Posts by sspo

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sspo

Only a fool would go back after he has learned about the lies of the watchtower.

The answer is nothing would bring me back and play the silly game of beleiving.

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Can losing faith in God be a disfellowshipping offense?

by Emery in

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friends

i have been pondering this question for awhile.

say a person during a shepherding visit with the elders were to simply state that they had lost their faith in god because of the subject of suffering-- would the elders still have grounds to disfellowship them even if the person did not actually commit a sinful offense?

instead of diving into all the errors, false prophecies, and lies advanced by the organization can somebody simply say, "i have lost faith in jehovah" and walk away without being publically denounced?

sspo

As far as i know a person would not get DF if they have doubts about GOD himself but talking to the elders one has to be very careful about anything negative about the watchtower.

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What is the WATCHTOWER'S timeline for getting out of Brooklyn?

by Think About It in

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i don't know any details myself, but i was wondering what is the watchtower's timeline for getting completely out of brooklyn?

i know they have been building a new hq in patterson.

(i think) they have also been selling many brooklyn properties.

sspo

It's just around the corner! You will live to see it!

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NEW video on Youtube MUST SEE! the elder's meeting is ridiculous!

by Newly Enlightened in

brother of the hawk, newly enlightened & gojira, recorded an elder's meeting on 5/7/03.

both does a great job of defending me and making the elders look foolish!.

thank you raypublisher/jj and jwstruggle for the awesome job you did on it.. follow up story was not recorded but we will post it here hopefully over the weekend.. enjoy, it's pretty hilarious how they try to control us and come after me on a work of fiction!.

sspo

Very sad listening to the video to the stupidity and the reasoning on the part of the elders.

Have to admit that for 21 years as an elders have been on many calls with publishers and "persecuting them" for silly, frivolous things.

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The Experts- Jehovahs Witnesses

by jean-luc picard in

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i was thinking this weekend of a brother i first met when i was a teenager.. not yet an elder, this brother was very outspoken, and was viewed a kind of hero to the r&f.. an inexperienced teen, i also believed ( influenced by others) that this guy was a godsend.. looking back, with the eyes of a more mature person, i now consider him an arrogant self opinionated bully.. he later became an elder and i might add that he also had an imposing physical appearance .

but he had no education.

no schooling.

sspo

Yes, they were experts in every field.

Never forget a single, young elder giving talks about marriage and sex and coming off like he knew everything

needed to have a happy wife.

Once he married, 18 months later, his wife got a restraining order against him.

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marrying younger spouses

by ssn587 in

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friends

my wife passed away 2 years ago we had been married over 30 years, i have since remarried and my new wife is younger than 3 of my children from my first marriage.

i just wondering if there are any more like me out there.

i stay in excellent shape for my age, work out almost daily eat good and have absolutely no medical problems or at least none i can do anything about, bad knees, but my vitals are excellent, and i am known as the teenage because of them when i have my yearly medical checkup.. so was wondering if there are others out there like me, and what some may think about it, just for the record i am extremely happy once again, and we have a 18 month boy who delights me, have a whole new outlook on fatherhood and child raising.

sspo

More power to you and i hope you will both be happy until death.

Even though after my divorce from my Jw wife i could have done the same by marrying a philippino girl, "almost did"

young, beautiful and fresh, i decided to date american women much closer to my age.

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Leaving...

by LouBelle in

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friends

i just broke down in such an ugly cry at work.

walked outside and just sobbed my guts out.

i am so very unhappy here.

sspo

Can you hang in there for another 2-3 weeks and in the mean time let temp-office look for another job for you.

No job, money problems and creditors calling you can add to more depression.

Hang in there, happiness will come soon if you make wise decision.