Posts by Dagney

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Rutherford and dinosaurs
by jhine in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
sorry if this has been discussed before but on quora someone asked if rutherford had said that dinosaurs had been taken to venus .

i assume that the questioner had heard it somewhere and wanted to check it out.

i've never come across this before is it true ?
Dagney

Wow! That's a new one to me! My parents were baptized in 1938, and I thought I had heard all the fakakta things this religion came up with. Goodness!
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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!
by Sic Semper Tyrannis in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i am an inactive jw.

i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.
Dagney

Well this was quite the "read" down memory lane! Thanks Slim. Good times lol.
Like I said earlier one of the best things that came out of this fiasco is the great friends I made from it. Fizzy wiglet and I were just messaging last night!
But wow, do you just see how LE digs his heels in and refuses to do the right things if it involves any compromise on his part! He is consistent if nothing else...
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Dagney

I will say it again, Lloyd Evans never disappoints. He does exactly what you think he will do.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Dagney

Wow...step away for a few days and all sorts of stuff happens!
Welcome Kim! Thank you for your honesty and need to share the truth, I felt it in your video and letter. Yep, there is a whole bunch of us here that went through the "Lloyd Evans" experience early on, and had his number from the get go. He's played dirty from the start. Sad really, we are on the same side...
Sit back and relax, you have friends here.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Dagney

Someone please send LE some cheese to go with that whine.
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I'm Back--Blondie
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
yes, i am posting again.

i could not for awhile technologically and it is now fixed thanks to simon.

thanks, simon!
Dagney

Hi Blondie! So good to see you!
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Disfellowshipping
by jhine in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so last night my bible study group was discussing the healing of the blind man in john's gospel.

ch 9 .

the man's parents were reluctant to say much on the subject.
Dagney

Of course l was struck by the similarity to the WT disfellowshipping someone. So it seems that they are following an old Jewish practice, who knew ?
Many/most orthodox religions follow a sort of excommunication. Some surprisingly similar to JW's.
There is a Netflix show called "Unorthodox" about the struggles of a young woman attempting to live her own life outside of the Hasidic community.
Another series filmed in Israel is "Shtisel". It is about an orthodox family. One of the things I learned from it is all TV, "worldly" literature/music etc. is forbidden. So as some things are different, the control issues are very much the same. **shiver**
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/arts/television/shtisel-netflix-orthodox-judaism-hasidim.html
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4 New GB Helpers
by Reservations in
1. jw
2. friends
apparently 4 new gb helpers as per reddit.

1) paul gillies.

2) johnathan smith.
Dagney

Noumair was a former CO here in SoCal. I can hardly remember anybody anymore.
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4 New GB Helpers
by Reservations in
1. jw
2. friends
apparently 4 new gb helpers as per reddit.

1) paul gillies.

2) johnathan smith.
Dagney

I'm having a giggle. A cousin of Gilles sad sad sadly passed away a few months ago who was a great friend of my family. I was one of 12 that attended the funeral. (Gilles did send condolences that day, and also his brother who is an elder the family told me.)
This relative left JW sometime in the 90's, but remained Christian and believed in going to heaven. When Gilles gets up there, there is going to be quite the row.
I don't believe in either, just having a giggle about Gilles new "status."
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Just how damn good is this song?!
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. entertainment
purple haze by jimi hendrix.. f**king awesome, gotta say.. enjoy .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgodayjdfsg .
Dagney

My first sort of "heavy" rock album.
Us little 13yo JW girls used to get a kick out of calling the local AM radio station on request night and ask for "Are You Experienced."
I do loves me some Jimi.