Posts by Esse quam videri

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I am a proud Jehovah's Witness Defender

by Matthew Jefferson in

my name is matthew j and i have just ended my study with the jehovah's witnesses.

no, i did not stop studying because i believe the jehovah's witnesses are a 'cult', i left due to the minor beliefs that i hold that remain separate from the organization.

i called my elder who is still an amazing man and great counselor, affirming that i do not wish to continue my studying.

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sir82 ...No, they save that part until after you are baptized as a JW.

That's right. Go back, get baptized and then leave.

Come back and tell us how that worked out.

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Library now cleared out

by UnshackleTheChains in

well, it looks like the axe has finally fallen on our kh library.

during a deep clean of the local kh, a brother suddenly informed everyone 'whikst cleaning' that all the old books including bound volumes of the watchtower etc was to be chucked in the skip.. from what i heard, some were taken aback by this and quite annoyed that no announcement was made; that no one was given the choice of taking some of these books home to keep.

i mean the entire collection of studies in the scriptures and others that go back an entire century.

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" However, no books should be taken out of the Kingdom Hall. And, of course, we want to handle the books carefully and not make any marks in them."

Except, of course, when we take everything printed before 2000 and throw them in the shredder.

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My conversation with a crucified man

by TerryWalstrom in

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(what follows is an excerpt from my new book (available in a month or so:a funny thing happened to me on my way to armageddon)______.

crucified by salvador dalihave you ever met anybody who’s been crucified?

and no--it wasn’t a religious delusion on my part.

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Interesting story Terry. Your manner of relating it made it come alive. Excellent writing skills.

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JW's will NOT like the first months of life in the Paradise! (University Research)

by fulltimestudent in

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have you ever wondered (when you were an active believer) what life would be like immediately after the big a?.

in my experience of the pre-big a spiritual paradise most witnesses were aware of the problem posed by the dead bodies of those slain by the bloody minded, would-be mass murderer jesus.

most liked to quote the author of the revelation, that carrion birds would eat the carcasses.

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They may all be turned into pillars of salt.

or

Did not Franz suggest Jehovah using anti-matter? Much better for all involved. Maybe Jehovah can anti-memory minds so JW's will not even remember them. The former things have passed away, not rotted away.

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Amelia hi,

by zeb in

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our canaries have hatched, grown and this am are flying (sort of) around the aviary!.

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My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2bUjmYqpec

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Long time no see

by caballoSentado in

hi friends,.

checking the board after a long time... here is an update (my native language is spanish, so bear with me)... my daugter is now 18 and officially a commercial pilot!, she got her dreams fulfilled... my oldest son (an industrial engineer) in living and working for a big bank in canada (toronto) after studying a master in admnistration there, and my other son is doing very well and now owns two companies (he studied economics in one of the best universities in my country, perú)... i have just returned from a travel all over europe with my dear wife (30 days, 12 countries and 20+ cities)... so we left the jw in 2001 over the un scandal... and here we are.

have a nice day all of you.

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How does an 18 year old qualify to be a commercial pilot? I hope she just transports cargo and not people.

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Serious Problems Between Elders

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

ever encountered or eyewitnessed problems escalating, arguements and rows between elders right at the kh anyone?.

one such experience was just before the meeting was about to start,we heard raised voices from the second room between two elders.

a minute later two other elders went into the room and we could all hear that they were trying to cool the situation down with whatever was going on in there.

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i was treading on eggshells around that elder for weeks.

i would have been the same way when I attended. Now? I would have ripped a strip off his hide and he would be treading on eggshells around me, for a very long time.

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Why is Jesus Depicted as the Warrior at Armageddon on just a Horse with a Bow and Arrow ?

by RubaDub in

i never understood this.

the wt depicts jesus, the all powerful one to destroy evil, being depicted as using a bow and arrow from a horse.

that seems like something from medieval times.. in todays world of nuclear bombs, precision laser directed bombs and advanced military technology, does a bow and arrow really put a fear into anyone?.

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Just a bow and arrow.

When a bullet goes into a human body, that is gruesome. But, by God, when an arrow goes into a person, that is beyond gruesome. I have seen it and it is not easily forgotten.

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