Posts by freedom96

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Just another Newbie saying "Hi!"

by Auntie Flame in

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hi, just wanted to get acquainted a little bit.

i already jumped in and posted a couple of times.

i've been out for 13 yrs.

Dissing the JWs....

by ScoobySnax in

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i've been inactive for a few years now, and yet, despite all i read, i can't feel as you mostly all do.

i have a lot of happy memories of being "in the truth" (and i know how much some here hate that line) and fond memories of the meetings and assemblies, sure it was much easier to break away and live life like i am now,..... but well, thats just how i feel.

i can understand those that may leave for personal reasons, but not sure i'll ever understand some here who have such a hatred of anything jw related.

freedom96

The WTS hurts families, destroys them, and works under the disguise of being a loving arrangement. The facts are, that they are otherwise. I would strongly urge you to read Crisis of Conscience, written by a former governing body member. He lets you know what is really going on.

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Even MORE Things Eating at MY Mind

by Francois in

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i like big cars, big boats, big motorcycles, big houses and big campfires.

i believe the money i make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.

guns do not make you a killer.

freedom96

The guy who originally said the post started by Froncois is George Carlin, and I think he makes many good points, and these comments also remind me of the song by the Eagles, "Get Over It."

Edited by - freedom96 on 3 February 2003 21:24:45

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What's The Worst Thing The WT.Society Has Taught?

by minimus in

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out of all the wrong things the watchtower society has taught, which do you feel are the worst?

freedom96

Shunning and not associating with those who are wordly/ df'd /da'd. All the rest is just doctrine.

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Who plays a musical instrument?

by JH in

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everybody likes music, but i don't know many people who play an instrument.

years ago, every house had a piano, and just about everybody in the house played the piano, but not today.

we all know that farkel is an excellent pianist, and i do enjoy listening to his music.. does any of you play a musical instrument?

freedom96

Some keyboards, (finally got a really nice one), some guitar, and sing.

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Should We All Go to Memorial- And Partake ?

by Searchin50 in

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should we all go this year and partake of the emblems?.

i think it would be a real nice project for us !!!!!!!!!

the increase of partakers would just be to much,.

freedom96

I have been known at times to be an instigator, so I think this would be fun. However, I don't know if I could stomach being at the hall for an hour.

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Another dream of returning to the Kingdom Hall

by LyinEyes in

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last nite i had another dream, it has been awhile and since consciencely i don't want to go back to the kh, it is a little disturbing.

i dreamed i went back but went to a different congregation , but i saw many of the same people i grew up with , i threw my last pack of cigs away.

i wondered why so many people were afraid to talk to me, but i was glad to see them.

freedom96

We have to remember that for some of us, the whole WTS experience was a major part of our life. For me, I grew up as one, and that was all I knew. Many of my childhood memories surround various witness activities, whether it was friends, service, meetings. I would say a good 80% of those memories directly involve something to do with the watchtower. So to have dreams of that past would not be unusual.

The subconcious is very powerful, and during dreams can certainly just be going back to what once, was all we knew.

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JWs: how many leave?

by larc in

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others have estimated how many leave the organization.

i didn't quite follow their reasoning, so i took a stab at making an estimate.

i am not sure, if my reasoning is the same as has been posted or not, but here goes.

freedom96

I was going to say that even a net increase of about 34000 witnesses in the US alone is quite large, when figureing out all the crap they put ones through. HAS to be mostly kids in the WTS getting baptized, not new ones.

Anyways, back to your figures, they seem reasonable to me.

Personally, I want to see big drops in the numbers.

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The one that did it?

by Gig in

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was there a single scripture that finally made perfect sense as you were tempted to leave and allowed you to do so in good conscience?

maybe it was the one that never made sense until you were out?

was there one that seemed to sum it all up after you left?

freedom96

Two for me. One was the scripture talking about false prophets, and how if what they say does not come true, they are not a real prophet, in fact, it says run from them.

The other, is at the end of the bible, that says something to the effect that whoever changes or adds to the bible, shall have severe consequences.

The WTS has done both. That sums it up for me.

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As a kid how did you survive the meetings?

by Parousia in

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recently my brother, sister, and i talked for the first time about how we survived the meetings when we were kids.

i loved hearing their stories.. i had a whole imaginary world i went into.

once the songs were over and the talk started, i would focus on the speaker to look like i was listening and then zone out.

freedom96

Sitting through the meetings was agonizing as a kid and adult. I never did quite figure out what to do to pass time. As a kid, I could not even play with a small toy. I had to sit there. All I could do was day dream.