Da.Furious

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  To all JDub lurkers: How can you continue to preach knowing that you are telling lies?

  by macys in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a damn serious question.

  you must know by now that jerusalem was not destroyed in 607 bce and that 607 was initially picked by ct russell by using his "pyramid scheme" measurements.

  there is no hiding these facts yet you continue to preach this nonsense.

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  Simple, i stopped preaching and fake my reports!
  
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  My daughter surprised me last night.

  by Driving Force in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i started my fade a the beginning of 2015, took counseling form a psychiatrist, and worked hard to get my family away from the cult.

  my marriage split and i now live alone with my 15 year old daughter.. she came to me last night and we started talking about jws.

  she told me that the subject they are discussing at the moment in philosophy is "cults".

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  Da.Furious

  @Driving Force, May you please share the list that she was given with us.

  Thanks
  
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  2015-10/10/ Field Service Report Slips-S-4-E!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if this has already been posted just delete this post!.

  2015 10/10/ field service report slips-s-4-e. .. click the green download button.. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/kpifhby.

  .. .. wtunderground!.

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  Da.Furious

  Cool. Makes it is easy to fudge the figures!

  I bet they will use the video showings as part of the statistics on how widely they are used (possibly fudge the numbers by claiming 2 million views equal 2 million persons (whether unique or not) . If a person sees the same video twice or more do we count this as one, i.e. unique user/view.

  I think they missed virtual return visits, or online return visits.

  The best part is the comments? what the F**** is this supposed to have?
  
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  JW Religion same as Stock Market/Gambling (Concept)

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the last few days i was discussing with a colleague of mine at work about the stock market and how some people, even when losing money, they will hold onto their shares because someone said they will rise again.

  this may lead to lost opportunities or even losing all their money instead of de-risking and offsetting loses by buying another stock, in other word jumping ship.. this got me thinking about jws (knowing that i am still in).

  took one step back and looked at our family and what we have done by sticking to this religion.

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  Very true Simon.

  And the problem as some other poster, on a different topic, mentioned that because we allowed the WTS to take over our way of thinking, it is hard to to mix with people around us not too mention sometimes is very late to build yourself again. So why bother.

  One would think i have invested several years, is it worth pulling out and face all the repercussions or just stay there doing bare minimum!
  
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  JW Religion same as Stock Market/Gambling (Concept)

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the last few days i was discussing with a colleague of mine at work about the stock market and how some people, even when losing money, they will hold onto their shares because someone said they will rise again.

  this may lead to lost opportunities or even losing all their money instead of de-risking and offsetting loses by buying another stock, in other word jumping ship.. this got me thinking about jws (knowing that i am still in).

  took one step back and looked at our family and what we have done by sticking to this religion.

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  Da.Furious

  For the last few days i was discussing with a colleague of mine at work about the stock market and how some people, even when losing money, they will hold onto their shares because someone said they will rise again. This may lead to lost opportunities or even losing all their money instead of de-risking and offsetting loses by buying another stock, in other word jumping ship.
  

  This got me thinking about JWs (knowing that i am still in). Took one step back and looked at our family and what we have done by sticking to this religion.

  Since i can remember, i always heard the end is near and live your life as if tomorrow is the end of the system. This had major impacts on our lives, parents never saved anything for the future, never invested since it was considered waste of time, never encouraged us to seek higher education and the list goes on - also worth mentioning we were surrounded by pioneers who seemed did not care about anything and they were always available for any event; best life ever!
  

  This made me reliase that my parents, and to some extend myself, kept holding to the hopes that the WTS gave us. Ditching this hope made us think, what if the end really is near, what if the system ends tomorrow. Let me keep holding since i have lost a lot (family, health, etc.). Then you start thinking 7-8million can not be wrong.

  For someone clinging to any bit of news that helps his hope to stay alive, it is very hard to get them to move on. For my parents, late 70s, even if they may have doubts they would not think about it at all because it is too late. Unfortunately what they are not doing is helping the new generation to wake up and help them to move on.

  Although i an not holding to the believes anymore, i can not move on fully. Family ties, due to the shunning policy, will have drastic impacts on the family and not to mention emotional stress ( will leave this to another discussion).

  Even with JW friends, any discussion about the future and investments for the family, they will look at me in a very strange way. I even had an elder telling that my priorities are not aligned correctly!
  

  Going back to the comparison, JW religion and believes are the same as Stock market and Gambling , you keep holding and waiting, hoping for something to materializse and put you back in the green. Any minor glimpse of hope will make it harder and harder for you to let go and move on.

  The irony is in this, is that WTS encourages us to stay away from gambling and an indirect way not to trade in stocks!

  Hope the above makes sense.

  Da.Furious
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  Despite a 'number' of similar projects being pulled, the Chelmsford Project will continue...

  by NeverKnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this article suggests that there are projects being halted, but chelmsford isn't one of them.

  can someone from the uk tell me if this article was written by a reputable and known publisher?

  plans for huge jehovah's witnesses hq continues.

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  @Splash: Yes confirmed and they mentioned letters were sent to around 90% SPs in the UK and this is worldwide thing and not local only.
  

  Another bit of info, can not mention the location unfortunately (not in the UK) the letter has been dispatched today and it is about Bethel family, SPs and Missionaries numbers being reduced.

  As for construction, at a KH in London they stopped a new flat being built. Fortunately they only cleared the site and no excavation was started.
  
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  Despite a 'number' of similar projects being pulled, the Chelmsford Project will continue...

  by NeverKnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this article suggests that there are projects being halted, but chelmsford isn't one of them.

  can someone from the uk tell me if this article was written by a reputable and known publisher?

  plans for huge jehovah's witnesses hq continues.

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  Da.Furious

  This news is bit contradicting to what is happening in reality. I know few couples who are volunteers in UK from EU countries that received letters notifying them that their services are no more needed for the construction.

  I presume they are not 100% stopping the construction but possibly reducing the workforce to a minimum for damage control.

  As some posters mentioned before, if they had external contractors, they have to use them otherwise penalty clauses / court stuff will be very expensive.

  Not to mention our Special pioneers got their P45 letters this week from the branch!
  
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  Re: Shepherding Textbook in Digital Format

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after years of leaked info, the gb has finally decided to publish their own shepherding textbook in epub format.. dear brothers:.

  we are pleased to inform you that the shepherding textbook is now available in epub,.

  mobi, and pdf format.

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  Da.Furious

  Link to download can be found in this thread:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/213250001/new-2012-elders-book-2015-amendments
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  Memorial attendance up or down on last year?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as per the title.

  and was the one you attended at an early or late time of the evening.. any partakers?.

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  Da.Furious

  Our attendance was the same as last year, no change for us - (UK) London non english speaking congregation.

  As others mentioned, having the memorial on the same day as good friday may be a big contributor to the low numbers.
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  New panel into historical child abuse allegations - UK Goverment

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  home secretary theresa may says she will establish statutory inquiry with a new panel into historical child abuse allegations.. it will investigate whether "public bodies and other non-state institutions have taken seriously their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse in england and wales".. full article on bbc news.

  da furious.

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  I am wondering how this will have an impact on all historical events including within WTS or any other religion.

  Would this also provide protection to people to come forward and cause major problems on a large scale compared to very few cases that saw the light?