Posts by joe134cd

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Is door to door activity over?

by badcompany in

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just curious about others experience.

i've been living just a few miles from a kingdom hall for 9 years.

i've been called on 0 times.

joe134cd

In the congregation I was in before I left, only one of the pioneers was under 50. I think a lot of time wasting goes on. I must admit I only done an hour or so just to keep them off my back. I hated it.

I absolutly believe if Wt has any hope of been able to turn their present situation around, they have to have a greater presence on the Internet (and I'm not talking invisible one here). I always use this example. Would you buy a car if all the reviews of it on the Internet were bad, and the only positive one was from the car manufacturer itself. Well if you wouldn't buy a car like that then don't expect someone to choose a religion like that. Gee I shouldn't be giving WTBTS such good advice.

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"meet mormons worldwide"

by stuckinarut2 in

check out this link!.

http://www.mormon.org/people/find.

can you imagine if jws had something like this??.

joe134cd

Jose you were a clown to join the JWs and an even bigger one to join the Mormons. I believe the Mormons are even more in la la land than the JWs are.

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When you were Hard-Core JW, did Opponents Screaming or Filming you help your Exit?

by PokerPlayerPhil in

all of us are upset in different ways, some of us are ferociously angry because, let's face it, it's our fault!

i had many clues they were lying about our religion but i failed to see through them because of the pain of admitting we got conned and family pressure from peers stopped me from making a courageous choice.

when i read about people who confronted the elders and won their judicial committees (even though the jw elders df'ed them) my heart goes out to their courage, their amazingly stronger than i will ever be.

joe134cd

I think angry apostates just reinforced to me that I had the truth. What other religion is been do badly spoken against. In my opinion and case direct apostacy never works. There has to be an external trigger point (e.g an unsatisfactory answer, hurt feelings) that causes one to go searching. That's when the house of cards tumbles.

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Religion is a business in the God commodity market

by Brokeback Watchtower in

bottom line money not god.

to grow a religion you need money and suckers who fall for your particular line of logic.. take away it's money to take away it's power.

the ceos of the watchtower corporation are running the religion/business into the ground because they can't make good business decisions and are caught in a awful web of delusions of grander and blind to the realities of the real world.

joe134cd

Yes I couldn't agree more. I recently went to a pentecostal church service, and money was very much the topic of the service. But on saying that they did do a lot for the community. It will be interesting to see if the great 8 are willing to let it crash and burn or weather they will try and do something about it.

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Article: Five JWs Deported from Bali for Conducting Door-to-Door Religious Ministry

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?id=11719.

dismantling the watchtower .

five jehovah witnesses deported from bali for conducting door-to-door religious ministry .

joe134cd

In all fairness I have been to Bali when i was a JDub and it Is pretty corrupt place. The locals will try and rob you anyway they can. When I was there I had 3 attempts made to pick my pockets. There were also a lot of foreigners in the cong to. I was told that great discernment had to be used. The locals are just swallowing it all. BTW some of these foreigners were married to locals. Great place to visit but man your gotta have your wits about you. Unfortunately these people went so discerning.

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The witnesses got away with covering up another molestation case

by recovering in

http://www.webpronews.com/jehovahs-witnesses-get-only-partial-dismissal-in-child-molesting-case-2015-04.

i find it extremely interesting the comment of one of the posters who is studying with the witnesses.. frank j karasienski 3 days ago .

individuals are flawed..... looking at this article it really makes it look like an organization is hiding the situation.

joe134cd

As I'm not DA/DF yet. Out of all the witnesses that i mentioned this to i couldn't find one who said " I feel sorry for those victims and I hope they get the help and closure they deserve. I don't think the above person realizes that a few years ago with the threat of been disfellowshipped for slander made the reporting of sex abuse to the authorities almost impossible. I also don't think he/she realizes if they go around voicing this opinion they will very quickly find out what we openly discuss here.

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In a nutshell, what is the wackiest jw thing?

by stuckinarut2 in

what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?

joe134cd

That it took me 40 years of my life to realize that it was a total crock. Stuckinarut2= man you have just gotta get out of there or other wise you will end up having a mental break down.

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Newbies , Are We Seeing An Accelerated Increase? This Past Year ? Newbies Feel free To Respond Please .

by smiddy in

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is it just me or does anyone else see more newbies joining this site this past year and especially in the last few months .. we would love to welcome you with genuine friendship ,support ,encouragement ,a place to vent ,and not judge you.. you have the freedom to express whatever view you like and you won`t be kicked off the board.. and to learn more about the "truth" about the truth , you will not hear at a kingdom hall .. smiddy.

joe134cd

With out a doubt I think more are leaving than coming in. Especially quality converts who will be able to pass it onto the next generation. At the time I left in a cong of around 100 pubs. 6 left and although not DFed and I would say they will never return. There were also 3 others disfellowshiped around the same time. I have since learned that there are a further 3 that are now also inactive since my exit. That's 12% loss in less than 3-4 years. The fact that sights like these are growing would suggest that there is a growing discord amongst the R&F in the organisation. I think it was a good move on WTBTS to have all the KHs titles in their name in case of such an event.

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2 More March 2015 BOEs!

by Atlantis in

more march 2015 boes!..

click the link below and then click the green download button.. .. 2015 march 20, boe.

(re: the final week of jesus life on earth).

joe134cd

Yup that's what I reckon. Wt will have their hand in the cash register some where down the line. Poor or the same quality product at an inflated price. I bet yah.

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Newbies , Are We Seeing An Accelerated Increase? This Past Year ? Newbies Feel free To Respond Please .

by smiddy in

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friends

is it just me or does anyone else see more newbies joining this site this past year and especially in the last few months .. we would love to welcome you with genuine friendship ,support ,encouragement ,a place to vent ,and not judge you.. you have the freedom to express whatever view you like and you won`t be kicked off the board.. and to learn more about the "truth" about the truth , you will not hear at a kingdom hall .. smiddy.

joe134cd

I think that sights like these are growing tends to indicate to me that there is discord amongst the R&F