Hi Tweetybird! Nice of you to drop a note.
GBL
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i cant get this red to change on here.
im glad to be here.
Hi Tweetybird! Nice of you to drop a note.
GBL
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9363363/inside_scientology
an in depth article about the church of scientology at rollingstone.com.
very good article.
From all I've read ex-Scientologists are even more screwed up than ex-Dubs are. Its all those mind Thetans constantly floating around in their brains making them doubt..
GBL
i am half way through the book and am finding some surprising information.
i was always told that the gb met on wed. and prayed before considering their decisions on things, but was i surprised that different ones were given the assignments and to use if they wanted other "worldly" written things and then were off on their own to work independantly or w/another to come up w/the book, etc.. also, the malawi and mexico difference in treatment.
brothers lied to escape military service in mexico.
The Mexico/Malawi fiasco made me want to don a long black trench coat and shoot up some GB members. I'm not joking. I was sick to the point of nausea from reading about that stuff. I had to pace around my house for over an hour just to calm down. All I could see was red.
GBL
Some long time dedicated ex-dubs for whatever reason don't post here anymore and the board hasn't been as interesting since, IMO. That's life I guess.
GBL
while i was in high school in the mid 60's i was told that the end was so near that i would not get to graduate from high school so i should not be concerned about being drafted due to the war in vietnam.
well i got drafted but did not pass my physical due to a medical problem.. i then considered go to school in the late 60's to enter the medical field.
i was encouraged by the elders not to do this because the end is so near and why get schooling for a profession that you will not need in a few years?
Welcome to the board TBTS!
This is the first I've ever heard about a sign stating the number of months that were left to '75. Has anyone else heard of this or seen it? Crazy..
GBL
i haven't been posting so much recently, but it's not because i've had enough of you all.
actually it's for a good reason.. my firm enrolled me on a home study course in a field similar to my current career but slightly more advanced.. ironically, several weeks after me enrolling on the course, they announced my department is being outsourced to india and we are all to loose our jobs at the end of march.. strangely enough, i'm not too worried about that, it's happened to me 3 times before with the same firm and i always found something else.
in fact, i might not even bother.
Glad to hear you're doing well Ballistic!
GBL
i was reading e-watchman today and someone there is saying that after studying the what does the bible really teach book at bookstudies the next book will be the revelation book!!!.
there isn't any real proof, but the poster claimed a letter from bethel stated this.
perhaps some here can dig around and confirm or deny this new rumor.. we've studied it 3 times in the past and it's been awhile.
This is good news. The first study of the Revelation book got me out of the Watchtower mentally. There's still hope for the kids.
GBL
ok so i read in walter martin's the kingdom of the cults how he claims to use the following method to give a testimony to jehovah's witnesses who come to his door periodically, and frankly i find it a bit dubious, despite his claims that he has successfully done it many times.
he calls this method "subliminal seeding" (pg.
487-8) [a dubious title already]:.
I think a hilarious way to freak out some J-dubs would be to start praying for them and slip some info on the UN fiasco, dub blood policy, dub failed prophecies, ect. into the prayer.
I would pray and peek to see that hysterical scared shitless deer-in-the-headlights face they always get. Good times.
GBL
it's -35 degrees celcius here.
with the windchill, it's -45 (that's -49 farenheit for those in the us).
had to let the truck warm up for a good 10 minutes today, and it was solid as a rock (yes, it was plugged in).
-27 here, -34 with the wind chill. I feel your pain.
GBL
hiya im natasha, ive had a study b4 with the jws but im not a baptized jw!
i would like 2 start back up with a study and im lookin for a friendship/relationship with a jw boy to help me through it!
tasha.
How about a nice apostate boy? Someone you can go for walks with, watch sunset's with, laugh your asses off at the Revelation book with.. you know, usual boyfriend girlfriend stuff?
GBL