TJ - iAmCleared2Land

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  Theocratic parental horror stories

  by vikesgirl101 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  so i am reading my new favorite book "i'm perfect, you're doomed" and the flashbacks have started.

  this book is like my childhood all over again.

  anywho, it reminded me of the horror stories my parents would create.

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  From a young boy, whenever I disobeyed I was given a sit-down lecture from the Bible about how the birds would pick my eyes out and them at Armageddon.

  There's more... much more.
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  Guilt trip

  by vikesgirl101 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i got to thinking about something that happened a year ago.

  i was drifting away from the org, when my sister-in-law told me i was being selfish.

  she said she was at aloss for words as to what to tell her 11 year old daughter about me.

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  If you have trouble letting go of that kind of guilt, or find yourself adversely affected by it--or worse, believing it, see a therapist or read a book such as Escaping Toxic Guilt.

  Whatever you do, stop accepting a chair on the guilt trip bus!
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  Michael Jackson is Dead!

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. friends

  someone else posted on another forum they heard on the radio michael jackson is dead.

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  Yup! Just came here to see if it had been discussed...

  http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/ny-michaeljackson0626,0,57920.story

  That's three this week; always seems to happen in threes for some reason.
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  Las Fotos De La Tragedia

  by leavingwt in

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  2. current

  duped newscast airs 'lost scene as flight 447's last moments.

  see link below for video.. http://trueslant.com/jeffkoyen/2009/06/23/duped-newscast-airs-lost-scene-as-flight-447s-last-moments/.

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  The fact that the actual tragicle (search YouTube if you're unfamiliar with that term!) occured at night, but it was obviously daytime in the video, escaped their notice as well... the media is so gullible and quick to air any "scoop"!
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  Did The Witnesses Predict the United Nations in Advance?

  by TD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been reported on this forum that bethel speakers at this summer's conventions are asserting that the establishment of the united nations in 1945 was predicted in advance by the witnesses.

  this is being presented as validation of the claim that the witnesses are god's one true organization directed by holy spirit.. .

  the basis for this claim originates with a public address entitled, peace - can it last given by n.h. knorr at the new world theocratic assembly, on september 20 of 1942. .

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  Well, if you want to know if the winner of the war was predicted in Knorr's discourse, you can go listen to it, thanks to the Internet and Open Source:

  http://www.archive.org/details/PeaceCanItLastByNathanKnorr

  Interesting that the chairman introduces the speaker as "Mr. Knorr", not "Brother Knorr". I wonder if that's because it was a Public Address broadcast on the radio? I'm fairly certain they were using the terminology Brother/Sister by then.
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  *** What do you think of the Puppini Sisters? ***

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  I just LOVE the Puppini Sisters! I discovered them via a story on public radio, heard on the way home one day. Picked up their album immediately, and loved it!

  I think it was this specific story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9937587 (for those unfamiliar with their music, click the Listen link on that page to hear the interview and snippets of their songs)
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  Watchtower pictures

  by Apolodet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can anybody explain me what is this i find now and then in the publications?.

  here are links to scanned pages:.

  http://depositfiles.com/files/699fzl36c.

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  That's not a demon hand on the staff; it's just Gollum trying to get his Precious Staff back...
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  100,000 topics in Friends!

  by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

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  2. friends

  just saw the last one made 99,999 topics... we're at 100,000!.

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  Just saw the last one made 99,999 topics... we're at 100,000!

  
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  Just been visited

  by scotinsw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have just been visited by two local jws who had heard i had moved into the area and wanted to say hello.. i'm going to be having words with my parents later as they are the only people who could have given out my name and address.. they were ok with me.

  i explained that i had been let down in the past by witnesses and that being a jw wasn't for me.

  any idea what will happen next?

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  have just been visited by two local JWs who had heard I had moved into the area and wanted to say hello.

  Were they elders, or just "regular JW's"?
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  Hello everyone

  by Wordlygirl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been lurking on here for some time and i finally decided to join the fray.

  i am 25 years old and was raised in the society.

  fortunately when i was 8, my father left the organization and this allowed me to see the wrold from both angles, the jw (mom) and not (dad).. at first, i was strongly on the side of the witnesses and i even allowed myself to be convinced that getting baptised at 11 was a good idea.

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  TJ - iAmCleared2Land

  Wow, what a story! I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your husband, but thrilled that you are thrilled to be carrying a part of him now in your life. Do you see him in her face?

  I'm grateful your father was such a support for you, and that you're finally free. Welcome!