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Love of the Governing Body
by IMHO inat a recent sad the visiting bethel brother after passing on the love of the branch committee (which is bad enough, they used to say the 'bethel family' didn't they), he then made it worse (for me) by adding that he has also been told to pass on the love of the governing body.. that doesn't sit quite right with me but i can't really explain why.
any thoughts?.
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Where to Worship???
by enda75 ini haven't been to a meeting in years but always thought about going back.
i can't go back now that i realize that i was raised in a cult.
i can't go to church because i have been brainwashed that it's false religion.
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Bethel Entrants' School Lecture 1-L
by Marvin Shilmer inbethel entrants' school lecture 1-l. .
the watchtower organization requires that all new full-time workers at its world headquarters or other facilities attend an entrant school.
attendees are provided worksheets that are outlines for lectures at these events.
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Amazing transformation- Slave to Master
by stuckinamovement ini was looking at another thread and began thinking..... isn't it amazing that the "slave" has put itself in the place of the "master" ?
anyway you look at it, the organization has taken matt.
24:45-47 and twisted it beyond recognition.. witnesses have become slaves of the "slave class" and not of the master.
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Bethel Apostates are the True Faithful and Discreet Slave
by doubtful inthere is absolutely nothing "discreet" about the old "governor's body".
they parade themselves around like celebrities, show up to give talks in foreign countries where they don't even speak the language, and plaster their pictures all over their magazines.
they also make more references to themselves than any sane group people in their right mind ever should.
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Is Governing Body Hysteria Just Emotion?
by metatron inthe more i read about the kool aid watchtower articles and assembly programs, the more i wonder if most of this reactionary garbage is just triggered by the emotions of thugs like losch and largely unrelated to general witness malaise.. sure, reading 'apostate' blogs or being too chummy with your df'd kids may increase witness disaffiliation.
but by far, that doesn't begin to capture the core reasons why witnesses are drifting away and, more importantly, it suggests that the governing nazis are grossly blind to how much of a facade their cult has become.
for every witness eating with their 'faded away' kids, there are five others who are smoking, viewing porn, drinking, and acting like 'worldly people' outside of the kingdom hall.
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I will be off line
by mouthy infor awhile, i am moving sat.
so dont know how long it will be before they get me on again..
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Epic drama is imminent
by fade_away insoap opera style drama unfolds at the smallest irrelevant actions a j-dub takes.
for example, just last year when i was still in, my soon-to-be wife fiance and i decided to start sitting together at the meetings.
we figured "we might as well, since we're about to marry".
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The believing spouse
by Retrovirus inin another thread black sheep said.
when we first find out that the wt is a scam, we immediately forget every warning that the wt gave us on how to recognise a big, scary, evil, satan inspired, apostate, and we forget that everyone else in the hall was listening to those warnings.. this gave me another little gimpse into life "inside".
so, to better understand my jw friends, i try to imagine what it would be like to completely trust the wt, but have disbelieving family and/or friends.. imagine having children raised in the "truth", and catching the end of a cheeky, disbelieving grin at a watchtower platitude, and fearing that you are losing them.. imagine believing that my partner and/or my children will die in a global catastophe - "soon" - which i must loyally anticipate.. imagine the feeling of dread when my partner or friend raise a challenging subject; knowing i must cling to what i've been taught, or anger jehovah.
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Iam glad that Jehovah's witnesses agree with news media that religion is corrupt.
by bobld inin their publication,"good news from god" on page??
or topic 13 para 1 in part it says,.
"according to news reports,some religions are even involved in terrorism,genocide,war,.