did you hear about that accident on Route 10? Seriously, I couldn't imagine discussing this with you, and I mean it--please respect my request.

  Why do you feel compelled to tell them you're an apostate, unless you want them to shun you?
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  TV.JW.ORG is coming!

  by Oubliette in

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  omg...I hope they're not going to have a Caleb vs. Sparlock cartoon. Please no cartoons. Think of the children.

  They've made billions from "being different". That was always their thang--being different. Now they're retiring to a country estate off those riches. I wonder if they saw a decline and decided to "be mainstream" and make a few trillion on that for the rest of this century.
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  TV.JW.ORG is coming!

  by Oubliette in

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  Right now, the landing page on that URL says "JW.org Broadasting
  Coming Monday, October 6th" HYPOCRISY ARRIVES TOMORROW! YAY!
  
  Thx hildebrando for posting that anti-televangelism article. I was remembering all that rhetoric in the 80s. They said they were sooo superior to televangelists back then.
  
  CaptainSchmideo: "If Christendom does something a particular way, then God's people should do it 180 degrees different." I wonder what his reaction will be to this development.
  
  Right. What happened to their fringed garments to show they're separate from false religions?

  GHC: I'm fascinated at how the JW logo is white on the wall yet it's blue in the reflection on the floor.
  
  FWIW I'm glad you pointed that out. I wouldn't have noticed it. It gave me a moment's amusement while I wondered if the mirror reflection of demonic things was distorted. ;)
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  To Transfuse or Not To Transfuse

  by Chris Tann in

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  when my son became baptized as a witness at age nine, it worried me that he could now get a no blood card.

  i wanted to make sure if blood transfusions were really as disgusting to "jehovah" as i was taught.

  i already found out some things about my beliefs that were not true, so it wasn't hard for me to be questionable about this.. i first looked in the reasoning book under blood as to why we don't accept transfusions.

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  Addicts in recovery often take required medications for surgical procedures, for example, and it does not mean they are not in recovery anymore.