Posts by tepidpoultry

Hard to say, he has a lot of sway, it takes elders who will not be bullied to stand up to him, on the other hand 7 years is a lot of time, aren't they rotated every 3 years?

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Yesterday's Watchtower Study 11 June 2017

by BluesBrother in

"what will go when god's kingdom comes?

" from april w/tower.

we start with a picture of jesus riding a white horse into battle, galloping towards terrified people in darkness.

tepidpoultry

They're continuing the fear mongering that they've played for the past 130 years,

I'm not playing

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As an Ex JW now, how would you react if you met your Bible study conductor?

by EverApostate in

i was a jw for 11 years , came to know ttatt and wrote my disassociation letter 5 years ago.

since then i had been an atheist and trying all i can to spread awareness for “still in” members.

my wife and mom are still jws and i do get along with them perfectly.

No one studied with me, I was alone, the religion was just there (I was born in) It was the "understanding" that they were RIGHT and that the whole world was WRONG!! and BAD!! This attitude had a pretty strong effect on me, but no, no one, I remember they had me study with another kid when I was 6, maybe he'!l write in lol,

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UK Child banned from seeing JW videos

by usualusername1 in

jw
friends

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/11/jehovahs-witness-agrees-not-show-son-religious-cartoons-risk/.

tepidpoultry

Hi zeb, that was in reference to the judge's ruling where he noted there were "child friendly" activities at the Sunday meeting

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Coffee Mugs

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

i am thinking about buying coffee mug(s).

maybe i will get my coffee mug personalized.

any suggestions on what should be on my coffee mug?

tepidpoultry

I escaped A CULT!! :(

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UK Child banned from seeing JW videos

by usualusername1 in

jw
friends

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/11/jehovahs-witness-agrees-not-show-son-religious-cartoons-risk/.

tepidpoultry

Hey they have "child friendly" activities now for kids at the Sunday Meeting! lol

(don't fall asleep or you'll die, is that one)

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An E-mail Exchange with an Elder

by Saename in

ever since i had become an atheist and started to listen to podcasts such as the one by sam harris or shows like the atheist experience, i began to think that it is my responsibility to believe as many true things and as few false things as possible.

in order to ensure that my beliefs are rationally justified, i started to follow logic, reason, and evidence.

i cannot say that all my beliefs are true, but i can definitely say that i make the efforts to ensure that they are at the very least reasonable.. i also became willing to debate people.

tepidpoultry

Thank-you Saename for the clarification, to my best understanding "unbaptized publisher" and " disassociated" are mutually exclusive terms as a disassociated person cannot "publish the good news" If you are deemed to be doing something terribly wrong then an announcement is made that "you are no longer a publisher of the good news" However if they allow you in service and accept a report then you are an unbaptized publisher in good standing, Complicated isn't it? I look forwards to your updates,

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Disfellowshipped for being complicit in someone else's sin - really?!

by Isambard Crater in

a close friend of mine who is pimo (only staying in for family reasons) in a neighboring congregation called me in tears tonight saying her dad (elder) is telling her he is seriously considering reporting her to her local elders and she could get disfellowshipped.. the reason?

because she is complicit in a gross sin, according to him, by going with her best friend (not a j.w.

) when the friend had an abortion.

tepidpoultry

I wrote my comments in second person however the original post was written in regard to a friend,

I hope that our comments may be useful in helping your friend,

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