Posts by disposable hero of hypocrisy

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Please Welcome me

by Sofia Lose in

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have lurked here for many, many years.

female, latina, middle-aged, born-in, 3rd generation jw, northeast usa.

my fate is to continue to play the game 'till death do us part because the very strong and tangled web of friends, family, business, etc.

Advice needed on Crisis of Conscience

by cappytan in

so, some of you may have seen my thread from yesterday about my wife waking up.. we had further discussion yesterday evening after i sent her the pbs video on the abuse scandals plaguing the watchtower.

she was so furious and pissed off at wt hq.

apparently a close relative of her's was abused by an elder and the only reason he was reproved and removed as an elder was because he confessed.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

I can't remember who said it, but someone gave me the advice to 'let HER progress determine the speed of your fade' .

Kindalike being out for a walk with little kids, you go at their pace then they don't get disheartened.

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Written Review Answers

by rosesinbloom in

does anyone have the answers for this weeks written review-.

thanks in advance.

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I don't think I'm allowed to post them up here due to copyright (is that right?) but if you give me an email address I'll send em to you..

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Hot topic in congregations: having a beard/goatee

by nevaagain in

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i am starting this topic because i was wondering, i see many who leave "the truth" are glad because they can finally have a beard.

is having a beard really a no go in congregations?

how is / was it in your congregation?.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

No too bad in the UK, servants can have them (depending on congregation and body of elders) but definitely won't be asked to give a talk at a convention. I know a few servant with beards, and I've heard of an elder with one, (uncorroborated)

Absolutely ridiculous man made rule.

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Wife is FOR SURE waking up

by cappytan in

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well, this is a new development.

she broached the subject of ttatt tonight.

said i was right about the flood.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Man ALIVE!!

Your story excites me so much! I hope I can post similarly sometime. Love you Bro, thanks for the inspiration...

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Stop Writing People Off

by Coded Logic in

if you choose to enter into a discussion on this site and you don't have the time, or patience, or are just too damn lazy to defend your position on any given topic that is perfectly fine.

i'm not going to bash you over the head about it.

however, please don't tell me that i'm "wasting my time" or that the person i'm trying to convince, "will never learn.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

True dat. I lurked for ages and it was only cos folk could be bothered to reason against dumb arguments that I eventually signed up. You may feel you're throwing your pearls before swine, but you NEVER know who ELSE is reading this...

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Introducing myself

by maksutov in

my name is russ, i'm 40 years old, from the uk, and i left the jws nearly 5 years ago.

i've been a member of the yuku board throughout that time, so there are probably some on here who know me already.

there seems to be more activity over here at the moment, so i thought i'd pop in and say hi.i was raised as a jw, started questioning it when i was 16, but there was no internet back then (well, no www anyway) so i got sucked right in and got baptized when i was 18. auxiliary pioneered on and off for a couple of years, then became a ministerial servant.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Greetings from a fellow brit!

Still in, for family reasons. One day maybe we can all have an apostabeer together...

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You will never grow old in this current system of things... - Awake, May 22, 1969 p. 15

by cappytan in

check this out.

got this bound volume from my dad.. .

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These talks and quotes are a great resource for if the allegation is ever made "we never specifically said the end would come in 1975." Yeh you might not have specifically said that but you sure as hell hyped it up to give that impression.

Thing is, I know the response. Oh those INDIVIDUALS might have implied it in their zeal, but surely it's better to be overzealous than lacking?

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WTBTS denies Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe is baptized

by Listener in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbsv4z03sau.

youtuber peter rose called bethel and asked them if it was true that peter sutcliffe was baptized.

the brother who answered didn't think so but went off somewhere to check and came back to say that it wasn't true.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Interesting. He got them to clearly state that he's not baptised. I wonder if the newspapers will be forced to print a retraction?

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Outside broadcast...

by Simon in

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guess where i am?

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i've posted this dunig the watchtower study at the hall using a mobile phone and a pocket pc - only a few strange looks from the people sat near.. i'll be glad when its time to go home - its' as boring as ever !

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Loads of us have been posting from the KH for the last couple of years! It's the only thing that enables us to sit through that dross! I believe one poster started a thread whilst reading the WT from the platform! Captain something or other..

(edited to say, yes I DID realise this was fourteen years ago, but how easy it is now with the tech that's available to us, and how it keeps us sane!)