Posts by Still Totally ADD

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Watchtower Spies and Secret Agents

by TerryWalstrom in

i'm posting this link:http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/spies.htmlonce you start reading it you won't be able to stop.fascinating and well-documented citations which give credibility to the belief that such a sneaky, underhanded, and often illegal practice has been secretly promoted for decades by watchtower society world headquarters..

Still Totally ADD

A very interesting read Terry. I have to say as a elder for 25 years I don't ever remember any spying going on in the congregation by other elders. Not saying this did not happen but I was not aware of any. I can say when certain CO's visited our congregation they would go into a questioning session on certain individuals who walk away. Before I was appointed a elder in 1986 I remember hearing about how some elders would spy on so called wrong doer's trying to catch them in the act. Perhaps it was going on in a clandestine way by those in a higher up position such as CO's and they used the elders to reach their objective by the time I was a elder.

I do remember a CO telling our body of elders not to go after those who walk away from the organization but I was waking up at the time and I thought this was a way to keep the elders in the dark about the truth about the truth. Again I am not saying this was not happening I am just saying I was not aware of it going on this extensively and prehaps I just to naive to see it. The real education of this cult came after I left. Good read. Thank you. Still Totally ADD

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Refusing to become an elder

by ragingmad in

i know someone who's family is very spiritual and says that her brother only pioneers and does not want to become an elder for various reasons, probably not wanting to deal with people's problems, and also the tremendous workload they put on them.

is this considered refusing advancement by god, or just choosing your own way?

he has not been "tapped" to become one, but he merely hasn't strived to become one..

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I remember a brother who did become a elder and within one week step down because he could not handle the pressure of being a elder. I think he broke the world's record of being the shortest elder appointment ever. Lol. Still Totally ADD

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The Telephone we take for granted!

by TerryWalstrom in

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march 10, 1876: “mr.

watson —come here—i want to see you” the voice of alexander graham bell is transmitted.

he wasn't the first to invent it but the first to own a patent.. in 1910 telephone "subscribers" had 4 digit telephone numbers.soon, larger cities had 5 digit numbers.mark twain was one of the first to have a phone in his home.. the first phones had no dials or buttons.

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What is Dr. Who going to use if there is no phone booths? Just to let you know Terry we had a old wooden crank phone hanging on the wall when I was a child. We finally go a dial phone in 1962 which was on a party line. One ring was 2 longs and 1 short, the other was 2 longs and ours was 1 long and 2 short rings. Depending on the ring we knew who was getting a phone call. What memories. Still Totally ADD

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"Who will conquer the world in the 1970's?" ....Circuit assembly announced KM July 1970

by krismalone in

i found this gem in the watchtower online library that now goes further back than the year 2000 publications.

an extra bit of evidence for those cult members that deny that their governing body gods lied to them.. even a lapel card was printed for all attendees to wear (see my avatar).

kingdom ministry 1970 july in the announcements section.. ◆ a new circuit assembly program is scheduled to begin in september.

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I remember that name tag. I was 16 at the time, my parents and I just moved to FL and we went to the convention in Fort Lauderdale FL. One of the main talks and demonstration was on how bad masterbation was. I laugh at it now but I had know idea what they was talking about because I didn't know what the word masterbation meant. I knew it by another name. LOL. Still Totally ADD

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Celebrating a birthday for the 1st time

by Whynot in

after almost a year of thinking and eh feeling, not sure... i decided to throw a small birthday party for my son.

this feels so strange, i have never been to a birthday party.

my husband doesn't feel comfortable with it but he decided to play along lol.

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One of the simplest ways of showing love and appreciation to family and friends was demonized by the cult. When is came to normal human behavior the cult would warp it into something's else. I feel for you Whynot I went through the same thing at first. Just have fun with the day. Your child will remember it for a lifetime a human connection that makes the parent child relationship stronger. Have a great day. Still Totally ADD

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Are we losing our way a bit at JWN?

by nicolaou in

firstly, i want to be crystal clear how grateful i am for jwn.

it's been my place of support for over seventeen years and it's the first online space i direct anyone to if they are taking steps out of the cult.

i am not bashing jwn - i love this place and appreciate the hard work and expense simon puts in to keep it going.

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If I had any part in what has gone on lately on this site punk and pale I am sorry. We Americans have a hard time thinking there is more to this world than what happens here in the U.S. I don't mine the heated debates once in awhile but it is the derogatory name calling or but downs some like to use. It's hard something's to see the whole forest when you are focus on one tree. My observation is and this includes myself the cult we all escape has effected us more than we realize. I remember the Wt. use to say many years ago "yes we are brain washed our brains are washed clean". That statement is more profound than many of us may care to acknowledge. So from other side of the pond please take care and keep coming back to site I have always enjoyed your comments. Still Totally ADD

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traditional English words and phrases.

by stan livedeath in

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something i found on facebook..... a bit of interesting history reading .... enjoy ...they used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "piss poor".

but worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low.

the next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

Still Totally ADD

Nice way to wake up on a Sunday morning and read this post. My wife and I had a good laugh at some of the phrases that we still use today. The history of these phrases is very fascinating. Thank you. Still Totally ADD

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Immigration: The Truth about the LIe - CRIME

by Wonderment in

immigration: the truth about the lie: crimecrime: do immigrants increase rates of violence?

there has been a lot of talk about how immigrants pose a threat to the safety of this country by increasing crime rates.

is there any truth to this, or is it "fake news.

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I know there is a president who has increased crime! Lol. Remember when you are pointing a finger at someone four are pointing back. Merry o round of the sky is pink and the grass is blue. Still Totally ADD

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When you're down and out, Just remember this

by LevelThePlayingField in

we apostates have the goods on the watchtower.

we have all those wt and awakes, all the news media clips, the arc, everything.

it's just a matter of time before some lost soul will ask, what the?.

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So true so true. Good for you eyes. Still Totally ADD

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JWs made me hate school

by StephaneLaliberte in

yesterday, i had an epiphany.

i realized that the jw religion made my experience in school awful and i hated school because of this.. yesterday, my kids had an activity where the whole school was out at the park, playing baseball, soccer, other pic-nic games and even swimming pools.

during the day, i had conversations with the teachers and saw the kids out, playing having fun.

Still Totally ADD

Well said. It took many years to get over my hate and phoeias of school. The abuse I went through in school because I was a jw child and the jw cult thinking of schooling really messed me up. Thanks to my wife she showed me the error to my thinking. School is suppose to be a happy and productive experience for children but being raised in the jw cult made it for me mostly a horrible experience. The us against them mentality is a major cause for this. I wish is could have been different for me back then. Maybe in the new world it will be. LOL Still Totally ADD