alliwannadoislive

Joined

• started 29 topics
• posted 386 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by alliwannadoislive

• 
  35

  Thowing away WTS Publications

  by Judith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the past weeks, i have been throwing away my 32 year library of books.

  the feeling of freeing myself from the weight of the lies contained within the pages was my objective.

  i have always been afraid of letting them go just in case it was the "truth.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  wow - the very thought i've been having over recent weeks - have been and da'd myself only last month and now thinking on this subject

  so far i've decided to keep one copy of everything (the rest went in bin bags) and that reduced the bulk substantially but i still have a heap of literature

  apart from one of the studies in the scriptures (something about armageddon ...) my oldest one is a floppy covered book from about 1920 by rutherford called 'talking with the dead' (sorry i can't be bothered to go upstairs and check the details) - it's a book i found in an old bookstore and i was given a very disapproving look by the book-study conductor (heehee - he didn't realise it was a society book - and then when he did, i think he was even more worried) ...

  for the moment, these books are part of my heritage and how my life has been moulded - i can't bear to throw them away
• 
  5

  JWs and Job Centres

  by badboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i wonder how many jws are aware that job centres formerly known as labour exchanges were started by the sally army(salvation army!)..

  should a jw therefore enter a job centre because of its connections with chritendom?.

  they might be demons lurking in the dark corners of a job centre!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  heehee bod ... the old CAB is an institution that has existed for many years - well, the prisoner was a sixties prog right ?

  it's an advice centre for people who need to know their rights - civil, legal, family law etc etc etc - they are a charitable organisation as far as i know and rely on sponsorship and donations ... sound familiar ?

  y'know i never thought of it as orwellian ... i wonder which Ministry it would come under ...
• 
  19

  JW Speakers

  by MavMan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is there any particular speakers that you remember as being outstanding?

  what was good about them?

  did they use interesting illustrations?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  we had one who collapsed in the first ten minutes of his talk - we were genuinely concerned for him and he was okay, but it was great for the meeting to finish a lot earlier than usual ...
• 
  5

  JWs and Job Centres

  by badboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i wonder how many jws are aware that job centres formerly known as labour exchanges were started by the sally army(salvation army!)..

  should a jw therefore enter a job centre because of its connections with chritendom?.

  they might be demons lurking in the dark corners of a job centre!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  what a bunch of bleeding nonsense !

  hey brit - you should be writing watchtower articles ...

  btw - anyone else on this bb work in a Jobcentre ???
• 
  27

  Comments from the CO today

  by Richie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i went to the meeting today to hear the public talk given by the visiting co. the talk dealt with jehovah's secret dwelling place and how we can all be taking advantage of "fleeing to safety" as it were, especially as the days are getting wicked as he mentioned.

  he brought out the dangers of listening to apostates (there were 2 people in the congregation who disassociated themselves recently, which automatically meant that they were apostates according to the co's comments).

  then he further elaborated on the fact that there were about 14,000 witnesses disfellowshipped in the usa each year and in canada 1400, about the size of a circuit assembly - also he said how terribly dishonorable it would be to be df'd and be as a dead person as it were (i felt so embarrassed as i am df'd) - during the talk he brought out two points which were extremely misleading if not outright lies: he said that just after the disaster of sept 11th, thousands of people "wanted to flee to security to the watchtower building and that they felt that they needed this security".

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  hey richie - you sound like a cool well-grounded guy - good to (virtually) meet you !

  i da'd just three weeks ago - the week before my x-cong had a co visit - thanks for the insight as i was imagining the exact same talk was being given about my 'type' being apostates - a label that now delights me - to be called an apostate by an apostate borganisation ! how ironic ...

  plus your thoughts on the gb and ray franz's revelations are the ones that finally made my mind up about not wanting to subject myself to their tyranny anymore ...

  do you mind if a ask why you attend ? i would guess you have family there ? i would also hazard a guess that you would not need anyone to tell you that, despite what the co or anyone else says, you have no need to feel embarrased or dishonourable - to be scorned by people without real principle makes you completely honourable ... respect to you my friend :)
• 
  28

  Funny Shunning....

  by Scully in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we were shopping yesterday when i noticed a jw woman from our old congregation in one of the aisles.

  normally i would go up and say hello, because i'm neither dfd or dad, but we were in a bit of a hurry, and i didn't want to spend much time in frivolous small talk.

  a little background on her: when we knew her she was a pioneer, and could very well still be one; her mother is a pioneer; her twin sister is a pioneer, etc.... you get the idea.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  agree completely with scully ...

  s'great to be free from it all innit ?
• 
  3

  Danielson's Epiphany, or BS

  by Danielson in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  its occurred to me that one of the main reasons i even came to this website was not to bash my fellow jws (dubs) or trash the manmade,self-appointed sole channel of god's truth and salvation, but to develop a healthy thinking pattern.

  to challenge myself and my beliefs.

  just as others have commented i'm personally going to try and be more positive and considerate of others.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  nah celt - thats years and years of out-of-tune kingdum melodies

  danielson - welcome - i echo your thoughts ... epiphany - have you heard staind's version ?
• 
  8

  See Elton John & Eric Clapton For £1.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i will have a go.

  http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page981.asp.

  englishman.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  ozzie - no
• 
  28

  Funny Shunning....

  by Scully in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we were shopping yesterday when i noticed a jw woman from our old congregation in one of the aisles.

  normally i would go up and say hello, because i'm neither dfd or dad, but we were in a bit of a hurry, and i didn't want to spend much time in frivolous small talk.

  a little background on her: when we knew her she was a pioneer, and could very well still be one; her mother is a pioneer; her twin sister is a pioneer, etc.... you get the idea.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  ooh scully, you have whetted my appetite now ... i've only been da'd for a fortnight and still waiting for my first encounter and thus my first genuine experience of being shunned ...

  on a semi-serious side, despite being able to laugh, does it actually sadden you too ?
• 
  8

  See Elton John & Eric Clapton For £1.

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i will have a go.

  http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page981.asp.

  englishman.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  alliwannadoislive

  see you there in time for the champagne picnic then eman ...