Posts by lrkr

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Ray Franz was an Idiot

by vinman in

ray franz who gave us insight into the gb due to a crisis of conscience was an absolute moron, with absolutely no critical thinking skills whatsoever like all of us have.

i mean, to have a conscience based on some magic man in the sky.. how stupid can you be?

in search of christian freedom?

lrkr

His books allowed me to question what I had been taught my whole life. I am forever grateful to him.

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Why Me?

by John Aquila in

do you ever wonder why out of all the witnesses, you are the one that woke up?

i wonder many times why me.

i know many men and women that are much, much better persons than me; either they are much smarter, more humble, kinder, more successful, or just better persons all around.

lrkr

Have you ever played the "would I have ever awakened if...." game?

For me, I wonder if I had married someone different, if we didn't have a child, if I never left Bethel, etc. I'd like to hope I would have awakened anyway, but I'm not sure.

Very thankful for where I am though. "I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"

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Branch Service Department Manual approves appointing Child molestors as Elders

by stuckinamovement in

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=7ba22716-556c-43c2-9fc6-76697afad440&type=exhibit&filename=wat.0001.004.0076&fileextension=pdf

Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

Gilead meals. Everyone kicks off work 15 minutes early, goes up to the table heads room, knocks back a few drinks and some crackers and we all make it down the stars somehow without falling for a rushed, slam the food back Bethel meal of steak. Then all stand up to pray and back at work by 1.

That was a Bethelite idea of a party!!

Gives me indigestion now.

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

lrkr

Hey Morph. I was at Wall kill during the time you were in Bklyn. Laundry down there was renowned as a rough job. Always great to hear about fellow slaves that escaped. BTW top floor of the Squib buildings was......

FURNITURE STORAGE.

Yep. Million dollar real estate used for office furniture storage. After Patterson was built they never really filled up those 25-30 buildings.

And I never made it to CBGBS but did make it to Limelight once. Wow the missed opportunities!

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10 Years ago today...

by done4good in

i mentally awoke.

it took another 6 months or so to walk away for good, but this date marked the end of my belief in any conventional sense of the word.. d4g.

lrkr

To your freedom day Done4! Feels like a lifetime ago and yet very everpresent- yes??

My freedom day was Memorial 2007. I knew then that it was over. I feel more and more alive and awake every day.

Salute!

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Are You "Technically" Still A Jehovah's Witness?

by minimus in

jw
friends

even if you don't regard yourself as a practicing jw, some may view you simply as inactive, a lost sheep, etc.. if you were baptized but not disfellowshipped or disassociated, you may still be a jw---right?

your thoughts please..

lrkr

Walked away 8 years ago. Never was acted against by the org. My family asks what my "status" is. I reject the premise. I have no status. I don't acknowledge their power to count or uncount me as a member.

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Why a new "World Headquarters"?

by 4thgen in

i just dont get it.

the gb moved to patterson and are conducting business from there, right?

they are not printing as much literature as they once were and they are still operating walkill for the magazines...er a ....pamphlets.

lrkr

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/32/dtg_bridgeparkdealmain_2011_08_12_bk.html

A three way win-win-win deal. Parks on the piers, residential development to cove cost of the parks, jw's get serious money for industrial property rezoned as residential. And I think there was a timeline to the deal.

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