Posts by Black Sheep

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Canada Yearbook Stats [1973-2012]

by Richard_I in

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friends

after seeing the uk yearbook stats thread i decided to compile canada's yearbook stats.

i was able to get the stats from 1973 to 2012. so here they are in a table below along with some colourful graphs.

note that the avg.

Black Sheep

Jehovah's blessings seem to have been a bit meager since 1995.

I wonder why ?

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3rd Annual Memorial of Freedom--Will You Attend? Also, 'When Prophecy Fails' by Leon Festinger

by sd-7 in

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friends

sd-7's 3rd memorial of freedom falls on sunday, march 10th, 2013, at sundown.

check your local news for when sundown happens in your area, so that you may pass the emblems--chocolate milk and pop tarts--in observance of liberation from the watchtower.

for review, the pop tarts represent one's body, which will no longer sit in a kingdom hall.

Black Sheep

Drought here ...

... and New Zealand doesn't have Pop Tarts.

Going fishing. Enjoy your spring

Chris

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Re: Will you attend the Memorial this year? Why? Why not?

by check in

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friends

you all had some interesting thoughts on that jw memorial thread.

some of you mentioned that you are going so that you can set some sort of example.

i gather that some of you believe that by going and eating, you are somehow showing them they can (or should) do it too.. that really confuses me.

Black Sheep

Watchtower god never shows up and does anything the Watchtower says He will, so I don't see any point in doing anything His Church says I should.

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I am in LOV.....I mean LIKE!!!

by MsGrowingGirl20 in

hi alll!

well, i'm good!.

i haven't been to the hall in like 5 months.

Black Sheep

I'm an unbaptised born in too.

As long as you are absolutely sure that he is not in any way a believer, his JW past shouldn't be a problem between you. It might even be an asset in your case.

Lots of people have differences with their parents. That doesn't make them less marriageable, especially when those differences are religious.

Sure, it would be really nice if his parents were OK with your 'apostacy' from their silly little cult, but you are not going to marry them.

Seeing as he is unbaptised, his parents don't have any real excuse to shun him and not try to convert him. He can use this to talk to them as long as he remembers ALL of the WTs warnings for identifying 'opposers' and doesn't cross any lines. Gently does it.

If he is just pretending that he is a non-believer and you marry him, I do not see any possibility for a happy future for you both.

I have followed your journey since you joined and much of it had me worried, but this thread is a breath of fresh air. I wish you both well.

Cheers

Chris

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Hi to EVERYONE, I LOVE being here in JWN land with y'all! & Family UPDATE

by Newly Enlightened in

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friends

hi to everyone on here, my name is kim, i have been on here anonymously for about 6 months now giving our family's story.

if any of you haven't read my daughter gojira's post about the latest, here's the updates.

the witch hunt is on..... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/246388/3/the-time-is-near-for-my-families-crucification.

Black Sheep

G'ma offended that my Hubby told her Jehovah is not God's true name she is calling all our friends and family and telling them we have gone apostate.

G'ma needs to be shown that in her own church's literature. Type 'jehova martini' into the search box of the WTLib

Your Hubby needs to remember that he doesn't need to explain anything. What he has to do is show them problem literature, get them to read it to him, then shut up except to make them do the explaining and to keep them honest.

Never give a JW your opinion. Make them provide documentation for their's.

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New Zealand, MaoriTV, 8:30 tonight, the Williams sisters

by Black Sheep in

raising tennis aces: the williams story.

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Black Sheep

It was a doco from around 2002.

You would not have guessed that they were in any way associated with any church except for a brief comment by their Dad that was Christian (=non- JW doctrine) and a brief reference at the end to JW.

The JW who viewed it with me never said a word.

I saved a digital copy of it in case it comes in handy. 1.3 GB

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POLL: How long did you remain a JW from point of baptism to leaving the KH

by Terry in

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i was baptised --1963. left in 1978. fifteen years.

pre-baptism, another 5 years.

Black Sheep

Born in

Great Unwashed Class

Haven't been in a KH except for funerals and weddings since 1976

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Snarky Question

by earthfire in

so i have a question that's been bothering me for years.

i know this is extreme but i think you'll see where i'm going with this.

so ex-jw's are evil we're on "satan's side" as my dad told me and we aren't worth a hello.

Black Sheep

The Ragazines and Pubic Talks are very clear on all of those issues, the fact that many are getting away with those behavious is a symptom of the malaise that has resulted from Jehovah locking himself in the privy and refusing to fulfill the WT's promises.

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Quotemines please

by goddidit in

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friends

as we all know, reaching a believing jw is difficult, maybe impossible.. i've tried many years of reasoning before i realised that reason isn't something they really understand, and science is something they can brush off with a wave of their hand.

now i'm going to prepare very succinct examples of their blatant quotemining and somehow get one of them to read it, then ask them why purveyors of the truth need to use lies to support their claims.

maybe i'm too optimistic but i'm hopeful this might have some effect.