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  Ozzie's weekend Poll #143 - Those experiences sessions!

  by ozziepost in

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  dear fellow posters,

  we are pleased to advise that mrs ozzie has qualified to serve in the polltaking department.

  how pleased we are to see true posters reaching out for further privileges of posting!

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  Goldminer

  5.Oh no,here we go again

  Ok,so this good-lookin' guy in his late 20's is still single,working full-time making well over $100 000 CDN/YR,yet he's unhappy because he's not pionneering!!!!!!!!!! So he quits the high-paying job that didn't bring him happiness,while his boss begs him to stay,even offering more money,but NO,the humble servant of Jehovah wants to move way up north to the tundra of northern onatrio to serve where the need is greater.

  I've met a few of these people over the years.Sooner or later they all go back where they came from.But I guess if the WTS can fool a few into believing they should be pioneers they've accomplished what they set out to do.

  Goldminer
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  In an attempt to lighten the mood around here...

  by Billygoat in

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  ...i thought i'd share this joke.

  it was getting a little crowded in heaven, so god decided to change the admittance policy.

  the new law was that in order to get into heaven, you had to have a really bummer day on the day that you died.

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  Goldminer

  Hahahhaaa! Hey good one,I gotta try to remember that one.
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  Are JW's Self-righteous?

  by Honesty in

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  a good friend who is a police officer told me last night that he believes a lot of the jw's he has met through the years in his line of work are extremely self-righteous.

  i didn't have much of a reply but it did get me thinking about what he said.

  so, what do you guys think?

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  Goldminer

  I believe most of them are and very few are truly humble people.Almost everybody has a story or two(ok,many stories) about some self-righteous jw.The sad part is they don't even realize they are,just living in their bubble of righteousness.

  Goldminer
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  WT Article on Mennonites - Wow... Double Standards

  by indoubt in

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  2. beliefs

  i usually don't read wt or awakes, but i stumbled on an article that shows the borg's two-facedness.. the article talks about a group of mennonites that had doubts about their religion and wanted to study with the jws.

  after the first paragraph, i realized that i had felt exactly like those poor mennonites when i decided to study the jw's history.

  let me explain... i have scanned some parts of the articles: .

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  Goldminer

  I glanced at that article as well and I also was struck with the similarities to the jw's...hypocrites!
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: How Their Subculture is Fading Away.

  by metatron in

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  i am old enough to remember the days when conventions lasted many long days and large.

  numbers of brothers were employed in preparing hot meals served on trays, army-style.

  also recall how good these steam cooked meals tasted - and how policemen, assigned to.

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  Goldminer

  Great write-up Met!

  I always enjoy reading your material.I'm anxious to see the downfall of the WTS.

  btw,I noticed you didn't predict a date for the end of the WTS.-LOL

  Goldminer
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  just read 'crisis of conscience' by Ray Franz...

  by Lynne Y in

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  unbelievable.... matters presented were really disturbing and hurting... not that information presented in this book is new, but i didn't think it could be this bad... .

  especially thins one.. a letter written by the society to all circuit and district overseers.

  (p.293)keep in mind that to be disfellowshipped, an apostate does not have to be a promoter of apostate views.

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  Goldminer

  Hey Lynne,

  I also really enjoyed CoC.Now get the book In Search of Christian Freedom,it goes into more details about many issues.
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  My story - part One.

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  2. experiences

  i have never posted my story on jwd and it was only recently that it occured to me that i should really make more of an effort to; here is the first part....sorry if its longwinded.... .

  i was brought up in the borg from the age of 18 months old and as you can understand i have known little else.

  previous to being in the truth my mother was an unwanted child and beaten by her mother, sure enough she fell into an abusive relationship with my father which left her with minus zero confidence and on the verge of a nervous breakdown; apparently my mum was considering throwing us both off a railway bridge she was that depressed and to her there was no point in living.

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  Sounds like an upbringing from hell;but probably considered normal among jw's.I feel for you man and look forward to part 2.

  Goldminer
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  Ok...so then here is my 'proper' intro ;)

  by Rubyvixen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i actually have been reading these forums for about two years now and just decided to finally register.

  where does one go to make a proper intro post?

  edit: alrighty then, i guess i will do my little intro here.

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  Goldminer

  Hi Ruby,

  A nice big welcome from northern ontario! I bet you could tell us a few interesting stories from your jw life.Anyways hang around,there are lots of interesting people here.

  Goldminer
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  Allow myself to introduce....myself

  by pele38 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i must say, i never thought that i would see the day when i would find a site about disillusioned (mostly) jehovah's witnesses, but low and behold...one truly exists.

  first let me start off by saying thank you to the creators of this site, and i'll have you know that i've been lurking for several days now and i am just finding the time to finally log on.

  i've been a member of the borg for over 20 years now, been baptised for about 14 of those years and now i find myself in the most unusual of places.

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  Goldminer

  Hey!Welcome pele38!

  Nice to have you join us.There are many here in the same boat as you.Myself I've been fading for 6 years now,my wife is making hard for me though.If you think the WTS might have the truth,read Crisis of Conscience and In Search of Christian Freedom by Raymond Franz.All your doubts will be erased and I guarantee you I won't be the last one to recommend you read those books.

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  Who all here was personally helped by JWD

  by Ticker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was and i am ever thankful to this board and all the wonderful members on it that have contributed to my freedom.

  thankyou all so much and i think i might be becoming a jwd addict.

  i love this board it is so helpful.

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  Goldminer

  I have found this board very helpful.I started fading in 1999 but it's been very hard with my wife.For years I kept it all inside,unable to vent without being called an apostate.After a while I didn't talk about it anymore and just let build up inside.When I signed up last year,I really needed a release and this site has been the best.

  Reading Crisis of Conscience and In Search of Christian Freedom has also helped a lot.

  Thank you everybody here for accepting me the way I am and for being yourselves also.

  Goldminer