baltar447

Joined

• started 75 topics
• posted 2,450 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by baltar447

• 
  41

  The dumest thing an elder ever said to me..

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  conversation with an elder...i said " did you watch due south yesterday" and he said " ive got far more important things to do".

  i mean that comment of his got me to thinking and wondering, and made me see he was missing out on living..and i think that comment was the straw that broke this boys faith, and started my i dont want to be a witness anymore.

  kind of wierd how a simple question opened my eyes.. and now as i write this i am watching " the rebel" a 1950s western series, and its great and its even better my 9 year old is watching with me..and there is nothing more important than being happy.. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  I'm pushing 40 and need braces. Gonna have to wait a little bit longer still sigh...
• 
  18

  The Unwitness has a positive experience Sat. 11am at McDonalds

  by RayPublisher in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  interview with joel the unwitness:.

  http://youtu.be/bpwylueul44.

  an outstanding experience of unwitnessing occurs when a former jw happens to find himself at a mcdonalds around 11am on a saturday.... does pandemonium ensue?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  Interesting video.
• 
  50

  Ray Franz - is he REALLY a hero?

  by baltar447 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on one hand, he's enlightnened many to the internal circle jerk that is the governing body (circa the 70s).. but if there's one reason that can be pointed to for the jws becoming full on cult, it's ray franz.

  without him leaving in the manner he did, and stirring the pot, they might not have change the rule (retroatively i might add) on shunning of disassociated ones.

  they specifically changed that so they could remove him and eliminate his influence.. his actions single handedly have created the situation where we have to fade, evade, leave marriages, say goodbye to family, just because we don't buy the jw bullsh!t anymore.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  On one hand, he's enlightnened many to the internal circle jerk that is the Governing Body (circa the 70s).

  BUT If there's one reason that can be pointed to for the JWs becoming full on cult, it's Ray Franz. Without him leaving in the manner he did, and stirring the pot, they might not have change the rule (retroatively I might add) on shunning of Disassociated ones. They specifically changed that so they could remove him and eliminate his influence.

  His actions single handedly have created the situation where we have to fade, evade, leave marriages, say goodbye to family, just because we don't buy the JW bullsh!t anymore.

  I don't know what he could have done differently, and YES, his inside info has helped many to leave, but BECAUSE of him the cost is very high.
• 
  49

  FAT BURNERS????

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i need a good fat-burner.

  i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.

  yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  Protein, veggies, healthy fats, water. And workout hard for short durations= buff
• 
  49

  FAT BURNERS????

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i need a good fat-burner.

  i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.

  yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  Seriously let's go get 'crunk'
• 
  49

  FAT BURNERS????

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i need a good fat-burner.

  i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.

  yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  dude you must be fun at parties.
• 
  14

  July KM 2014 download

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  enjoy.

  .

  http://www.2shared.com/document/g0jglvky/km_e-us_e_201407.html.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  you gotta be REALLY careful with these downloads. Figuring out the CORRECT download icon will be the difference between getting crapware on your PC or the file you intended to download.
• 
  162

  ...The WBT$ Theft of Kingdom Hall Bank Accounts and JW Elders...

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  .. the new wbt$ donation arrangement/ jw kingdom hall bank account theft... is a very hot topic right now... the wbt$ is literally going to clean out kingdom hall bank accounts,filled with donations from jws... that theft is going to happen world wide..the wbt$ is going to steal from 7 million plus jw`s... .. we have jw elders here on jwn,that know whats going on... they "serve" in kingdom halls,they are "supposed" to be looking after the welfare of the average jw... they know there is a 4 page letter,only one page will be read to the congregation..the rest will be kept secret... they know the wbt$ is about to steal jw donations..on a world wide scale!!!...

  .. i would like to know what you active jw elders are going to do about this??!!...

  are you going to let "your" congregation know about the other 3 secret pages?...

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  I agree. It takes more character than most to stand up and be a sacrificial lamb. These elders still in are probably looking after their own interests, such as trying to wake up and get their own families out. I'm not going to judge them, but why they don't take this opportunity to take a stand and step down, while still being a JW in "good standing" I can't tell you.

  The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. -Thomas Jefferson
• 
  49

  Society money grab tonight

  by Red Piller in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  wow.

  you read about it here.

  but, it still doesn't prepare you.. our hall passed a resolution to give about 15,000 to the wt.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  It's never going to be "assemble at the KH the end is here and don't tell ANYONE".

  No, the "obey even if it doesn't make sense" is: All your bank accounts R belong to us
• 
  20

  new watchtower on jw.org Americans don't know their own history

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started reading the feb 2014 public watchtower about a war that changed the world.

  i had to do a double take in the very first paragraph.. .

  "a century ago, millions of young men left the security of their homes and went off to war.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  baltar447

  This WAS written in 1914:

  TO HIS MOTHER

  Camp de Mailly,
  AUBE, France, October 17, 1914.

  . . After two weeks here and less than two months from enlistment we are actually going at last to the firing line. By the time you receive this we shall already perhaps have had our baptême de feu. We have been engaged in the hardest kind of hard work,---two weeks of beautiful autumn weather on the whole, frosty nights and sunny days and beautiful coloring on the sparse foliage that breaks here and there the wide rolling expanses of open country. Every day from the distance to the north has come the booming of the cannon around Reims and the lines along the Meuse. We have had splendid sham battles, firing dozens of rounds of blank cartridges. Between the bonds de vingt mètres, when we lie on the ground, resting the sack on one side and with one's ear in the grass, it has been wonderful to hear this steady pounding of the distant cannonade.

  But imagine how thrilling it will be tomorrow and the following days, marching toward the front with the noise of battle growing continually louder before us. I could tell you where we are going but I do not want to run any risk of having this letter stopped by the censor. The whole regiment is going, four battalions, about 4,000 men. You have no idea how beautiful it is to see the troops undulating along the road in front of one in colonnes par quatre as far as the eye can see with the captains and lieutenants on horseback at the head of their companies.

  I am keeping a diary in a desultory sort of way, but aside from this I am quite incapable of any such literary effort as you suggest, for one simply has not the time. Tomorrow the real hardship and privations begin. But I go into action with the lightest of light hearts. The hard work and moments of frightful fatigue have not broken but hardened me and I am in excellent health and spirits. Do not worry, for the chances are small of not returning and I think you can count on seeing me at Fairlea next summer, for I shall certainly return after the war to see you all and recuperate. I am happy and full of excitement over the wonderful days that are ahead. It was such a comfort to receive your letter and know that you approved of my action. Be sure that I shall play the part well for I was never in better health nor felt my manhood more keenly.