Posts by just fine

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Where are you from?

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.

just fine

From upstate NY too. Adirondacks, loved to ski all those places too.

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New Watchtower Propaganda and hate speech destroying families (Feb 2016 WT)

by Daniel1555 in

the following is a paragraph from the new february study watchtower article "learn from jehovah's loyal servants.".

7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.

for example, a sister named anne [1] received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.

Billy- that's what I started doing too. I tell everyone that I get the chance to about the JWs disfellowshippping arrangement, and exactly how they treat their own family. I also let people know you can never leave. My relative that is disfellowshipped hadn't been to a meeting in 2 years and the elders still went after them.

i feel like I don't have to cover for them or pretend that the JW behavior is acceptable on any level.

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If JWs Were More Tolerant Would It Help Their Money Woes?

by minimus in

jw
friends

they don't want you bettering yourself.

they hate college education.they applaud you if you quit full time secular work and instead, "pioneer".

they cry that they have money problems.

just fine

Yes, take a look at the Mormons. Higher education is encouraged, their members make more money and then tithe 10% to the church. The Mormons have come out with some not so strong words about LGBT cause after the backlash from their prop 8 involvement. They encourage people to have children.

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Had an interesting weekend

by iwasblind in

what an interesting weekend.. went to a "worldly" conference for work.

i met the most amazing people with so many different beliefs.

even so i shared and spoke about god freely and without being judged.

just fine

This was a great discovery for me as well. I have had more genuine kindness showed to me by non-JW's than I ever did by JW's. Also non-JWs don't expect everyone to agree. It's refreshing!

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No longer wanting to attend meetings

by breezy in

hello everyone.. first post here.

long time follower of this website, probably 4 years now.

i've known about ttatt since ive been 18, im now 22 going on 23 but still go to meetings because of parents.

just fine

Plan your escape, get your own place.

You don't have to defend anything to anyone. And just because someone asks you a question doesn't mean you have to answer it.

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Help folks, class reunion 50 years

by James Mixon in

for the last few days i have reviewing my class photos.

come up to you and said you don't remember me, do you.

at a funeral two years ago a. young lady came up to me and said , you don't remember me.

just fine

Go - have fun, don't worry about it, other people are in the same boat. The last one I went to they gave us name tags - so it was easy!

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Getting ready to visit the San Diego area......Any suggestions?

by drewcoul in

jw
friends

my son is getting ready to move to hawaii.

we are driving from indianapolis to san diego next week so that they can ship his car from the west coast and save about a thousand dollars versus shipping it from here.

i am only going to be there for a few days, thursday through sunday and would like some suggestions of what to do while i'm there.

just fine

Coronado. Balboa park was fun, the beach with the boardwalks and the carnival rides.

One night we ate at a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse near the water, outside on the terrace, and that night there were fireworks..... So nice.

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Did you hear Stewart use the bible to prove an incredibly good point to Jackson!!

by umbertoecho in

i thought at the end, stewart made brilliant use of scripture (about establishing fornication or other sexually immoral practises) how, in such a clever way stewart used scripture to point out that some one could basically stake out someone's house to see if a person stayed over night be they homosexual or heterosexual............that on the basis of a sort of stakeout, the two witness rule was ambivalent yet it prevailed.

due to sufficient suspicion.. and therefore why did this "suspicion" not prevail with child sexual abuse.

just fine

It still does happen, it happened to a relative of mine about a year ago. I told them to call the police and file stalking charges. The sheriff did come out and chase the father- son elder team away.

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Know of any ex-mormons I could talk to?

by Brighid in

it's a business related matter and i'm just looking for some insight on doing business (very remotely) with mormons.

looking for some inside tips on what a devout mormon would find acceptable and/or not in business.

or if it even matters to them when it comes to business.

just fine

I might be able to help you.

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The Australian Royal Commission will NOT do a damn thing to the WT!

by Calebs Airplane in

the rothschild family will not allow the aussies to take any significant action against their religious wing (mormons, jws, adventists, etc.).

the worst outcome for the borg will be a relatively small fine and a deadline to change their rules.

that is all..

just fine

Even if nothing else comes of it, the public record and public exposure of their actions is invaluable. The fact that they were caught in so many of their lies will lay the groundwork for future cases.

Things like this tend to take some time to play out. While we might not see the immediate results we all hope for, I don't believe this exercise was futile.