Posts by jw07

looking back over 29 years as a jw it really shocks me to reflect on how passive young people are molded toward this religions goals.. dont ever plan on attending college, instead focus your life toward the goal of pioneering.

dont look at building a future in this world,,, focus on gaining a position within the congregation and the organization, ( ms, elder, missionary, etc).

the list can go on and on, but hopefully readers get the picture i'm trying to paint here.. i ran into this article last week, and i'm amazed at how well it fits into the jw mindset toward young ones :.

jw07

My parents and allot of their JW friends are screwed right now thanks to thinking they did not need to plan for the future, with respects to retirement etc. They are aging, deteriorating in health steadily, and things they should have put in place to make life more comfortable now are.........not there. In previous years their rhetoric was allot of 'the end is near so we don't need to worry about that', now it's more along the lines of: 'we're suffering, but Jehovah will provide'.

I see allot of dubs my age group (20s) following their footsteps, and on this present course, in another 20-30 years we WILL BE OUR PARENTS. It's sad that this has gone on for many generations, as each feels a sense of entitlement: 'we're special, some magical guy in the sky is going to solve all our problems if we study these books written by men and do EXACTLY as they say. Isolating friends and family, making weird life choices with no logical basis, sticking to doctrine purely out of emotional attachment, and paying the corporation which is strangling and robbing them of their productivity and useful life.

I get pissed more and more at the status quo each day, especially since I have to pretend to be in for the meanwhile.

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FOUR FREEMASONS receive honorable mention in today's WT Study...

by Calebs Airplane in

that's right... 4 freemasons are quoted with honorable mention in today's wt rag study... anyways, these are:.

paragraph 1: john greenleaf whittier (1807-1892) - freemason and quaker poet who wrote "masonic voice review".

there is even a freemason affiliated lodge in massachusetts named after him... the john greenleaf whittier order of demolay which is part of the "freemasons of the eastern star"... paragraph 4: albert barnes (1798-1870) - freemason and presbyterian who was directly involved in the gnostic liberation front which, among other false teachings, attempted to dissuade their members into believing that lucifer is not satan.

jw07

I got goosebumps when seeing this, being reminded of the jargon and compulsion surrounding JW baptism, association and meeting attendance.

Escape from Watchtower Headquarters - The Movie

by jw07 in

this is what happened when one man attempted to secure and circulate the mythical 23,000 name pedophile database.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgox84ke7iy.

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This is what happened when one man attempted to secure and circulate the mythical 23,000 name pedophile database.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgox84KE7iY

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Memorial is Tuesday, and Elders are calling the heck out of me LOL

by nolongerconfused in

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seriously?...how sillier can these people get...i have completely faded and stopped going for 6 months now...they never ever called me to say hi while i was there or when i recently stopped going.... then now all of a sudden the memorial is here and they want to call me?

how about trying to get their attendance up or fill in some numbers.... i can only lmao at this cult...satan has these jw's by the neck.... so sad....

jw07

WBTS is like the North Korean government: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
Look, we have a 1 MILLION troops, in reality that's just allot of cannon fodder.

Remember that they are too happy to publish the figures of attendance in the Year Book, especially if there is an 'increase'.

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Check this out - North Korean literature vs. WT literature

by sir82 in

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/03/12/christian_aslund_the_legacy_of_kim_documents_a_limited_view_of_north_korea.html.

look at that first photo.. don't those books look eerily like wt literature?.

the ones in the top 2 rows look exactly like the last of the hard-bound "thin" yearbooks.

jw07

Ummm...are you sure there isn't a Bethel in North Korea????? LOL

Disgusting!

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Jehovah's Witnesses Shunning at it's very best! SHOCKING Jw.Org

by BlindersOff1 in

found this on youtube fyi.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw8yu-r8g-8.

jw07

Mmmmmm those lips *hides dirty thoughts*

Quite a sad story though it's disgusting that most dubs cling to the MAN MADE shunning doctrine to the bitter end

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Positive Speech - Watchtower Experimenting With the Law of Attraction?

by jw07 in

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jw07

Recently my BS meter has been off the charts since noticing a change in local elder rhetoric over the last year or so.
The change became evident shortly after an elder school. (Those long-ass, all day indoctrination sessions).
Elders and ministerial servants locally keep on urging their fellow dubs to be ‘positive’; “keep a positive attitude in the ministry”, “engage in positive conversations”, “think about positive things”, “look at the most positive aspects of each Watchtower study”, “if brothers offend you be positive about the situation while you work towards resolving it”, “keep maintaining a positive attitude while working towards your spiritual goals”, “having a positive attitude helps make the truth more real to you”, “keep positive while you await the fulfillment of bible prophecies”.

That pattern of speech has been noticeable in assembly and convention parts, as well as during a zone overseer visit.

I’ve read books such as Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, been to multilevel marketing company meetings, listened to self-help and wealth creation strategy speakers, and this sounds like the exact rhetoric they use; being positive about goals while working towards them helps to keep you motivated and makes them come about faster. Some even believe in a literal Law of Attraction; that incessant positive thought influences the universe around you and reacts with people and conditions to bring your goal to fulfillment with very little actual exertion on your part.

Have any of your noticed that change in your part of the world?

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Video of 3-4 year child out in service

by usualusername in

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i just stumbled uopn this 79 second video on youtube and find it quite disturbing.. is it just me?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14cwutvv9ya.

jw07

I'm disturbed to the core. Brings back sad memories. Let's document and share this ALL over the place. It should be mirrored as well. Jehovah's Witnesses FORCING toddlers to sell books door to door.