Topics Started by wildfell

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Need to vent - being hassled by elders!
by wildfell in
1. jw
2. friends
nearly two years ago my husband and i abruptly stopped attending meetings.

we had one or two visits from an elder that i disliked, but that stopped when i told him not to come back.

we were patting ourselves on the back that we had been left alone.
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"Draw close to God, and he will"....never speak to you.....
by oompa in
1. watchtower
2. bible
well me and bonnzo got to go to a big jw funeral today (oh what fun!

)...in a high school auditorium...so i see bonnzo in the crowd and texted him during the service that i could see him, and i was so hoping he had not put his cell on vibrate, but he had....darn it.

so my mind was wandering, and i have been wondering what it would take for me to get any of my faith back (i'm agnostic now)...and this scripture pops in my head: .
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Any "Born Again" Christians here?
by sacolton in
1. jw
2. friends
would like to see how many have accepted jesus christ as the only way, truth and life..
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Little Joseph needs our prayers,please read this....
by justhuman in
1. jw
2. friends
a tragic event happened to 2 year old joseph.

the house was on fire and he was in his bedroom.

2 firemen risk their lifes, entered to the flaming house and resqued little joseph.
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How do you pray?
by Hikaru in
1. jw
2. friends
great topic title....not the full question, but i'm guessing you all are raising eyebrows before clicking on it...heh.

anyways, my question is this... how do you pray?

when it feels like you're talking to the wall?
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Is The WT Society Getting Financially Desperate ? Nov.15th WT Your Take ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
as most of us know on the board - awhile back the watchtower society printed a brochure called : "charitable planning to benefit kingdom service worldwide.

" it was written to provide info to witnesses on a variety of ways that gifts may be made to the society presently or at death.

i have a lurking witness friend on the board who sent me the nov. 15th watchtower and it has an article entitled, " ways in which some choose to give ".
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Anyone know Hands Hubler the D.O Missionary {a.k.a The Terminator}
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hands hubler was the rudest most arrogant man "jehovah" ever made.

he was famous for kicking out sisters with crying babies during his talks.

he went to a bible study as a sister asked him to come along, he saw the christmas decorations were up so he excused them and said they would not be coming back, "terminating" the sisters study, no discussion, no nothing.
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Things to Remember About Cult Mind Control- "Releasing the Bonds" By Hassan
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
i read steve hassan's first book " combatting cult mind control" last year and just started reading with my wife his follow up book " releasing the bonds " put out in 2000. a few quotes i wanted to share with you in case you haven't read it - and to help us keep in mind how far we have come from being mind controlled when we were jehovah's witnesses.

hassan mentions , " destructive cults are distiguished by their use of deception and mind control techniques to undermine a person's free will and make him dependent on the group's leader.

he adds, " destructive cults use mind control techniques to keep members dependent and obedient.
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Going to Church
by excito-are in
1. jw
2. experiences
i went to church in my local town while the witnesses attended the perth assembly.

it was a good sermon and i actually felt very upbuilt and refreshed after listening to it.

i really thought i would of felt guilt or some negative feeling for doing this, but quite the opposite.
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My seperation/Divorce up-date. Un-believable what she wants!
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
my wife asked for a seperation last week.

she rattles off a huge list of wrong things, like dress better when going out {wear a jacket?

} and be more ambitious like her since she would have been a millioniare if i wasn't holding her back?