Posts by TheListener

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Why Jehovah's Witnesses are not "God's Organization" Part I (Good News)

by rassillon in

i hope to have more installments but i don't know when i will finish them...;).

i apologize for the massive quoting which will make this post excessively long.

i have highlighted the important parts.. .

TheListener

Nice write up. That must have taken you a lot of time. Thank you for putting effort into that.

When I've discussed this subject with a dub they answer from an emotional place and not a logical one. The Good News to them isn't the Good News that Paul discusses, rather it's the fact that soon God will destroy the wicked and the earth will become a paradise. Is that the official Good News that JWs proclaim? No. Your write up shows that. Plus the umpteen other articles that tell JWs that seving God for life in paradise earth is wrong.

The dubs don't listen - not even to 'mother'. The WT has learned not to be too specific in things like this.

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MRS EVIL GETS 14 YEARS

by Kent in

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here is another story about the "loving" jws and child custody.. a wicked foster mum who brutalised, tortured and starved three children over almost two decades was jailed for 14 years yesterday.

TheListener

Or as the Order of the Dominicans once said "Kill them all and let God sort them out" - ok not an exact quote but close enough. The exact quote is supposedly "Kill them all and God will know his own" - it just doesn't carry the punch of the modern version.

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JW email making the rounds - feeling guilt for not doing enough in service

by truthseeker in

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this is making the rounds.... the third danger that also involves feelings of guilt, not for doing what's wrong, but for not doing enough in our service to jehovah god.

do we have reason to feel guilty?

why would we feel guilty?

TheListener

I believe more emails of this type should be circulated. The dubs need to have someone in the organization who they view as spiritual tell them that it is ok to slack off.

If enough of these types of emails go around the GB will get serious about banning jw related emails unless they are of a direct personal nature.

imho

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lurker for seven years

by snowbird in

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i am new here so please bear with me.

i have been a lurker for the past seven years.

i am waiting until.

TheListener

Welcome Snowbird.

Congratulations on your daughter. Please don't wait 7 more years to post again.

Do you still actively attend the kh? Does anyone know how you feel?

I think it's great that you found a place to read, listen, and experience together with others who understand your situation.

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We need to contribute so JWD doesn't shut down so often

by restrangled in

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i suggest we all contribute $5.00 to $10.00 per year so that the site does not shut down on a regular basis.. this would allow simon to hire a server site that is reliable.

i have never seen a site go down so often.. if simon is in agreement and you are too, would you post here ?.

my husband hosts many sites including huge hotels for the government.

TheListener

This site saved my sanity and most probably any semblance of a normal life that I currently have.

I would be in - if it was anonymous. I want this site to be here when my friends and family eventually wake up.

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Who the hell is J. J. Luna?

by Highlander in

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j.j. luna is the author of the book.. 'how to be invisible'.

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in the book, this author refers to using jw's for your cleaning services because of their rep as being honest and maintaining your privacy.. does anyone here know this author and if so,, was this author a former or current j-dub?.

TheListener

If you read his bio he could be a witness. My guess is that he is a dub:

From Canary Islands Press Website (bio of J J Luna):

In 1959, J. J. (Jack) Luna sold his outdoor advertising business in the Upper Midwest and moved with his wife and small children to the Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa. Outwardly, he was a professional writer and photographer. Secretly, he worked underground in an activity that was at that time illegal under the regime of Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
In 1970 Franco, yielding to intense pressure from the western world, moderated Spain's laws, leaving Luna free to come in from the cold. By that time, however, privacy had become an ingrained habit. In the years that followed he started up various low-profile businesses, built them up and then sold them.

Luna is currently an international consultant specializing in personal privacy. He usually meets with individual clients or small groups at one of the waterfront hotels in Vancouver, British Columbia

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Hi

by Missanna in

hey i just joined here i have finally got up the courage to start doing research for myself since i've left the "truth" just wanted to introduce myself and say hi.

my name is anna and i got out of the org.

almost a year ago.

TheListener

Welcome MIssanna.

It's nice to have you with us.

You will get a lot of great advice. I look forward to reading your thoughts about the various topics.

Good luck.

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Hi Everyone I'm new here

by debilee in

hello everyone, my name is debi.

dfd for 2 weeks.

i don't know if i'll fit in here but i would like to give it a try.

TheListener

Welcome Debilee. I am glad you signed up.

You will get a lot of good advice here. It's so nice to have a listening ear that understands exactly what you've gone through.

Stay strong and I wish you the best of luck. I would love to hear more of your story.

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I heard a term describes disfellowshipping to a "T"

by JeffT in

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i can't find the exact quote (i'll keep looking) but charles swindoll said of church discipline "we're the only outfit i know of that shoots its own wounded.

i think that is a very apt way to say what jw's do.

about twenty years ago a relative was diagnosed as bipolar.

TheListener

I absolutely love that. I will definitely be using that with my wife.

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Watchtower to Sell 6 Brooklyn Heights Properties

by DannyHaszard in

watchtower to sell 6 brooklyn heights properties.

brooklyn daily eagle, ny -7 minutes ago.

... residential and all in brooklyn heights, according to david semonian, a spokesperson for the watchtower society, also known as the jehovahs witnesses.

TheListener

So this one time I was staying at 34 Orange and this horrible pee smell started coming from the air conditioner....

I'm glad the powers that be are getting out of Brooklyn. I want them to appear more cultish to those that are unfamiliar with them. A farm or compound in New Jersey or New York State looks and sounds more cultic that many clean buildings in Brooklyn Heights.

I had too much to drink It's not relevant to anyone but me.

I also have all of my bethel paperwork. Including several (and different versions) copies of Dwelling In Unity and phone listings. If it would help expose the WT I'm sure my sober self could find a way to get copies to other people.