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  The New Diary of Winston Smith

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

  fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

  i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

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  Count your blessings. Perhaps they are afraid of you...
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  Circuit Oversears treated like gods...did this happen in your Hall!!!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  brothers would full on laugh at the c.o's lame jokes.

  fight over who gets him for dinner where no expense would be speared..."oh they dont eat flour, sugars or milk products...".

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  The current dude is a snake. He was actually giving me the evil eye at his last visit when he was talking about "obey, no questions asked.." Before that, best CO I ever had, even after 30+ years in the states. This guy (Pawel P) and his wife were the real thing. Very warm, nothing fake.

  Worst case I remember from states: CO needed new car. No problem, except he wanted a new Mercedes. He got it. And then, promptly quit the circuit work to sell vitamins/health care. Somehow he went from Brother Lett, to Doctor Lett. Central Florida, early 80's? I think he got arrested at some point. He gave great talks, but didn't do the walk.

  I also remember many of the Elders in Frederick MD complaining about one CO that pressured them into supporting his MLM business selling some type of telecom service. Did not go down well....
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 03-17-2013 WT Study (DRAWING CLOSE)

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  view of money and pride?.

  jehovah?.

  comments.

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  I found the first sentence in paragraph 14 especially annoying.

  Certain eagles are reported to have drowned when they did not release

  from their talons a fish that was too heavy to carry off.

  Who writes this stuff? Are they trying to protect the identity of those eagles or perhaps just

  shield their families from the shame?
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  24 baptized at Tucson, AZ today - attendance 5,670

  by Gayle in

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  2. friends

  a friend, non-jw, went to convention today.

  she observed about 1/3 baptized were youth.. ***********************************************.

  i read article:.

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  NVR2L8 - please tell me you are kidding? Don't they know ahead of time how many are scheduled to get dunked? Did they just give the talk and skip the questions? I almost feel bad for the brother who had to give that part. On the otherhand, karma/payback can be a bitch... That would be so funny to see some wannabe up-and-comer giving a talk to nobody for nobody, all the time maintaining that smug-ass fake warm/smiley face!
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  "WT Publications are all propaganda!" admits the Awake! magazine

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  read this lovely little admission and judge for yourself: .

  there is a differencea big differencebetween education and propaganda.

  education shows you how to think.

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  00DAD, I didn't intend to lie about the source of the material (but thanks for the link!) only my motivation for researching the topic to begin with. Either way, I guess that still makes me a liar. And now I feel bad.... (not really)
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  "WT Publications are all propaganda!" admits the Awake! magazine

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  read this lovely little admission and judge for yourself: .

  there is a differencea big differencebetween education and propaganda.

  education shows you how to think.

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  Excellent find! Thank you very much. I will be using this info ASAP. In response to how did you find this, I will say I was researching 'education' on the WT CD lib. Imagine if we had congregations where people actually discuused stuff like we do here. I would actually want to go to those meetings.
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  Hello

  by newdawnfades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am a long time lurker who has finally decided to post.

  i am still in along with my wife, kids and extended family.

  i am in my 40s and was raised in the org.

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  Witam! Enjoy the ride....
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  Viv Moritz? Australian experience?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  can anybody here from australia fill me in on this guy?

  i did the search thing and the only thing i could find seemed to imply that he had been shipped off here to poland to avoid problems there.

  i talked to him at a ca in warsaw and he seemed kind of 'off'... it also seemed to me that he had lots of 'handlers'.

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  Can anybody here from Australia fill me in on this guy? I did the search thing and the only thing I could find seemed to imply that he had been shipped off here to Poland to avoid problems there. I talked to him at a CA in Warsaw and he seemed kind of 'off'... It also seemed to me that he had lots of 'handlers'. His talks sucked - very smarmy (if that is a word).

  I see him as potential GB material (in the manner of Morris the III)
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  This week's Oral Review

  by Quarterback in

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  2. friends

  gasp....i hate this part on the meeting, and i don't feel like studying for it.. has anyone done it already, and want to share it with me?

  i feel like cheating this week..

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  I have found that if I just give my wife a heads-up early enough in the week, she will usually have other plans that night. I think they could just save everyone some time and get more participation (WT style - read and repeat) if they just provided the answer sheet in the same KM.
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  Distrust and paranoia among faders

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guys.

  i'm interested in knowing whether any other faders out there ever find themselves feeling a little paranoid about establishing contact with other faders or former jws, just in case the unthinkable happens and things turn sour.. personally, i'm now fairly comfortable with the idea that i will be disfellowshipped or disassociated within the next year or so.

  i see it as inevitable, and an essential transition in order to do what i want to do with my life.

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  Not to hijack the thread, but this whole discussion about the art of fading, reminded me of the conversation I had recently with my mother.

  When I told her I wasn't going to meetings anymore or going out in service (I am the only witness in my family) she was extremely happy and curious. When I started blabbing on about fading, etc, she got really confused. Can't you just say, 'thanks, but no thanks. I'm just not into it anymore?'. I didn't want to get into the whole cult-thing at the time, but it really made an impression on me that as others here often say: it is a cult (or if you prefer, a HCG).