Posts by wizzstick

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From Noah's Ark to Australia - Awake! Jan. 8, 1969 pp. 5-8

by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

so, how did the kangaroos get from noah's ark to australia?

i'd never found any references in watchtower litteratrash, until i stumbled upon this farticle "from noah's ark to australia" in the 1969 awake bound volume.

most of it is wordy and rather pointless, so i only typed two middle subheadings for consideration:.

How I recently handled JWs at my door

by Christian guy in

the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.

i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.

so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.

Jehovah's Witness church elders who refused to comment on a child abuse scandal did not "try to prevent a prosecution."

by Sol Reform in

http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/90520/police-chiefs-letter-ignites-fresh-jehovahs-witness-child-abuse.

police chief's letter ignites fresh jehovah's witness child abuse rowby kevin donald location: washington.

gordon leighton.

wizzstick

It is a serious matter.

They claimed:

they had a duty to God' to keep sex attacker Gordon Leighton's confession a secret

This is a lie. There is no scriptural basis for declining to answer questions by a due process of law. There is a scriptural basis for doing so:

But there is nothing carefully concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not become known.Therefore, whatever you say in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you whisper in private rooms will be preached from the housetops.

They tried to hide behind clergy/penitent privilege which again is not Biblical.

So yeah - there was a valid story here.

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Who wants to live forever?

by Doug Mason in

what will living be like after 5 billion years?.

doug.

wizzstick

SFPW - the Great Crowd are in heaven so it really doesn't matter.

For me, would I want to live forever in good health? Of course. But as long as there was new things to learn. Otherwise forever would be very boring!

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Dr. Who

by KariOtt in

the 50th anniversary world wide simucast episode was awsome!.

wizzstick

I loved it! Ended up watching it live on TV and then went yesterday to a cinema to watch it on the big screen in 3D. Huge fun and a great tribute to 50 years of Who.

konceptual99

Hopefully we shall watch it in the am instead of going to the meeting....

Oh and also met up with wizzstick for 5 mins - great to put a face to a name.

Hope you enjoyed the event and the episode - and it was great to meet up as well. Hope your kids and wife enjoyed it all as well.

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new friend for me

by besty in

jw
friends

just spent some valuable time with a long-lost friend from back in the day.

a reminder for me that jw's are just bubbles waiting to float up into freedom.. one day they will post their story here :-).

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wizzstick

Really sorry I couldn't make it Besty.

So angry with my boss. Told him off for being a pain when I left.

Grrrr.

But glad you two had a good catch up.

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First post

by thedog1 in

jw
friends

this is a very strange thing for me to do.

i have been an active witness for over 25 years.

i currently serve as an elder and i conduct the watchtower study.

wizzstick

I've also been in 25 years, was a MS did Bethel for a short while. But left this year. Not so much a fade as a drop out!

It is VERY hard to post here, so well done.

It took me 7 years to post here, so I know those huge feelings of uncertainty and guilt. Am I letting Jehovah down, betraying the brothers etc? The more you really believed the harder it is to post.

That's why it took me so long.

Welcome - everyone here will support you.

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So what if they were wrong?

by DS211 in

this is a reply ireceived from a poster on another forum.

"actually the vast majority of interpretations of prophecy are absolutely spot on.. .

people harp on over this and that that was wrong 50 years ago, but today jehovah's witnesses have all the bible's prophecies pretty much figured out in their entirety.. .

wizzstick

but today Jehovah's Witnesses have all the Bible's prophecies pretty much figured out in their entirety.

You may want to point out that if 607BCE is wrong (it is) then *whoosh* the whole lot fall on the floor. Last Days, it being the time for a "restoration of true worship(TM)" etc.

And also that the acceptance of false teachings are enforced by disfellowshipping.

I'm sure Christ would be approve.

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this site sucks

by Hortensia in

jw
friends

you all spend all your time bickering about religion and doctrine and god and evolution and atheists, not to mention all the discussion about athiests too.

you are totally ignoring an important subject.

we haven't had one fucking decent discussion of dr. who in at least a year!!!.

wizzstick

konceptual99

Off to the 50th anniversary event at Excel on Saturday.

Hey so am I! HAve booked the seats for two panels too.

Weird how so may JW's and Ex-JW's are Who fans. I wonder why?! From a JWs perspetive it's very atheistic and occasionally 'demonistic' "The Daemons", "Image of the Fedahl", "Stones of Blood", "The Impossible Planet" come to mind. Not that I'm complaining.

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Look, Up in the Air...It's a Bird, it's a Plane...No, It's a JW!!

by Cold Steel in

for you ex-jehovahs witnesses...and even you current ones...have you ever contemplated your future existence in paradise earth, should you be fortunate enough to end up there?

during those raucous, fun moments at the kingdom hall when you were contemplating eternity and having the times of your lives...did you ever speculate about what life would be like?

for example, would you have to walk everywhere or would you be able to fly around like superman?

wizzstick

Which religion is worse? LDS or JW's?

There's only one way to find out...

FIGHT!

(The above is only funny if you're from the UK and know Harry Hill)