Posts by truthsetsonefree

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Why would ALMIGHTY god need a Flood?

by wobble in

leaving out all the obvious problems with a global flood,why would almighty god need a flood at all,with its attendant problems of gathering animals and building arks etc.when he obviously had the power just to destroy the "wicked" and just leave noah and family alive.. after all he destroyed just the first born in egypt (what had they done to offend him?

) so why not just snuff out who he wants to,why a flood?.

come on fundies tell me!.

truthsetsonefree

He needed the flood to provide a prophetic type that Jesus could refer to 2000 years later. What a load of crock.

Isaac

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Happy New Year!

by free2think in

jw
friends

happy new year everyone!.

i hope you all have a fantastic new year!.

truthsetsonefree

Happy New Year all. Its great to be free. Starting over single and free from the JWs, who could ask for anything more? Not here anyway. Again Happy New Year to all here (including you lurkers and even the WT trolls!).

Isaac

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How did you feel the 1st time you visited this or other "apostate" site?

by Newborn in

jw
friends

i thought jehobar would struck me dead with a lightning right on the spot.

seriously, i was so scared.

truthsetsonefree

Terrified. I'm a techhie professionally, and I was still scared of being tracked. Much of my lurking and even my first post was done while traveling far from home on business. As someone said its hard to believe now.

Isaac

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Terminology: Congregation vs. Unit

by Gram in

does anyone remember when the "so and so" congregation was called the "so and so" unit?

do you know the reasoning behind changing the terminology?

truthsetsonefree

Actually Blondie's post just brought it back. Units were Book Studies. They were units before they were groups. Amazing the lingo, how it changes. It becomes easy to tell how current a JW is, whether they are in or out. How cultish.

Isaac

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Honestly, Would You Have Secretly Taken a Blood Transfusion?

by minimus in

jw
friends

while i was an active jw elder, i wouldn't have up until that last year.

that's when i was totally mentally out, just going thru the technicalities.

i still respect other jw's viewpoints on their not accepting blood----although i think they are terribly misguided.

truthsetsonefree

When I went in for surgeries I made no mention of being a Witness. Truth is no one would have known. My wife was out of the loop, and I would have requested no visitors for a while. The chances of anyone finding out is actually quite small. JWs are scared because they believe "Jehovah's eyes are upon them".

Isaac

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Anti-Witness video approaching 144,000 cicks. What next!

by kool aid man06 in

this you tube video as of dec 20, 2008 has received 143,279 clicks and is rapidly approaching the "magic number".

this video is getting a lot of attention as many witnesses are wondering what goes on in a judicial committee hearing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or7tsa0nng4.

truthsetsonefree

This is truly wonderful. What a powerful tool YouTube is becoming. Awakened at Gilead's video is an eye opener. Hopefully more of us can do this.

Isaac

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So, I guess we were wrong...

by Priest73 in

jw
friends

you can polish a turd.... .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbj6ponx14a

truthsetsonefree

They brought some guy who is an expert in making polished mud balls. From there they went on to making a high gloss turd. I tell you I love Mythbusters. Actually it has made for some fun science ed for my daughter.

Isaac

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fwd Email claiming 1980 AWAKE! "predicted" this economic crisis

by inkling in

i did.

*gag* got it from a family member.

i didn't even acknowledge receipt - i just deleted it.. purza.

truthsetsonefree

They quoted an economist? who stated what many economists said about what can happen when certain systems such as credit are abused. So that shows that these economists understood their economics. So? That says nothing about WT's ability to predict. If it did then the New York Times and other news sources who quoted the same sources are predictors of the future. And isn't it an appeal to inappropriate authority to insinuate that because WT could recognize a good quote by an astute economist, that they now know what the world's future holds?

Isaac

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"Jehovah Provides Direction to the Slave"

by passwordprotected in

feb 15th 2009 wt pgs 24,25. .

par 4 - subheading "jehovah trusts the slave".

after quoting ps32:8 (ot)"i shall certainly make you have insight..", the paragraph claims that jehovah provides direction to the slave, stating "we can therefore have full confidence in the scriptural insight, understanding and guidance that we receive from the slave.".

truthsetsonefree

What never ceases to stun me about these articles is the lack of actual evidence and scriptures to prove their claims.

I know what you mean. I can't believe I ever read this crap. Or that I ever stuffed down my questions about it so many years ago.

Isaac

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JWs and get-rich-quick schemes

by AndersonsInfo in

thought you'd like to know about the latest fad rippling through the jw community.

it is home-based get-rich-quick business offerings.. a whois search at network solutions (http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp) shows the owner of the following websites.

it turns out this owner is a well known congregation coordinator (aka presiding overseer).. www.ontrack2succeed.com.

truthsetsonefree

You know I still can't figure out what the business is. "The Secret" is not a business. My ex gave me this DVD and its about "The Law of Attraction", a metaphysical concept that stated simply is that you attract those who are like you. So if you want success, in essence you need to dress and act successfully.

Isaac