Posts by berrygerry

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Whatever happened to "YOU'RE WELCOME"? Has "NO PROBLEM" replaced it?

by Terry in

jw
friends

wherever i go, i say "thank you" to clerks, servers, delivery people, hosts and hostesses and the response has become invariable: "no problem!".

have i aged to the point i'm now an old fuddy duddy who doesn't "get it"?.

is it counted mannerly to avoid, "you're welcome" in favor of "no problem"?.

berrygerry

It bugged me when it started a few years ago.

I've become used to the fact that that is how millenials say it.

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Am l the only one.?The older l become the more hostile l become towards god.

by atomant in

they say you mellow out with age.maybe so but not in my case.l feel its an insult and degrading to us humans to have to live the way we do if there is a god.deep down l guess l do believe theres a god but lm having great difficulty trying to understand why things are the way they are.l dont need a bible bashing from anyone l just feel frustrated and helpless.l just battle on like everyone else but l get the feeling theres a whole lot more to our existence.

berrygerry

As I age, the more introspective I become.

I believe in Intelligent Design.

I've been looking for the episode without success - but I feel like we are in an episode of the original Star Trek TV series, where "God" had created us as some kind of experiment, and is watching us as we "evolve."

The end game?

"God only knows."

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lf the paradise earth is real would you want to live there?

by atomant in

l know l would.anyone that says no is kidding themselves.just imagine going up to the hole of a cobra and patting it on the head like a pet.or running like a deer through the woods.who knows we might grows wings and be able to fly as well.food for thought.

berrygerry

What is the reference to the fairly recent WT whereby we cannot choose where we can live in the new system?

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Would you have married your spouse if you weren't both JWs?

by 3rdgen in

jw
friends

ok, i've had some wine, but i'm curious.

objectively speaking, but for the religion, did you have enough in common with your spouse to have met and married as non believers?

berrygerry

I ask myself that very question often.

Our still-in family and friends are all victims.

Only Watch Tower teaches to hate the victim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cADynm-yhMs

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Long time lurker, first time poster ...

by LettMorrisSplaneit in

i finally had the guts to create a profile to be able to post.

i've been lurking for a few months and have read all your experiences and comments dutifully.

you have been a great help in my process of waking up from this cult posing as the one true religion.

berrygerry

If you're like me, you'll over analyze as to "Why did I not wake up earlier?"

If so, it's a bitch.

To understand how we were captured for so long:

http://www.hgi.org.uk/archive/cults.htm#.VueDzuargu0

I also strongly recommend reading this

http://www.exitingthejwcult.com/p/if-you-are-going-to-see-mental-health.html

as well as Bonnie's book

http://www.amazon.com/EXiting-JW-Cult-Handbook-Witnesses/dp/1508477132

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if you had the slightest of doubt about leaving leaving the watchtower org. go to to jwsurvey.org NOW!

by nowwhat? in

and we are suposed to trust these guys with our lives?

!

berrygerry

I found it hard to count, but NASA and its divisions won about 64 Telly's.

(Each letter on the recipient page loads about 20 entries per page - it takes a while.

I tried loading ALL, but it doesn't load for me. It looks like there are 1,000's of recipients.

WT's newspage says "Out of 12,000 entrants" Could be 12,000 "winners.")

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A faded JW about to see the Circuit overseer

by pleaseresearch in

so my mum who is in and really is finding it hard that i have left and faded.

shes asked me if i want to the the circuit overseer next week.. i have never met him and this is more my mum wanting me to get my problems i have with the organisation out.

but should i share everything i've learnt or what?.

berrygerry

Agree with DO NOT MEET.

Dagney offers good advice.

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Awww - Another Sweet Story of a Prodigal Son

by berrygerry in

http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2016/2016bcsc279/2016bcsc279.html?searchurlhash=aaaaaqahamvob3zhaaaaaaab&resultindex=1

berrygerry

http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2016/2016bcsc279/2016bcsc279.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAHamVob3ZhaAAAAAAB&resultIndex=1

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CRA screwup for WT Canada?

by berrygerry in

okay, they've posted their 2015 return - i am very confused.. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/t3010form23-eng.action?b=119288918rr0001&fpe=2015-08-31&n=watch+tower+bible+and+tract+society+of+canada+%2f+la+tour+de+garde+soci%c3%a9t%c3%a9+de+bibles+et+de+tracts+du+canada&r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cra-arc.gc.ca%3a80%2febci%2fhaip%2fsrch%2fbasicsearchresult-eng.action%3fk%3dwatch%2btower%26amp%3bs%3dregistered%26amp%3bp%3d1%26amp%3bb%3dtrue.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/311690001/canada-branch-finances-whats-going-on?.

berrygerry

Okay, they've posted their 2015 return - I am very confused.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/t3010form23-eng.action?b=119288918RR0001&fpe=2015-08-31&n=Watch+Tower+Bible+and+Tract+Society+of+Canada+%2F+La+Tour+de+Garde+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+de+Bibles+et+de+Tracts+du+Canada&r=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cra-arc.gc.ca%3A80%2Febci%2Fhaip%2Fsrch%2Fbasicsearchresult-eng.action%3Fk%3Dwatch%2Btower%26amp%3Bs%3Dregistered%26amp%3Bp%3D1%26amp%3Bb%3Dtrue

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/311690001/canada-branch-finances-whats-going-on?

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The "most honest people" on earth....?

by stuckinarut2 in

have we noticed how often the society uses comments like this?.

"jehovah's witnesses are the most honest people...etc".

while it may be true that witnesses as a whole are decent, law abiding people, are they truely "honest" when the very foundation of beliefs are based on mistruths?.

berrygerry

The "most honest people" on earth

Except when we're not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ9DqHB5dUA#t=0m58s