berrygerry
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Archive of the Watchtwoer
by universitystudent inhey everyone.
i'm a university student very interested in the history of the jehova's witnesses, from the university of fribourg, switzerland.
i would like to do an analysis of pictures of africa in the watchtower for a small research project.
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Elders harassing me
by raven inhi everyone, it has been a while since i've last updated!
(refer to my previous posts for the full story) here is a quick re-cap: 2 months ago my mother found out that i am living with my boyfriend, she told me i was discovered by an "anonymous" tipper who turned me in for "living in sin".. first of all, that is nearly impossible, the congregation i was in is 100's of miles away from where i currently live.. no one would have ever known i was living with my boyfriend unless i told them, which i never did, i cut off all communication with that congregation in part of my attempted fade which was blown into pieces and discovered.. anyways, my mom tells me if i don't go to the elders and confess like a good little sheep, then she is obligated to tell them.. ( don't see why, i don't even live under her roof ) well i never went to them because why should i?
so they met with my mother and she told them i live with my boyfriend... let me remind you, this was two months ago.. i was told i was going to be df'd and that was that.
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berrygerry
Quite frankly, I would give that letter to a lawyer.
Forget all of the stuff in the Flock book.
Because your parents are aware of your situation, and they were the rats, then the elders are gunning for you. Guaranteed.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/473hu6/text_from_mom/
Out for EIGHT YEARS !!!!
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Canada RC Baptism Numbers
by berrygerry infrom a redditor.
abbotsford bc.
forgot to post this from last weekend!.
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berrygerry
From a Redditor
Abbotsford BC
Forgot to post this from last weekend!
Saturday: 3,885 in attendance, 10 baptized.
Roughly 0.0257% (if my math is correct, and it's probably not!)
(S/B 0.25%)
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not one but four witnesses at my door
by gerry inhaving not had a witness knock on my door since i left over 13 years ago i was surprised a few sunday mornings ago to find two young sisters who i had not seen before at my door.
it was not long before their husbands who were witnessing at my neighbors joined the conversation.
the conversation went on for some time so i am keeping the experience as brief as i can.. mind you with all what has been happening lately with the australian royal commission here in australia i had been looking forward to having a discussion with any witness who comes within earshot.
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berrygerry
nice username
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Why are anniversaries allowed but not birthdays?
by hyperpen inthe scripture quotes aside, i was always told that we don't celebrate birthdays because that is a celebration of the self, which has no place in jehovah's organization.
then why celebrate anniversaries?
anniversary celebrations are about the joining of two selves, isn't that twice as selfish?.
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berrygerry
Because Job's children were commemorating their day of birth, and no where in the Bible do we read of marriage anniversaries ...
Umm, wait a minute ?
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Another UK Jehovah's Witness Elder Off to Prison
by berrygerry in'it was the 13-year-old girl's fault.'.
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/disgraced-jehovah-s-witness-elder-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-a-girl/story-29528336-detail/story.html.
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berrygerry
'It was the 13-year-old girl's fault.'
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Animals not meant to eat meat
by Carl injw don't believe in evolution .
how come animals teeth are designed to chew meat?
sharks for instance have razor sharp pointy teeth these are not to eat vegetation .
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Don't have sexual fantasies! Today's watchtower...
by purrpurr inthe watchtower today says not to think of sex, or to have sexual fantasies.
i'm just wondering... how many people in the hall hearing this watchtower today would be having sexual fantasies?
sitting there thinking about sister hottie or brother hunky ?.
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berrygerry
Is it a bad sexual fantasy if you are thinking about your spouse?
Cannot locate the article, but was within a few years, and worded to the effect that 'No fantasizing about someone not your spouse.'
Fairly big breakthrough, IMO.
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Finally "they" have reinstated me! that was easy!!!
by Prometheus init was rather quick one.
in just few months and after attending all of their meetings and giving them a nice show, i'm back to the org!!!
(what a relief-sarcastic laugh) .
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berrygerry
"Hopefully I will follow the plan and in few months I will start to miss meetings, and become inactive again"
Change congos, even into foreign language, and disappear.
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We Cannot Understand Because We Are Not Perfect
by berrygerry instarting this thread because of katewild's post.
(from where came god?).
the unanswerable questions of life are usually attributed to: "we are imperfect, so cannot understand.
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berrygerry
Starting this thread because of KateWild's post. (From where came God?)
The unanswerable questions of life are usually attributed to: "We are imperfect, so cannot understand. We only use, at most, only 10% of our brain, and more likely, only 1%. Once restored to perfection, then we will be able to understand."
Adam, however, was perfect, and therefore had 100% brain function. Which would be better, 1% to 10% of a genius, or 100% of a perfect man?
So, perfect Adam with 100% brain function, allowed his little head to outmanoeuvre his unparalleled perfect brain (even though they never actually had had sex yet)?