We had a CO who wore his watch so that the face of the watch was in the direction of the palm of his hand. In other words the band was on the top of his wrist and the face on the underside. We all thought it was clever that he wore his watch that way so he could check the time unobserved, as looking at the back of your wrist would attract attention. Soon all the brothers were wearing it that way. Finally I mentioned how clever he was to wear his watch that way. He revealed the truth that he had a bump on his wrist and it was painful to wear it normally. This caused a mass reversal.
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Sometimes it's the little things....
by dubstepped ini'm listening to a podcast where a former elder describes how another elder conducted the watchtower study about hyperbole.
the elder called it hyper-bowl.
soon the whole congregation called it hyper-bowl.
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"World conditions have never been as bad as they are now"
by Sour Grapes ini went to a funeral yesterday and ran into a jdub.
of course, he approached me and it didn't take more than a minute into the conversation for him to get into the jdub gloom and doom mode.
he said that world conditions have never been as bad as they are now.. i looked straight into his eyes and said, "i think that world conditions were a lot worse during world war two.".
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I used to feel that way, but I got better.
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Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?
by minimus ini don’t get it.
who really cares?
in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.
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Active witnesses? Please help?
by Ahava inhi,i'm lost and a little sad.
i actually like the jw faith.
some might call this faith cold, strict, dogmatic but they're just trying to follow rules and give back to god.
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Welcome Ahava.
From what you've written it seems you like structure and are not so worried about facts. Do not limit yourself to information provided by the object of your research, ie: "The GB are Jehovah's spokesman because they said so". This will explode in your face if you get baptized and then you find the facts they presented you were false. You will be reviled, ignored and become an object of derision. Give it time. If you are studying with them take an extra long time studying before baptism and see how their interest in you will wane as you ask pertinent questions. I would ask, "will JW's still believe in doctrines 10 years from now that they believe is truth now? What if they change their belief in a life or death matter and were wrong all along?
Unless you are easily used for their gain via money or prestige you will be dropped.
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What really happened around 1918 when WT leaders were imprisoned?
by dubstepped ini had never thought about this until just now when i saw that nathan natas posted some early tract from rutherford, and it made me think back to what little i could remember of the history i was taught.
i now know that in most cases the dubs will spin stories in their favor.
so i'm now assuming i was told some fictitious story about what happened when the leaders were thrown in prison and things looked bleak for the cult way back when.
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New brochure about donations.
by Ray Frankz inin this midweek meeting the local needs was a booooring speech about the new brochure on donations.
the wt must think the jws are dying to know how to give their money.. well, it's not new this is disgusting but this time, after i ve been slightly hinting people here and there for a year about the 'abnormal request of money' and remind them that 'the faithful slave wasn't like that until some time ago', this time i saw their faces.
they did get bothered with that talk.
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The Watchtower Society will consume itself.
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How do you feel about the elders?
by Lost in the fog inoh dear, i recently made a comment about an elder being dogmatic.
and one of his best buddies sent me a wt article to help me realign my mind or something.
this is where reality separates from fantasy and fiction.
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How realistic is it to say that 100% of elders were "douchebags"? I just don't agree. I know I wasn't. The torture of being a non-douchbag is what made escape possible. I met a few honorable men during my time in captivity. Sorry for your typical experience within the monkey house. Mine was atypical I guess. Don't get me wrong, I met some of the worst as well. Ugh.
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Motherly Love, that "Unbreakable Bond"
by Simon inmy father died a couple of months ago.
he'd been ill for some time and had many health scares and heart troubles over the years but always managed to keep on going.
then one time he didn't.. i'm glad i got to know him again and spend some more time with him after so many years missed because of the wts but those years will always be lost forever.
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Simon, what you did was better than any anti witness flyer, campaign or guerilla warfare. You caused your Witness mom to expose for herself the tragedy of the Watchtower. People will be talking about her antics every time witnesses come up in conversation. Nicely done. Sorry she's held captive by the tower.
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Atheists - How Did You Become An Atheist After Waking Up?
by pale.emperor ini consider myself an atheist.
and right now i'm reading a lot on atheism in general (books written to answer creationists).. i'd be interested in knowing how you became an atheist after leaving the jws and how long did it take?
was it instant or did your belief in a deity gradually decline?.
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Yes I do
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Today’s meeting and CO visit
by Addison0998 inthe meeting today was quite disturbing as usual and had to endure 2 talks by yet another egotistical, pompous co who gives talks like a hardcore southern baptist, but people adore no matter what crazy shit spews from their mouth.
today, he talked about jesus illustration about how if your eye or hand stumbles you, remove it.
he went into gory detail about how somebodies eye ball is pulled out from their head, and what it takes to cut someone’s hand off...perhaps even with a pocketknife...in front of many small children in the audience.
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It's so funny. There was a fuss in the 9o's about calling non baptized ones "Brother" or "Sister". Anyone remember that? They said to go ahead and call them that because we don't want to alienate interested ones. But as we see now they are all bird food no matter what we called them. Too warped!