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Witnesses killed my friend today.
by WasOnceBlind in
1. jw
2. experiences
today has been a horrible day.

what began as a day of joy finding out that one of my lifelong friends had her baby, turned into a nightmare when her brother called me to let me know she had passed away after birth.

i was in shock and didn't ask how.
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JW TV
by WasOnceBlind in
1. jw
2. experiences
so yesterday my mom had be update her tablet and the jw library app (she is technologically challenged).

after i did, she told me if i knew how to get the jw chanel on tv.

(i assume she meant those weird videos the gb has been releasing).
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FB experience
by WasOnceBlind in
1. jw
2. experiences
so on last saturday, one of my good child hood friends (i consider her like a real sister) who is da posted on facebook that she was going to be having a birthday party for her son.

well another person we grew up with immediately posted a comment about how she should know better then to celebrate bdays and referenced 2 peter 2:20-22 (about being like a dog turning to its own vomit).

i countered with with luke 11:37-49 and didn't hear back.
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WT history repeating?
by WasOnceBlind in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i war reading an interesting research article about charles taze russell and all of his financial dealings.

this caught my eye:.

charles taze russell and the watchtower society were in deep business distress after the "busted" october 1914 prophecy failure, and particularly after the "busted" october 1915 prophecy failure.
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Is this possible?
by WasOnceBlind in
1. watchtower
2. bible
first of all my parents don't know that i no longer consider my self a jw of believe in the stuff they say (after 10+ years of dissociation it shouldn't be rocket science) and there is no way my dad would ever listen to me if i were to talk to him about tatt and all the contradictions and false prophecies.

however, he is always reading, and he spends a lot of time in the computer using the wt library (the cd one).

i was wondering, if there would be a way to maybe "hack" the program, maybe replace some wt books with copies of something like crisis of conscience.
8
Possible crack in the door that I can expose
by WasOnceBlind in
1. jw
2. experiences
so on monday when i went to pick up my son from my mom i noticed a framed print out of a poem on my moms living room.

it was in spanish but i read it and i was kind of surprised at what it said.

i don't remember it verbatim but i would go as far as to say it had some apostate factors in there.
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Beast of no nation
by WasOnceBlind in
1. jw
2. experiences
i always had a problem with the belief that god is allowing all the suffering in this world to go on just to vindicate his name and prove the devil wrong.

i watched this movie on netflix and i can really see why the atheist movement is growing.

it really does a good job of portraying the suffering in some parts of the world.
6
World court of human rights
by WasOnceBlind in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
while australia is dealing with this pedaphile protection policy that the wt seems to have, how awesome would it be if the world court of human rights was to look into it as well, seeing how the wt is a global organization.
2
Not looking forward to next Monday.....
by WasOnceBlind in
1. jw
2. experiences
well my mom asked me if i would be attending the district assembly that is taking place this weekend with them.

i gave her a firm "no", she gave a look of total surprise.

probably because in the past i would say, maybe or if i can and would sometimes show up for half a day.
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Is this doctrine still in in effect?
by WasOnceBlind in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so something i never knew was the fact jw's were taught that jesus is only the mediator for the anointed class and not for everyone.

i only found this out after reading "crisis of conscience" and i was actually pretty shocked to learn so.

if that is the case, when they pray why even bother saying the words "in the name of jesus christ we ask"?