Hi Danny, sad story.
On a brighter note keep doing what you do, you are an admired man.
Sam the Man
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Bible study turns tragic two dead
by DannyHaszard in2 kids drown in qc pool
tempo, philippines - 18 minutes ago .
a bible study turned tragic for two children after they drowned while swimming in a pool at the watchtower compound of the jehovahs witness in roosevelt ...
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Just to say hi
by fullofdoubtnow inhi, i am a friend of dedpoet, i think he may have posted about me occasionally, and he has kindly allowed me to join the forum from his pc as i do not have internet access at home.
i have known trev (dedpoet) since he first joined the same congregation as me 14 years ago, and we have always been friends.
i was very sad when he left us some years ago, but have maintained contact with him, something that has got me in trouble with the elders just lately now he is disassociated.
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Sam the Man
I didnt read it, but I wanted to say hi, now I will read it!
Welcome.
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Sam the Man
I think he's interesting. People would discard of his theories simply because he goes against the norm. He's not unique... Michael Tsarion, David Icke amongst others follow suite. Pretty interesting.
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Accident prone/Gremlins in the house -what is going on?
by Crumpet ini was busy reading posts on the board just now when i noticed a strange noise.
i went into the kitchebn and the electric kettle i had put on to boil some 15 minutes earlier was still boiling and the whole kitchen filled with steam to the point some of the cupboards had started to blister and nothing was visible - it was like being on the yorkshire moors.
i can find no reason for this!
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Sam the Man
LOL... yeah, I swear that it is the woman of the house...even when I lose things on the park!
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What's with my Mom and the NWT?
by Ingenuous inbefore i left the org, i decided to start doing my personal bible reading in a translation other than the nwt.
my mother seemed bothered by this, wanting to know why i didn't want to use the nwt, describing why she greatly preferred it to other translations, and generally adopting a worried look whenever i mentioned the topic.
i talked to her this morning and she turned the conversation into a q&a session on a bible i was looking for in a local bookstore.
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Sam the Man
I was still under the impression that the NWT was the best Bible to use even after coming to the conclusion that the WT is not the Faithful Slave. I wouldn't touch anything else. Im ok now though...I see every Bible is being full of shit.
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Still on the fence!
by acuragirl inhey everyone i know its been a while since i posted but today i felt the need.just wanted to update you all on my position which is still brainwashed!i just dont know what to do i gain my strength to conquer this disease,(thats what i call being born in the org) from others like freedom lover who have come out of this religon free and clear i know its not easy but i know it can be done.i dont know why i just cant get over it and move on already,but theres thats piece of me that says,but what if?then im back, screwed and tatooed with jdub on my forehead,thinking that jehovah is upset and dissapointed with me and satan has me in his grasp.im stil sooo confused even with all the evidence pointing to they are full of crap!what if they arent?i just want to know the truth even if i dont choose to follow it,i want to know if jehovah is watching me torment myself every day,going back and forth and i cant take it anymore.then i think what if there is no jehovah?who the hell am i praying to with my daughter at night?
(the air mabe)you see my daughter still believes even though she is ready to celebrate halloween this year and yes we bought her a costume,cinderella!my mother comes and takes her every now and then only if i promise to go to some meetings and i did last weekend i attended the sunday meeting for once in a about 6 months!felt strange to be there but once again going to a different cong i got love bombed.btw i feel guilty and scared about having anything to do with halloween this year.yup still dealing with the guilt,fear,agony,of knowing and believing in the dubs,for so long now trying desperately to get out without feeling the way i do.i just dont know what to do anymore and its a shame because the dubs have sucked the life out of me(guess i didnt check my doubts soon enough).if i dont get off the fence soon im going to go nuts.i like believeing that satan doesnt even exist and that there is no heavenly org.gives me peace of mind that i can just live my life,if theres a god,fine,is it jehovah?thats where the conflict arises and i cant just go on with my life thinking jehovah has lost me to the other side!
!im not a lost cause yet guys.i need new light!
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Sam the Man
"STILL BRAINWASHED! We ALL could use a good brain WASHING now and then."
He's just quoting Steve Hassan from his Moonie days. When he was a Moonie, he 'knew' that he hadn't been brainwashed. ;)
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Adam 4000 BC or 5500 BC?
by greendawn inthe wts always propagates the idea that adam was created around 4000 bc and thus the world is 6000 years old and based on this they had set up the 1975 armageddon fiasco where many dubs got ripped off.
what they never say is that this dating is based on the hebrew masoretic text, there is however an older version of the old testament "the greek translation of the seventy" which for all we know may be the correct one and which makes mankind 7500 years old with adam created around 5500 bc.
not only this agrees better agrees with archaeological discoveries but it was also used by luke to write jesus's genealogy in his gospel.
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Sam the Man
You mean it was written by the writer of Luke in his gospel.
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"The friends" came over today.............
by gringojj ini am so sick of witnesses reserving catchphrases for themselves.. talking to my wifes mother today she kept referring to "the friends".
"the friends came over today, we went to lunch with the friends".
well if they are "the friends", then what the hell are everyone else?
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Sam the Man
The most annoying are words like 'the truth' and 'the service'. What the hell is that? 'The service'... they call it service to Jehovah, but he never actually said it, did he?
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Accident prone/Gremlins in the house -what is going on?
by Crumpet ini was busy reading posts on the board just now when i noticed a strange noise.
i went into the kitchebn and the electric kettle i had put on to boil some 15 minutes earlier was still boiling and the whole kitchen filled with steam to the point some of the cupboards had started to blister and nothing was visible - it was like being on the yorkshire moors.
i can find no reason for this!
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Sam the Man
I dont know if it is related, but the most infuriating of all is when you put something down, turn away for a second, turn back and then its gone. Like it has just disapeared. Bloody annoying. When I throw a ball for my dog, sometimes I look for ages before finally spotting it. Wherever I go, an invisible hole in the floor eats up my stuff. HONESTLY!
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Did the Witnesses try to steal the Jew's Sympathy in WW2?
by free2beme ini have studied history, the holocaust, ww2, etc.
as a witness i found it very interesting as i wanted to see what my fellow brothers and sisters went through.
the thing is, there was not that many of them.
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Sam the Man
Both sides are equally as guilty of stealing sympathy over WWII. For Christ sake, get over it.