Posts by edmond dantes

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CO Disfellowshipped in UK
by konceptual99 in
1. jw
2. friends
so, i have it on very good authority that a co has recently been disfellowshipped in the uk.

he has just finished serving the north west london area.

i don't know any details but perhaps there is someone who does know what happened.
edmond dantes

Hi Tim Hooper,
I remember being told of Turnbull being disfellowshipped way back in the Swinging Sixties I can't remember the reason for it I had a feeling it was for apostasy but it could have been as you say . I also heard later that he was back in the fold which surprised me at the time which makes me think he questioned the Org's doctrines.
I remember he was something of a charismatic speaker and gave good talks when I saw him in Lancashire UK. It was a shock at the time when I heard of his being made personna non gratis because I was young and gullible way back then but it eventually had a positive effect on me by making me start to realise that the Witness religion was just a cult and not as super duper as they like to make out.
I can picture him in my mind now he was a bit stocky and wore glasses in a suit and tie but they all had suits, I had a feeling he was from the Manchester area .
Ghosts from the past hey !
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untitled
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
niight has fallen at the beth sarim mansion.. president joseph franklin rutherford (the "judge") sits calmly sipping whisky from a flask on the edge of his silk sheets at bedtime.

he sets the glass on the night stand.

he begins cleaning his nickel-plated pistol to high gleam.
edmond dantes

Hi Terry,
I knew you had a good story to tell .
Excellent good Chrismas Eve story with the Ghost of Watchtower Past.
It was a hole in his beard he scratched ?
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They really do love their sign, don't they...
by cedars in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52anhcjb89y.

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cedars.
edmond dantes

I didn't know Dub ladies could organise new light !
Maybe it's allowed if they keep their heads covered in hard hats.
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They really do love their sign, don't they...
by cedars in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52anhcjb89y.

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cedars.
edmond dantes

The only way women can get to the top in this organisation is if they do sign maintenance on the roof.
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They really do love their sign, don't they...
by cedars in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52anhcjb89y.

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cedars.
edmond dantes

That reminds me of the film It's A Mad Mad World starring Spencer Tracy where they all race around trying to find the money buried under a big W .
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A great picture for proving that JWs aren't weird and cultish...
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it's a shame this is only in the study edition, so the general public can't see how normal and down-to-earth the witnesses are in how they perceive themselves.... .

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cedars.
edmond dantes

Kenny Rogers on the right has got six fingers !
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A great picture for proving that JWs aren't weird and cultish...
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it's a shame this is only in the study edition, so the general public can't see how normal and down-to-earth the witnesses are in how they perceive themselves.... .

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cedars.
edmond dantes

Yes I have seen them working the clubs in the UK THEY ARE NOW HEAVENLY BOUNCERS.
Yes I have seen them working the clubs in the UK they are now heavenly bouncers.
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A great picture for proving that JWs aren't weird and cultish...
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it's a shame this is only in the study edition, so the general public can't see how normal and down-to-earth the witnesses are in how they perceive themselves.... .

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cedars.
edmond dantes

So thats what happened to Oliver Reed he got to be a heavenly host my my big boy.
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REIFY: making God real in your mind
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
we've all seen those war movies where a g.i.

keeps a picture of his loved ones inside his coat pocket and takes it out before the big battle to.

remind himself what he is fighting for.. that photo represents what he loves most.. the photo captures a moment in time.
edmond dantes

Hi Terrry,
It's very sad to read again your experiences back then do you now think that it was all so futile ?
To me it eptomises all that is wrong with the Watchtower Organisation they just left you hung out to dry.
At the cross roads in life it is so easy to take the wrong road.
All the best to you.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and the BETTER mousetrap
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ralph waldo emerson said: "build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.".

he was correct.

the most invented (improved and modified) device in the history of the patent office is the mousetrap.. .
edmond dantes

I think they try to build the better mouse trap with their newly published constant stream of books it was more obvious when they were touting for money directly at the door .
I remember the lines of witnesses waiting to buy the new releases at the assemblies and the opened empty boxes which had contained the new books they got snapped up like crazy. Plenty of cash being handed over then.
I started reading all the old books from previous decades when it suddenly dawned on me that they all followed the same pattern usually starting with Adam and Eve and ending with Armaggedon and then the urgent message that one needed to join in the work of selling more books to survive.
It was the same old regurgitation.
By the way Terry if you ever get around to publishing all your thoughts and comments in one book put me down for one I find your posts really excellent.