Just looking back on all these posts from years ago. Had forgotten about this one, and thought I'd bump it. :)
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"It's The Truth!" (A Poetic Retrospective of the Watchtower Society)
by Confession in"it's the truth!
i think this just might be the truth
lets all just believe its the truth!
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Shun Run 2014: Show Courage, Don't Shun
by rawe inour third annual shun run will be held again at 10am at papago park, tempe, az on saturday, april 12th.
this is a low-key public event that all who wish to see an end to organizational-induced shunning can join in.
lecture room on floor 4 at 2:00pm.. as part of this event, i write a letter to sdb:ssy, the otherwise anonymous jw author who informed me about the df'ing announcement in my case.
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I'll be there again this year! A thought: if any of you have former JW friends in Arizona, please ask them if they know about the Shun Run and send them a link to this page. We'd love to see 30 to 40 this year.
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Shun Run 2013
by rawe ini am the organizer of the chandler, az ex-jw meetup group.
last year our group organized a "shun run".
nine of us walked and ran to bring attention to the issue of shunning.
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I will definitely be participating in this year's Shun Run, and am looking forward to it! There was a time when I identified with Steve2's initial perspective. For instance, when I first came to this site, I was concerned about the way people expressed themselves, feeling that we should take extra special care not to be seen in the way the Watchtower Society frames "apostates." While it's true I'd still *prefer* not to be cast in that light, I also don't wish to allow this organization's delusions of power to have any effect on my decisions or behavior.
While I enjoy meeting with our little ex-JW group and chatting with the new ones who come, I don't feel any special calling to create a ministry or outreach for troubled or doubting Witnesses. I tend to think that active JWs, faced with red-faced ex-JWs, jumping up and down and calling them names, will mostly use the experience to further bind them to the WTS. But that doesn't mean that pleasant-but-respectfully-critical efforts can't have a positive impact at some point with some. In the story it was a little boy who, with very few words and very little effort, helped a whole city realize that the emperor wore no clothes. The emperor deserved to be faced with that fact. So does the Watchtower Society. Most JWs will scoff; some may be moved to a thought they never had before.
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Meet a friend of mine: G.K.Chesterton
by Terry ini love the mind of g.k.chesterton!.
he has a wonderful way of looking at things and then getting you to see them by saying something simple.. chesterton was a very creative man who was able to take on every subject with wit and turn things inside out.. as wiki describes him:.
he wrote on philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction.. .
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"Are you going to convey your meaning to me by moving your ears?" Lol!
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My son's heart is broken
by ruderedhead ini'm sure someone here has experienced this before.
please help me help my son.
his wife of 15 months told him last night that she needs her space, that what she wanted 1 year ago isn't the same as what she wants now.
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I too recognize we all have the right to seek our own happiness, and sometimes that means moving away from a relationship. As a man, your son may note something frustrating: When a man decides to leave a woman, the indignant cries of "jerk" or "asshole" are louder and more plentiful. When a woman leaves a man, the response, while often sympathetic, tends to be a bit more understanding that (shrug) "you know, you can't MAKE someone love you" and "get over it, man."
Well, ultimately, we *do* need to get over it. From experience I can say that these things can make a great contribution to a person's emotional maturity and self-reliance, making it much easier to cope with other disappointments in the future. I hope that a reconcilliation is possible for your son, but if not I hope he's stronger for the experience.
Love
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I believe in miracles...
by Confession indid you as a jw?
on this subject i have considered the perspective of many jws (and plenty of others) pretty ridiculous--both now and when i was a zealous jw.
consider this fictitious (but fairly realistic) interview.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
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Great Leaping Jehovah...
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S.F. Giants vs. Detroit Tigers in World Series ! Who Do You Pick to Win ?
by flipper ini'm flyin' high right about now !
my san francisco giants came back beat cincinnati 3 games to 2 after being down 2-0 and tonight they came back and beat st. louis 4 games to 3 after being down 3-1 !
and we had tornados in northern california in a powerful storm while this was going down tonight !
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Tigers to win! (Former Detroit boy here...)
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HOLY SPIRIT CONVERSATION STOPPERS...
by Confession ini just posted this on another thread, but thought i'd give it its own.
i hope some of the language is not offensive to anyone.. ----------------------------.
holy spirit conversations stoppers.... if someone asks why certain decisions are made in the congregation, perhaps you could say.... "jehovah's holy spirit is "guding and directing" the body of elders.".
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I read you, Mamochan. It's kind of like the plan of action JWs can fall into if someone criticizes the organization...
1) Accuse them of not understanding how the organization really works. "Why, if you want to know something about Jehovah's Witnesses, ask one of Jehovah's Witnesses!"
2) When you find out they were JWs and understand things just fine, tell them their perspective has been perverted and their 'minds blinded.'
3) If you start to think they might be right, get worried, feel fear, try to suppress your thoughts and accuse these ones of apostasy.
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The Watchtower's new "Cerebral Cortex Companion"
by Confession injust posted this on another thread, but thought i'd give it it's own..... ---------------------------------------------------------------------.
letter to all congregations of jehovah's witnesses worldwide.. dear brothers,.
for many years now some among us have apparently felt the spiritual food provided by the faithful and discreet slave is not good enough.
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I think so too, Phizzy.