brilliant closing remark... bound to be thought provoking
well said, well done
chickpea
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Elders visit today
by truthseeker1969 intwo kindly old gentlemen came to visit to see if i would like to come to the meetings againa.. i explained to them kindly the full circumstances for me leaving and that i had found information that disturbed me a great deal about the background wheeling and dealing within the society and that it was enough to make me have greater doubts about the authenticity of teachings given.. i told them that the cosietys stance towards those who leave and the labelling of "mentally diseased" and "sick" are words that would never come out of jehovahs mouth as he is god of pure love.. the kindly listened while i told them that i indeed miss the congregation and i knew how it was hard for those who know me to ignore me but that was proof enough that such a stance of shunning hurts even those who had nothing to do with any event that resulted in disfelowshipping.. i forcefully told them that those who are labelled as 'apostates" are not out to do anything to the congregation, they are simply people who can no longer believe what is being taught and freely expres, in the majority of cases, scriptural grounds for their disagreement.
many still hold fast to alot of techings as they want truth.. one of them smiled the whole way through the conversation, the other looked at me as if i was the devil!
i told them i respect them for the stance they take in their life but it equates to the stance i take that i will not be told what i believe is wrong and therefor should be accorded the same respect i give to them.. "what is worse?
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chickpea
10 years of dedicated service would have had you
inducted as a Companion in the Order of Canada!certainly one of great merit and humanitarian endeavours!
guess you have to settle for "happy anniversary" !
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Watchtower: "God Hates...Homosexuality"
by metatron ina quote from page 28 of the new brochure, as released at assemblies this summer.. metatron.
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chickpea
although i was "fading" unbeknownst, feeling my
lack of mtg attendance etc was a verification of
my "weakness", when my then 13 YO son, a
female to male transgender began to indicate
his gender variance, one thing he said chilled
my heart against religion for all time...." i have sat in the KH most of my life having
to listen to them saying from the platform
that god hates who i am"split hairs and say god loves the sinner, yada yada
but my son was being told who he was and how he
needed to live his life was considered an abomination.....well, the rest is history... we are free and he is at
the minneapolis pride fest feeling pretty damn goodif there is a god i hope the WTS receives full recompense.....
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When You Left The "Truth" Were People Shocked?
by minimus ini faded and when witnesses realized i had abandoned the faith, they were shocked!
no one would've ever believed that i would've left!
no one!!
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chickpea
i'm guessing the '09 front page article in the daily paper in this large rural
area, picturing my transgender son and me, detailing our recent trip to
Washington, DC as part of a lobby effort for Safe Schools Advocacy
Summit, shocked a few peeps, JWs included.... i sure hope they were
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How have you been bless by Satan?
by jam insatan comes as a angel of light.. when i left the borg and things were going bad for me,.
my sister would tell me (jw) come back.
problem because you left jehovah and his organization.. ok, over the years my life have change drammatically.. a marriage that was doom from the start, a wife that.
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chickpea
there is not an area of my life that is not enhanced by the absence of b0rg influence
blessings too numerous to count! i no longer pray but always say YAY!
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What kind of services are you willing to pay $20? Be creative
by Iamallcool inhttp://www.upto20.com/.
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chickpea
actually, i could provide customized essential oil blends
for a variety of therapeutic uses!i believe i shall bookmark the site
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just created a site www.jwfacts.com
by jwfacts ini just put together a site that tries to logically show the witnesses are not the true religion.
just wondering how to get the information out to people that most need it.
also any ideas on how to get the site found by search engines.
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chickpea
several times a year i will seek out the
"dumping grounds" of the zealous dubs
and BOLDLY print the address of JWFACTS
on the back of the litter-ature urging any
"interested ones" to check it out before
agreeing to or continuing a study...thanks paul, for that invaluable resource!!!
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I hate them.
by Paul Duda inmy 82 years old catholic father does everything for his 6 kids .. watch their children, fix their car, lend them thousands of dollars without any expectation of return.
helps them when they're sick.
on call twenty four hours a day for his spoiled kids.
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chickpea
their actions, or lack thereof, are indeed hateful...
they are pawns in a game they dont even know they are playing...
happy father's day to that wonderful man who knows the truth about love....
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Please Do a 13-Word Sentence Describing How You Feel Right Now
by snowbird inright now, i feel lower than a dead dog on flatwoods plantation road.. syl.
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chickpea
this day has graciously allowed me to find a centered point of balance
