During those meetings the mind does wander and as a result you start to wonder about all sorts of things.
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Is that podium thing unique to JW's? Do they build them?
by InterestedOne ini was wondering about that half-table/half-podium thing that jw's use on the platform.
is that unique to jw's & do they build them, like shakers had their own furniture?.
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Sister Not Sure If She Is 144 000 or Great Crowd
by Awake at last ini haven’t posted here for years as i have now moved on and am satisfied with the choice i have made to leave watchtower.
however in light of the coronavirus and people in australia and other countries being asked to stay at home i became concerned for a witness sister who lives in melbourne alone who is 88 years old.
today i gave her a call as i don’t trust the local witnesses to care for her.
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Awake at last
Hi. I haven’t posted here for years as I have now moved on and am satisfied with the choice I have made to leave Watchtower. However in light of the Coronavirus and people in Australia and other countries being asked to stay at home I became concerned for a witness sister who lives in Melbourne alone who is 88 years old. Today I gave her a call as I don’t trust the local witnesses to care for her. She was crying when she picked up the phone. She was so lonely. We got talking and she raised a subject which I had no answer for. I said, “Leave it with me and I’ll think about it overnight and will talk about it when I call you back tomorrow.”. Well I’ve thought about it and I need your help. Sorry, but I have nowhere else to turn to get an answer quickly.
What she said was that ever since she had been “in the truth”, she had been wrestling with the possibility that she may be of the remnant. She knew the cut off was 1935, she was born in 1932. She knows they have changed that teaching now. She also knows that if you are of the remnant you know without a doubt that you are. As she has doubted for almost 70 years, she has never partaken of the emblems due to the doubt. She also said she doesn’t feel she fits in with the earthly hope. She’s very conflicted and I feel awfully sorry for her. The brothers don’t treat her well and due to her age and my distance from her (a 9 hour drive) I have never pushed her to leave the org. Does someone have any suggestions of what I can say to her to make her feel better. I’m totally lost here. Any help will be appreciated.
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What novels have you been reading recently? Recommend any?
by LoveUniHateExams ini've always been a bit of a reader - but only reading about topics i find interesting, e.g.
natural history, dinosaurs, etc.. recently i've started to select, buy and read novels.. this year i've bought and read frankenstein (mary shelly), dracula (bram stoker), the hound of the baskervilles (a. conan doyle), 'salem's lot (stephen king), jurassic park (michael crichton) and the firm (john grisham).. i have an inclination towards horrors and thrillers.. what fiction have you been reading?.
could you recommend anything?.
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The Dome and Pet Sematary by Stephen King, in fact anything by SK.
Patricia Cornwall forensic pathology books.
Lee Child's Jack Reacher books.
Wm Paul Young, The Shack if you are into Christian books.
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Awesome New Books on JW's, MUST READ!
by johnny depp inhey, i just thought i let you guys know about these two books i read:jehovah's witnesses, what lies behind the truththe watchtower society, organizational misbehaviorboth books by gabriel h ibarra.
awesome!
awesome!
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Awake at last
Jonny Depp, I don't know how you could afford to read them, unless you are the author of course. You certainly gave them a good write up.
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 inhi people,.
i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).
1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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Awake at last
Born in in 1962
Baptised 1983
Last meeting 2013
So 30 years a Watchtower slave plus a wasted childhood
Mr Awake at last
Mother converted around 1967 when he was 10 turning 11
He was baptised in 1972
Last meeting 2013 His mother is still in as is youngest sister. Oldest sister was baptised and has now left with her husband and DF son, second youngest sister is DF and one daughter has left they were all baptised.
The Internet played no part in us leaving, however it has played a major role in us learning TTATT.
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Brooklyn Bethel Tours Through The Roof
by freemindfade inwas speaking with someone last night who just recently toured the us bethel's.
the brooklyn tour i heard was awful, very limited and disappointing and conducted by a local pioneer and not even a bethelite.
well from what they are telling the folks on the tour since the tm3 bit encouraging (guilting) people about going to disneyland on vacation when you haven't visited bethel, monthly tours went from 6000 to 16000!
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Awake at last
I was in the US in 1995 from Australia and toured Brooklyn Bethel. I was at 25 Columbia Hts building and saw I think Bro Henshell (bald guy). Anyway it was made clear to me not to speak to him. Why, is he God or something? I went there to kick start my spirituality which had been lagging for as few years, but that and a few other observations kick started my fade instead.
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The Society cares more about Mark Sanderson's stick of Judah than the elephant in the room
by truthseeker ini just watched the segment of mark anderson's, gb member, talking at the annual general meeting.. they care more about obscure prophecies than the child abuse crisis in the organization.. he talks about the two and ten tribe kingdoms of israel, the stick of joseph and stick of judah, and likens it to the anointed and great crowd.. what a bunch of craziness!.
this is the kind of crap spiritual food the drones get..
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And then they will have new light so what he said will be obsolete, it is anyway. Yes they fail to address the real issues, things that are actually happening. -
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3 words to describe.....
by punkofnice in..your experience with the watchtower corporation:.
i'll start...... bully boy elders.
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My favourite from all these
Exert your selves vigorously - to get out
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We Had My Mom's Memorial Talk Today
by minimus inmost everyone was very nice.
i did get a couple of we miss you soooo much and an elder that said he might drop by someday to say hello when he gets a chance....i'm already prepared for him if he should show up.. over all, it got finished and i'm going to bed..
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Awake at last
When he gets a chance.....you are not exactly a priority are you!
Condolences Minimus.
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A must-read for all former/fading JW's: "The Least of God's Priorities" by Bo Juel, JW/cult activist, speaker and life coach.
by Penelope1 infrom victim and cult survivor to activist and author, bo's life is a tale of triumph over tragedy and the healing power of love.
from the book, "the least of god's priorities": https://youtu.be/v0jz560afda.
interview with bo juel: https://youtu.be/nn0zn8lxwpw .
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Awake at last
I have just finished reading it a few minutes ago. It is a must read. I still have to read the end bit about being an activist. Just too tired tonight.