Posts by BluesBrother

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A warm welcome to the many newbies who have joined and posted these past months .

by smiddy3 in

it is truly heartwarming to see so many new ones sign up to this site as most of us know it can be quite stressful at first ,because of the indoctrination we have all gone through in going on apostate sites .. the guilt ,paranoia ,fear , apprehension ,even being a judas fear, all unnatural fears put on us by a mind controlling cult.. that wants us to be captives of there religious interpretations about the bible.. however this and other sites like it are the only way we can find out about {the truth about the truth} ttatt.. welcome everybody..

BluesBrother

Welcome to all newbies and curious lurkers , the open minded , the doubting dubs, the "Bible Studies " of Witnesses who want to check it out....... in short anybody who ventures onto this site. Stay around.

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Staying a Jehovah's Witness

by lriddle80 in

jw
friends

why the shunning if someone leaves?

why are they working so hard to keep everyone in?

is it money?

BluesBrother

It is possible to leave and not be shunned, many of us have done it.

It takes a sloooooow fade and guarded speech in the company of dubs.

In the U K the elders are so non caring that they leave you alone and r and f members only shun if they hear an announcement .

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Did Jesus die on a stake or pole?

by sweetyj in

we already know how jws will respond ( on a pole).

but i found an article that talks about jws views on how jesus died.

i didn't know that there was a time when jws accepted the cross unlike now.

BluesBrother

That was an excellent article linked by Sweetyj in the o/p. It explains very clearly the use of ancient language and the fact that a word's original meaning is not necessarily the correct understanding. E.g. an obvious example would be if I were to write that, I was feeling gay today, just a few years ago it would have meant that I was happy and lighthearted........... but you all know how you would understand it today....

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Who can help me download the Korea 2019 regional convention video?

by leeeunseo in

jw
friends

deer brothers .

who can help me download the korea 2019 regional convention video?.

i really need it.. please help me.. thanks.. i’m chinese .

BluesBrother

That is the pre convention trailer..... if our friend wanted the actual sessions, I don't know. I couldn't get them in English. Only available through JW Stream with an access code that is fiercely guarded by elders.

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Another Million dollar verdict against Jehovah's Witnesses

by Tenacious in

full story here.

BluesBrother

Quote:

"Inside a courthouse in Thompson Falls, Montana, the Jehovah's Witnesses organization in September suffered its greatest court defeat in a U.S. childsex abuse case."

If it was September, it is not this year. I wonder when?

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More fear-mongering in Nov. 2019 WT

by neat blue dog in

first of all, there's a new imaginary picture of jws during the great tribulation:.

then there's a picture of a jw family refusing to listen to "apostate lies" via pre-programed, self imposed information control:.

the description says:.

BluesBrother

Joey Jo Jo said.

"Ever since I was a kid in the seventies we were taught to expect persecution and a general expectation that as gods chosen ones that life would be tough."

I was a young man then, I recall stirring WT studies based on Habakukk foretelling hardships and persecution soon............

I hid a Bible carefully in our then house, for the hard times ahead when lit. Would surely be confiscated. I wonder if it is still there?

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Ridiculous refusion of blood transfusions

by Uditha Jayatunga in

i had an encounter with a jehova's witness at my doorstep.

i challenged them on blood transfusions.

later i looked at jw website too.

BluesBrother

This whole fractions thing muddied the water for me long before I quit.

They forbid blood, red cells , white cells , plasma and platelets .... but allow any "" smaller" fractions.

Where did that come from? The Governing Body, that's who. Admittedly imperfect human men.

Witnesses give their lives for the rule of men, not the rule of God.

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Need Help: My Correspondence with the Headquarters

by Lobsto in

a month ago i sent a letter to the us branch about 607. my purpose for sending it was because i wanted to show to my parents through the letters the truth behind the date system.

two days ago, i received a response from them.

i think this is gonna be the first of many.

BluesBrother

Debates about 587/607 have been going on longer than I can remember and both sides are still entrenched in their views. All I know is that such dates are debatable , to say the least, and no basis for Christian faith or hopes for an imminent New World.

Anyway it is good to see Doug Mason back, and Scholar too, this board has missed your level of discussions.

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