Posts by airborne

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Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

by John Aquila in

last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

then out of the blue he tells me; .

airborne

I told the elders in my DA meeting with them a year ago " ...not to mention this overlapping generation doctrine which nobody understands." All I got back were blank looks and no response to my statement.

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Deconstructing Splanes 'Generation' explanation

by Splash in

at around 4 minutes into the september 2015 video splane said "for the man and the baby to be part of josephs generation they would have had to have lived at least some time during joseph's lifespan.".

this is the lynchpin of the wt argument, that two lives must overlap to be considered the same generation.. let's take an example of twins who are born just a few minutes apart.

obviously, these twins are the same generation as each other.

airborne

I enjoyed this topic thread.

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Missionary Deceptively/Mistakenly Misquotes Scripture.........

by The Searcher in

....................on jw broadcasting.

http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwb_201509_1_video (between 14 - 16 mins.).

allyson lee, who is a missionary in nicaragua, misquoted "a very special scripture" - acts 1:8. she said, "that the good news will be preached to the most distant part of the earth.".

airborne

I have to say I enjoy your posts Searcher.

Any JW would be tongue-tied at the door if they were told the scriptures say to be Witnesses of Christ. As we all know they just want to count time and place magazines. Nothing really spiritual is actually going on in the field service.

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They're coming to get me! =)

by Mrs. Eden in

hello friends.

my fleshy sister is seriously getting to my nerves.

she's my only (and younger) sister, and as you know, is married to an uber-circuit overseer.

airborne

I have to say that if you never want the JW's to bother you again from my experience DA'ing is the way to do it. Of course you have to ask yourself the question "Will I miss them?".

It's been a year for me since my resignation. I was terrified a little bit a time or two after but God has really blessed me with quiet. Those people were such a neurotic influence in my life for the most part.

The thing is you have to start your life COMPLETELY over again in every way as an apostate. They literally run while walking from me on the street if I happen to see them. As the saying goes "Choose wisely..."

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Annual Meeting 2015 - any information?

by Elisa1966 in

so, there is the annual meeting in october - do you have any news about it?

topics etc?

airborne

The true believers will be peeing on themselves with excitement over the event I'm sure. Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry tells George "What's the show about?" George says "Nothing." ... Jerry says "I think you've got something there."

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A True Story: PORTRAIT OF A GIRL and her dog

by Terry in

portrait of a girl and her dog.

(a true story by terry edwin walstrom).

her name was cheryl ann draper and she was about 11 years old the day she begged her daddy, who worked at a gas station, to let her go with him to work.

airborne

Beautiful story.

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I am so proud of all of you!

by avishai in

jw
friends

getting out of this high control group, often with no family support, and learning how to navigate a new world is incredibly hard.

many of you have done so with roaring success, and become nondogmatic, kind and compassionate.

thanks to all of you for your support and love over the years.

airborne

Thanks

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Took a walk by the Kingdumb Hall

by airborne in

jw
friends

and what did i see.

it was a jw.org sign looking back at me.. startled i was, and couldn't believe.

what a stupid place for a decal (stuck on the entrance door) to be.. rutherford wouldn't be happy, as stiff as a board was he.. unless he was drunk, with good 'ol whiskey..

airborne

And what did I see. It was a JW.ORG sign looking back at me.

Startled I was, and couldn't believe.

What a stupid place for a decal (stuck on the entrance door) to be.

Rutherford wouldn't be happy, as stiff as a board was he.

Unless he was drunk, with good 'ol whiskey.

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Anthony Morris III life story

by campaign of hate in

am3rd life story is in may 15th 2015 study wt.. after reading, he sounds very mental unstable.

i know you guys will be saying "yeah, obviously he is"...but we don't have any concrete evidence saying he has a mental condition.. has anyone ever dug a little deeper, perhaps try to find some people who would have known him from the army?

i mean, he probably doesn't know that many people, he was only serving for a year for christs sake.

airborne

Anthony Morris III's EGO is so BIG he could never fit in those tight pants he's so obsessed with.

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My Story of Waking Up - in retrospect

by cappytan in

so, many of y'all know bits and pieces of my story of waking up, but i thought it might be nice to have it all in one place.. i was baptized at 11, auxiliary pioneered every summer, regular pioneer at 17, ministerial servant by 19, then went to bethel for a year.. i always had minor doubts from time to time, but nothing serious.

always dismissed doubts and decided to "just have faith.".

after leaving bethel, i was never really firing on all cylinders "spiritually speaking.

airborne

I turned in my DA letter to the Secretary. Got a call asking if I could meet. I specifically mentioned 607 BCE date being incorrect. School Overseer mentioned these two WT articles, which I had seen discussed on JWFacts. Printed the articles, highlighted the footnotes saying the experts quoted did not support 607 BCE and went to the meeting.

Three elders as usual, Secretary, School Overseer and my Service Group Leader. Handed the highlighted parts to them on the way out of the meeting. SILENCE.