Posts by Dagney

People like Watchtower-Free who keep beating the "it's your fault for having a Facebook account!" drum are ignoring the fact that many of us just have Facebook accounts for their intended purpose...to keep in contact with our real-life friends and family. We didn't choose to join an anti-Watchtower group.

Seriously, what is difficult to understand here? **facepalm**

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Important News You Probably Didn't Hear Because of the Boston Bombs

by Hortensia in

brian williams said that if the bombs hadn't happened in boston on that day, the world would be discussing the other news that day:.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/16/17781845-bush-era-torture-use-indisputable-guantanamo-must-close-task-force-finds.

this is shocking - if i understand it correctly, president bush knew about, discussed and approved the torture of prisoners at guantanamo and other secret cia prisons.

Dagney

Oh no, we watched it...on Jon Stewart's daily show.

Forgot to add: Bush...LOS

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QFR How should Christians view fortune cookies?

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

this is crazy..... .

questions from readers.

how should christians view fortune cookies?.

Dagney

You are kidding right? Please tell me you are kidding...

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

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.

Aha! lol. I checked the 2 FB friend names I was given by Juan Viejo2. One was a "friend" the day I checked. Today he is gone from my list. edited to add: he beat me to it...I decided today to just take them out even though I wasn't sure it was them or other members of the group, which I think could be done if it was set up that way.

Other members of AAWA are there, and I hope it remains as such.

sigh

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Achieving Reinstatement and then immediately fading

by Tylinbrando in

jw
friends

over the past 8 months or so three people i have known since childhood have accomplished a goal of reinstatement back into their congregations after many years of being disfellowshipped primarily so that they could gain their jw family members back and do away with the condemnation of onlookers judging those family members and the contact they have had during those years of being disfellowshipped.. all of these newly reinstated ones immediately began a proper fade.

no meetings, no service, nada.. is this happening everywhere and regularly?.

Dagney

I also think that is why the WT is now advising the congregation to treat those who don't attend meetings or are inactive like a DF'd person, no contact. Faders are increasing and they know it and the WT is trying to stay in control with fear and intimidation, in the name of love of course.

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

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

then it's the FB friends who deserve the blame

You know what? I totally agree. But to date, AAWA has approved of the adds, calling them "members", and calling the action of adding, "over-enthusiastic" during the "blush" of the start up. We understand all that. But AAWA refused to make it right, in the very least to notify all the members, (to my knowledge), after the fact. Or just pull down the page, say what happened, and "Here's our new page!! Let's get back to work!"

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

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

Yes, slim, there was that. And I believe he also said that because of that there were a mix of people now in the group including some not so desirable. I don't have time to look up exactly what he said, Juan Viejo2.

So you are right, which is it. I felt Juan tried to be honest. Some other statements on the site are less so.

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

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

The issue as I see it, and has been discussed, is even though the group was secret, it was showing up in the feeds, visible to whomever depending on how our FB pages are set up.

Even though I shouldn't have to explain it, I choose what I want my friends to see, including, for one, my former bible study who has a pinky toe in. I care about what she sees. I want her to be curious and investigate discussions on the sites I joined.

Again, the respect among the exJW community, and the "like" groups I was in was fine up until AAWA. I wonder now if the people that added the names were now directed to do so.