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  I Heard A Longtime Elder, Recently Deleted, Announced To Congregation That He Was Publicly Disassociating Himself!

  by minimus in

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  i heard that it happened a couple of days ago.

  he's in his 60's, was a prominent bethelite from a long line of bible student/jw family.. another one bites the dust..

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  I would love the details, Minimus. Any chance we'll get some?
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  First post after a year or two of lurking on this site-Sorry for the length!

  by Pattytheperfect1 in

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  not sure of the point of telling my story, but just got off the phone with my grandma and i am so angry, stressed and i don't know what else...i guess i just wanted to hear from someone other than my husband that i'm not crazy for my reaction to family interaction.. my condensed story gramatical errors and all :).

  father was a born in jw, mother was a convert.

  i was born the last of 3 siblings and shortly after my birth in 1981 my parents divorced.

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  Patty--

  Hello. What an escape story. And how messed up it is that uncle-daddy's apology should make you forget the crimes he committed against you when he should have protected you!

  Insanity! Insanity!

  You're making a life --but no thanks, JWs.

  Welcome in.

  Maeve
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  Jesus had to die? Really?

  by punkofnice in

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  i admit i no longer believe in god and holy books.. thinking of the made up 'universal sovereignty' thing, surely if god existed in the way the holy books describe him then he could have thought of something better than humankind suffering thousands of years and the slaughter of jesus?.

  couldn't god have said: 'well, satan is a very naughty boy but you all know how great i am so we can end it now.

  i will lovingly kill satan and his mates and that's that.

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  A related idea to your prompt, Punky, came to me as I posted in Snare's thread "A medieval question for you ...if you believe in god..."

  While I was puzzling out a question Snare put out from a 1400s(?) theologian--I recalled the crazy complicated solution that same educated churchman, Thomas Aquinas,figured for Jesus to be born sinless from a sinless woman (of course Daddy J-but-not-Joseph was above reproach). St Tom helped put the finishing touches on the Immaculate Conception dogma.

  It suddenly came to me that the amazing thing that God is supposed to have done to make Mary a perfect, holy vessel for the-son-of-god shouduv,coulduv been done from the get-go----FOR ORDINARY OL' ADAM & EVE!

  That's what you said above, right? God had options. He just was too hateful to pick any of them. His way was the cruelest from any stand point--even not counting the gorey crucifixion of Jesus.

  There has been WAY, WAY too much suffering.

  If I were God, and people stopped believing in me--I'd be sooooo relieved. I'd just tip-toe out the back door and hope nobody remembered I had ever been around.

  Universal Sovereignty. Pretty sick idea. and religion keeps covering for Him.

  Maeve
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  G'day from Australia!

  by Buck Rogers in

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  hi guys, um maybe i'm posting this in the wrong area, i'm the same buck rogers from jwr infamy if anyone else peruses the forums, just decided to take a breather from there, and in the mean time aquai myself with you guys!

  a bit about myself before i go uploading my life story,4th generation born in,non baptised left in 2001, walked around for a further 7 years still believing like a dumbass.. hope to get to know you all and look forward to reading your stories and participatin in your lively banter!

  go you guys!.

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  Howdie Doodie! ...from Arkansas, U.S.A.
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  Classic repost from AlltimeJeff; recently completely - Free!

  by WingCommander in

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  i wanted to give this very public shout-out and congratulations to alltimejeff, who i have come to find out had turned in his letter of da, twice, then was read out at the meeting recently.

  for those not knowing, atf was a 2005 gilead graduate, bethelite, missionary.

  they mean the leadership.

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  humbled

  This is the best description of the dawning reality that rose up when i had to deal with the elders and Bethel on a certain matter.

  No one care about faith in God or Jesus. It was ALL about the FDS/GB.

  Great post.
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  The Ray Franz Movie

  by RayPublisher in

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  been wanting to talk about this for a while... three years ago on this forum my friend cedars brought this up.

  let's do it!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sykaxxpyos.

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  do it. and..... do it.

  Lead in would be the slews of reviews on Amazon from the grateful readers of CoC for shining the light on the ruinous hypocrisy and calculated lies of the WTBTS.
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  Im new and need help!

  by Batman89 in

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  hello everybody, before i begin i just wanna say that i have really found alot of great posts on here that have been helpful forme , theres definitely alot of brilliant people here!.

  i am a born in jw(24 years old) ive been baptized for 7 years and was a ministerial servant for 4 years(i am no longer one).

  recently me and my parents have have woken up to ttatt(about 2 months ago).

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  humbled

  If she stays in and you know it's basically BS, you have unending heartache for sure. You'll have tension that will follow you to the bedroom and to the lives of children and who become friends. You will have problems going on vacations that you can agree on. Problems, problems problems.

  Religion that demands full loyalty from her will break your heart. You want to give all your heart? How much is she allowed to give?

  The convention program says marriage, family are below "Jehovah".

  Think about it, Batman.
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  BU2B's debut talk about Abiram, with TTATT seasoning

  by suavojr in

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  the debut of our beloved bu2b's ttatt talk in his local congo.... .

  in case you missed the original thread here is the link.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/277530/1/i-need-help-talk-coming-up-and-i-need-ideas-fast#.uz4m36hdwxq.

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  Amazing, BU2B! It's an indictment of the GB!

  "And hearing, they hear in vain, and neither do they get the sense of it."
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  How many members of our forum are there, and where are most from?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i would love to know where most of our fellow forum members are from.... is there a way to compile a quick list?.

  for example, i would love to know how many live near me......

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  humbled

  Northwest Arkansas, U.S.A.
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  I need help! Talk coming up and I need ideas fast!

  by BU2B in

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  omg i am so distressed.

  i have a talk coming up on tuesday, it is the number 3 "abiram.

  why opposing god appointed authority is tantamount to opposing god himself"!.

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  humbled

  BU2B,

  I just got a look at this thread and it grabbed me.

  You are awesome!

  I struggled with the loyalty thing for a while. Your talk reminded me of those times.

  It fortified me when I had to examine WITHIN THE CONTRUCT OF THE SCRIPTURES how "off" the WT is in trying to shift allegiance from Jesus to themselves. The bottom line is this simple: IT DOES NOT COMPUTE!

  You did a great favor to yourself and to others.

  In your Judicial Commitee you should bring your manuscript--(O, I lay odds you'll see a JC)--and point out that they had ample time to chart your course and correct it. You are only benefitting from the Ministry School after all.

  Maeve