Greeting restrangled,
I've enjoyed your candor about Florida, that you've posted recently and in the past. Your experience and description(s) in living there are ones I'd take great stock in, were I to consider moving there. You sure don't "candy-coat" life in Florida like so many have. Thanks.
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i'll never forget the assembly in madison, wi.
where some poor sap had to tell everyone that he had become addicted to porno on the net, but through much prayerful contemplation and after confessing to the elders he was able to come to "grips" with it.. good luck to that guy with ever getting a fine sister to marry him.. poor guy.
i really felt sorry for him.
Re: Moments at the District Assembly You'll Never Forget...
I was in the middle of many a deep sleep, when those idiots applause woke me up & scared the spots off me.
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here it is guys.
this is what darth frosty was talking about in his post the other day (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/149460/1.ashx).
this is a collection of confidential letters from the watchtower society that were sent to the bodies of elders in the years 1981 through 2006. these are the letters that you were never meant to see or read.. there's all sorts of information in them ranging from the boring and mundian to instructions about how to handle child molesters.. many thanks to darth frosty and others (who i'm not sure can be named) who worked very hard and took risks to collect and scan the information.
Greetings Elsewhere,
You guys are nothing short of amazing. ^ 5's & thanks to all who had a hand in this daunting task.
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here it is guys.
this is what darth frosty was talking about in his post the other day (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/149460/1.ashx).
this is a collection of confidential letters from the watchtower society that were sent to the bodies of elders in the years 1981 through 2006. these are the letters that you were never meant to see or read.. there's all sorts of information in them ranging from the boring and mundian to instructions about how to handle child molesters.. many thanks to darth frosty and others (who i'm not sure can be named) who worked very hard and took risks to collect and scan the information.
I can't get it to work either. HELP!
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my uncle was baptised 50 years ago.
he was made an elder a few years later.. started a new congregation with the help of another elder.. has been married for over 50 years.. only missed a meeting due to being in the hospital a few days.. attends all out of town conventions no matter where it's held.. reads only watchtower material.
doesn't watch any television other than the news.. pioneers all year long since retired.. only visits witness friends and congregation members.. still gives public talks,is watchtower conductor and book study conductor.. didn't attend his father's funeral because it was held in a catholic church..
Attention, Ready, Aim,.............
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are you the type of person that believes everything a person says?.
typically, my radar goes up, especially if a person either brags about all his or her accomplishments or tells you a sob story about how awful their life is.. i was reading here today about how some posters have been upset with others for either feeling someone is fraudulent or is uncaring or caring too much.. the funny thing is that most of us never really know who or what a person/poster is all about.
they could be perfectly upfront and tell you everything in a most truthful way or they could be conning you.
Greetings Min,
You're full of it. Just kidding. Hey happy New Year to you.
Your old pal
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you have probably heard that scripture at 1co 15:33. that is the one that bad associations spoil useful habits.
however, they are not applying it correctly when they mean that people should only associate with those in the inner circle of the organization.. in my experience, some of the worst association i have ever seen was within the congregation of jehovah's witlesses.
these people have destroyed many a useful habit of mine.
Greetings WTW,
The points you make about their association is the same kind of thing I've experienced while within their ranks. My wife and I continue to ask ourselves why the hell it took so long for us to get away from those hypocritical asses.
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well lets get off to a good start for the year by using jesus to justify staying with your abusive husband:.
thursday, january 3. when [jesus] was being reviled, he did not go reviling in return.
when he was suffering, he did not go threatening.-1 pet.
One side note on the "submissiveness" charade Watchtower attempts to promote. One really not need worry in that, it's one of Watchtowers doctrines that's get promoted as a cornerstone teaching, but, rarely or never is it ever practiced.
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even when i was a believing jw, i began to really dislike those fake assembly resolutions.
my biggest complaint was that we weren't given any time to think about them before we were called on to agree.
i thought they were pretty meaningless and stopped responding to them.
Re: Assembly Resolutions
Just another convention (what else do we have to do) time waister, and more Watchtower grandstanding that amounts to zilch.
yknot If you did that, you did the right thing, and I too, would have enjoyed seeing you do that. Especially with my mind set today
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it's my first jwd birthday today and i just wanted to say a hug thank you to everyone on this board.. i am so glad i joined here, looking back over the last year i know i've come a long way.
i started out here knowing it wasnt the truth but not sure where to go or what to do.
throughout this year i've learnt so much about myself and feel i am finally being the person i want to be.
Congrats free2think. This place is mind expanding, loaded with many cool people. I too have learned much.
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