Posts by Dagney

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Why did Jesus come to earth? Invite to a DC

by Simon in

i just had an invite to a district convention later this month in calgary (i guess they get to clean up the saddledome before the stampede, lol).. they gave me a leaflet asking "why did jesus come to earth?

" so i asked them "so why did he come?".

"well, he came to save us".

Dagney

That was good Simon. I hope I have a chance to use it.

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Well another one leaves the Borg.

by John Aquila in

i took a quick trip to the store and i happened to see a young man (about 26-28 years old) who got baptized about the same time i was leaving- about 2 years ago.

a couple of pioneer sisters found him in the door to door work.

one of them, a very attractive girl.

Dagney

Wonderful! I love to hear of one more leaving.

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How many of you went to your Class Reunion when you were a JW??

by James Mixon in

how did it go for you?

i have a 50 year reunion coming up and.

i am looking forward to it.. they all know i was a jw, it should be interesting.. i figure we won't have many more (reunions) so i must attend, the last round up..

Dagney

I never went as a JW. 2 yrs after I left I was contacted to attend my 30 year out of the blue by a girl that was a neighbor way back when. I went, and even though I was a fish out of water and had left that school after 9th grade to go "where the need is greater," everybody was very nice and we kept in touch for awhile. It is amazing no matter how old we all are, in our minds eye we are still see each other as those 14 yr old kids.

Have fun! It's interesting and the music will be great!

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Hello, just introducing myself

by Miss Behaving in

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i've just signed up two days ago, but i've been lurking for about a year and a half.

here's my story if you're interested:.

my parents converted when they were in their first semester of college.

Dagney

Welcome! Thank you for sharing your story. I'm so happy you made it out! You have a great attitude and that along with working towards a goal in life will help you go far.

Sorry about the loss...but as you have stated and we too have discovered, nothing is worth more than being able to live your own life with freedom of thought. Who knew??!!!

Good luck and look forward to your comments.

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2015 Convention Reminders Video!

by Atlantis in

credit goes to mike & kim.. .. https://youtu.be/yj3x6wjrsaq .

.. .. atlantis!.

Dagney

Wow.

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Theories on the increasing appearances of the new GB aide?

by Lemonp in

i have noticed that younger guy appearing more and more on jw tv and in special talks.

can't remember his name but he is middle aged, greying, but has a business exec look about him.. is this guy the next gen of gb members?

or is he just an aide to help them about etc?

Dagney

I think the marketing firm said they need to integrate a more pleasing looking person in their social media. I heard a lot of JW's were rather embarrassed about some of the talks...how goofy the presentations were. They need a slick willy.

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UK Branch visit 2015

by tamagotchi in

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anyone know anything about it?

apparently it's going to be broadcast live nationally to all the congregations this saturday

Dagney

Thank you 88JM. This is dated before the removal of several elders out of the UK Branch, which I "heard" Gilles was held somewhat responsible for. Dunno.

Thanks again.

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UK Branch visit 2015

by tamagotchi in

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anyone know anything about it?

apparently it's going to be broadcast live nationally to all the congregations this saturday

Dagney

Does anyone know what happened (if anything) to Paul Gilles? I had "heard" he had a position change, and wondered if that was true. Or is he still the voice of UK Bethel?

Curious.

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"What will I do if I leave Jehovah's Witnesses ?"

by Balaamsass2 in

whenever we visit the board we see a lot of angst among jehovah's witnesses who are just learning the tatt (the truth about the truth).

hey, don't feel bad, we had it at one time ourselves.

"angst means fear or anxiety (anguish is its latinate equivalent, and anxious, anxiety are of similar origin).

Dagney

Nice comment BA2.

It is the "best of times and the worst of times" as mentioned. But it gets better and better as you get stronger and stronger in your own self worth.

The exJW community is just the best. I communicate in the very least weekly with many, of course Facebook makes that easy to keep in touch. We still meet up when we can.

I have a best friend who just left JW 6 mths ago. While her mate goes to the meeting we plan an adventure. We were going to a museum a few weeks ago, then I thought, let me contact an exJW family I know nearby and maybe they can meet us for a bite. Well they wanted to and we did...never made it to the museum and talked for 5 hours. She came home and said "I can't believe I talked for 5 hours to people I never met before."

I can't emphasize enough how healing it is to meet your fellow exJW's. Come to Tahoe!! We have cookies and champagne! (BA2 and 3rdgen ) Just made my hotel reservation...need to work out the details.

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WT addresses the "rapture" teaching.

by wifibandit in

look at paragraph 15 of the 2015 july 15th study edition pg 18-19.. http://imgur.com/3wparys.

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basically they admit to teaching the rapture (for the anointed remnant), just don't call it that!.

Dagney

They started the verbiage in the late '90's. I asked a few elders...this is the rapture...or everybody is going to be on a bus...or the plane will go down.... No answer.