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  So how "worldly" did you get after you left the "truth"

  by greenhornet in

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  i don't drive a 4 door car.

  lol.

  i go to a local christian church.

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  stan livedeath

  when i was finally branded an apostate--and my wife filed for divorce--for my adultery --in 1981---i went to live in sin with "the other woman": she had been d/f because of our affaire.

  Her plan was to get reinstated--preferably with me getting back "in the truth" as well. fat chance of that. after a few months living with her--i moved out and rented a place of my own.

  ( actually--that was the first time in my life i started to live totally on my own....i had lived at home with my jw parents till i got married--aged 20...and a typical jw virgin couple.)

  it was a whole new experience for me--living alone--no friends--and no job either.

  a while later i got a job, and it was suggested i try an advert in the " lonely hearts " page in the local newspaper. ( no internet dating sites then! ) i was inundated with replies. what then started was a whole year of unbridled debauchery.
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  Remember when we lodged in private homes at conventions?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  i bring this up now because i haven't seen any postings about that practice because i got out in 1977. when did wt quit soliciting private homes for accomodations?

  or have they stopped?.

  i hated it, but it was the only way we could afford to go.

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  stan livedeath

  in the UK--1959 i would think. Twickenham. the first big assembly i went to with mom. dad didnt go--i was 11 years old.. mom and i stayed in a large old house--the small room i slept in was full of old blankets covered in cat hairs. i was asthmatic. perfect.

  i have no recollections of the assembly. the last thing i was interested in was sitting listening to someone banging on about religion.

  what most certainly did interest me--was being on Wimbledon raiway station when a big express steam train came hurtling through. i managed to persuade mom to let me stay at the railway station each evening while she went to get her god fix. i was there each evening till it got dark... train spotting. my idea of heaven.

  can you imagine an 11 year old kid alone all evening on a station platform these days ?
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  "Are natural disasters a sign of the times?" -- Yes, says WT

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. watchtower
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  yes, bible prophecies suggest that there would be disasters during “the conclusion of the system of things,” or “the last days.” (matthew 24:3; 2 timothy 3:1) for example, concerning our time, jesus said: “there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another.” (matthew 24:7).

  that from their website this morning.. i see how they've morphed (by interpretation) food shortages and earthquakes into virtually all bad happenings today.. i'll bet if the "blue bonnet" (one elder's fractured pronunciation of bubonic during a public talk, using it not once but three times) plague, one of which happened nearly 700 years ago -- was going on today, it would be a sign of the times.

  after all, it "caused the death of 60% of the population of europe".. no natural devastation like that seen since..

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  stan livedeath

  food shortages---yep--that would be a sign of the times. all times.
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  Anyone notice how only some JWs are on FB or social media

  by rockemsockem in

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  i notice only about half the people i knew in the borg are on social media.

  anyone else notice this?.

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  stan livedeath

  I had a Facebook a/c ...Stan Livedeath...with 100's of existing friends...Facebook closed it down. I expect someone ..a dub? complained it was a fake
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  1969 bound vol set

  by rockemsockem in

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  so i picked up a 1969 bound vol set of awake and tower for 9 bucks.

  cheap.

  the away has some strange articles in it about the end being so close the graduating kids will never need to worry about retirement ect.

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  stan livedeath

  9 bucks ( whatever that is ) could have bought something more worthwhile surely ? a couple of beers ?
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  Fifty years ago today: One quote to demolish the Watchtower

  by JeffT in

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  i did not have any connection to jw's when they published this, about two weeks before i graduated from high school.

  i'm now on medicare and collecting social security.

  so much for their ability to see into the future.

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  stan livedeath

  Actually all this started well before that 1969 magazine. I remember 6 years before listening to DO ron drage hammering this subject in a talk at an assembly. I was 16..i gave up my job and went pioneering
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  Fifty years ago today: One quote to demolish the Watchtower

  by JeffT in

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  i did not have any connection to jw's when they published this, about two weeks before i graduated from high school.

  i'm now on medicare and collecting social security.

  so much for their ability to see into the future.

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  stan livedeath

  I was 21 then married almost a year and had not long stopped pioneering..utterly fed up with it and just staying in the cult to please wife and parents. Armageddon coming soon.? Bring it on.
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  Let's Talk Horror Movies

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  horror is easily my favourite genre of movie so i just thought i'd start a thread on it.. horror can be done badly and there are plenty of crap horror movies, no doubt about that.

  but horror can also be done very well, too - often on a low budget.. plus, there are quite a lot of subgenres - slasher, supernatural, monster movies, body horror, psychological horror, zombie, vampire, etc.. so, do you like horror?.

  what's your favourite subgenre?.

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  stan livedeath

  i cant be bothered with horror films. they dont scare me--i just think they are stupid. and i wouldnt call some mentioned on here as horror at all.

  jaws for instance. suspense--yes--horror no. watched it loads of times. gets better each time.
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  Stories on Nathan Knorr.

  by Holden Caufield in

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  what was nathan knorr like?.

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  stan livedeath

  i remember when he made a "surprise " visit to the UK.

  the congregation had to organise a coach at short notice to get us to London one weekday evening--probably about 1964 . it was at a big open venue--maybe twickers. he gave a very interesting talk--called---- " you must not forget"

  he kept repeating that--as a sort of punchline "you must not forget"

  ive never forgot that. no idea what he was on about though.
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  Questions for Cart Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  a revised list...feel free to add some questions.

  how well do you know your organization's history?

  1. do you know how long watchtower has been predicting the immanence of armageddon and the end of this system of things?

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  stan livedeath

  i'd love it if a cart attendant replied

  " dont ask me mate--i'm just sat 'ere minding this cart in case somebody tries to pinch it "

  or even better--if the dub-botherer persists with questions---and gets the reply--

  " aah-fuck off "