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  A Story: "When Things Get Really Bad"

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  during the great depression in the 1930's people lost their jobs.banks closed, and long lines formed in the streets called "bread lines".people got up early and had to stand in line all day to get a free loaf of bread to feed their family!caution: do not read this story if you have empathy or compassion________ "when things get really bad".

  in a cabin in the appalachian mountains, there was a family of four: two children (a boy and a girl), a mom and a dad (who had lost his job at the local sawmill).. things looked really bleak.

  the children were afraid they'd starve to death.. "mommy," said the little boy, "are we going to die?".

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  I guess I've read too many short stories because I knew it was wax fruit. How much sadder it would have been if it was real and never eaten.

  But I enjoyed your story.
  
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  Borg nearly apologies child abuse victims in Finland

  by Festus in

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  2. scandals

  the attached picture is historical.

  the man on left is ari hakkarainen, representative of jw in finland.

  the woman in middle is reporter susanna päivärinta and the lady at right is josefina pakomaa who was abused by family friend - a jw - when she was 11. a vicious apostate today.

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  I'm glad you condensed it. I feel angry just reading it.
  
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  a short story to share

  by LostAdam in

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  i have a friend who got df'ed recently and he had a major role on a 5 min broadcasting film.

  the film was made before he got df'ed (obviously), so it wont be on air.

  as he told me it was to be on july or august program.

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  Obviously means that WT has full rights forever to the "model's" camera time. Any which way they want to use it.

  Why pay hundreds or thousands in copyrights when you can get free slaves?
  
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  The Label Of "Apostate" And It's Effects

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. experiences

  in my psychology studies we've been examining the use of "labels" and how they influence peoples behaviour.

  i sometimes wonder if the gb or their helpers know exactly what they're doing when it comes to psychological manipulation.. it's been observed that by labeling someone or something it changes your entire perception of that person or thing.

  it colours it entirely, quite unfairly in some cases.

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  You'd be surprised at how many high level people are sociopaths and psychopaths. Get a few running the show behind the scenes and you have a religion that allows people to die of blood loss. Without remorse.

  The GB are just being used by them. I see the GB as people who love themselves more than anything. They enjoy the perks of being worshiped, lots of good eating and more than all else, the feeling they get from being in the exclusive club of going to heaven to be with their "big" brother.
  
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  The Label Of "Apostate" And It's Effects

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in my psychology studies we've been examining the use of "labels" and how they influence peoples behaviour.

  i sometimes wonder if the gb or their helpers know exactly what they're doing when it comes to psychological manipulation.. it's been observed that by labeling someone or something it changes your entire perception of that person or thing.

  it colours it entirely, quite unfairly in some cases.

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  Using labels is used by many to obtain an objective. In Nazi Germany, "dirty Jews" was used to dehumanize them and make it easier for Hitler to use them as a scapegoat.

  The WT does know how to use it to. Whether it's the GB or the ones that run the show in the background - they've used it to destroy the credibility of anyone that has learned the truth about them and the organization.

  I wonder how many JW's use labels in everyday life? My sister does. She uses it to elevate herself over others. So does another "anointed" sister. While driving by a trailer park, she would say it was full of "trailer trash". Funny how things turn out tho - she now lives in one and would be furious if she was called "trailer trash" But if the WT uses labels, then some that follow, would also be comfortable doing it too.

  My favorite "apostate" talk said this "they work in satan's kitchen making ecoli burgers" meaning deadly burgers.

  LOL Heap it on Satan's little helpers = GB (oh no! I labeled them)
  
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  Today’s meeting and CO visit

  by Addison0998 in

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  2. beliefs

  the meeting today was quite disturbing as usual and had to endure 2 talks by yet another egotistical, pompous co who gives talks like a hardcore southern baptist, but people adore no matter what crazy shit spews from their mouth.

  today, he talked about jesus illustration about how if your eye or hand stumbles you, remove it.

  he went into gory detail about how somebodies eye ball is pulled out from their head, and what it takes to cut someone’s hand off...perhaps even with a pocketknife...in front of many small children in the audience.

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  I remember another gruesome talk given around the memorial about how Jesus suffered and all the agony he encountered, step by step when he was stuck on a stake.

  How many nightmares is that CO giving young kids? What if the parents tell them they are too young to get baptized? Then they sweat it out, hoping God won't kill them because they have to wait another year? Course, most parents would jump at the chance to have their child be one of the youngest baptized.
  
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  Spent weekend with 2 all in JWs

  by JaniceA in

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  2. experiences

  (warning, rant ahead) .

  so much indoctrination!

  one who is battling terminal illness was going on about how jehovah blessed them with a good used trailer years ago when they were homeless.

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  How difficult a time you must have had. I would be sad over the long years of loss that this lady has had. For me, unless they wanted to know the truth, I'd probably just let them be. Ahhh, so difficult.
  
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  What Is Exciting About Jehovah’s Witnesses? Anything??

  by minimus in

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  are they the most boring people on earth?

  their music, their videos, their public speaking... all are a big yawn.

  there is no life to the witness religion!.

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  I think once they leave the hall and go home, the religion is dropped just like the clothes they wear to the meeting. All depending on how invested they are of course.

  I suspect the JW lady at work, if not for the religion, would be a jet setter living in hotels and drinking martinis.
  
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  David Splanes how to get everyone to agree when voting in elders meetings

  by Kevin McFree in

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  https://youtu.be/j3htfvmgr50.

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  Is the WT still pretending that followers have free will?
  
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  Wealth, Poverty, and Morality

  by SecondRateMind in

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  2. friends

  i am interested in the approach this forum takes to money.

  apart from sex, (which i am quite relaxed about) it seems to me that wealth is the surest divider between those who are moral, and those who are not.. it seems jesus thought so, also.

  luke 16:19-31 kjv describes well enough his dusty attitude to the rich who do not succour the poor.. and this world has many poor: so many, it might seem that we can do nothing about it, and twist his words; 'the poor ye shall have always with you, but me, ye shall not have always.

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  days of future passed

  mentalclarity - What you said goes along with an experience I saw on program. A woman from the USA had seen how the lepers were treated in India and wanted to help. She paired up with a UN representative. While they were driving in the city, a woman with leprosy begged outside the car and so the American lady gave her money. The UN lady said, "If you give one more person money like that, you can't be on this team" (or something like that) The reason she stated was "If you give someone something for free, they don't value it" Instead, the two ladies set up a "bank" where money could be loaned to the lepers. At first, only the women in the colony were involved. They took out money and bought sewing machines. When they became successful, the men also started borrowing to start businesses. From hopelessness and poverty, the colony with their own hard work, prospered.

  I think the UN lady was right.