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  JW going to prestigious university

  by ivanatahan in

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  i've been debating this, and my mother (the spiritual head of my family, she even controls my father spiritually, who is an elder) doesn't seem to be starkly against me going to a prestigious university.

  in fact, i've been going over my chances, and i'd say i have a pretty decent chance of going to my dream university, oxford university, to study philosophy, politics, and economics.

  naturally i wouldn't tell my mother about me wanting to take the three most hated subjects of jws at a university that would bring me into bad relations with "spiritually sound jws".. do you guys know any ex-jw or knowledgeable jw who knows ttatt that went to a randall group or ivy league school?

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  Gilead is no university, it's a graduation of loyalty and indoctrination.
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  JW going to prestigious university

  by ivanatahan in

  1. jw
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  i've been debating this, and my mother (the spiritual head of my family, she even controls my father spiritually, who is an elder) doesn't seem to be starkly against me going to a prestigious university.

  in fact, i've been going over my chances, and i'd say i have a pretty decent chance of going to my dream university, oxford university, to study philosophy, politics, and economics.

  naturally i wouldn't tell my mother about me wanting to take the three most hated subjects of jws at a university that would bring me into bad relations with "spiritually sound jws".. do you guys know any ex-jw or knowledgeable jw who knows ttatt that went to a randall group or ivy league school?

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  I went to a Russell Group Uni, bit different to window cleaning....
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  IMPORTANT NEWS: ABC News' Nightline will air a segment about the Watchtower (JWs) Wednesday morning at 12:35 a.m. EST

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. scandals

  important news:.

  here in the united states, on wednesday morning, march 11th at 12:35 a.m., est, barring any breaking news the day before, the program, nightline, will air as their lead story a 9-minute segment about the watchtower (jehovah's witnesses).

  the program is 30 minutes long and this segment is only one part of the show.

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  So grateful for your efforts BA, still working hard and informing.
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  A "body of elders" or really one main guy?

  by Simon in

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  2. beliefs

  the wts promotes the idea of congregations being managed by a body or elders who all follow their rules and so are in full agreement with how things should be done.. was your hall like this?.

  out hall was a constant battlefield for power between a couple of elders and their families - relatives that had been promoted to various positions.

  it wasn't some hidden secret, it was blatant and obvious.

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  I read Robert Jordan's wheel of time books where there was "The Game of Houses" which refered to internal politics and seeking authority in the families of the story. It is exactly how I saw the elder and elder family arrangement.

  Dirty politics with tactical appointments. One family could dominate with enough DNA on the body.

  So sad...... Church Mafia
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  I'm Ready... Thank you

  by Garrett in

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  hey guys,.

  so, something amazing happened recently.

  i recently met with an old and very good friend of mine.

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  You can do all those things without a DA letter. Also sending a DA letter makes their rules and silly games real, they are not. It's like writing to Santa to hell him you no longer believe in him.
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  Asshole Atheism – Not for me, now or ever.

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to start off with let me clarify that by asshole atheism i am not referring to strong atheism or any other type of upfront atheism.

  what i am referring to is the belligerent, hateful atheism that smacks of trolls and other types who want to derail conversation or comments at any cost..

  i enjoy hearing comments from both sides of the subjects of theism, nationalism or politics, especially from those who have intense opinions.

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  agree!
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  Education, education, education....

  by snare&racket in

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  an update on my life post education..... as the governing body continue to denounce higher education, reality continues to prove their words ignorant, ill informed and blatant lies.

  i am proud and astonished to say i have just been accepted for a university teaching hospital post.

  i have a seriously sought after, senior house officer job in intensive care, endocrinology and clinical pharmacology.

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  An update on my life post education....

  As the Governing Body continue to denounce higher education, reality continues to prove their words ignorant, ill informed and blatant lies.

  I am proud and astonished to say I have just been accepted for a University Teaching Hospital post. I have a seriously sought after, senior house officer job in Intensive Care, Endocrinology and Clinical Pharmacology. It's one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK and Europe and my senior is a well known professor who was awarded an OBE for his research. Ironically, he wrote some of the very textbooks that got me here and now he has offered me a post!

  I simply could not have even imagined any of this ten years ago. I would not have even laughed at the idea.....because I wouldn't have known what any of those jobs were!

  I was an unschooled, ex pioneer, ex Bethelite with ZERO prospects, on the cusp of losing my religion. I was sad, in turmoil and truly lost, I knew the inevitable was coming because my conscience would not allow me to stay in the WT bubble, but I had NO IDEA what awaited me in the future.......I left and immediately went back to school aged 27.

  Aged 19, I once partook in an assembly item where I spoke highly of pioneering and bethel life in contrast to the futility of careers and education. As a punishment, I will be ashamed for as long as I remember for unquestionably repeating such indoctrinated bull-shit! All the data says quite the opposite to the uneducated Governing Body and who was I a 19 year old kid, to talk about the futility of achievement? Again I was simply repeating the words of men who had never achieved anything but church appointment, the only prerequisite being loyalty and a closed mind.

  While I am able to come here and encourage education and its rewards, I shall, unashamedly so. I celebrate ambition and achievement because it is just so rewarding to the soul. In addition, education leads to freedom of mind. After years enslaved to the whim of ignorant men in Brooklyn , a free mind is beautiful and empowering, it is like breathing for the first time in decades.....

  It is not ego that motivates me in writing this, though I am proud, it is the hope that someone decides to also pursue their life goals, because we only get one chance at them!

  
  IF you have thought about pursuing a career or going back to school......go order a prospectus now.....go call the nearest institution now.......go ask for a career advisor appointment now.

  Do it today!

  Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

  WB Yeats
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  Devouring the Forbidden Fruit - Higher Education

  by cappytan in

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  well, i told my wife over the weekend i was going to go back school to finish my degree.

  she is 100% supportive of it!

  apparently she doesn't think higher education is so evil either.. since my former major was computer programming and that was in the late 1990's, i was told i'd have to retake a bunch of classes since times have changed.

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  Amazing news, well done!
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  JW.ORG advertising on game/app review program.

  by WHATSGOINGON in

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  i don't know if any of you have seen the video posted by mike and kim regarding jw.org advertising on a thailand computer game review television show.

  its interesting - check it out.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57nigmnim18.

  the show is called game show social - i looked at a few of the videos and jw.org is on a lot of them.. at first i thought that it was a review of a jw.org app but when you look at other videos jw.org is on a lot of them as a sponsor as well as dell lg and others.. wgo..

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  And so the new financial PR model is unveiled...... Scientology 2.0
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  Let it begin....

  by snare&racket in

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  about time..... "teachers, councillors and social workers in england and wales who fail to protect children could face up to five years in jail under new proposals.. the new measures, being unveiled by the prime minister, would see the crime of "wilful neglect" extended to cover children's social care and education.. there would also be unlimited fines for individuals and organisations shown to have let children down.".

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31691061.

  when they so cleverly predicted to us all that the world would turn against them, something that has not happened despite over a 100 years of taunting power and opposing religious figures, now it is likely to begin, they failed to mention that it would be due to rampant paedophilia in 'gods earthly organisation'.what a wholesome enviroment to grow up in and raise a child.. we have heard it said many times here that the jw's won't last as they are so entrenched in trends, so opposite to modern human progress, culture and society, they stand out as more extremist and inhumane by the year, mocked regularly in the media now.

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  The JW's have no idea how they are viewed by society, I was surprised and very embarrassed.

  It's quite a moment, the JW's have gone from famously defending the death of children due to blood transfusion, to defending rampant paedophilia.......

  "and you shall know the by their fruits...."

  What a family enviroment: They are statistically poor, uneducated and famous for refusing lifesaving medical treatment for their children and for defending peadophiles....

  How detached from reality are they......?......they think a literature trolley will fix this!