Asilentone - May I ask you an honest question (not meaning the spark any hissy fits or to anger you), do you ever you ever utilize search engines such as Yahoo and Google to find the answer to so many of the questions you have posted here or do you just post them here first? I have an honest feeling that I'm not the only one here who probably like to know the answer to that question.
ShirleyW
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SO sad! The elders never cease to amaze me...
by babygirl30 inon fb yesterday, an old friend of mine 'friended' me....and once again, i was hesitant to actually accept because i didn't know how she would feel about me being df'd.
but i accepted, and she sent me a msg.
well we ended up talking back and forth for awhile, and found out that she lives right around the corner from me!!!!!!!!!!
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ShirleyW
Well, at least she did go to the police, some Dubs are so brainwashed if the elders tell them don't go to the authorities they actually do it, so at least she took the right step and reported them.
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summer fare
by chickpea ini don't get to attend the local july 4th .
picnic due to circumstances, so this evening.
was my chance to have some wonderful.
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ShirleyW
If that's a Polish name, then I do know of a place on the LowerEast Side where I can probably find it.
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summer fare
by chickpea ini don't get to attend the local july 4th .
picnic due to circumstances, so this evening.
was my chance to have some wonderful.
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ShirleyW
In New York we're expecting hot and humid weather all this week, so would you please share the brand name of that beer you're talking about ?!?!
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Drunk emailing/texting- Who's done it?
by serenitynow! in.
i know i'm not the only one.
fess up!.
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ShirleyW
Why do I ask . . . ? Why not, just askin' you your own question !
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Drunk emailing/texting- Who's done it?
by serenitynow! in.
i know i'm not the only one.
fess up!.
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ShirleyW
R U doing it now?
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Is anyone celebrating the 4th?
by serenitynow! ini haven't started celebrating anything.
i kind of wanted to celebrate my birthday.
it's funny because the only person who gave me anything for my b-day was someone at work that i hate.
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ShirleyW
It's a big "nada" for me as well, but I will be cookin' some good ol' ribs with either potato salad or cole slaw . . . !
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Re-reading "Crisis of Conscience" again....
by ziddina inthe 'revelations' hit me even harder, the second time around..... i purchased two copies, the version copyrighted 1983 and the version copyrighted 2004. i kept the old version [1983] and just donated the 2004 copy to my local library - with a quick warning that 'cult' members may be inclined to steal the expose.
i decided to read it again to try to visualize how a "worldly" person who is unacquainted with the jws would view the book.... in reading the book again, i am more forcefully struck by the blatant contradictions between the 'official' stance of the watchtower society and their 'behind-the-scenes' behavior.... chapters 3 & 4 - "governing body" and "internal upheaval and restructure" - contain some eye-popping material... the earlier portion of chapter 3 touches on the intrusive regulation of sexual practices between husband and wife [i'll bet any worldly person reading that would find that chilling, to say the least...], and then goes into the power struggles between russell's followers and rutherford's ousting of said followers during his successful bid for control.. very revealing... i was also struck by the fact that the wtbts was a religion with a single man leading it, until the very end of nathan knorr's period of leadership, despite the claims of the watchtower magazine that "god's organization" was being run by a "governing body" of spiritual "caretakers" for several years prior to the actual existence of said "governing body"!!!.
as ray franz states, page 65 of 1983 version: "[quote from 12/15/71 watchtower...]: "thus, too, even though there were no apostles of christ on hand in the nineteenth century, god's holy spirit must have been operative toward the formation of the governing body for his anoited remnant ... the facts speak for themselves.
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ShirleyW
You're right Zid, didn't fall for any of it, even as a kid !
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Re-reading "Crisis of Conscience" again....
by ziddina inthe 'revelations' hit me even harder, the second time around..... i purchased two copies, the version copyrighted 1983 and the version copyrighted 2004. i kept the old version [1983] and just donated the 2004 copy to my local library - with a quick warning that 'cult' members may be inclined to steal the expose.
i decided to read it again to try to visualize how a "worldly" person who is unacquainted with the jws would view the book.... in reading the book again, i am more forcefully struck by the blatant contradictions between the 'official' stance of the watchtower society and their 'behind-the-scenes' behavior.... chapters 3 & 4 - "governing body" and "internal upheaval and restructure" - contain some eye-popping material... the earlier portion of chapter 3 touches on the intrusive regulation of sexual practices between husband and wife [i'll bet any worldly person reading that would find that chilling, to say the least...], and then goes into the power struggles between russell's followers and rutherford's ousting of said followers during his successful bid for control.. very revealing... i was also struck by the fact that the wtbts was a religion with a single man leading it, until the very end of nathan knorr's period of leadership, despite the claims of the watchtower magazine that "god's organization" was being run by a "governing body" of spiritual "caretakers" for several years prior to the actual existence of said "governing body"!!!.
as ray franz states, page 65 of 1983 version: "[quote from 12/15/71 watchtower...]: "thus, too, even though there were no apostles of christ on hand in the nineteenth century, god's holy spirit must have been operative toward the formation of the governing body for his anoited remnant ... the facts speak for themselves.
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ShirleyW
Yeah, i already finished CoC for the 2nd time, now I'm reading Christian Freedom again you always get pick up on certain passages more during a second read, and these two books have a lot to say! Makes my blood boil even more that my mother tried to force this crap down my throat !!
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What books, songs, artists, movies, etc were banned in your JW home?
by serenitynow! inmy mother was very strict about entertainment.
in school i was doing a project about teen suicide and had checked out some books on suicide and abortion.
i had alot of explaining to do for that.
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ShirleyW
Yes girl, I feel your pain, it's kinda sad when you're listening to the radio from childhood all the way up to adulthood and if your mother is in the room you know she's gonna say "get that music off that radio, I'm not trying to bring Satan into this house"!