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  What I think about the "We just love this idea" of David Splane

  by Gorbatchov in

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  the jw.org video about the annual meeting contains david splane saying "we just love this idea", when talking about the adjusted fds doctrine.

  "we just love this idea"????

  when it becomes one of the fundament teachings of the organisational part of a religion, the rank-and-file witnesses are expected to be convinced about these kind of doctrines.

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  I just went to the link and the video was there
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  Got Home From a Business Meeting This Evening-Kids Were Watching JW DVD

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  i had a business meeting this evening, hubby elected to stay home with the kiddies (he could have come with me), as he said "you need a break, have some time alone'...so considerate...so i thought.

  upon returning home, he had popped one of the new dvd's released at the convention, don't know the title, of some young brother who gets fired from a job and goes for a drink with a buddy from work.

  it is very annoying that he pulls these little tricks on me, act like he is doing me some favor or being considerate then pulling one of these jwisms...like the time he booked an appointment with a physchiatrist, and he wanted me to go along to discuss his insecurities in our marriage because i had learned ttatt...he conveniently left out the part where the doctor is a jw.

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  Did your kids hear the hate speech at the convention ?
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  great must see video!

  by haboob48 in

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  having trouble getting video to post sorry..hope the link works.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bhl-x1u0cua .

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  Its from JWN member 'ApostateChick'
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  Disfellowshiping a pagan practice says AWAKE! magazine

  by Rufus T. Firefly in

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  the [catholic] hierarchys excommunication .

  is altogether foreign to bible teachings.. .

  the encyclopedia britannica says that papal excommunication is not without pagan influence.

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  Here's the scan

  
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  I was a slave to a cult

  by Django_Unchained in

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  the cuffs are still on,.

  but the chains have been broken.. i can move independently, though the going is tough.. finally on my way to freedom.. -django.

  ps...kinda want revenge....

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  Welcome . We know your pain and anger .

  What many now do to deal with their built up emotions is to help others .

  Many become advocates exposing JW lies and scandals . They join XJW Facebook groups like

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3

  Or

  Start their own websites . Google and others offer free options .

  Or

  Start their own blogs . Many free options available

  Or

  Produce YouTube videos

  In the past JW leadership could shut critics up somewhat. Not anymore . The net allows us all to have a loud voice .
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  10 years of being shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  found this over on youtube.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqecequ9tsq&feature=youtu.be.

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  Found this over on YouTube

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQEcEQu9tSQ&feature=youtu.be
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  my first post and some questions

  by wallievase in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is my first post after deciding to finally open an account here after months of 'lurking'.. a couple of issues i want to address-.

  i have issues with people who go from being a witness to losing all faith in god or the bible which seems to be the case with some members of this site.

  i just don't think you can let any religion change how you view god or the bible.. second-i don't feel the gb are bad people, i think most witnesses including them are misguided by something that has been drilled into their heads since they were little and are actually sincere people.

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  What happens to JWs that learn "The truth about the truth" TTATT is they learn to use

  critical thinking skills. Looking for actual proof backing up claims.

  Then they use these thinking skills and apply them to religion in general .

  This leads many to agnostisism or atheism . Because proof is pretty slim .
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  Well I gotta go......

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
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  ...i might drop in every now and then but i hope you all enjoy life, escape the watchtower(r) and live prosperous lives.. i can't say i contribute much here anyway (and i'm not attention seeking).. i'm just going to get on with life away from the constant reminder of the mistakes i made being a jw zombie drone.. i guess i'm just going to fade.......rather quickly.. of course i didn't need to make any posts here to disappear but i thought it'd be polite and very british to bid you all a fond farewell.. see you all sometime.....maybe.....maybe not.....maybe....... bye!.

  ps.

  don't pm me as i won't be checking the pms.. .

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  Like many of us you have suffered much . May you get relief from the pain .
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  Something odd just happened when I logged on!

  by tornapart in

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  i typed in my name, password and the captcha, expecting to see my name come up in the top right corner and what i actually saw was someone else's name!

  (the name was another member of this board).

  i looked at it for a few seconds feeling a bit puzzled and not sure what to do about it and as i looked it automatically changed (whithout me doing anything) back to my own name.. has anyone else had this happen to them?

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  Private meetings banned??

  by franticfran in

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  i have just spoken to a brother who is part of a group of single brothers and sisters who meet together once a week to discuss bible topics and he has been told by and elder that the organisation "banned" these private meetings years ago.

  i told him i remember that article but he is adamant that the society would never do that (!

  ) now i am fairly sure i remember that article whether it was in a km or one of the mags i cant recall but i am sure i remember them saying we needed nothing more than the food that the slave class provided (another means to control us),does anyone have the details of that article because i have said i will find it and let him have it.

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  Watchtower-Free

  The statement "No independent study " were my words for my records .

  As shown on the 2012 CD Watchtower library .

  Its says at the top of the page

  "Question Box
  ? Does “the faithful and discreet slave” endorse independent groups of Witnesses who meet together to engage in Scriptural research or debate?—Matt. 24:45, 47.