Posts by skeeter1

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received text from my mom

by GoUnion in

so my wife and my parents are at their convention today.

this will be the first time in my life that i will not have seen a drama or baptism.

i will miss the public address, i will not see many of my lifelong friends that i have moved away from.

"Mom, have a good time at the convention. I know you well enough to know how much thought and care it took you to write that text. I also know enough to know that you are feeling guilty or responsible about my not being at the meetings. You are a great parent, and should not take my not coming to the meetings as a reflection of you as a mother, servent of Jehovah, or otherwise. I made my own decision to not attend, based on my own hours and months of personal study. I love you too."

You have to define who you are within this relationship with your mother. If you don't nip it (her guilt trips) in the bud, she will continue on & on & on & on & on.

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"New Light" discretely slipped in on the 2014 regional convention: Paradise in heaven.

by EdenOne in

2014 regional convention:.

on friday, on the last speech of the morning, (the "key speech"), a bethel member slipped in some "new light" rather casually, without much fuss.

he mentioned the out-of-body experience of the apostle paul, in 2 corinthians 12:2-4, where he experienced being "caught up to the third heaven ... caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible words...".

skeeter1

The butt of all Comedian jokes on JWs is, "JWs believe that only 144,000 of best of them of going to heaven, so that's why they won't leave your door."

Now, the JWs will say, "No, all Christians can go to Heaven."

The Comedians will say, "Flip-flip".

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"New Light" discretely slipped in on the 2014 regional convention: Paradise in heaven.

by EdenOne in

2014 regional convention:.

on friday, on the last speech of the morning, (the "key speech"), a bethel member slipped in some "new light" rather casually, without much fuss.

he mentioned the out-of-body experience of the apostle paul, in 2 corinthians 12:2-4, where he experienced being "caught up to the third heaven ... caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible words...".

skeeter1

Wow, that's worth me sneaking into a convention to hear on a late Friday afternoon!

I think you should write/call Bethel and/or ask your elders for further understanding. Are you sure you heard that right? That means that the Catholics are going to make it into the New System too. What happens next? Do the Catholics have to convert to JWism before the 1,000 year reign is up, or be put into the abyss? If that's the case, then the preaching work isn't so dire afterall. You can now skip the Christian houses and just focus on the Islamic, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Wiccans, etc. Just fly all those JWs to Iran, and let them go "door to door" there!

Skeeter

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org is dying

by lambsbottom in

i don't understand why so many ex jws and faders think that the jws will continue to grow and thrive as a religion.

i still attend a meeting once a week and you can smell the death of the religion creeping up when you hear the talks, read the study wts and hear the letters from the gb.

the way the organization has changed is a sign that it reached its peak (in "healthy" membership) long ago.

skeeter1

I do not attend the JW meetings, and haven't since the mid-1980s. I will take your assessments that the WTS is in decline. Having been on this board for almost 9 years (wow), I have sure seen alot of newbies. And, congregations are no longer 120+ members strong, having to split congregations, etc. The Internet and information age will take away their followers and keep new ones from joining in the great numbers, and old age will take away another group.

Why my own 3 relatives that still "cling" to this cult do so, is beyond me. But, they all three find alot of fault with it. But, they equate the borg with being Jehovah, so they stay in.

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My friends don't believe dinosaurs existed ....

by wannabefree in

i just found this out last night.

(preface: this is a husband and wife that i have come to be friends with after leaving the borg, they are christians).

we were sitting around visiting last night and having a good time when my friend starts in on illegal immigration and politics and starts throwing out his hate speech which eventually turns to homosexuals.

skeeter1

Calm down, grab a bag of popcorn, and watch the comedy/documentry "Religulous" by Bill Meyer.

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JW.ORG Logo Denied Trademark Status by United States Patent and Trademark Office

by jwleaks in

jw
friends

the jehovahs witnesses official web site logo incorporating jw.org has been refused registration by the united states patent and trademark office due to similarity to jw player.. section 2(d) refusal likelihood of confusionclass 42. for the reasons set forth below, the refusal under trademark act section 2(d) is now made final with respect to u.s. registration no(s).

this refusal is limited to the class 42 services in the application.. applicants mark is jw.org & design, for use with, inter alia, providing a web site that gives computer users the ability to download audio and video recordings, dvds, music, digital print publications, online publications, documents, forms and web pages all in the field of religion, in class 42. the cited mark is jw player, for use with downloadable computer software for playing, viewing and streaming audio and video files in class 09.. .

documents available to download at jw leaks.. http://jwleaks.org/2014/06/19/jw-org-logo-denied-trademark-status-in-the-united-states/.

skeeter1

The fix is to think of a new logo. WTS is trying to get a new brand, since "Watchtower" and "Jehovh's Witness" are trashed. How about www.WTF.org (for Watchtower Friends, of course).

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The Venting Thread

by minimus in

jw
friends

this thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.

skeeter1

I do get shopping bags too, to use for such purposes. But, I alwsays have too many of them and end up throwing the plastic bags away before I hit hoarder quantity. In maui, no plastic shopping bags.

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Funny devices used by the Golden Age editors, or: Do you make use of the head-sweating apparatus?

by processor in

do you make use of the head-sweating apparatus?revised reprint from the witchtower, july 2010. .

in a family and in a house where it is available and used, this little all-purpose device surely will obviate the need for a doctor many times.

das goldene zeitalter [german edition of the golden age], december 1, 1931, page 359. .

skeeter1

A few years ago, remember the African lady in the UK who needed blood transfusions after pregnancy? She wanted a Coke. Coke was as good as blood.

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When I decided to no longer turn in time...

by SG098 in

being my 1st post i figured i should relate a personal experience.

a few months ago i decided to stop reporting time.

i'm mentally out of this cult now but still trapped because of family.

skeeter1

Very good, you have your wife and friends to think of. You took the humble road. How could they find fault with that. I mean, look at how the pioneers are trotted out. That's against this scripture. And, the money quote has nothing to do with it. Whether or not you do service has nothing to do with whether you turn it in, and Jehovah sees you living his lifestyle. If they ask again, tell them that going out in service causes you too much anxiety.

When I stopped reporting, I was just a 16 year old with one parent in and one parent was disfellowshipped So, not so much was expected of me. I told the elder that I simply didn't believe in this stuff, 1914, Generation, and if I didn't believe in it then I wasn't going out in service. They said that they had to make an announcment, and I said, "OK." So, that was it.

By the way, that is the UGLIEST Kingdom Hall ever. Uninviting, cold, fence, hard surfaces everywhere. I'd tell them that you can't go the KH becuase it's too ugly.

Skeeter

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What would be your favorite job if you could do anything.?

by new hope and happiness in

on the basis that most of us realise the w.t wasnt really the best " job" or way to spend our days, it would be fun to find out what people would really have liked to have done with there lifes and if this is still possible.

or maybe its not even a very realistic ambition just a dream.

in my dreams i stay at home all day and make a living from being a professional artist.maybe i need a phycholgist?.

skeeter1

Park Ranger to someplace awsome.