Posts by sparky1

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Waking up - introduction

by Dreamerdude in

i am a male, born into the jw cult(ure), baptized as a teen, now mid fifties.

most of my life i dreamed of hugging pandas and lions, punctuated at times by nightmares of armageddon or jw drama and politics.

still going through the motions for still-in wife.

sparky1

Welcome to the forum, Dreamerdude and to the 'dawning' of your new, awakened life.

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Why are witnesses all so highly stressed?

by stuckinarut2 in

witnesses are so anxious, stressed, highly strung..... so much for ones who are supposed to be "the happiest people"..... thoughts?.

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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. - Proverbs 13:12 K.J.V.

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Why are witnesses all so highly stressed?

by stuckinarut2 in

witnesses are so anxious, stressed, highly strung..... so much for ones who are supposed to be "the happiest people"..... thoughts?.

"NEXT STOP.....THE NEW WORLD!!!!!!!!!! "Honest......Really........We wouldn't lie to you...... It's just around the corner.......Any day now........Soon......Within this generation........Within THIS generation........No REALLY, within THIS generation.....In our 20th century..........It's imminent........According to God's unalterable timetable........Reliable Bible chronology points to our day...........and on and on and on and on and on..................

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Here is what kind of person (Prince) a celebrity JW is

by Terry in

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friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lhcparuzpc

sparky1

I'm ready for Saturday morning field service, brothers. Who wants to be in my limousine, I mean car group?

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Letter to the GB...Would they see it??

by James Mixon in

if one sent a nice note to the gb, "you guys are a bunch of low life scumbags", would they cover.

it in their meeting and respond to my letter?.

sparky1

If you really wanted to do this, you would need to have some kind of 'apostate' connection inside Bethel. If my memory serves me correctly, you could write a letter to each individual member of the Governing Body (tm) and then have your 'apostate' connection send these letters through the internal Bethel mail system. They would each get their respective letters during the morning 'mail delivery'.

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Everyone is Equal in God's Loving Organization

by new boy in

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friends

they said we are all the same in god’s eyes.

that everyone is equal.

to prove this they call everyone “brother and sister.” sadly, this really isn’t the case.

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Resolutions at Kingdom Hall

by sieborg in

anyhow i got to thinking today about my days in the borg and the resolutions that would intermittently be made in the announcements for co visit expenses, sending a donation to society www fund etc.

my point is that while i was in (almost thirty two years) i never once saw anyone put up their hand to vote against a resolution that the body of elders proposed.

on a couple of occasions i heard a few hushed murmurs but i never saw one person vote against.

sparky1

The Jehovah's Witnesses RUBBER STAMP everything. That way they can claim to 'all speak in agreement'!

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Ivanka Trump’s hubby, Jared Kushner, reportedly buying Jehovah’s Witnesses headquarters

by DavidG in

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friends

whats your thoughts on this one?

who will have anthony morris iii's room?

http://www.jta.org/2016/04/13/news-opinion/united-states/ivanka-trumps-hubby-jared-kushner-reportedly-buying-jehovahs-witnesses-headquarters.

sparky1

Don't laugh too hard! I have already heard some 'urban legend' around the sale of Watchtower property involving Trump and his son in law. Someone I still speak with told me : 'DONALD TRUMP IS BUYING UP ALL OUR PROPERTIES. AND HE KNOWS JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES HAVE THE TRUTH, BUT HE IS JUST NOT READY TO GIVE UP HIS LIFE STYLE AT THIS TIME.!'

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Article from Jamaica: Jehovah's Witnesses' properties for sale - Rising costs force religious group to go small

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20160410/jehovahs-witnesses-properties-sale-rising-costs-force-religious-group-go-small jehovah's witnesses' properties for sale - rising costs force religious group to go small.

sunday | april 10, 2016 | 12:00 am by erica virtue.

norman grindley.

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Anybody know how to vomit? - Flipper

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After 50 years Zealous Service, My Elder Friends goes Inactive

by James Jack in

i asked him what happened.

he said "him and his wife lived a full theocratic life for jehovah.

doing everything the organization and the traveling brothers told them to do, like work part time, regular pioneer, serve where the need is great.

sparky1

In the Spring of 1976 I took an older middle aged gentleman, his younger wife and his young daughter on tour at Watchtower Farms. He gave me some sage advice after the tour. He said: 'I was a Bethelite in the late '30's and early '40's and all we were told, every day, was that Armageddon was imminent. Sometimes all we had to eat was bread and sugar sandwiches. (I remember George Couch talking about this, so this man wasn't lying). Don't listen to everything these men have to say at headquarters. If you do, you will never have anything and you will wind up poor.' That Summer I left the Farm and started my 'new life'. I discussed what I wanted to do with a friend of mine from my Farm days that had recently become a Circuit Overseer. He told me 'DO NOT go into business. You are wasting your time. Armageddon is so close that it just would not be worth it' I will be 61 in a few months time. I semi-retired at 47 and now work 32 hours a week. I make a decent living still, I have full coverage health insurance paid for and a retirement plan plus paid vacation time. I'm glad I didn't pay attention to the 'Brains in Brooklyn'! However, I feel very, very sad for the thousands of 'faithful ones' that gave their life to this organization and now have nothing. What was done to them is CRIMINAL and yet there is no recourse against the BAD ADVICE that they got from 'Jehovah's loving organization'.