Topics Started by rebel8
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16Article Allegedly Makes End of the World Predictions re 2034
by rebel8 ini saw someone post about a march 2005 wts publication making thinly veiled threats predictions about 'the end' coming in 2034. now i can't find the thread.
i had heard some talk about this previously, but then was told it was a hoax....wts supposedly had not said anything about it.
then i heard this week a publication just came out that does say it.
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News Article: "No Person Left Unpestered"
by rebel8 infrom the syracuse new times, 2/23/05:.
"no person left unpestered .
jehovah's witnesses in dearborn, mich., have been learning arabic as part of an effort to convert muslims.
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Do you feel bad for all the things you did as a JW?
by rebel8 in.
i do: shunning df/da'ers and others i was told were "weak" or "bad association"telling on fellow dubs to the elderscalling the rc church and being hostile/rude while demanding they remove my name as a parishoneranything and everything i did in field service and informal witnessingintentionally having a distant relationship with my "unbelieving" dad and other relativestelling my relatives i was planning on going to bethel, which broke their hearts (of course i never went, because it was a lie--my mom made me say that sh-t)sitting during the pledge of allegiance/national anthem or during prayers when attending funerals/weddings in other churches (imo it's intentionally disrespectful--obnoxious--why make the point of being in the room and then disrupt--they should just leave the room if they can't be polite)being judgementalparticipating in the kh grapevineobeying my jw whack mother's rules and all the other jw rules, and tolerating mental abuse--i feel guilty for not displaying basic self respect.allowing my mother to continue spanking me until i was 18, again which showed lack of self-respect (lol, on my high school graduation day, she tried to punch me and i held her hands back, said, "you are never going to hit me again.
" younger sibs clapped!
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Getting your Congregation Record Destroyed
by rebel8 ina while back, there was a discussion about dfing and asking the elders to remove records of yourself ever having been a jw, publisher records, etc.
i responded that i didn?t believe there was a legal basis to force the records to be removed.
i can't find the thread and don't remember who started it....whoever you are, here's some interesting info for you!
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Reducing Contact w/Jehovah's Witnesses in the US--Tips
by rebel8 inneighborhood preaching: post a ?no trespassing?
sign at your home.
click here to view a letter from the wts instructing "publishers" not to visit homes with no tresspassing signs on them:
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Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All the Flock book
by rebel8 inmaybe i'm dreaming, but......is anyone out there willing to scan the book and sell the scan to us ex-non-elders?
i would love to have a copy of the whole thing....i'm sure others would, too.
i scour ebay, but no luck.
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Ebay auction of book listing NGOs
by rebel8 inhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&category=378&item=4528502177&rd=1
?the book at auction is the 1997-1998 directory of non-governmental organizations associated with the department of public information.
opening bid is $1000!
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need copy of brochure "What do JW's Believe"
by rebel8 ini need this for a project i'm working on.
if you are willing to scan the entire brochure, including cover, please email it to me at [email protected]
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Ex JW T-Shirts & Merchandise
by rebel8 ini created some t-shirts and other stuff for myself to celebrate being an ex-jw, and thought i would share them.
they can be found here: https://www.cafepress.com/escapewts.
it's a color logo depicting rapunzel (from the fairy tale) escaping from her tower, with the caption "escaped from the 'tower".
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