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  Rc thoroughness

  by zeb in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  royal commission update .

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  royal commission announces two public hearings for march, 2016. public hearing into centres for the performing arts the royal commission will hold a public hearing in sydney commencing on wednesday 2 march 2016 at 2:00pm aedt.

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  chicken little

  I have liked the page on my fb, will wait and see how that pans out as I have some Jw's (not many) on my fb.
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  My First Bad Strawberry Festival Day-3/3/13

  by Loi_241 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wish that it was not my day.

  oh, god.

  why was that happen?

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  chicken little

  Strawberry fields forever.....
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  Are You No Longer Interested in the Arts?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, new friends and old:.

  i've been here some nine years now and have learned a lot.

  made many dear friends.

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  chicken little

  Here in Scandinavia there are many ex Jws who have an interest in art and music. We have also a few media personalities who are ex jws. We were in a pretty laid back english congregation that was the original start up cong back in the 70's for all the foreign language groups. We had poets, artists and ex professional musicians.

  It was interesting back in the 80's and the dress style was so cool, pioneer brothers with old army shoulder bags and parker coats for service (it is cold here in the winter). Sisters with very avant garde hairstyles and dress, knew some with nose piercing back in the 90's. All that slowly changed as the groups became congregations and conformed to the norm.

  Some of the brothers have art galleries and some of the exjws do too. These days we have seen some jws become models working in europe/bloggers etc. It is a changing world once again but many keep it quiet.

  There are two camps the really open minded and the closed. They both look down on each other and yet still seem to go along with all the jw propaganda, at least on the surface.

  We had a brother who has sadly died, he was a character and a half, great artist, sailor, ran away to sea at 14. Fantastic cook, his get togethers were fantastic sitting around a long wobbly table surrounded by scores of canvasses full of colour and shapes/cubism or in the style of Georgia O' Keeffe. He would laugh with his big belly shaking when I asked about a picture if it was for sale. He called himself an art prostitute, he would paint anything anyone wanted he said.

  Strangely the painting I bought, a very big oil painting cubism style, he kept photos of on his personal web page, I bought it over 27 years ago so it was touching to see it meant that much to him. I look at it every day and still love it. So yes we had different types. In London where my husband grew up jazz was the secret pass time for some of the elders in our congregation. Some played in a small band in pubs around S.E. London, again only those who were in the know found out.

  Glad to hear you still have your appreciation intact, as for me without literature I would have not survived my youth.

  Kind regards

  Chicken little ( I will send you a picture of my painting if you would like to see it in a pm)
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  A Big Hello From Mouthy/Grace and.....

  by label licker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a special message to her daughter, ann marie if you are watching this site.

  your mother is eighty-eight now and her memory is going fast.

  please call her, ann marie.

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  chicken little

  So sad and with what purpose? Denying her own humanity for the whims of a few men alienated from the real world? Miss Grace and wish her all the best xx
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  Watchtower 1974 says FAT Brothers will be disfellowshiped and not enter Paradise!!!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  someone at bethel dinning room was hogging all the bread rolls!!!

  would a brother on the writting dep.

  dare vent his frustration thru the spiritual food our watchtower???

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  chicken little

  Remember a very thin special pioneer couple that left bethel under a cloud (wife was very emotionally unstable, running up and down corridors screaming in her nightdress) they were accused of gluttony because they eat so much at gatherings where there was a buffet. My husband said a group of elders had to counsel them.

  I wonder who counselled the elder who could eat so much pizza, at a take as you want restaurant, that the owners asked him not to come back!
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  A change of pace...I'm leaving

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm leaving.... leaving this video here since issues have been far too polarizing lately!.

  lighten up, take a deep breath, and have a laugh.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4nmojcfd4.

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  chicken little

  Thank you for the fish xxx
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  What is the alternative to JW?

  by Formerbrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.

  im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?

  the the bible is word?

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  chicken little

  The video with the "truth fairy" on youtube contains a gem of wisdom that has stuck with me since I first watched it many years ago.

  "The greatest obstacle to finding truth is believing you already have it". Think about that sentence, can we deny it? Everytime the JWs change their doctrine they are changing their truth and thereby it is not truth, the moot expression "old truth" is ridiculous when you read that God does not change.

  When the witnesses use the expression "where shall we go to?" they forget that Peter said Jesus was the way, the truth and the light, so really if you believe (I do not) then you have no real problem if you turn to your Jesus and approach God through him.

  I do understand how difficult it is to start down this road to find answers to your inner turmoil, it takes time, in my case around three years, before I rejected god, the bible and religion in general.

  By the way one of the main ways you can see that Jws do not have real christianity is shown when you fade away from the religion. When the elders finally (if ever) come to visit you they are interested in finding out if your still believe that God is using the faithful and discreet slave (not sure which edition of it is current now) to lead the organization. They NEVER ask the most pertinent question of all "Do you believe in God or Jesus". In fact you can be disfellowshipped for not believing in the F&DS but not necessarily for losing faith in god.

  So what does that tell you? They are only interested in the org, not in being true shepherds, it is all about control. Read Crisis of Conscience by Ray Franz it will help you a great deal to follow your own values rather than a man made organization that claims to be directed by God.

  P.s. Geoffrey Jackson could not even say it out loud that the GB were the spirit directed organization used by God today,when questioned by a lawyer at the Australian Royal Commission, so there you go.

  Best wishes with your quest.
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  Feeling rejected

  by Esmeralda001 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just a little disclaimer: english isn't my first language (i'm from france) thus the poor writing skills.here is the situation: i'm not a jw.

  however, i'm in the process of becoming one.

  in fact, i'm studying with the jw's, and i'll proceed to become an unbaptized publisher as soon as i finish the first book.to make a long story short i was introduced to the truth when i was 18een.

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  chicken little

  Imagine living forever and ever with these people....does that put you off? Well it certainly did put me off, so I eventually walked away and all the gossip, backbiting and envy is now a thing of the past. I surround myself with people who want me to succeed, love my appearance and enjoy giving compliments, just as I reciprocate in like.

  Life is short, enjoy it and live it to the full. Wasting your time on a 19th century revivalist religion is only going to pull you down into depression in the long run. How wonderful you will become a doctor and be of great assistance to your fellow citizens, how I wish it had been me, but that opportunity was not allowed in the close minded JW world.
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  The new me and DE shaving

  by PlatinumFix in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i haven't seen a thread quite on the same subject so weren't sure where to file it :) so 2016 will be the start of the new me.

  i've nearly cleared my small amount of debt.

  i'm going to get some new clothes and stuff as a single person.

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  chicken little

  Can you enlighten me? What is double edged shaving and how does it look? Picture maybe?

  Otherwise congratulations on your education and plans for the future, sounds like you have things in check and you are enjoying life...way to go!
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  Back ground insight into the RC

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this is not an attack upon the rc.

  it is an example of the sheer volume of work they are dealing with and the scope of events they have dealt with.. i went to the rc support place here in wa.

  it seemed that many people (staff) were dropping out from this place due to illness, holiday's ..family ....and so on.

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  chicken little

  Well done....very unprofessional behaviour and you responded just right to her.