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  Do you ever look back and cringe...

  by laverite in

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  do you ever look back and cringe thinking of things you said or how you acted in the door-to-door ministry?.

  i recently had two jws at my door and posted about that here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/210246/1/jws-at-my-door.

  they were gracious and polite.

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  Gah, it makes my toes curl in total cringe to remember the arrogant self I used to be... So convinced of my rightness. Everybody else wrongness.

  One home I went to in FS-- the mom and kids were in the driveway and that month our presentation, which I so studiously memorized, was about Babylon the great, the great harlot. Yes, I actually started speaking about this in front of her little children. Even used the word, harlot. Is anybody cringing with me? Totally horrible to think of it now. The mom, the householder, thankfully put me in my place, said something like, "Oh my god, get out off here! Get away from us!" And it was only then that I realized how I must have sounded.
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  Do you remember your Baptism Talk?

  by bildad in

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  do you remember anything from your baptism talk or the brother who gave it?.

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  Haha! Nope! Other than the "admonition" to remember the date as it was supposed to be the most important calendar date of your life.
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  'Apostates want to draw people after themselves'--what are they really implying?

  by sd-7 in

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  when jws say this, what are they really saying?

  i was pondering this recently, and i was thinking...what they're really trying to imply is simple:.

  apostates are thus accused of attempting to be cult leaders.. because the idea is that since they're not getting people to follow christ, but follow themselves, then they want their 'victims'' belief system to be centered around an individual, following that person's directions.

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  You know, even as a dub, I used to wonder a bit about this, about these bad apostates lurking about, "seeking to draw me away to themself." But where were they? I didn't see any actively trying to draw me away. It was more a case of me having to seek them out!!

  Even the ones you'd see occasionally at the DCs would usually stand aside, not directly approaching anybody. Where the heck were all these evil apostate people that were supposed to be everywhere?? I didn't see anyone behind bushes or peeking around corners or following me about, trying to draw me away after themself.
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  Another non-JW reacts to Sparlock video

  by cedars in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ssv2nh0rc.

  and two weeks ago i highlighted another video where sparlock helped an ex-mormon.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmesmlhydru.

  though it still depresses me to think of all the young ones (including my own relatives) falling under the influence of this dangerous piece of propaganda, it's at least some small comfort that the sparlock video is backfiring so dramatically among thinking non-jws.. .

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  This video by the WTS keeps blowing my mind every time I see it.

  Has anyone noticed when the snake is tempting Caleb with the toy, the scene and even a portion of the music is VERY DERIVATIVE from the Disney movie, The Jungle Book!? Almost the same scene where Ka, the snake is trying to capture little Mowgli. Can someone find part of that scene from The Jungle Book and post it...? I mean seriously, there are even a few bars of music that sound exactly the same!!

  And of course when little Caleb makes his decision to get rid of the toy, the WTS music from the song, Listen, Obey, and Be Blessed, is playing softly in the background....
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  We're Jehovah's Witnesses. We speak out in fearlessness.........

  by punkofnice in

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  then why aren't the gb personally going out and spearheading the preaching in places like china for instance and muslim countries?.

  no money in it?.

  they are afraid of getting killed?.

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  DataDog -- from which magazine or publication did you find that photoshopped picture of Sam Herd and the very friendly, copy-cat-tie brother?
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  Tech49 on DC: Experiences are not truthful

  by Tech49 in

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  i was sent a link to a homemade video from our summer district convention, not the one i attended, but the next weekend.

  it was a video of a local brother, relating his "experience" of "trusting in jehovah", and how he was blessed.. it was just about 1 short minute long.

  ms harper showed it to me first, she wanted to get my comment on it before she said a word.. background: we both know this brother, he is about our age, so we know the "real" story.. anyways, his story goes like this: this experience goes back about 10 years (jeez, we must be really searching for the experiences now!).

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  True!! I remember hearing one experience where I *KNOW* that the sister's part was heavily changed. She was a single mom, on a disability income. She had two children. However, the CO wanted the part to be more "typical" of the average single-mom's experience. So they changed her part to make her a tired, hard-working mom with two jobs, and gave her an extra child to boot!
  
  She told me how dishonest this made her feel, yet the CO assured her that this experience would be more far-reaching and helpful in addressing the needs of the circuit, etc. Also told her how blessed and honored she would be to play this part in helping a larger group of Jehovah's people.
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  The Diary of an Armageddon Survivor

  by RAS in

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  i am not sure if anyone ever posted this but i thought it was worth sharing: (can anyone relate?).

  the following is not fantasy, this is what we were taught to expect when we were jehovah's witnesses.. michael pendley .

  day 1. well, the big a is over and i survived.

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  Muddy Waters

  *kabump*
  
  This is good.... Great stuff.
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  Was the TM School really any good ?

  by Phizzy in

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  many of us were members of the theocratic ministry school for many years.

  some say it helped them with public speaking, and maybe it did for some.. but, when you look back at the quality of student it turned out, was it really any good ?.

  most elders are crap public speakers, most r&f bros are crap at reading aloud, most jw's are crap at selling their religion at the door, most jw's have scant real knowledge of the bible.. there are reasons for this, quite often the tms overeer hasn't a clue how to teach a person to progress.

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  It was good for me, helped overcome anxieties, insecurities and terror at speaking in front of people.
  
  Also fed the "inner actor" in me too, Julia! lol
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  Bizarre, nonsensical answer from JW.org on their FAQ page...

  by Muddy Waters in

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  the answer on the faq page makes no sense.

  the question is: "why don't you call your meeting place a church?".

  the answer makes no sense at all.

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  Pretty mealy-mouthed, careful replies. I also noticed how very few of these FAQ's are answered in any great detail on this public website.
  We all know that in the Pharisee-led WT articles, they then pick apart to the nth detail these very subjects.
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  More lies and clever duplicitousness from JW.org...

  by Muddy Waters in

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  at jw.org, on their faq page, they try to respond to this question: "do you ban certain movies, books, or songs?".

  their first word: "no".. they then go on to briefly answer this question.

  their final statement says: "outside the family, however, no one is authorized to ban specific films, songs, or artists as being unacceptable for members of the congregation.

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  Muddy Waters

  At JW.org, on their FAQ page, they try to respond to this question: "Do You Ban Certain Movies, Books, or Songs?"

  Their first word: "no".

  They then go on to briefly answer this question. Their final statement says: " Outside the family, however, no one is authorized to ban specific films, songs, or artists as being unacceptable for members of the congregation."

  Most clever how, in this last sentence, NO MENTION is made about BOOKS. (Thinking here of Ray Franz's books and others).
  
  But equally duplicit is the ludicrious comment about " no one outside the family is authorized" to do this!!!???!!!???

  http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/do-jehovahs-witnesses-ban-certain-entertainment/