Is this normal --- watchtower using special talks to rev up their devout to put big pressure on their former family members? They must really be getting desperate.
Posts by LV101
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7Isn`t this so sad ?.......My neice
by smiddy ini will go back a few years during the mid 1980`s,we were living in s.e.qld and had an opportunity for our neice to stay with us for some time,a young teenager,attractive and an accomplished muscian,piano- violin.my wife and i were strong in the truth,well so we thought i was a ms and my wife was well in with the elders wives,and we went on many social activities with elders and ms servants,camping ,restuarants,etc.etc.you know the drill.our niece stayed with us at least 6 months before she went back home to victoria some 1000 miles away.previous to this ,we knew this girl since birth and we were instumental in her mother becoming a jw b4 that.so their has been a lot of history going on here.so during that 6 months she was involved with all our socializing and meeting attendance,witnessing and whatever.in short we had a lot of contact with this girl.my niece kept in contact with her mother often leaving the kids while she went off doing her own thing,shopping socializing or whatever.. fastforward to recent events: her mother stopped associating many years ago,my wife and i stopped many more years ago,but that was never a problem with our communication with her.. about 2 years ago her mother decided she`d had enough of her husbands flings and left him,he was never a jw.
my sil happened to move to a house about half a dozen houses from her daughter,she came once and said something like familys should stick together when things get tough,gave her a memorial invitation,but wouldn`t come inside the house,she was too busy,then left.
she hasn`t been back since and that was something like 2 years ago.she used to leave her 2 boys with my sil while she did her errands,her boys 13 & 11 ?
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IS GOD REAL? HOW DO YOU KNOW?
by still thinking inthis is an honest question on my part.
someone on this board asked me 'how do you know' a while ago and i really struggled with it.
in fact, it was a turning point for me.
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LV101
Vanderhoven --- great video.
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Sad news Re: Menlo Park Congregation
by Devil_Fish init saddens me to inform you that ruth edwards has passed.
ruth was a long time member of the menlo park congregation.
when the letter was read that indicated that john cobb, jason cobb, walter st. clair, and george stock had been removed from their post as elders, ruth fainted and needed to be taken to the hospital.
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LV101
Sorry about the "hacking" post but I thought they brought out truth re/Scientology and gov't issues. Didn't realize they were evil but we're all so fed up w/watchtower's power and abuse.
I understand concern re/this congregation --- sad, indeed.
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Sad news Re: Menlo Park Congregation
by Devil_Fish init saddens me to inform you that ruth edwards has passed.
ruth was a long time member of the menlo park congregation.
when the letter was read that indicated that john cobb, jason cobb, walter st. clair, and george stock had been removed from their post as elders, ruth fainted and needed to be taken to the hospital.
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LV101
I've wondered why hackers aren't on top of the evil watchtower blood issue --- killing innocent children, destroying families (and on and on and on) but someone on this board let me know that just because I'm not aware of such doesn't mean they're not involved. We can certainly hope.
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My Bull Necklace
by TOTH inyears ago my mom sold avon and i bought a necklace from her that had a bull head as the centerpiece.
(looks like the one above) i was first admonished by the overlords to not wear it because it was like walking around with a golden calf around my neck.
when i kept wearing it my mom was scolded for selling it to me and i was then scolded as well.
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LV101
great pendant/neck piece! amazing what Avon used to sell and read/heard yrs. ago some of their pieces are collector treasures and worth a lot but don't know. was dragging thru an antique shop one day w/friend and there was an awesome red ring but they wanted way too much for it. it was red/carnival glass (i think although they told me it was something else) and maybe set in sterling silver --- should have bought it.
your piece might be worth something.
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New Youtube video for Jehovah Witnesses by jwstruggle.com
by Greybeard indear brothers and sisters,.
with the memorial of christ death so close.
many of us wonder about our own relationship with christ jesus.
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LV101
Really enjoyed the video --- thank you.
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Today's ABC News - JWs to Sell
by Gayle inhttp://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=8609235&rss=rss-wabc-article-8609235.
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LV101
wish someone could send them a reality newsletter --- after all bad news sells. More facts that come out the better on these goons.
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Kool-Aid Man, Is Your Army Ready For The Memorial? Where did you go?
by Bubblegum Apotheosis inkool-aid man, is your plan to protest the memorial still in play?
are you mia?.
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Isaaccaustin --- good news about his website and hope the info is correct/whatever it takes. I'll go with "the Watchtower is dead" for now -- hard to believe!
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Do I have this right?
by allyouneedislove indo i have this right?.
jw are to be completely obedient to the fds.
they are not to question, speak against the teachings of, or disobey the fds.. however, the fds's teachings change and many past teachings are now seen as incorrect.. still, though, jws are to completely and unquestionably obey all teachings of the fds, no matter if they personally believe such are wrong or if they carry severe consequenses.. .
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Yes --- you are correct about them being very slick but it's wrong what they do to people.
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Do I have this right?
by allyouneedislove indo i have this right?.
jw are to be completely obedient to the fds.
they are not to question, speak against the teachings of, or disobey the fds.. however, the fds's teachings change and many past teachings are now seen as incorrect.. still, though, jws are to completely and unquestionably obey all teachings of the fds, no matter if they personally believe such are wrong or if they carry severe consequenses.. .
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LV101
"Yes, this is how cults work" and what a privilege people have in this country to be ignorant enough to join and be conned -- and the laws protect the cults. THIS MAKES ME SICK!