Well, you have defined "knob" well, with that desciptiion of what your FIL did. What a guy! He asks you a question and you give him an honest answer. . . I guess it is a good lesson for others to learn to respond to such as question with "I know that you won't like the answer, so just retract the question".
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My Letter to Brooklyn about the Parousia that got me disfellowshipped
by cofty inthis is the letter i wrote back in '96 about the parousia.
following the '95 watchtower that disconnected the "generation" from 1914 i began to look carefully at end-time prophecy and soon discovered what i knew were basic errors in what i had been taught.. i was a loyal jw at the time and was still serving as an elder.
i used only watchtower publications in my research.
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My Letter to Brooklyn about the Parousia that got me disfellowshipped
by cofty inthis is the letter i wrote back in '96 about the parousia.
following the '95 watchtower that disconnected the "generation" from 1914 i began to look carefully at end-time prophecy and soon discovered what i knew were basic errors in what i had been taught.. i was a loyal jw at the time and was still serving as an elder.
i used only watchtower publications in my research.
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JWdaughter
Cofty, I just saw this letter. Good job. I know they DF'd you for telling your FIL about it. I need to continue reading the thread to find the answer to how they were made aware of your discussion with your FIL.
Good writing, good research.
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3 JWs injured whilst Cart Witnessing
by Listener inhttps://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/25697590/three-injured-as-car-hits-park-bench/.
an elderly driver crashed into a park bench in mandurah, western australia today where 3 jws were sitting.
they had set up their jw cart and their literature was also strewn across the ground.. one of the jws was seriously injured with head injuries.. what a freak accident this is.. .
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JWdaughter
I hope they are ok-crazy freak accidents can happen to anyone. Take smart precautions and you can still find trouble if you don't have an angel sitting on your shoulder:)
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Governing Body, Faithful Slave disconnect.
by prologos inwt doctrine now says that there was no faithful feeding slave at pentecost, in apostolic times, ---but there is now, since 1919. previously they taught there was always a slave feeding -sometimes unknown , but an unbroken, if sporadic lineage.. while the early, and later christians (in this doctrine) had no discreet slave, they had a governing body.
the tradition of a (wt) governing body is older then the idea of "feeding my sheep".. governance over care.. are they working on an unbroken if sporadic governance of the congregation too?
we still feel the reverberations, consequences of the talking snake too.. .
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JWdaughter
maybe they will start counting the generation from the time they discovered that it was the GB that is the FDS and not the 144K. Could buy them some tme.
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Window-washer is the cover of Feb 2015 WT, "How to enjoy your work!" Hahaha!!
by EndofMysteries in.
after all the jokes and satire on this website about jw's only being able to amount to window washers and house cleaners, the cover page of "how to enjoy your work" showing a window washer and cleaner in the back ground.
i almost wonder if some awakened, still-in, from this site is part of the writing department or illustrations and put that in there as an inside joke for us?.
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JWdaughter
They sure do give their "young ones" a lot to look forward to, don't they?
I met a nice lady last week at a business meeting and she was discussing how so many people in her church are looking for business opportunities-. I was talking about how my husband is the consummate schmoozer and is constantly inviting people to join his business, enjoy his personal library or just come to dinner (sometimes he remembers to tell me he invited them!). I said "he tells EVERYONE from the Starbucks barista to the poor JW who's trying to pawn off their magazines to unsuspecting householders". She told me she was a JW! She didn't get offended at the way I delivered my (rude, sorry) remark.
I actually have her number. I should call!
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I just had fun giving a talk!
by OneEyedJoe inso, unfortunately, i'm still on the tms and had a talk tonight (in front of a co, no less) and the talk was on the subject of adultery.
in the source material there's reference to "spiritual adultery" i.e.
idolotry or when israel had alliances with pagan nations.
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JWdaughter
When I was about 11 I had one of the women's parts and was the JW in some scenario. The only thing I remember about it is that I started thinking that something we were saying was illogical and in considering the implications-totally zoned out. Sitting there in front of everyone.
I got it together and finished. Mom was pinching me during the service meeting every time I so much as shifted in the seat.
I wish I had been strategic enough to be subversive before I left, but I was only 15. Leaving was a big enough project at the time!
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Jehovahs Witness elder jailed for 12 years for multiple sexual offences against young girl
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://ukpaedos-exposed.com/2014/11/29/david-dennis-gunnislakeharrowbarrow/.
david dennis gunnislake/harrowbarrow.
29 saturday nov 2014. posted by author in cornwall.
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JWdaughter
Barbara, you are my hero, you know that? That poor little girl. I'm glad he was reported!
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Pat Condell on Britain's Cultural Crisis
by cofty ina scandal is brewing in the uk.
for many years gangs of asian men engaged in rape and torture of young girls who were in the "so-called" care system.
it is believed there were around 1,400 victims in north west england, focussed on the town of rotherham.. if reports are to be believed, social workers, police and the cpc knew it was happening and everybody failed to act for one simple reason.
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JWdaughter
If any man is abusing girls of any race or class, I hope they spend the rest of their days in prison getting some karma.
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Michael Brown verdict discussion policy - take II
by Simon ini had originally thought that making the rules clear about what was and wasn't going to be allowed when discussing the michael brown verdict that we'd be able to avoid some of the unpleasantness that surrounded the subsequent trayvon martin trial discussions.. michael brown verdict discussion policy.
i had hoped that once the evidence came out there would not be as many people promoting opinions that contradicted it.
unfortunately, that appears to have been naive of me.
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JWdaughter
edited to say: Rather be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt:)
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Taking the Bible "too" literally
by Coded Logic ini once heard it said that the only people who care about what the bible says are the village priest and the village atheist.
it seems to me most believers only care about "god's word" in very general terms and think it's all up to interpitation (religion a la carte ).. it the watchtower especially good at making agnostics and atheists because of their fundamentalism or is this true of many ex-religious groups?.
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JWdaughter
This isn't about me, Coded Logic. Its personal. Dogmatism and extreme views definitely make one question everything.