Posts by Amber Rose

there's a tape circulating around the witnesses stating that when the separation of the sheep and goats happens, witnesses shouldn't think that they will automatically be saved just because they're witnesses.

if they aren't wholesouled, then they should not expect that having one foot in the "truth" and the other in the world will let them make it through the great tribulation....herd was trying to motivate the troops!

Amber Rose

I have heard this type of thing before, trying to be motivational. It had the opposite effect on me. That means that nobody would be saved. First a person has to be a baptized JW to even merit consideration then behave perfectly until the big A. Most of the JWs I knew were not thet well behaved!

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Discussion with Elder....a must read story

by drew sagan in

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for those who don't know i've been 'inactive' for around one year.

i stopped attending meetings late last year.

all during this time i was working on my wife (known on this board as amber rose), helping her see the problems with the watchtower.

Amber Rose

I do expect a judicial committee at some point in time but, how soon? My prediction is that this elder is going to dilly-dally and try to put off reporting back to the rest of the elders for as long as possible. He will tell the other elders not to worry about Drew and Amber because he's taken care of it. The other elders will start getting impatient, wondering why we aren't coming back to the KH, and send in reinforcements, then will come the judicial committee. Some of you mentioned borg loyatly, ab little background on this elder, he was baptized in the 90's - they don't build them like they used to.

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Alone, But Not Lonely....

by compound complex in

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greetings friends,.

getting older has its benefits.

i just don't take things so hard any more.

Amber Rose

From the title, I thought this thread was going to be something from the back of a watchtower. Being alone for a little while is good for you.

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WHAT TYPE OF CARDS WERE INTROUCTED IN 1911/1912

by badboy in

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zwt,december 15 1911 page 450 infers that some kind of card woul be introducted for the ministry,at least that what seems to be infered.

Amber Rose

I think you might be referring to a testimony card ( I think that's what they were called). From what I understand, when witnessed first started going door to door they didn't acutally speak. First they would play a recorded message for the householder on a bulky phonograph that they carried around with them. Later they did away with that and handed the householder a card with a printed message for them to read and hand back when finished.

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LIVID at knocking documentary

by avishai in

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we give state funds for this sh*t?

phillip brumley's smug face on there?

well, here's how he twists words about child molesters......the person referred to in the story, the victim, is my brother.

Amber Rose

Saying that this film gives an accurate portrayal of the Watchtower Society is like saying that Hogan's Heroes is the authority on the Holocaust.

That is my point. I don't think anyone said this film was meant to give an accurate portrayal of the Watchtower Society. Most of the film was spent following individuals as they told their stories from thier own perspective. That is an acceptable way to make a film. In no way was the film meant to be a comprehensive study of the Watchtower Society. I think that is what some of you were expecting and that's why you are dissapointed and angry.

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What accounts for our ever-changing view of ourselves?

by AlmostAtheist in

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but i find that at times i feel like i've got a lot to offer -- at work, with my kids, here on jwd.

even on stage.

and other times, i feel like "what have i got to say that everybody else doesn't already think?

Amber Rose

Yeah, I know what you're saying. I feel that way a lot too. Maybe sometimes other people's posts sound alot smarter so that makes a person feel dumber about his own opinions. I almost know what I am trying to say here...

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What accounts for our ever-changing view of ourselves?

by AlmostAtheist in

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but i find that at times i feel like i've got a lot to offer -- at work, with my kids, here on jwd.

even on stage.

and other times, i feel like "what have i got to say that everybody else doesn't already think?

Amber Rose

Yeah, I know what you're saying. I feel that way a lot too. Maybe sometimes other people's posts sound alot smarter so that makes a person feel dumber about his own opinions. I almost know what I am trying to say here...