Dagney

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  OCT 2019 Watchtower - Survival dependant on loyalty to JW Leaders

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is so much wrong with the newly released october, 2019 but that's not unusual.

  what stands out is there statement claiming that survival through armageddon depends on loyalty to those 'taking the lead'.

  since they claim there will be a point during the gt that they (the gb) won't be physically around, jws must still be loyal to jw leaders.. whats interesting in this article is that they make it clear that they, the governing body are going to take part, from heaven, in the war of armageddon.

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  Dagney

  They have been talking/teasing about the bus full of GB getting hit by a train on the way to Paterson at Bethel for YEARS.
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  Famous Movie Quotes You Like

  by The Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the last lines from the movie platoon.

  "i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.

  the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.

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  Dagney

  "Isn't fun the best thing to have!" - Arthur
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  JW Writing Department - Interview

  by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

  1. social
  2. humour

  written by freemindfade.

  edited by cappytan.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eo1o5qmagu .

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  Dagney

  Ok that's funny. lol
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  In Sydney, and ex jw gathering, with an apperance by Angus Stewart!

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this happened yesterday.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pfyty9bs3i.

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  Dagney

  Congratulations on a great meetup!

  You never forget those times you spent together sharing stories of this crazy life we have all experienced. The stories are all important from the barely exited to those out for years still trying to navigate life with family still in.

  Cheers mates!! Perhaps our paths will cross some day!
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  30 years after leaving utterly unrecognisable

  by Number 6 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the first time i have posted on here in many years..... i seldom visit now although this forum was instrumental to me in gaining my sanity in the early 2000's and recovering from the watchtower religion.. by chance tonight i was on youtube and caught a jw.org video which out of curiosity prompted me to look at the official website and amongst other things i looked up the music section.. why that i hear you ask?

  music is my passion and nothing reminds me more or evokes more memories than the kingdom songs i grew up listening to.. i am 49 years old and my mother was baptised in 1974. i grew up in the era of pink songbooks and green bibles.

  of the theology of fred franz and types and anti-types.

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  Dagney

  The place was almost empty - whereas years ago it would have been packed

  Hi LHG! Okay this was odd to me also. This man was a lifetime JW/elder, covering multiple congos. I thought for sure I'd be parking on the street, nope, pulled right into a spot 10 min before. Pictured myself standing in the back, nope, got a seat. But again it's possible people have moved away that knew him, or circumstances prevented their attendance. Some did come from far away.

  I'm still processing it all.
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  Fresh Air on NPR interviews former JW - June 24th, 2019- 2pm EST

  by Quandary in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just heard on npr that fresh air will feature a former jw..

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  Dagney

  This is exciting. I know several JW's who listen faithfully to Terry Gross/Fresh Air.

  Wondering if any points will land.
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  30 years after leaving utterly unrecognisable

  by Number 6 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the first time i have posted on here in many years..... i seldom visit now although this forum was instrumental to me in gaining my sanity in the early 2000's and recovering from the watchtower religion.. by chance tonight i was on youtube and caught a jw.org video which out of curiosity prompted me to look at the official website and amongst other things i looked up the music section.. why that i hear you ask?

  music is my passion and nothing reminds me more or evokes more memories than the kingdom songs i grew up listening to.. i am 49 years old and my mother was baptised in 1974. i grew up in the era of pink songbooks and green bibles.

  of the theology of fred franz and types and anti-types.

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  Dagney

  Wow no kidding it's changed.

  I attended a memorial at a KH yesterday. I went solely because I'm reconnected with a relative who asked that I go, and I went to support them. I had just downloaded the .org app because I wanted to take a screen shot of the FAQ that said that JW's don't shun. I figured that little info would come in handy some day. I had no idea I'd be using that app to look up scriptures just a few days later sitting in a KH.

  Oh my, the song. Terrible song writing. And it's so weird standing facing screens to read the words, I mean it just looks so culty.

  It's a weird vibe. I can just see the expression on everybody's faces that were there...it's "man I hope this thing works out." TBH, I was so happy to see the sweet older sisters, I couldn't stop hugging them, remembering better times.

  Then I left to be with the nonJW family and promptly had two vodka tonics.
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  Who was a member here back in the late 1990s?

  by MebyonKernow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i often wondered over the years what happened to a lot of the old posters from this group.

  going back to the late 1990s a few of the names i recall...blacksheep, gypsywildcactus (i know she's ok as we're friends on facebook still), onacruise, minimus, veniceit, flower, prisca, bendrr, refinersfire, kent, englishman, shit...dare i say it evilforce lol, snittlesnacks (what a twat), scully, mouthy, talesin from nova scotia, xenawarrior.

  littletom (from glasgow in scotland), outlaw, goaty, bisous, uncle brucey (australian character who loved his wildkife photography) - struggling now to remember more names.i know there are many more.

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  Dagney

  just fine

  I remember chatting with Sassy

  Sassy was the FIRST exJW I met in real life. We were/are both from the S California area, and I'm forever grateful she agreed to meet. I've tried to do the same for others because I know how much it meant to me, especially that FIRST time. She started as an apologist and ended an apostate if I remember correctly. I wonder how she is doing.
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  Who was a member here back in the late 1990s?

  by MebyonKernow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i often wondered over the years what happened to a lot of the old posters from this group.

  going back to the late 1990s a few of the names i recall...blacksheep, gypsywildcactus (i know she's ok as we're friends on facebook still), onacruise, minimus, veniceit, flower, prisca, bendrr, refinersfire, kent, englishman, shit...dare i say it evilforce lol, snittlesnacks (what a twat), scully, mouthy, talesin from nova scotia, xenawarrior.

  littletom (from glasgow in scotland), outlaw, goaty, bisous, uncle brucey (australian character who loved his wildkife photography) - struggling now to remember more names.i know there are many more.

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  Dagney

  I wasn't a member here but...

  Mouthy past away a few years ago.

  Talesin doesn't have internet access. I just saw her post briefly on FB and she's working on something and hopes to be back online in the fall.
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  Would You Be Afraid To Visit The Dominican Republic?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a lot of bad things are happening there lately.

  people on vacation are mysteriously dying or getting violently ill. i’ve been there three times in the past.

  the first time it was great!

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  Dagney

  Yikes. I have (ahem) former friends at the missionary home there. They were always having things stolen. Wonder how they are doing. It’s probably the best convention ever.