Posts by Robert K Stock

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did they ATTEMPT to save you

by tijkmo in

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when you were before a judicial commitee for whatever reason...did they try to get you to see the error of your ways and thus save you from destruction at the big a...or were they just happy to let you die.. .

i have a theory that goes like this...if you are sorry they think that you are not and df you...if you are not sorry they make an attempt to try and save you because its a kind of feather in their cap.. .

i was sorry...so sorry i thought i deserved to be df...and said that i expected to be..and they later told me i said i wanted to be df...which i didnt..(i was a mental and emotional wreck on the night of the jc although i tried to portray otherwise)....but even if i had, surely they had some responsibiity to try and 'readjust' me.. .

Robert K Stock

Most of the Elders on my judicial committee genuinely tried to help me. One Elder was overjoyed at the chance to kick me out. He hated that I would publically disagree with him and that many members of the congregation would come to me for help before going to the Elders. He had a huge smile on his face when he told me he could not wait to tell the Circuit Overseer I was disfellowshipped.

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WHAT WOULD YOU WANT YOUR GRAVE STONE TO SAY?

by new boy in

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i always liked what richard dryfress said in the movie "alaways", when he found out he was dead---"wow!!

!-----what a jerk i turned out to be"!!!!.

my mother's head stone says---------"i told you i was sick"!!

Robert K Stock

Since many people have told me they want to dance on my grave, I will be buried at sea.

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I want to get a different Bible than the NWT. Which version?

by ithinkisee in

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any suggestions?

i'd like to have several different ones, but what is a fairly good version to start using out of the gate?.

Robert K Stock

I like the NIV. It is the version I used the most after leaving the Watchtower.

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POLL----

by minimus in

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how many here have been a jw since the 70's or before?......80's on?

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Robert K Stock

Baptized November 25th 1973. CO Floyd Kite (spelling?) gave the baptism talk.

I was disfellowshipped and re-instated on the same day in November 1981 then disassociated myself in August 1984 was re-instated January 1985 then disfellowshipped for the final time July 1 1988.

September 1990 I realized the Jehovah's Witnesses are not "the Truth"

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As JWs, ever met any annointed ?

by greendawn in

in your time as jws did you ever meet any of the annointed?

did they have good christian personalities and what did they think of the wts and its governing body ?

i met one and he was very unhappy with the way the gb treated him and generally the way they run this society, he told me he wrote them two letters containing a long list of complaints with full scriptural support but he was ignored, first letter got a reply amounting to "no need to write to us" the second one no reply at all.

Robert K Stock

purplesofa:

People who believe they are anointed just know. I have heard it explained that if you think you may be anointed but have doubts then you are not. The anointed are human and just as capable of gross sin as anyone else. The entire Governing Body being a good example of anointed folks causing great harm.

My personal opinion is that anyone thinking they are going to heaven or anywhere after death is a symptom of mental illness.

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Penn & Teller - Episode on The Damn Bible!

by CinemaBlend in

genius.

total freakin genius.. .

[just so you know - i've just edited the title of the thread as we don't allow swearing in the topic titles as it shows up all over the place ]

Robert K Stock

I love the way the book is always referred to as "the Damn Bible"

Penn and Teller are great.

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As JWs, ever met any annointed ?

by greendawn in

in your time as jws did you ever meet any of the annointed?

did they have good christian personalities and what did they think of the wts and its governing body ?

i met one and he was very unhappy with the way the gb treated him and generally the way they run this society, he told me he wrote them two letters containing a long list of complaints with full scriptural support but he was ignored, first letter got a reply amounting to "no need to write to us" the second one no reply at all.

Robert K Stock

In Arroyo Grande, California 1977 I knew an elderly anointed brother Fred Plaxco. He was a great guy and had no beefs with the GB. I also knew an elderly anointed sister named Lutz in Hurricane, Utah.

In Ventura, California 1973 an anointed pioneer sister in her 30's Betty Lucadou conducted a bible study with my mother. After I moved away from Ventura I heard that Betty had been disfellowshipped and her husband divorced her.

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What is your IQ?

by love11 in

i took this really interesting test on-line at tickle.com.

at the end it will give you your iq.

granted i could have done better if i wasn't distracted from watching my son, but i guess i did ok. i may take the test over again just to be sure that i was paying attention properly.