Posts by berrygerry

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Disfellowhsipped for 7 years...

by HereIgo in

i remember around 2009, there was a scandal going on involving 2 families in my cong where the husband in one family was having an affair with the wife of the other family.

this resulted in pregnancy and subsequent disfellowshipping.

what was interesting to me though was a comment made by a co from the platform.

berrygerry

It depends upon a lot of factors:

- was he an elder?

- was he an influential elder?

- was it notorious?

- did he divorce and marry the adulteress?

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Elder asking for help

by untruth in

this is my first time posting on here so i’m not sure where to start.

i’m trying to keep it as short as possible since i could expand much more.

i’ve been in the process of waking up in the last year and a half.

berrygerry

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/helping-someone-leave.php

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If I Became a JW, Could I Have My Cat on Paradise Earth?

by Cold Steel in

would i?

i wouldn't mind if he slept through eternity (he sleeps most of the time anyway).

i'd just like to be able to move him around occasionally.

berrygerry

I wouldn't mind if he slept through eternity (he sleeps most of the time anyway). I'd just like to be able to move him around occasionally.

That makes it easy then. Just have him stuffed.

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Question About David

by berrygerry in

1 samuel 15:22 famous wt verse emphasizing obedience.. if saul was severely disciplined for offering a burnt sacrifice, then what's going on with david in 2 samuel 6?.

17they brought the ark of the lord and set it in its place inside the tent that david had pitched for it, and david sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the lord.

18 after he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of thelord almighty.

berrygerry

1 Samuel 15:22 Famous WT verse emphasizing obedience.

If Saul was severely disciplined for offering a burnt sacrifice, then what's going on with David in 2 Samuel 6?

17They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord. 18 After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of theLord Almighty. 19 Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.

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i raised an issue with a co once about an elders qualifications, he visited my house and in no uncertain terms said don't touch ark of covenant ( referring to elder as ark ) , i was gob smacked then he said to wife and i that if we pursued such an avenue we could be grieving gods holy spirit.

so ther you go elder are on par with god ..

berrygerry

Another death caused by David. David ordered the Ark to be moved, and organized the move.

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After Being Out for 17 Years He is Back In again!!!

by new boy in

jw
friends

i called a guy i haven talked with for over two years yesterday.

i met him at bethel back in the 1970's.

david b was known as the g job king back then.

berrygerry

mentally crippling religion where people become so helpless they cannot think for themselves and function in the real world.

Tis precisely why they are a cult.

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Ridiculous ways you kept your "time going" in service?

by HereIgo in

i used to go out early mornings with 2 pioneer elders, we would drive 20 miles out of the territory (a big no-no) to look for hikers to preach to lol of course there were never any hikers.

then off to starbucks for another hour lol easy way to count 2-4 hours.

i am chuckling as i write this, what a joke!.

berrygerry

We did remote territory (not unassigned, but in the boonies).

Before we left town, we checked for houses with lights on. Knock, knock - would you like some mags?

Good to go. Let's drive for an hour.

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My Story

by HereIgo in

my story: i am a 27 year old ex jw.

former ms and regular pioneer at age 19. i was very active and had many "privileges" including district assembly and circuit assembly parts etc.

as an example for young people.

berrygerry

I miss my mother

Mothers are for others, daughters are for fathers.

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My Story

by HereIgo in

my story: i am a 27 year old ex jw.

former ms and regular pioneer at age 19. i was very active and had many "privileges" including district assembly and circuit assembly parts etc.

as an example for young people.

berrygerry

Well I am happily married to a "worldly" woman with 2 beautiful baby girls

There is nothing better.

Otzi - The Iceman

by berrygerry in

saw a pbs article on otzi tonight.. this iceman continues to offer interesting challenges to wt and other young-earth religions.. as dna technology has increased, they can now determine that otzi's parentage comes from sardinia, and he is at least 5,000 years old.. wt did their obligatory archaeology-bashing of otzi in the may 8, 1995 awake, but curiously, hasn't done anything since then.. time for new light?.

berrygerry

Saw a PBS article on Otzi tonight.

This Iceman continues to offer interesting challenges to WT and other young-earth religions.

As DNA technology has increased, they can now determine that Otzi's parentage comes from Sardinia, and he is at least 5,000 years old.

WT did their obligatory archaeology-bashing of Otzi in the May 8, 1995 Awake, but curiously, hasn't done anything since then.

Time for New Light?