Posts by berrygerry

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Need a good laugh?

by FadeToBlack in

if you could use a good laugh please have a look at page 7 of the july 2015 awake.

my wife leaves the latest issues on my pillow when she gets back from her meetings.

i often scan through them looking for nonsense.

berrygerry

Okay, so you made me look this gem up.

At the bottom of the drawing is a quote from Isaiah 65;21,22

And the article's conclusion is to the left of the drawing.

"The Bible promises a time when all
people will be able to have a satisfying
measure of control over their life. They will
be able to live to their full potential, uninhibited
by frustrating circumstances,
daily pressures, and negative feelings.
(Isaiah 65:21, 22) The Bible refers to this
as “the real life.”—1 Timothy 6:19."

So that friends, is the concept of "the real life."

Paddling a canoe dressed like you're in service or attending a meeting.

Sign me up.

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getting drivers licensene not same as getting baptized

by poopie in

jw
friends

if you get in an accident you will not be shunned by everyone in your family.

berrygerry

Unless the accident involved your family. Like if you plowed into them and put them all in the hospital with serious injuries. You might get the cold shoulder for a while.

If you display genuine repentance.

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Small details...

by Garrett in

jw
friends

a witness friend wanted to meet up recently and talk.

since this person was a close friend and who i thought had a level head, i'd go ahead and speak with him.

our conversation actually helped me figure a few things out not only for myself but also about the witnesses.. so we're talking and i'm telling him my experience and the doctrines that i disagreed with as well as the scandals that made me disgusted with the organization.

berrygerry

Your WT car is more like this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM

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priveledges an extra layer of protection

by aintenoughwiskey in

i have noticed when an elder or ms gets in serious trouble, many times it's simply a demotion.

local example.

well liked ms son of a prominent elder/pioneer gets caught doing the dance with no pants with his fiancee.

berrygerry

The perpetual question: "He is genuinely repentant."

How (and who) determines repentance?

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priveledges an extra layer of protection

by aintenoughwiskey in

i have noticed when an elder or ms gets in serious trouble, many times it's simply a demotion.

local example.

well liked ms son of a prominent elder/pioneer gets caught doing the dance with no pants with his fiancee.

berrygerry

If it comes to light or an appointed brother confesses that he has committed a disfellowshipping offense years in the past:

The body of elders may determine he can continue to serve if the following is true: The immorality or other serious wrongdoing occurred more than a few years ago [subsequent BOE letter specifies minimum of 3 years], and he is genuinely repentant, recognizing that he should have come forward immediately when he sinned. (Perhaps he has even confessed to his sin, seeking help with his guilty conscience.) He has been serving faithfully for many years, has evidence of God’s blessing, and has the respect of the congregation.

has evidence of God’s blessing - Has said elder been putting out for the Borg?

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Being shunned only increases my certainty that the WBT$ is a cult

by punkofnice in

well, i don't wanna rant too much but sometimes things cut you don't they.. a family member had a get together for the family, jw and non jw and of course i wasn't invited being da'd.. i understand why they couldn't invite me but it just made me think.

in normal society this wouldn't happen.

i'd have been there.. the shunning is so unnatural and damaging.

berrygerry

Posted on reddit

I'm sitting at the Regional Convention after having been disfellowshipped only a couple weeks ago. I don't understand why the elders encourage you to come to this. I understand wanting you to be encouraged, but my entire time so far has been seeing people in my hotel, around the city, and in the stadium that I've known all my life look at me and light up a little like old friends do then quickly remember my status and divert their eyes to the ground and walk away. I understand people shouldn't talk to me. But it's hard swallowing this as a loving provision. I should've saved the money on a hotel and stayed home. I'm not going to get anything out of the program. You know how you can feel people in your own hall looking at you when you're df'd, just multiply that by a few hundred. Now I guess my weekend is anxious vomiting and watching some dramas.

Sorry for the rant. Needed to say this to SOMEone. Having grown up in the truth I don't have a lot of best friends I Can talk to now about my situation.

Edit: don't want to seem self inflicting. I'm here with my wife and baby. Don't want to Just leave her.

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are ministryideaz apostates?

by sneekyapostate in

are ministry ideaz book binders apostates cos its plastered all over the net haha?.

ministryideaz.com - meeting & service supply.

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berrygerry

Not sure if their banner ads show up when you're on Simon's site or not, but they do for me. (Occasionally do click-throughs - hope you get a couple of shekels each time.)

I used them years ago, and know a number of Dubs that use them. If accurate, their homebase is a bedroom community outside of Simon's city. (A touch of irony.)

Some have posted that they must be, not just non-Dubs, but, shudder, APOSTATES !!! ( https://sites.google.com/site/ministryideazareapostates/ )

No matter what, their product line is getting interesting.

'Imitate Jesus!' 2015-2016 Regional Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses

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Game of Thrones - Shunning

by berrygerry in

i waited a week to avoid any spoilers.. last week's episode was harsh, to say the least.. a live burning-at-the-stake of a child to please the gods.. and yet, we have conventions taking place around the world - with bravos to those parents who sacrifice the emotional well-being of their children by shunning them.

clap-clap-clap.. what is worse, killing them outright, or the long, drawn-out emotional sacrifice demanded by the modern-day baal, gb 2.0?.

berrygerry

Witness My Fury 4 days ago
No, dont talk about the last episode, i havent seen it yet...

Can't wait much longer.

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The Governing Body and Modern Man's World How Do They Do It?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i mean how can these guys run a corporation and make good policies when they are so deluded and hide the fact from themselves and their readers?.

ok sure they got a legal department but they are all brain washed just like the gb, and these guys think that every decision they make is jehovah's come on they are so out of touch with reality how can they every make good policy that is truley good?

even when they are deceiving and coniving they are making blunder all over the place because they are old and deluded and full of shit..

berrygerry

Nube!

Not complicated!

Start your own.

Ingredients and recipe below.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mason/start-your-own-cult_b_3999121.html

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Pioneers inviting to regional convention

by InquiryMan in

interestingly, jws in norway actually do invite people to attend convention in stockholm, even from the city of bod, some 1176 km away (driving distance 14 h 30 m away).. .

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berrygerry

Would I go to impress the sis on the right?

Ummm, YES.