Posts by jamiebowers

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Holy crap! Sign-language video

by lilbluekitty in

this may not be new to some of you but look at this sign-language video done by the society on learn from the great teacher.. not sure if it will show up:.

if that doesn't work here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booarcubyiy.

jamiebowers

I didn't mean to insult the deaf community, but I still think that presentation was creepy if it was geared toward children.

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Holy crap! Sign-language video

by lilbluekitty in

this may not be new to some of you but look at this sign-language video done by the society on learn from the great teacher.. not sure if it will show up:.

if that doesn't work here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booarcubyiy.

jamiebowers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booArCuBYiY

Edited to add: This is creepy. That guy looked like he thoroughly enjoyed what he was talking about....ewwwwwwww!

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The easy way out

by logical1 in

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background on me: mid 20's, raised as jw, never baptised.. .

a month or so ago, some jw's were calling on my street, i missed them at my door, but they had parked in front of my house while they hit up the rest of my block.

while they were at my neighbors door, i thought to myself "what is the easiest non-threatening simple message i could write on a piece of paper that would essentially give them "apostate" information, without them realizing what it was and shutting down?".

jamiebowers

Welcome to JWN!

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Embarrassed As A Witness

by EmptyInside in

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even as a witness,i was uncomfortable talking about everything we believed.

i remember working with my brother out and service and he found an interested person.

my brother was sharing information out of the bible teach book.

jamiebowers

I was too at times. Surely every jw has had moments like that?

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by NCO in

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jamiebowers

Welcome back! What is TDY?

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Aother Ex-JW Stalked by Elders

by jamiebowers in

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this came up on google news.

poor woman is being hotly pursued by jws, for what i assume is a jc.

i hope she reads the comments on the police blotter.. http://strongsville.patch.com/articles/police-blotter-jehovah-s-witnesses-want-woman-back.

jamiebowers

OMG---she doesn't live far from me! I hope she comes here and sees that! I know her congregation. (if it is the one near the road mentioned.)

I was thinking the same thing.

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Aother Ex-JW Stalked by Elders

by jamiebowers in

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this came up on google news.

poor woman is being hotly pursued by jws, for what i assume is a jc.

i hope she reads the comments on the police blotter.. http://strongsville.patch.com/articles/police-blotter-jehovah-s-witnesses-want-woman-back.

jamiebowers

This came up on Google News. Poor woman is being hotly pursued by jws, for what I assume is a jc. I hope she reads the comments on the police blotter.

http://strongsville.patch.com/articles/police-blotter-jehovah-s-witnesses-want-woman-back

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Out Of All JW Beliefs Which Is The Weirdest?

by minimus in

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i know there's plenty.. one that comes to mind is the blood doctrine.

whole blood is bad, blood fractions may be ok but not all.....wtf?

?.

jamiebowers

This isn' the weirdest, but it hasn't been mentioned yet: it's wrong to use the word "lucky".

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Film: In Darkness -- History of Jehovah's Witnesses WT Bible & Tract Society

by leavingwt in

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if you've never seen this one-hour film, it's pretty interesting.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diz_7uj-fo0.

jamiebowers

Markiing

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Newbie to the Boards !

by TheOutSpoken1 in

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id like to introduce my self as im new......a lil nervous but ready to have some conversation that doesnt require me to rely on old men in ny to think for me.

im tired of the puppetteering, the sly green handshakes to move up, the lies turned into new light- "what happened to yes means yes?

", just has the makings of a bad ponzi scheme in my opinion...i officially begun my fade this year.....and im enjoying it.

jamiebowers

My story began when my father was taken under by the JW's after a nasty split with my DFmum.....you know the old brotherhood...new family....went straight to his head.

No time passed until a poor as dirt sister with 2 kids came to my fathers rescue and became the ready made step mom from you know where.

I wasnt born in....but have been around it since childhood....was put under intense pressure by the BOE @ my local cong and my parents to get dipped before 18......worst mistake of my life....what could I have possibly known about the symbolism and alternative meanings of biblical text......all I liked was the group outings and "association".

Little did I know that all 3 of my siblings didnt agree with the "Truth". Secretely they kept quiet to not be labeled and outcasted. I had dreams of college after H.S. nothing in this world was going to stop me from going......successfully im in my fourth year and completing soon. College brought on going through the motions to keep my father at bay. I am under the impression that my father cant serve at his cong due to me being a full time student, in an attempt to please them he withdrew his support ($) only contributing what was necessary. Thanks to all that bible dicipline I received a full scholarship for every year....I dont need his money.

What has pushed me to this point was my last attendance at a assembly where they announced new light (I was awake for this part) LOL....they slyly took something that they stated as fact and totally changed it to something new.....and then called it new light.... led me to question "divine inspiration", consistency in doctrine....so on and so forth.

Im pretty open to discussion, I havent lost faith in god...just organized religion.

I'm quoting your second post on this thread, so later posters won't miss it. Wow, what a story! Congrats on the scholarships...good for you! I don't even know you, and I'm bursting with pride! Yes, it's been made known here that elders will lose their positions if they support ther children goig away to school. So, do you have contact with your df'd mom? Are your siblings all out? What's your major in college?