Posts by snugglebunny

) than an entire congregation disassociated and started their own congregation after decided that the gb were apostate.. was this an urban myth or is there any evidence of this?.

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"Many years ago in the 60's, there was one particular guy who pretty much led his own cult. Half the Congregation eent off the rails and what was left was merged with Titchfield/ Fareham congregation."

Astonishing! I was actually attending the newly-formed Tichfield congregation back in 1968. It met in rooms above The Queen's Head pub. My dad was PO. He told me that there had been some problems with one of the congos with which we'd became amalgamated but I didn't make the connection with Bishops Waltham until just now.

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Notre Dame Cathedral on fire...

by mikeflood in

kind sad watch such historic building on flames.

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i hope it will restored......

snugglebunny

I had a hunch this might happen.

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What Does the WTS say is the mark for survival of Armaggeddon--Baptism

by blondie in

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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1974604?q=mark+baptism&p=par.

if you have not yet come to know and to accept as a way of life the righteous decrees of jehovah, you have no time to lose.

you must act quickly if you are to stand before jehovah’s executional forces with the mark of true christian identification.

snugglebunny

This made me puke even as a teenager. WT 63 2/15:

Thus the more colorful the personality the more difficult for the holy spirit to saturate it fully. The colorfulpersonality has more need of self-control and must in particular guard against the snare of creature worship. Richness of personality seems to work against spiritual-mindedness, as the colorful person tends to lean more on himself, even as those who are rich in material things tend to put their trust in them instead of Jehovah God.—

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Was There An Occasion Where An Entire Congregation Broke Away?

by pale.emperor in

i remember reading somewhere (perhaps on here?

) than an entire congregation disassociated and started their own congregation after decided that the gb were apostate.. was this an urban myth or is there any evidence of this?.

snugglebunny

I recall a long-ago poster by the name of Philo telling me that the entire Bishop's Waltham (Southampton area) congregation had left.

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How many hours of field service are now required?

by new boy in

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to be a publisher?.

an auxiliary pioneer?.

an regular pioneer?.

snugglebunny

This is from the 60's and one hung at the front of every KH. It measured about 4 feet by 3 feet.The quotas are at the top and bottom, in red.

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If shunning were no longer a JW policy, how many would leave the Org?

by HiddenPimo in

additionally - if this shunning rule was removed and everyone was made aware of the dirty secrets of the org.. (e.g.

csa-arc / un membership / malawi - mexico contrast / etc.).

would those leaving be higher?.

snugglebunny

I would sometimes get the occasional witness approach me and tell me that they were now going to shun me. I would always ask them what I had done to make them do such a thing. Not one of them could answer!

Of course the actual "sin" committed is never mentioned when a DF'ing is announced. This gives the opportunity for one to exclaim: "What? You are going to pretend that I don't even exist and you don't even know the reason why? Are you content with that sort of justice?"

Exit one miserable and confused dub...

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What woke you up?

by HappyBlessedFree in

i’m fairly new so i don’t know everyone’s backstory.

how did you realize the organization was false?.

snugglebunny

I never actually enjoyed being a witness much. I detested meetings and door to door work. I just regarded those activities as essential to my surviving armageddon. I was always full of guilt and ready to confess to anything so that I might be "clean in Jehovah's eyes" and not be destroyed. I had classic fear of abandonment symtoms. But all the same, I just didn't want it to be true. I guess I was subconsciously looking for a way out.

The crunch came after one particular group night. We were studying a book - I forget which one - that was trying to interpret the prophecies of Ezekiel. It was just so stupid that I wondered what the hell I was doing in such a daft religion. I became a disbeliever overnight.

I'd been in a grim marriage to a JW woman. I'd been "on the rebound" when we'd met. My life at home was shit.

Within a couple of days, glimmerings of possibilties began to surface in my mind. No more meetings. No more door to door work. I could smoke a cigar. I could buy a gold Dunhill lighter and grow my hair long. I could play snooker and gamble on the outcome. I could go to a boxing match. I could get drunk. I could visit discos, x-rated films, celebrate Christmas and birthdays, join a squash club and, particularly, catch up with some recently disfellowshipped old friends.

So I did all those things. I enjoyed them all hugely at the time.

I have no regrets.

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Watchtower analysis on Tony Morris

by corruptgirl in

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i never post on here.

i am sanchy's wife.

i posted my coming out story about 3 yrs ago.

snugglebunny

My dad was a well respected PO and he always had one of these on the kitchen wall: