millie210 ~ I can never get to the links to read the info, so I copy and paste the link in my browser and that always works. Try that.
AlwaysBusy
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Finally, Anointedjw Names Some Names
by metatron inhttps://www.anointedjw.org/apostasy_in_fenway.html.
not names of the anointed jws but names of elders and a location.. .
are we getting hints that this thing has legs?.
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Question for those converted to JW as adults
by DaleRivers inwhy did you become a jw, what particular teachings attracted you to 'the truth' ?.
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in my case (baptized at 20/21) it was the only religion i knew; my mom, her mom, and favorite sister were jw; and the teachings of no hellfire or immortal soul made sense to me.. .
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AlwaysBusy
@ Navytown
My oldest son was molested by an elder and his best JW friend was drugged and raped by that same elder.
I was df'd and my kids all left.
I still consider myself a JW although I am considered dead by them.
Were we shunned? You bet.
Would I go to another religion? No.
Anyway, Take Care.
AB
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Can you stop one heart from breaking?
by compound complex indear and gentle readers,.
kindly apply the sweet words of our dear emily to why small deeds have been so meaningful to you or another individual in time of need.
no kindness is ever for naught.. deepest gratitude,.
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AlwaysBusy
What beautiful poetry.
I hate pain...especially the pain of heartbreak. I have learned enough lessons, cried enough tears, felt more than my share of pain of heart....
And I have learned:
Give me happiness any day, without stupid lessons.
I don't need personal disasters to be able to feel empathy and sympathy for others.
All pain does is cripple and destroy the inner self ....that's all it does, nothing magical, nothing superior.
INMH
Anyway, Take Care
AB
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Question for those converted to JW as adults
by DaleRivers inwhy did you become a jw, what particular teachings attracted you to 'the truth' ?.
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in my case (baptized at 20/21) it was the only religion i knew; my mom, her mom, and favorite sister were jw; and the teachings of no hellfire or immortal soul made sense to me.. .
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AlwaysBusy
My mom got baptised when I was 2, and I was raised in, but I didn't get baptised until I was 35. I went to meetings whenever Mom could take us. She had 8 kids and Dad wasn't interested in getting baptised, although he studied off and on. He was a drinker and a lady's/man's, and he didn't want to give up his lifestyle. Also he thought the JWs were a bunch of spies.
As I grew up, I went to the meetings when Mom could go, I really enjoyed the meetings, but I saw too much reproving and punishing for my liking. A very zealous 15-year old Sister, who was my age, was reproved (or whatever it was called back then, I don't remember) and cried so hard, during the meetings, that she was reinstated in a week. I was quite shy and thought if anything happened to me like that I'd have to run away. I also hated the way JW husbands would crook their fingers at their wives to have them go to whomever was crooking. The hubbys would be shaking heads and fingers from across the Hall at their wives which reminded me of a man and his trained dog/monkey. Couldn't handle that. So, I continued to study and attend meetings off and on until I had 3 kids of my own and decided it was 'now or never' make a decision one way or the other. So I prayed and got up the courage to go to the new KH(we had just moved from Washington state to Kentucky) and asked for a study ao I could get baptised. I did get baptised in 1985, so did my kids.
Anyway, Take care,
AB
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Sister pleads guilty to killing her newborn while at congregation outing!
by Atlantis inhttp://social.jw-archive.org/articles/sister-pleads-guilty-to-killing-her-baby-while-at-congregation-ou#sthash.xzojqlck.dpuf.
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nevada!.
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AlwaysBusy
She beat her baby to death, because she was a Witness. He slowly cut a man's head off because he was Muslim. A 7 year-old-boy, under the direction of his father, beheaded a Syrian because he was raised in Islam. The Mafia brutally killed hundreds of people and said 'Hail Marys' for redemption because they were Catholic. The KKK hung blacks and they prayed to Jesus in front of a burning cross. How about this..... all of these people committed these heinous crimes because they are/were ... criminally insane/mentally ill.
IMHO...the reason that JWs crimes are seen as much worse is that the JW religion is supposed to be God's only true religion, God's people. I used to think that we were all happy and just about perfect. Little did I know.
Anyway, take care.
AB
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Strange situation
by Gorbatchov inhi folks,.
the rank and file is now in a strange situation.. it is clear that the jw leadership is in for a huge change.
the type / anti type change makes clear that they make a u-turn.. it's clear that with this changes the current doctrine are temporary.
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AlwaysBusy
I don't understand the "type/anti-type.
Anyway, Take Care.
AB
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AlwaysBusy
Armageddon Countdown Card ~ Reminds me of the movie, "Knowing". Just plain creepy.
Anyway, Take Care.
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so with NO LOCAL NEEDS PARTS , what do they do?
by ?me? inif they are going to replace the local needs with feel good interviews of our "friends".
what are they going to do for marking talks?
now we will not know that a situation "has been handled" by the elders.
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AlwaysBusy
If there is a 'testimonial' at the weekly meeting, it will be rehearsed. There isn't an Elder alive that would let anyone talk on stage without scripting what that person will say. And he/she won't be one of the peons, he/she will be a pioneer/ms/elder/elderette. No need to worry if something has been handled by the elders or not....I personally believe they derive much glee in marking and df'ing so I am sure there will be a new way to let the folks know that someone is to be marked or shunned.
Anyway, take care.
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Well, it was your basic KH wedding, now 40 years later
by JeffT inmy wife and i still like each other.
fortieth is "ruby.
" since rubies aren't in the budget, we went to ruby beach for the weekend.
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AlwaysBusy
Wow! Happy Anniversary!!!!
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Looking back to what happened since sept 2012... i must say its brilliant !
by insidetheKH inwho thought in the early months of 2012 that such a rebranding would take place in only a matter of 24 months?.
they managed to go from an antique looking and boring website (watchtower.org) with hardly any attractive content to go to a fresh looking new website with stuff for everyone, families, children, teenagers.. movies, and short videos about almost everything and new ones added every month.
cartoons, animation video's , interviews, picture activities all kind of projects, many audio files like dramatic bible readings, dramas and music, online research tools, new brochures for kids (off and online) etc.
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AlwaysBusy
I really don't care what innovations they achieve, maybe they'll go to the moon and that's great, but the nitty gritty of all of this is: How are JWs are treated. The R&F are nothing...the butt of jokes, df'ing is rampant, with no hope of getting back in, (yes, I know people get reinstated, but at what amount of hoop-jumping?) pedophilia is covered up, marking, families suffering, (not only the ones who have left, but their families that are in), there is an enormous amount of depression, illness, sadness, poverty, and one can never do enough as a Witness. And, Heaven forbid, if one decides to get an education she/he is demonised. No amount of big screen tvs will change that.
I visit the JW groups on FB and so many of those people are hurting, and just waiting for the New World. Why isn't there encouragement for this life, where's the help and the love? Where is the honesty? If Elders, and on up, could just be honest, just once, I would feel that progress is being made.
Anyway, Take Care
AB