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  Scary Experience

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  something weird and scary happened to us last nihgt.

  we had a few friends over for the weekend.

  we love to go hiking and long walks wherever and whenever we can.

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  Safety first. I can imagine the attraction of a moon lit night with some nice girls and a beautiful park. As you know, its the most dangerous animal, human, you must use caution with. Its on the beaten path you are least likely to be beaten. Stick with the light and well patrolled areas otherwise. Stay safe.
  
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  1981 quote made my blood boil

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just got so angry coming across this quote from the wt, shortly after raymond franz was disfellowshipped:.

  one who has been a true christian might renounce the way of the truth, stating that he no longer considers himself to be one of jehovah’s witnesses or wants to be known as one.

  when this rare event occurs, the person is renouncing his standing as a christian.

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  Its as if the fearless leaders, GB, didn't like blue shirts and one of their number started wearing one. They suddenly have new light that blue shirts are hated by God, so they decree expulsion for any blue shirt wearers or blue shirt admirers.

  Ray saw the BS and left, though not excoriating his fellow GB. He simply had lunch with his employer who had walked away from the Org and wham-mo! the GB makes it a crime by changing his employer's status to XJW before there was "disassociation". Ray becomes a target for expulsion for having lunch and a talk with his landlord and employer, which is weird because WT left an out of "necessary business" and violated it in this instance. They thought they had cut off the cancer of Ray's knowledge getting out. Wha, la... Crisis of Conscience. Shot themselves in the foot.
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses adhering to a commercialized lying and corrupt false prophet the Watchtower Corporation

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after doing some critical research upon the watchtower corporation and its activity as a religious publishing house one can clearly see this is a commercialized false prophet run by sinning apostate men.. so the question remains why are people adhering and supporting this organization thinking they are going to gain salvation come judgment day by jesus ?.

  jesus laid out instructions in how to identify false prophets, maybe he should have elaborated and said something about false prophets who would sell his gospel for profit.

  this relates to more than the men who ran the wts.

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  I think the Jesus was selling hope and fantasy. Obviously people have been saying they have raised the dead for centuries without evidence. So the Jesus was a huckster just like his multiple nutty adherents. The WT and others are simply dupes who have learned the only real thing about leveraging the Jesus is money and power over fellow believers.
  
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  What JW Beliefs Did You Find Difficult To Explain?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are a lot.

  anything blood related was difficult to reasonably prove from a witness perspective.. 1914 was another one.

  what can you add to the list?

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  I had a person at the door ask me if The Two Witnesses of revelation had happened already. I ran the scenario of the Society's officials being arrested and held until they were released and stood up to witness even more and how they were the two witnesses, then told the householder yes. I swallowed hard and waited. It came, "How?" I said, "let's stick to something we can agree on". I knew it was bullshit and had no way to defend it.
  
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  Shocking Example of JW Elder Corruption

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  let's play a game of believe it or not, shall we?

  i'll relate a story, and you decide whether you believe it or not.

  what would you think of an elder who told his daughter's fiance that he would kill him if he ever did anything to hurt his daughter?

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  ...and this surprises people? Anything goes in the world of JW's.
  
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  CPAP machines for sleep apnoea.

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have used a machine for some years.

  they cost a heap.

  too often they end up pumping a hot plastic smell out and therefore into my lungs.

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  I don't use the water reservoir either, I always feel like I'm drowning. Thought I was getting sinus infections from it till I found out I had a bad wisdom tooth that had been infected into my sinus, talk about painful. Tooth out, major antibiotics and problem solved. Gotta have the CPAP though.
  
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  Penny Marshall, dead at 75

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  from complications of diabetes.. "laverne & shirley" themesong.

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  I was a teenager when L & S was on, Happy Days too. I hated both with a passion. I LOVED Penny Marshal's work though. Anyone who was married to Rob Reiner is OK by me. Not for politics but for humor. She and her brother were outstanding.
  
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  My message to those who have always placed heavy burdens on its members

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in this kingdom hall photo, there will be some members who will probably leave the organization.

  some will stay and suffer just to be with family.

  i feel sad for those who stay just to please the family.

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  ...and there it is, the rumor mill. These people eat each other up when backs are turned. "She's spiritually weak, he's going to college, they never have us over for dinner and he never gives pioneers gas money." You know the drill. See the empty chairs in the front row? One of those is my seat.
  
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  Two for One offer. You get one for the price of two!

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  did anyone else fall for this one?

  i did pre-assembly work in my home town, this was obviously voluntary unpaid work.

  i continued to do part-time work helping to support my mom who has been recently abandoned by my elder dad,.

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  Wait, the let you eat when you were pioneering?
  
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  Coming out of the Woodwork

  by Solzhenitsyn in

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  2. friends

  who was i to think that we would be left alone?

  it has been a dream for 2+ months.

  a few calls i let go to voicemail but now the wife and i are getting bombarded with text messages.. this isn't going to be easy.. since we're not looking to throw a grenade into decades of relationships, text replies thus far have been..."thank you so much.".

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  Solz, 2 months ain't nothing brother. Give it time, till then deflect, deflect, deflect. Don't sweat it. They will give up. Some may come by, most wont and those who do will likely give up soon. Stay the course.