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  Thought Control (A simple test for JW's)

  by TD in

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  in george orwell's novel 'nineteen eighty-four' the capitulation of the principal protagonist is portrayed in his willingness to assent to the proposition that two and two make five.

  once he had denied objective reality, his mental conquest was complete and he was no longer truly the master of his own mind.

  nineteen eighty-four is in many ways, a very depressing read.. a charge commonly leveled at jehovah's witnesses is that the type of mind control envisioned by orwell has been and continues to be used on them.

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  Whatever happened to Alice?
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  Girl scout cookies are demonized

  by Gojira_101 in

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  okay so i think it might be the concussion making me go on this rant...not too sure.. the girl scouts started selling their cookies yesterday and for the first time in my life i will be ordering cookies.....i mean wtf is so wrong with ordering cookies from them?

  i love the thin mint's and guess what?

  you can only buy them from girl scouts!!!!!!.

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  Read the first page last night, and today I went to Walmart and those evil girlscouts and those stacks of cookies were out front. I went right up and got myself some thin mints and the $7.00 for two boxes was a bargain! Num!
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  witness phrases in my blind spot

  by inkling in

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  are these phrases witness specfic?.

  "maintain our integrity".

  "honest hearted ones" (what exactly is an "honest heart", anyway?

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  They are weak in the "TRUTH"
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  has anyone ever been DF'd for voting?

  by inkling in

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  like the topic says: have you ever heard of someone.

  being disfellowshipped or reproved for voting?.

  [ink].

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  I remember (40+) years ago a couple who made no bones about being registered , They felt that they got notices about (homeowners) property issues etc that they were interested in. They didn't vote (as far as anyone knew) but were on the rolls. They were prominent in the area.
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  Everlasting life is a free gift. Or is it?

  by hoser in

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  at the meetings i hear from time to time that everlasting life is a free gift from jehovah, but from a jehovahs witness point of view is it really?.

  you will not receive the "gift" if:.

  you miss meetings.

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  If you do any of those things you will be counselled regarding being weak in the "truth" and may be marked as such.
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  Is it disrespectful to call God by his name?

  by BU2B in

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  this seems to me to be yet another flawed reasoning from the wt.

  god is supposed to be jw's "father".

  it always seemed a bit strange even when i was mentally in, the argument they used to support using the name jehovah.

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  Thank you QC, it is nice to have another point to bother my witless family members with.
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  Is it disrespectful to call God by his name?

  by BU2B in

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  this seems to me to be yet another flawed reasoning from the wt.

  god is supposed to be jw's "father".

  it always seemed a bit strange even when i was mentally in, the argument they used to support using the name jehovah.

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  Regards the word Abba, I have been told it is an intimate term, more like "Daddy" Can anyone verify this?
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  Wondering about Hebrews 8:7

  by label licker in

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  bsmart

  try chrome or firefox
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  College Degree Required

  by respectful_observer in

  1. watchtower
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  i don't anticipate seeing this article, or its supporting data, referenced in any wt publications anytime soon.... ....................................... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/business/college-degree-required-by-increasing-number-of-companies.html?hpw&_r=0.

  a few excerpts:.

  the college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job.. like other employers across the country, the firm hires only people with a bachelors degree, even for jobs that do not require college-level skills.

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  I have heard that some employers will hire a college grad without it even being in that particular field, because the diploma shows they are capable of learning. They feel they will be able to pick up whatever he needs to do on the job to do well.
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  Old Photos never die....they just fade away...

  by Terry in

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151548779165466&set=o.2574865769&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf.

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  1977/78 at the writer's guild theater.. .

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  You Know it's Terry!