Posts by sparrowdown

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Dirt Fishing - Latest Coin Finds

by cofty in

it's that time of year again when i can get back on the fields with the metal detector looking for ancient stuff.

the first field to be harvested was full of peas - ideal as it leaves no stubble and it's a two minute walk from my house.

it has given up two coins in two visits this week.. the first one is a cut-half silver penny from the reign of henry ii.

sparrowdown

I 'm also interested in it as I live near a beach in a historic area.

I enjoyed watching a show called The Detectorists btw.

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i was born as jehovah's witness.. i was baptized at the age of 10.. i was reproved at the age of 10.. i later served as a regular pioneer at the age of 16.. i woke up to the truth about the truth at the age of 17.. i attended my pioneer service school at the age of 18.. i disassociated from the jehovah's witness religion at the age of 19.. i went to higher education at the age of 21..

sparrowdown

Just say NO.

Don't meet with them.

They cannot "force you."

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Stats just out: JWs in Wales decline (-3.4%) - COs primed for zero baptisms!

by Darth FayDehr in

figures from that latest 2-weekend convention in caridff (wales) reveal jw “growth” now in decline.

baptisms are discouragingly low (21, combined), and circuit overseers have been primed to deal with assemblies where there are no baptisms; see these leaked 2018 instructions:.

pdf summary: https://1drv.ms/b/s!arekzxkzlp8ybsl45pov7y6k26a.

sparrowdown

What's occurrin in Wales?

Nuthin, apparently.

Way to go Wales.

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Cart wars

by gabcol in

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i was watching youtube the other day and came across " cart wars".

i understand different people have different ways of protesting and dealing what they have been through, but this guy genuinely scares me.

am i the only one?.

sparrowdown

Don't watch then.

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A Fantasy I Have To Protest Cart Witnessing

by Wild_Thing in

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i am not a protester and i hate confrontation, but i have always thought it would be hilarious to set up a kool-aid stand right next to the jw carts and sell purple kool-aid.

i wonder how many would get the joke?.

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sparrowdown

I thought a jwfacts cart with ARC info, blood doctrine info, De-Effing info, an explanation of the BITE model for cults etc.

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introducing * drum roll* me

by gabcol in

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i'm a long time lurker, first time writer on this site.

years and years ago, i was on another ex-jw message board though i'm not sure if it's still around or not.

i really enjoy reading all of your stories.

sparrowdown

Welcome gabcol, so nice to hear another person is free. It sounds like you've been through the wringer several times over and as Elton John would say "still standin." Good onya mate.

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Why go back to the Old Testament?

by Lost in the fog in

why do jws insist on still quoting from the old testament to back up some of their wacky ideas?

such as on blood, beards, abortion, tattoos, etc.

surely if the mosaic law code was nailed to the torture stake all of its parts were cancelled.

sparrowdown

Well said Bungi Bill.

The WT are bible literalists for the most part and when it suits the m, legalistic when it suits them and they like to have absolute laws on behavior so they can control people and the new testament is way too ambiguous for that. The accounts of Jesus with his illustrations and parables far too woo woo for that purpose.

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Daniel Kokotajlo’s Apostasy enters UK Top 15 box office films

by steve2 in

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fantastic news just in: daniel kokotajlo’s film apostasy about a jw family facing the blood issue and - ahem - a daughter who apostatises - was released late last week in the united kingdom.

even though it received limited release in its first weekend and is going to be in more cinemas this weekend, it has entered the top 15 films at no.

12 - a magnificent result for a highly acclaimed film made on a shoe string.

sparrowdown

It's never one thing that wakes someone up anyway, it's many things big and small over a period of time that accumulate in the back of someones mind until a tipping point is reached. And yes it's often that one thing that is seen, heard or happens on top of the pile of other things that becomes the tipping point.

I see the mindset of "don't bother this will never work " in exJWs to be one of the vestiges of our JW daze when anything that took away from from dub duties that required extended time or effort was ever worth it.

This movie is interesting because more normies than JWs will see it and be educated on how culty JWs are.

The public need to wake up to JWs as well.

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