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  Steve Hassan Interviews XJW elder, Roberto di Stefano, at ICSA Conference in Italy

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  trieste, italy - icsa conference - july 6, 2013. both roberto di stefano and steve hassan were speakers at the conference.

  you can see the hassan interview on his website.

  here's the link:http://freedomofmind.com/media/video.php?id=59.

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  Sammy Jenkis

  Thanks for posting, these vids are awesome
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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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  Sammy Jenkis

  Welcome Wallievase, I agree with you in that the fact that we were hurt as JW's doesn't mean God is not real or I should harbor hate for him. Also you're right, most JW's are great people and are sincere but it's hard when you encounter those who aren't and really show you the other side of the coin.

  Look forward to more of your posts...
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  Choices...

  by Sammy Jenkis in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  quick little moment of reflection i experienced today:.

  i had a buddy back in high school whose younger brother was an acquaintance of mine, we weren't ever really friends but the times we interacted he was alright.. for all intents and purposes we'll call this guy "smitty.".

  smitty was an all star jw, super zealous on service, mr. go-to for anything spiritual, completely a johnny-on-the-spot in his congregation, and honestly a person i saw a lot of potential in for the future with the "truth" and life in general.. after i graduated high school i lost touch with his brother and about 3 years later heard a story on the news where his name popped up.

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  OnTheWayOut: You're right it's appropriate to always view both sides- I just couldn't understand how someone who seemed to only have good things waiting for him could fall off the deep end.

  Adamah: Rationalization unfortunately is a deceptive poison because the person made the decision not their religious inclinations. Undoubtedly though when things go south it's always because they left the "truth."

  Quendi: That night I posted, I seriously contemplated writing him a letter but I wasn't too sure what to say or if I even want to communicate with him. He still did something wrong and I'm not too sure how we'll benefit from letter writing as we were mere acquaintances. I'll consider it some more though....

  Thanks everyone for your thoughts and comments.
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  Choices...

  by Sammy Jenkis in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  quick little moment of reflection i experienced today:.

  i had a buddy back in high school whose younger brother was an acquaintance of mine, we weren't ever really friends but the times we interacted he was alright.. for all intents and purposes we'll call this guy "smitty.".

  smitty was an all star jw, super zealous on service, mr. go-to for anything spiritual, completely a johnny-on-the-spot in his congregation, and honestly a person i saw a lot of potential in for the future with the "truth" and life in general.. after i graduated high school i lost touch with his brother and about 3 years later heard a story on the news where his name popped up.

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  Sammy Jenkis

  True but sometimes (often) those bad things happen within those doors too.
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  David Splane does not bow head when giving a prayer!

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this is a report in spanish conerning david splane giving a prayer at a convention.. perhaps someone can translate it better, but google translate gave the following:.

  during prayer, should no longer be necessary to bow his head in a mass meeting, as was splane throughout the prayer, head up, down, left and right looking at all tiers, not hiding in the least.. so splane is looking all around at the sudience while giving a prayer?!!!.

  can someone confirm that is what the spanish text says?.

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  Sammy Jenkis

  Yeah that's what it says but what's the big deal? Posture, and eyes open or closed were never a big issue- I remember they cautioned on the touching to not stumble people but not big news if the dude likes to stare at the people.
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  Choices...

  by Sammy Jenkis in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  quick little moment of reflection i experienced today:.

  i had a buddy back in high school whose younger brother was an acquaintance of mine, we weren't ever really friends but the times we interacted he was alright.. for all intents and purposes we'll call this guy "smitty.".

  smitty was an all star jw, super zealous on service, mr. go-to for anything spiritual, completely a johnny-on-the-spot in his congregation, and honestly a person i saw a lot of potential in for the future with the "truth" and life in general.. after i graduated high school i lost touch with his brother and about 3 years later heard a story on the news where his name popped up.

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  Sammy Jenkis

  Here-here iceltic!!
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  Choices...

  by Sammy Jenkis in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  quick little moment of reflection i experienced today:.

  i had a buddy back in high school whose younger brother was an acquaintance of mine, we weren't ever really friends but the times we interacted he was alright.. for all intents and purposes we'll call this guy "smitty.".

  smitty was an all star jw, super zealous on service, mr. go-to for anything spiritual, completely a johnny-on-the-spot in his congregation, and honestly a person i saw a lot of potential in for the future with the "truth" and life in general.. after i graduated high school i lost touch with his brother and about 3 years later heard a story on the news where his name popped up.

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  Sammy Jenkis

  Quick little moment of reflection I experienced today:

  I had a buddy back in high school whose younger brother was an acquaintance of mine, we weren't ever really friends but the times we interacted he was alright.

  For all intents and purposes we'll call this guy "Smitty."

  Smitty was an all star JW, super zealous on service, Mr. Go-to for anything spiritual, completely a Johnny-on-the-spot in his congregation, and honestly a person I saw a lot of potential in for the future with the "truth" and life in general.

  After I graduated high school I lost touch with his brother and about 3 years later heard a story on the news where his name popped up. Apparently he turned to the dark side (literally, criminal) and was imprisoned for a federal crime. I looked him up on the inmate database today and learned he is not to be free until 2016. I just sat there staring at my monitor shocked, how can someone with so much potential be so stupid? 2016!!!!!!!

  His whole congo must now revel in the fact that all of this happens when you "leave Jehovah." The truth is that those things happen when we choose to do stupid things.

  Moral of the story: DON'T DO STUPID THINGS.
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  BOE Letter: Re: Safety precautions when attending spiritual programs

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know atlatis will bring this letter to the forum.

  i just wanted to paste it here and bold the most hilarious, weird thing fro the letter.

  the bold part that i added made me lol.. .

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  Sammy Jenkis

  They're just taking care of their due diligence that way when 80 year old brother Zealous slips on the stairs because he was "calling" out to someone WT is safe and in the clear because they provided the warnings.

  Liability protection at its best.
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  Interview of a sister - Friday morning at the District Convention

  by Red Piller in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from my memory and shortened for highlights [my comments in brackets.

  i found the whole interview astonishing]:.

  "sister x-, you've been a baptized servant of jehovah since 1972.. you must have seen a lot since that time".

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  "During all these years, Have there been any adjustments in understanding that stood out in your mind?"

  That's drone speak for the audience to get back in line because sooner or later all the shit you don't understand now will be crystal clear.

  And about 10 years from then it will be invalid...because....we said so.
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  You owe me a cup of coffee! Said the elder who caught me in my pajamas just now.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  said the elder who came to our door this morning.

  last time he came we weren't in a position to give him one because we were doing a big cleanup.

  today- well, i was in my pyjamas!.

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  Sammy Jenkis

  "I don't know what to believe."

  Me too.