Posts by watson

a truly shocking story in the telegraph.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9501478/taliban-behead-17-caught-dancing-to-music-at-party.html.

it makes you realise how fortunate you are to live in a rational society.. .

cedars.

watson

Sounds like they worship that Hebrew God!

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JWN did not appeal to me at first!

by MC RubberMallet in

when realizing something was wrong with the org, i searched online of course.

this was the first site i came across.

the reason why it didn't appeal to me was because it was mostly personal experiences.

watson

Ahh, jgnat, so refreshing. Well said. Our "unbaptized apostate".

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Interesting discussion with some Witnesses at my door today

by jwfacts in

i moved to a new home about 6 months ago, so am no longer on a do not call list, but have not been contacted by jw's yet.

i didn't even know which territory i am in.

i asked again what congregation and he told me.

watson

Well done.

Paul, I think the wife was just being dutiful and respecting her husband's space, allowing him to take the lead.

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You Can't Live Forever in Paradise on Earth

by smmcroberts in

this will come as no shock to most of us.

but i wanted to detail the reasons in simple language for our witness friends in my latest blog: you can't live forever in paradise on earth.

sorry if it bursts anyone's bubble, but those who are loyal to the truth surely won't mind following where it leads.

"I don't really care Dad, I will just go with what they say"!

by AnonJW in

that is what my son said to me this morning during a further discussion on yesterdays wt study, and upon learning that the 1978 light is back.. i can only blame myself.

Tiresome Speculation

by Wayward Son in

jw
friends

the boys at wt hq seem pretty sincere about the end being just a whisper away.

much of what they are doing smells of a batten down the hatches and brace for impact mindset.

i know this is a drum they have been beating for decades, but.... [if !supportlists]- [endif]the intensity seems to be ramping up.. [if !supportlists]- [endif]they know more about the lawsuits, low baptisms, youth retention rate, apostate uprising, etc... than we do.. [if !supportlists]- [endif]i think many of them really believe they are gods one true organization and they view these events as prophesy-fulfilling.. [if !supportlists]- [endif]i think they foresee their own impending demise.. they are taking all the guess work out of the state of their stability.

watson

wasblind....cookin' with oil!!

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Mother, Father, Brother, Son... just words

by irondork in

this month marks 1 year since i have seen or spoken with family.

it's not the first time i've been through this.

disfellowshipped, reinstated, disassociated.

watson

One valuable lesson I recieved form the Watchtower, Bible and Tract Society is that words like Mother, Father, Brother, Son... are just words. They describe a person who performs a certain function or occupies a particular space in your life. When that function or space is no longer performed or occupied, the word no longer carries any meaning aside from an entry in the dictionary.

That is very tough to read.

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Who On This Site Would You Like To Meet?

by minimus in

jw
friends

there are a lot of interesting people that frequent this site.. sometimes, we get an idea of what the posters are really like in "real life".

and i'm sure i could be easily surprised by some that you think might be strong personalities because of their board presence, and in reality, they might be shy in a face to face setting.. i would enjoy meeting simon.

simon used to be terribly annoyed by my posting and now i think he's accepted with tolerance my being here.. farkel seems like a grouchy cantankerous fellow but i think he'd be very interesting company!.

watson

I would like to meet Leo, Blondie, the librarian, Farkel, Flipper and Outlaw.