Posts by awake living free

101

HELP needed from folks in UK, esp. in Scotland!

by WTS Archive in

jw
friends

8 years ago

tl;dr: if you live either in scotland or in other parts of uk and you don't mind traveling, you might be able to help a fellow ex-jw by being present during a courtcase where she alone has to face more than two dozens of jws who have ruined their business.

please contact me directly for details on when and where the court case will be held (i will know these details in few days probably).

ps.

8 years ago

awake living free 8 years ago

Damn, now I really want a pastie - Simon

You might want a beer with that pastie after tonight's result simon ;)

Link

31

Big news from Kim and Mikey, they state in thier latest video proof the WT invested in the Nazi war machine!!

by Crazyguy in

9 years ago

this is big!

according to what they say if i'm correct an investigation was done back in 1998 in concerning what american companies invested money in to germany.

mike and kim state that a document they have attained shows a list of american firms that had invested into germany as late as 1943. on this list is non other then watchtower !!

9 years ago

awake living free 9 years ago

This was cleared up in the thread below:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5206357412151296/wts-investment-ford-werke-1943

ALF

Link

+2 / -0

45

What Songs Best Fit you when you learned TATT and Afterwards?

by Wasanelder Once in

9 years ago

the work of john lennon best fit my situation.

first, i found out.

i found out.

8 years ago

awake living free 9 years ago

Around my time of leaving Jake Bugg's "Two Fingers" was getting a lot of airplay here in the uk:

"I got out I got out I'm alive but I'm here to stay.....hey hey it's fine I left it behind" very apt.

All the best

ALF

Link

+1 / -0

11

Funny stories how u got caught while secretly smoking

by Gefangene in

jw
friends

9 years ago

hey folks.

to those of you who were secrely smoking while being a jw how did your cover get blown?

do you have any funny stories to share even if at that time they may not have been funny at all due to impending consequences.

9 years ago

awake living free 9 years ago

This has brought back an amusing memory I cant believe it's over 30 years ago now.

The son of an elder in his early teens having a smoke on his way to school. To get to school you had to cross a main road by way of a zebra crossing. On this occasion the car waiting at the zebra crossing was being driven by another elder in the congregation!!!

All these years on he's still in and i'm long gone and have never smoked in my life.

alf

Link

+4 / -0

6

Copyright of 'Crisis of Conscience'

by AntiEntropy in

jw
friends

9 years ago

hello,.

i hope to translate coc into a foreign language.. who can own the copyright of that meaningful book?.

i've tried to reach 'commentary press' with all the ways i can use, but i've not been able to communicate with anyone so far.. this project is not a commercial one but i hope to make sure of the copyright thing.. any help will be appreciated!.

9 years ago

awake living free 9 years ago

'A can of worms' you no doubt have come to appreciate the saying AntiEntropy. Do you have a similar saying in korean that translates?

The time and effort you put into translating CoC and getting it out there is highly commendable and i hope it helps many more wake up.

Alf

Link

15

Hubby got asked the loyalty questions

by atacrossroads in

jw
friends

9 years ago

after hubby skipped out on the memorial his parents and close friends started getting more assertive with him.

before they took on the role of the concerned let me rescue you from your apostate wife's clutches.

it's 100% my fault he stopped being a witness according to the inlaws.

9 years ago

awake living free 9 years ago

To think when questioned by angus stewart qc at the arc last year geoffry jackson (gb) said that jws have the freedom to leave! Yeah right... Really feel for you and your hubby, some of these elders are like dogs with a bone. The extent of the mind control with some of your family sounds to be off the scale, its like east berlin and the stazi. I wish you both the best, tough it out and hope the experience can draw you closer together.

Alf

Link

49

Korean News : CoC in Korean

by AntiEntropy in

jw
friends

9 years ago

hi bros.. after my father's publishing his book, "15 questions after 40 years of jw" , many ex-jw bros in korea became motivated to rush to the coc korean project.

however any secular project needs a fund eventhough it's a not-for-profit.

fortunately, a bunch of bros decided to donate generously $300~$7,000 to this unprofitable business.

9 years ago

awake living free 9 years ago

References were lost when I posted this earlier so, posting again...

Hadriel, 4 months ago you said the following on another thread about CoC when asked by ToesUp if you had read it.

ToesUp

Yep, although it was after I had already woke. Honestly I went about it the very hard way. I used only society pubs and secular history. What pretty much put the nail in the coffin was 607. The fact the organization has held onto that teaching is beyond me. The more that find out about it the more there will be that leave.

So using only their own pubs and a few emails with museums, archaeologists and the like I realized it was impossible for 607 to be true. At the turn of the last century many of the tablets in the Neo-Babylonian area had yet to be found or translated. Now we have thousands.

Subsequent to my own digging I fell upon "Gentile Times Reconsidered". The author in my opinion is the leading authority on this topic. I had dug many hours coming to my conclusion. I read this man's book and realized I hadn't even scratched the surface.

That then led me to Franz's book which I read without putting it down. Cover to cover. You simply can't read that book and stay a witness. At least not in good conscience.

But from the comments you have made in this thread am I to understand that if you'd known there was to be a new revised edition you would still be waiting to read it! Hadriel?

(I also wanted to include some of the earlier statements you have made in this thread but I can't quote them using my phone without losing the above)

Alf

Link

+1 / -0

49

Korean News : CoC in Korean

by AntiEntropy in

jw
friends

9 years ago

hi bros.. after my father's publishing his book, "15 questions after 40 years of jw" , many ex-jw bros in korea became motivated to rush to the coc korean project.

however any secular project needs a fund eventhough it's a not-for-profit.

fortunately, a bunch of bros decided to donate generously $300~$7,000 to this unprofitable business.

9 years ago

awake living free 9 years ago

ToesUp

Yep, although it was after I had already woke. Honestly I went about it the very hard way. I used only society pubs and secular history. What pretty much put the nail in the coffin was 607. The fact the organization has held onto that teaching is beyond me. The more that find out about it the more there will be that leave.

So using only their own pubs and a few emails with museums, archaeologists and the like I realized it was impossible for 607 to be true. At the turn of the last century many of the tablets in the Neo-Babylonian area had yet to be found or translated. Now we have thousands.

Subsequent to my own digging I fell upon "Gentile Times Reconsidered". The author in my opinion is the leading authority on this topic. I had dug many hours coming to my conclusion. I read this man's book and realized I hadn't even scratched the surface.

That then led me to Franz's book which I read without putting it down. Cover to cover. You simply can't read that book and stay a witness. At least not in good conscience.

But if you'd known there was to be a new revised edition you wouldn't have read it yet! Is that what I'm to understand Hadriel?

Alf

Link

77

Andersonsinfo question: Who wrote them?

by TheOldHippie in

16 years ago

since you have taken so much time in answering questions and commenting, i ask one more question:.

could you elaborate on who wrote certain books and brochures etc.?

i know you have written about articles you have contributed to, and also that coc lists the authors of some of the books, but do you remember at least some authors of some books / brochures / special articles?.

9 years ago