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  Wire-Rim Glasses

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  stumbled upon www.towerwatch.com.

  a ministry of misery.

  depression.

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  LisaRose

  I wore wire rims back in the day. But I was in California, I've heard we were way more liberal than everyone else.
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  I'd report THAT to the police, but not THIS...

  by Northern Star in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am new to the boards, so a little background info may be a good idea?

  also, i'm not quite sure which sub-forum to post this to....

  i have a typical religious background for my country; grew up with lutheran christianity (which was our state religion up until 2012; we now have a secular constitution).

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  LisaRose

  I was a Jehovah's Witness for thirty years and I would have reported a murder to the police, even as indoctrinated JW. The law must be obeyed unless it conflicts with God's laws, and I am not aware of any reasoning that says you cannot report wrongdoing to the legal authorities. But I would also have reported child abuse also, so maybe I am not an average JW.
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  The Watchtower is not invincible

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  despite claims to the contrary, there's no guarantee the watchtower will be around in a few decades time.

  and it seems to me there's ever mounting evidence that the opposite may well be true.

  but it's not just that recruitment is down and their defectors are up.

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  LisaRose

  you read the post from the Andersons / Reveal News on Splanes X-Splanation to the Portuguese on being wary of enema's of the State of JW -

  Enemas? I do not think that word means what you think it means.
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  Hello

  by Lost and adrift in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  .just plucking up the courage to introduce myself....living in ireland but from the uk originally.

  ..drifted away due to depression (from all things truth related lol and bereavements and my m.s husband cheating on me and leaving !!

  ) few years ago but they recently hunted me down (they contacted me the day my other half was diagnosed with cancer!

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  LisaRose

  Welcome, so sorry these idiots felt they had to hunt you down, in no way do the scriptures require them to do this, but it's not about the bible it's about control, it's a cult. I moved out of state, so they couldn't do anything, but my family treats me as disfellowshipped all the same. It's a game that you can't win unless you are willing to live as if you were a JW, something I was not willing to do. I wanted Christmas, birthdays, voting and everything else, and to hell with them, I am not going to pretend or change my life to suit others, there is nothing I can do about those who worship eight men in Brooklyn.

  I lost my brother and mother to cancer, it's rough.

  I'm in the U.S., but of Irish/English heritage. I've been to England, but not to Ireland, I am hoping to visit before I die.
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  OK friends lets be honest, if a Nuclear Holocaust took place today how many of you would return to the KH?

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  speaking for my self, no way in hell.. this question to see if you really have been deprogramed,.

  do you 100% believe it is not the truth.. a fourth of the world hit by a nuclear attack..

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  LisaRose

  Are you serious? Why would a nuclear holocaust make me want to go back? To me It's like saying "if there was a nuclear holocaust would you join the Mormons?" , because the Mormons have just as much if a chance of being right as the JWs do, which is zero.
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  Weldon Howze dies in California

  by SadElder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many of us knew or knew of weldon howze.

  weldon was a good friend for more than 40 years, even after my fade from the dubs.

  this came to my in box today.. to all of weldons friends and family,.

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  LisaRose

  It doesn't surprise me that some saw him as a threat, he was too well known, a great speaker and loved by many, but he never quite fit the JW "mold", they couldn't have anyone like that have that much power. I suspected as much at the time but didn't ever hear exactly what happened.

  It also doesn't surprise me that he didn't condemn you for leaving, sadelder, he was a truly good and kind person, not judgemental at all. I am so glad I saw your post, otherwise I wouldn't have know he passed away.
  
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  Weldon Howze dies in California

  by SadElder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many of us knew or knew of weldon howze.

  weldon was a good friend for more than 40 years, even after my fade from the dubs.

  this came to my in box today.. to all of weldons friends and family,.

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  LisaRose

  No, I once did a search for him on the internet, but nothing, I was just curious, he was an interesting fellow, very unique. He was a very social guy, traveled a lot and had friends all over, but I guess he wasn't into the internet, not surprising, he was older. Whenever people found out I was from the area they would ask me if I knew him, he was that well known. I knew him in Ventura, but he lived in Santa Barbara from the eighties on. I last saw him in the ninties, ran into him at a party, he asked about my husband at the time who was disfellowshipped, as I said Weldon studied with him before he got baptized.
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  Weldon Howze dies in California

  by SadElder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many of us knew or knew of weldon howze.

  weldon was a good friend for more than 40 years, even after my fade from the dubs.

  this came to my in box today.. to all of weldons friends and family,.

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  LisaRose

  Two dislikes for saying I was sorry someone passed away? Seriously?

  Steve, I don't know the story, I heard some rumors, but nothing I care to repeat, it was a long time ago.
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  Weldon Howze dies in California

  by SadElder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many of us knew or knew of weldon howze.

  weldon was a good friend for more than 40 years, even after my fade from the dubs.

  this came to my in box today.. to all of weldons friends and family,.

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  LisaRose

  I knew Weldon from way back in the seventies, he studied with my first husband. He was a really great guy, was very well known and traveled a lot. I think he served at Bethel at one time. I am sorry to hear that he passed away.
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  What's More Important...Taking care of immigrants or the needy in your country?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i say take care of the needy ones first like our veterans and homeless and mentally ill, and then....take care of those not from this country.

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  LisaRose

  Agreed. That's why I am personally helping a family through a local church. I also donate money to Wounded Warriors, volunteer at my local pet shelter, donate to Angel Flight and always do Angel Tree every year.
  I'm trying to leave the world and at least a few people better than they were before I got here.

  Wow, good on you! How strange that you are doing what the opportunity suggested should be done, helping people in your own country, but two people saw fit to dislike that particular comment, I wonder why? I get that some people don't like you, you can be blunt and this is a political thread, but to dislike that fact that you help other people is petty and childish.