Posts by onacruse

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Number of 'Anointed' down to about 4000

by nicolaou in

jw
friends

so i was at the 'memorial' last night (that's a whole other story) and i got into a converstaion with an elder afterwards.

i asked him why no figure had been printed in our kingdom ministry for the number of uk partakers last year.

(in 2000, the figure of 300 was given, down from 319 in 1999).

onacruse

Some possible answers:

The 1935 anointed class is getting old, and some years they have simply forgotten to partake;

1935 will soon be understood as marking the beginning of a "generation," and this whole circus act could go on for another 500 years;

The Society keeps getting the Memorial partaker numbers mixed up with the perdophile list;

Some congregations, anxious to elevate their stature in the circuit, are making up Memorial attendance and partaker figures;

The number 144,000 is symbolic after all;

As the org is progressively cleansed of apostates, the true spiritual status of closet anointed ones is being revealed.

LOL

Craig

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good morning all, i don't usually allow myself to get too sentimental, but this was sent to me by my baby sister (not a jw) and upon reflection, i wondered if i got so wrapped up in myself that i often forget about the concerns of others.

alfie .

heavenly father, help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night .

onacruse

Yes indeed.

Life should BE a rush (in the one sense), but too often it simply IS a rush (in the usual sense).

We can make it be either one, and sometimes both. Our choice.

Craig

17

Will U Cry For the Babies

by Farkel in

forgot about this one i did about two years ago.

found it on kent's site.

thanks kent!

onacruse

Yet another example of taking a clean simple Biblical statement, grinding it up through the mysterious WTS theological black box, and producing totally unpalatable sausage.

"...Christ Jesus...gave himself as a ransom for all..." (1 Tim 2:5,6)

ALL means ALL means ALL, notwithstanding the "many" of Matt 20:28.

I refuse to believe in a God who allows destruction by coincidence.

Craig

25

been away from organization for a while now, yet?.

by intellecta in

i found this site accidently i guess.

i have been away from the truth for a while now...6 years... yet it always permeates my mind somehow and i fear the events happening in the world, and wonder.... i guess my problem was that i hated going out door to door as a child.. somehow i hated invading other people's privacy and felt wrong somehow, or embarrased, or just plain hated it period.

i think that is the biggest thing that keeps me away from ever returning.. somehow i, in my small mind cannot understand why small children should do such a thing until they are old enough to at least have a say in it.. like an opinion??

onacruse

Hi intellecta, and welcome to the board!

After spending 96% of my life in "anticipation" of the future, I now wholly subscribe to the simple advice "Live One Day at a Time."

Not exactly unscriptural, either: "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Matt 6:27 NIV)

Craig

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HOW LONG WERE YOU A JW?

by hamptonite21 in

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friends

93 did the dunk!

99 df'd

onacruse

Baptized in 62, latest and very last "departure" in 00.

38 of my 50 years, not counting the first 10 being raised a JW.

The next 50 ain't gonna be the same, NOOOOOOOO way!

Craig

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Needless To Say...

by Derrick in

jw
friends

your harsh criticism of the watchtower is not helping matters.

instead of criticizing the problems, why not suggest solutions?.

this is pointless, provocative and designed to ignite a firestorm of followup attacks.... "the borg's disfellowship policies totally sux!!!!!".

onacruse

To quote a Scripture the Society has used innumerable times to condemn other religions as unworthy/incapable of salvage:

"No one sews a patch of of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, and the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved." (Matt 9:16, 17 NIV)

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Craig

Edited by - onacruse on 13 November 2002 20:58:38

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What Do You Like to Collect

by Kenneson in

jw
friends

over the years i have had several collections, ranging from louisiana bottles, (this collection was stolen); books relating to la.

which i donated to a library; books by or about jws, which i gave to another library; a stamp collection, which is at my sister's house.

my florida related stamps are now on exhibit at the state library of florida.

onacruse

I collect bikerchic's.

My collection is now complete.

Craig (of the feeling very secure in his state of constant arousal class)

@ Valis

Edited by - onacruse on 10 November 2002 23:57:15

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Online romances ruiner?

by Kingpawn in

minimus posted a thread lately asking for questions you'd like to see answered:.

prisca asked how many online romances there were here.. i got to thinking about that at work, among other things (see previous thread).

and besides the "slim pickings" mentioned by a poster in another thread, another potential problem came to mind.. we can probably divide ourselves into two groups here: the "ex-jw's' and the "never-jw's.

onacruse

Without a doubt, one of the very important factors in my developing a relationship with bikerchic was our common "heritage" as ex-JWs. I seriously doubt that I would have found the emotional and intellectual compatability that we share if it wasn't for the fact that we've both had so many similar experiences in and out of the borg. Indeed, while we have individually resolved the more cancerous issues of our JW past, there still remains a lot of social readjustment that we are exploring together and reconciling on a daily basis. I can't imagine how my heart would have been open to share this journey with someone who otherwise would "know" so little about the path that got me to this point.

Our love is founded on many many other deep and enduring bonds, but our mutual ex-JW factor was and will, with diminishing force, always be a part of how we met, why we were attracted, and what we do together in healing and living.

Craig

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She's On Her Way!!!!

by onacruse in

bikerchic (katie) and her son joey are halfway here to portland, or.

staying over in sacramento for the night.. god how anxious i am to have her here with me!!

tomorrow night, tomorrow night .

onacruse

I'm here!!!!

Joey and I arrived about 8:30 lastnight. The trip went well, a total of 24 hours driving, way too long of a drive.........well not really.....as soon as I saw Craig it made it all more than worth while!

The guys had the truck all unloaded by noon today. The apartment is sooooo full we can't see the floors or the windows, maybe I have too much stuff? Garage sale is in order, soon! Any way I will have my work cut out for me unpacking and Craig will be busy moving furniture around for me until I figure out exactly where everything will go.....he,hee

Thanks to all fot he well wishes and worry I was thinking of you all while traveling.

Valis, sorry hun but I drank the beer......this was definately a chug-a-lug trip.

Gotta go and get my son off the the airport soon for his flight home, man I'm gunna miss him! He was such a big help to Craig and I did most all the driving but he has school Monday morning.

onacruse says:

bc (of the LOVES onacruse and happy to finally be here in his arms class)

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Freeness of Speech

by Blueblades in

jw
friends

have you ever been told that you do not qualify for a privilege because you lack," freeness of speech".this lack of "freeness of speech" may be the result of something you did or did not do.

also some member of your family could of done something or failed to do something and so the elders decided that you do not have" freeness of speech" because of it.

and so you did not qualify for a privilege.

onacruse

Blueblades: That is also my understanding of how WTS applies this principle. As usual, it has caveats.

For example, an elder is supposed to also be "irreprehensible" (meaning: free of any charges, whether proven or not...not the same as "free from accusation," meaning an accusation that has been proven). How many elders have YOU ever seen removed from responsibility, even temporarily, while some charge is being resolved? Me, only 2 in 40 years, and they both turned out to be guilty as hell. And in the last cong I attended, there were at least 3 elders that had been called on the carpet for various infractions, yet remained fully empowered.

Same with "freeness of speech." I've known sooooo many elders that gave talks about things that almost everybody else in the cong KNEW were hypocritical.

Welcome to the "good old boys" club, eh?

Craig