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  JW Stained Glass Windows!

  by Atlantis in

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  found this over on one of the jw sites.. .. stained glass.

  jehovahs witnesses assembly hall, montreal,.... .. .. petra.

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  carla

  Hey! does that mom have pants on? tsk, tsk
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  Why don't Jehovah's Witnesses introduce themselves when knocking on doors?

  by Randomthoughts in

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  2. beliefs

  most random people who knock on the door politely introduce themselves when you open the door.. for example "hello, i'm derick from unicef and i'm looking for donations blah blah blah".

  now annoying as it may be for some at least he had the courtesy to introduce himself.. why don't jw's do this?

  is it because they are embarressed or perhaps they know you won't take their literature if they do?.

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  carla

  Not only should they introduce themselves (a common courtesy) but they ought to give you THEIR home address and complete picture ID! that way I can send annoying sales people to their homes or perhaps decide I want to give them a lecture on some topic I believe in when it suits me to interrupt their day.
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  Outrageous propaganda. "Treat your disfellowshipped loved ones like they're dead, but without mourning them." NOV 2014 study Watchtower

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  carla

  Could you please supply the page number and any other relevant info so it can be used in anti-witnessing? thanks
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  A individual congregation of JWs now has a website .

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  an individual congregation of jws now has a website .

  contact them let them know what you think.

  http://www.crowthornekingdomhall.co.uk/contact-us/.

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  carla

  With everyone clicking on the link imagine how excited they will be thinking they have real interest!
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  Scare tactics and manipulation in the Nov 2014 Watchtower . Low down dirty rotten charlatans

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scare tactics and manipulation in the nov 2014 watchtower .. low down dirty rotten charlatans.

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  carla

  Steve2, so true!
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  My Elderette returns for a final Bible Study session, after I avoided her for 2 months (very long post)

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  some of this will be repeat, since it's been a little while since i posted about my "bible study" sessions with miss k, my elderette.

  we are talking about the name of jehovah.

  thanks for talking with us today.

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  carla

  I used to have almost the exact same conversation with my jw! finally I quit hitting my head against the wall of jwism and feel much better. They are not interested in the Gospel of Christ or Christ in general. They simply use "Jesus" as a magic mantra at the end of a prayer as far as I can tell.
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  GREAT SONG FOR THOSE OF US STRUGGLING TO LEAVE THE JW CULT!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a song by lauren hill she had family ties to the jw cult, so it is very touching and moving, she even gets choked up in the middle of the song.

  i like to share this song with new ones or old ones and those who have heard it before every now and again, it so refreshing and hopefull!

  enjoy it!!!.

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  carla

  here are the lyrics- from http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/laurynhill/igetout.html

  "I Get Out"

  [Singing Chorus]
  I get out, I get out of all your boxes
  I get out, you can't hold me in these chains
  I'll get out
  Father free me from this bondage
  Knowin' my condition
  Is the reason I must change
  
  [Verse 1]
  Your stinkin' resolution
  Is no type of solution
  Preventin' me from freedom
  Maintainin' your pollution
  I won't support your lie no more
  I won't even try no more
  If I have to die, oh Lord
  That's how I choose to live
  I won't be compromised no more
  I can't be victimised no more
  I just don't sympathize no more
  Cause now I understand
  You just wanna use me
  You say "love" then abuse me
  You never thought you'd loose me
  But how quickly we forget
  That nothin' is for certain
  You thought I'd stay here hurtin'
  Your guilt trip's just not workin'
  Repressin' me to death
  Cause now I'm choosin' life, yo
  I take the sacrifice, yo
  If everything must go, then go
  That's how I choose to live
  
  [Pause]
  
  [Singing rest of Verse 1]
  That's how I choose to live...
  Hehehehe, awhh
  No more compromises
  I see past your disguises
  Blindin' through mind control
  Stealin' my eternal soul
  Appealin' through material
  To keep me as your slave
  
  [Singing Chorus]
  But I get out
  Oh, I get out of all your boxes
  I get out
  Oh, you can't hold me in these chains
  I'll get out
  Oh, I want out of social bondage
  Knowin' my condition
  Oh, is the reason I must change
  
  [Singing Verse 2]
  See, what you see is what you get
  Oh, and you ain't seen nothin' yet
  Oh, I don't care if you're upset
  I could care less if you're upset
  See it don't change the truth
  And your hurt feeling's no excuse
  To keep me in this box
  Psychological locks
  Repressin' true expression
  Cementin' this repression
  Promotin' mass deception
  So that no one can be healed
  I don't respect your system
  I won't protect your system
  When you talk I don't listen
  Oh, let my Father's will be done
  
  [Singing Chorus]
  And just get out
  Oh, just get out of all these bondage
  Just get out
  Oh, you can't hold me in chains
  Just get out
  All these traditions killin' freedom
  Knowin' my condition
  Is the reason I must change
  
  [Singing Verse 3]
  I've just accepted what you said
  Keepin' me among the dead
  The only way to know
  Is to walk then learn and grow
  But faith is not your speed
  Oh, you've had everyone believed
  That you're the sole authority
  Just follow the majority
  Afraid to face reality
  The system is a joke
  Oh, you'd be smart to save your soul
  Oh, when escape is mind control
  You spent your life in sacrifice
  To a system for the dead
  Oh, are you sure...
  Where is the passion in this living
  Are you sure it's God you servin'
  Obligated to a system
  Getting less then you're deserving
  Who made up these schools, I say
  Who made up these rules, I say
  Animal conditioning
  Oh, just to keep us as a slave
  
  [Singing Chorus]
  Oh, just get out
  Of this social purgatory
  Just get out
  All these traditions are a lie
  Just get out
  Superstition killing freedom
  Knowin' my condition
  Is the reason I must die
  Just get out
  Just get out
  Just get out
  Let's get out
  Let's get out
  Knowin' my condition
  Is the reason I must die
  Just get out
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  Must read: Michael Macy and the Emperor's Dilemma

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am coming near the end of pinker's book, "the better angels..." and have come to the section on conformity to unpopular positions.

  this led me to michael macy's emperor's dilemma.

  http://graduateinstitute.ch/files/live/sites/iheid/files/sites/political_science/shared/political_science/1836/centola_macy_willer.pdf.

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  carla

  marking to remind myself to get the Better Angels book
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  just what am I supposed to believe now??

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while i'm glad i found this site, it has also crumbled to bits everything i've believed in my whole life.

  i feel like the certainty, magic and wonder has gone out of my life.

  this has left a huge hole in my soul.

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  carla

  Just because you no longer attend the kh or a church does not mean you cannot have God in your life.
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  Thoughts on the new 'God's Kingdom Rules!' book

  by sd-7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was feeling a little melancholy earlier this week and i decided to start reading wt literature again, just to see what was new and improved.

  and it seems that, as has consistently been the case, the more i read of the literature, the more i see that i made the right choice to leave.. the first chapter goes into explaining what the kingdom is, then it looks like they must've essentially cut and pasted from the recent wt study articles about the 'harvest' illustration and about the two groups of anointed = one generation, but there's a third group of anointed who aren't part of 'this generation' (but, i imagine, probably will be someday, i mean, if two groups decades apart in age can be part of one generation, why not three?).

  it's interesting, looking at it again after all this time.

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  carla

  I can't get past the title of the book- "God's Kingdom Rules!" really? that is the title? Like my XYZ Team Rules! boys rule man, who says that anymore? Or do they mean God's rules as in the 10 commandments? or do they mean God is the ruler? in that case if they are talking to those who already believe in God it is rather silly. Thank you Caption Obvious.

  "One wonders if they believe in Jesus Christ at all with a statement like that, because it sounds an awful lot like The Watchtower is more powerful than Jesus."- I have asked my jw this many times, he responds with blustering and saying of course they believe in Jesus but never can say exactly who has more power Jesus or the wt, or not in so many words anyway. Gives me some long winded nonsense that makes no sense. Glad I have not had a jw discussion in quite some time with him! Feels good not keep hitting my head against that wall.