Posts by Highlander

Outlaw, you raise a very good point. I think this demonstrates how far along us apostates have come in showing we are caring human beings that show concern for other people despite the religious differences.

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God help me - Just finished Crisis of Conscience

by Orgull in

i don't know whether to laugh or cry.. a friend lent me coc yesterday and i stayed up most of the night reading it.

it took me 13 hours and i skipped the meeting today to keep reading, i couldn't bear to put it down.. i am shocked but not surprised at how closely ray's thinking mirrors my own in some ways.

the part that hit me hardest was.... "conviction, it has no meaning or validity unless it is individual, personal.

Highlander

A while back I said I felt no resentment, but I'm beginning to. The first half of my life was spent living a lie.

Like you, I recently read CoC. It wasn't til after reading the book that I reached the stage of full on bitterness. I just got off the phone with my dad. He asked if I was ok, as I seemed a bit down. He's right, I am a bit down. Some of it is from working 14 days non-stop, but a lot of it is from my j-dub hangover that I'm trying to get over.

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Blondie needs encouragement

by blondie in

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i have been battling an incurable illness and will be able to post less and less.

i will post my email, and any help you cna asend my way will be appreciated.

there is treatment but no cure and no cancer yet.

Highlander

I would imagine that any physical pain you may have can be tolerable, but it's the loneliness that can take the greatest toll.

Blondie, we are here for you always.

Take lots of care of yourself!

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Sept KM anti study

by hurricane in

i would like to extend a big thankyou to those posting on the forum who are in fact helping to educate us all with explanations of the scriptures that we may not have previously considered.

channel c is also good for this.. a christians life should be one of continual searching, testing, confirming as this leads to a deeper and firmer faith which can challenge firmly entrenched viewpoints.when i first started to study in 1966 i almost emptied my local library and spent ages in the british museum confirming my new found beliefs, this approach may well be frowned on now.

has anyone done independant research on revelation and thrown in a few maverick comments at the group study, i found out some interesting info regarding the congregations and cities jesus addressed and included them in my answers.

Highlander

Welcome Hurricane!

I do hope there is a large storm brewing for the WT!

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Roommate seems to have a hard time going to the meetings

by oppgirl63 in

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my roommate seems to have the hardest time making it to the sunday meetings...and that's the only one she goes to anymore.

i went to wake her this morning and she didn't want to go and asked me if i would carry her service card (or whatever it's called) to the kh for her.

i told her no...i didn't want to talk to those people.

Highlander

Start doing something fun on Sunday morning & invite her. I bet she will go with you.

You better get crackin' on that. It won't be long and all her j-dub 'friends' will abandon her and she will be having a tough time if she hasn't started on creating a new life for herself. You've given this info to her, so I would take some responsibility in helping her adjust to a new life, cuz if she's given this info to the elders then it won't be long til they sit her down for some 'spiritual sphedering' which will no doubt turn into a judicial committee.

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Speculating on grounds for divorce

by journey-on in

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with the new kool-aid edition of the wt coming out in a few months, i think we are going to see some real changes in the wts...(duh, ya' think?).

i think they may use apostasy as scriptural grounds for divorce.

i think there are scriptures that could be twisted to support this.

Highlander

At this point I believe they could tell each member to sit at the kingdumb hall with their thumb up their rear and they would all comply.

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Did the time come when it became unbearable to walk in the Kingdom Hall?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

i didn't attend any meetings in the month of august.

i worked too many hours and i just don't care any longer.

just the thought of driving 45 minutes,greeting brothers and sisters who don't really care about each other,singing the dreadful songs,listening to the boring talk(which are repeats of a repeat),going over the slanted watchtower study and then driving another 45 minutes home.. how did you feel when you knew that it was becoming unbearable to attend another meeting?.

Highlander

Oh boy do I remember. It was a slow process, but that unbearable feeling was soon too much to ignore.

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5 Tennessee Elders die in plane crash

by Nathan Natas in

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see: http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9002813 (kingsport, tn).

ministers from 5 east tennessee jehovah's witness congregations aboard plane.

published 09/02/2007 by jeff bobo .

Highlander

I'm sure the j-dub rumour mill will churn out an urban legend about the day jehovah killed 5 apostate elders that were conspiring to bring down His organization.