Posts by jookbeard

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my 25 year anniversary of life after the WTS

by jookbeard in

its been a hell of a journey and not one i regret, i've had my testimony featured in free minds, married divorced, married again had 2 children, survived a very serious illness and come out just about unscathed.

it all started sometime in the early 1990's around the time of the waco siege, i just couldn't accept these crazy doctrines anymore of the belief system i was born into, the death and destruction of billions, the big a, the restoring of the earth to a paradise and the even bigger lie of a resurrection of billions, come early 1993 i had decided to fade, i attended the memorial of that year and decided never ever to return and i never did, come 1994 i had really hit rock bottom, divorced the following year, moved away,started a new career, a new life, the rest they say is history, anyone reading this and having similar thoughts, go for it!

you wont regret it..

jookbeard

Stan; late 1970's after the 1975 fiasco?

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UK - please post names of congregations being disbanded/merged

by truthseeker in

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i will soon be done with my jw charity analysis project.

can we make this an official thread for uk congregations being merged/disbanded so i can update the list.

i will post the results when finished.. truthseeker.

jookbeard

my ex wife's former cong Worcester Park was disbanded many years ago and merged with Sutton, my old cong still exists Wimbledon

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my 25 year anniversary of life after the WTS

by jookbeard in

its been a hell of a journey and not one i regret, i've had my testimony featured in free minds, married divorced, married again had 2 children, survived a very serious illness and come out just about unscathed.

it all started sometime in the early 1990's around the time of the waco siege, i just couldn't accept these crazy doctrines anymore of the belief system i was born into, the death and destruction of billions, the big a, the restoring of the earth to a paradise and the even bigger lie of a resurrection of billions, come early 1993 i had decided to fade, i attended the memorial of that year and decided never ever to return and i never did, come 1994 i had really hit rock bottom, divorced the following year, moved away,started a new career, a new life, the rest they say is history, anyone reading this and having similar thoughts, go for it!

you wont regret it..

jookbeard

Phizzy; it was'nt so easy visits to the library where I found a wonderful little book on jw's by Alan Rogerson, the evangelical christian outreach groups such as Reachout Trust were very helpful as well even though I was a pole apart in wanting to accept their religious standpoint but they were very helpful in supplying resource materials and books, and the jw newsletters Comments from the Friends and the Free Minds journel which I looked forward to seeing when they were issued

Good JW, good advice!

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my 25 year anniversary of life after the WTS

by jookbeard in

its been a hell of a journey and not one i regret, i've had my testimony featured in free minds, married divorced, married again had 2 children, survived a very serious illness and come out just about unscathed.

it all started sometime in the early 1990's around the time of the waco siege, i just couldn't accept these crazy doctrines anymore of the belief system i was born into, the death and destruction of billions, the big a, the restoring of the earth to a paradise and the even bigger lie of a resurrection of billions, come early 1993 i had decided to fade, i attended the memorial of that year and decided never ever to return and i never did, come 1994 i had really hit rock bottom, divorced the following year, moved away,started a new career, a new life, the rest they say is history, anyone reading this and having similar thoughts, go for it!

you wont regret it..

jookbeard

its been a hell of a journey and not one I regret, I've had my testimony featured in Free Minds, married divorced, married again had 2 children, survived a very serious illness and come out just about unscathed. It all started sometime in the early 1990's around the time of the Waco siege, I just couldn't accept these crazy doctrines anymore of the belief system I was born into, the death and destruction of billions, the Big A, the restoring of the earth to a paradise and the even bigger lie of a resurrection of billions, come early 1993 I had decided to fade, I attended the memorial of that year and decided never ever to return and I never did, come 1994 I had really hit rock bottom, divorced the following year, moved away,started a new career, a new life, the rest they say is history, anyone reading this and having similar thoughts, go for it! you wont regret it.

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Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?

by Issa in

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i left the jw organization last year during summer.

maybe some of you can relate.

who of you are agnostic or an atheist?

jookbeard

kind of kept some sort of theist belief after I left for the first couple of years, but an atheist now and proud, there is nothing out there, you live and die then return to dust thats it!

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St Petersburg Assembly Hall to be given to Russian scientists

by OrphanCrow in

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https://realty.newsru.com/article/26dec2017/iegov_med.

(the following article is translated using google translate).

the building selected in "jehovah's witnesses" in st. petersburg will be given to scientistsdecember 26, 2017 publication time: 09:42. in a building selected from a banned organization in russia, "jehovah's witnesses", will soon be able to read scientific lectures.

jookbeard

great news, best place for it

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JW's on my front sidewalk

by OnTheWayOut in

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so last weekend, the jw's ring the bell and my wife answers.

we live in a heavily spanish neighborhood but don't really speak spanish.

i thought my wife was quite clear that she is a "sister" to them, but maybe the one in charge of the group didn't get the message.

jookbeard

always great to anti-witness, never miss the chance

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Crisis of conscience

by Jrjw in

hi everyone.

what does anyone think of the crisis of conscience book?

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jookbeard

a deal breaker, the so called GB are nothing but the wizard in the movie when the curtain is pulled out, I used that example in my JC, a group of institutionalised pathetic sexual deviant OAP's who have as much insight into biblical prophecy as a man sweeping the streets

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PHILIPPINES - "December 15, 2017 letter Re: 2017 Service Year Report" - with local numbers and highlights

by darkspilver in

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the previously posted wt letter of december 15, 2017 "re: 2017 service year report" was for the us congregations.. as expected the second (and third) paragraphs of the letter are being re-written to feature highlights in the local field to the congregations that it is addressed to.... hence below is what i understand to be the highlighted figures in the letter that is being sent and read out (in the first week of january 2018) to congregations in the philippines.. i believe that the philippines is traditionally one of the wt's *star performers* in terms of growth (*cough*cough* if you exclude the 1975-fallout) .

(previous year's figures in brackets) .

peak publishers: 210,914 (209,131).

jookbeard

no great shakes there now, another former JW success story which grew out of disillusioned Catholics, The Philippines are embracing a new god this day and age; the Peso and the Dollar

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Why do Jehovah`s Witnesses believe everything will be Hunky Dory after Armageddon ? I have news for them.

by smiddy3 in

they seem to think that all they will do is enjoy a carefree life with little or no concerns problems or worries whereas nothing could be further from the truth... according to the bible.. without trying to speculate on these concerns or problems during this one thousand year reign of christ jesus ,lets hear what the bible has to say about the end of his thousand year reign.. rev.20:7-10 satan is to be let out of his prison {as if he hasn`t done enough damage in 6000 years of roaming about in the earth at the same time fraternizing with jesus and jehovah in heaven} i digress.. and the reason he is let out of prison ,lo and behold ,is to mislead those nations in the four corners of the earth gog and magog to gather them together for the war.

{ here we go again ,armageddon didn`t solve anything we have to go through another one.

} 1000 years later.. now get this it`s not just some isolated little skirmish with a few hundred or even a few thousand dissenters ,as the bible states they number the sands of the seashore and they advanced over the breadth of the earth and encircled the camp {not a nation but a camp} of the holy ones.and the beloved city.. with that description it would seem the holy ones are in the minority and the opposes apparently were spread over all the earth.. so that description of the bible to me about jc 1000 rule does not appear to be one of living in a paradise , that is not on the agenda until after jesus christ 1000 year reign and only if you are lucky enough to survive another test/war of your loyalty after all you have gone through previously.. i wonder if this realization is one of the reasons why so many now are claiming to be of the anointed because as one of the other sheep you have to pass another test after the 1000 years of christ jesus rule whereas of one of the anointed on death now you go straight to heaven ..

jookbeard

destined to be a catastrophe, our creator screwed up at the beginning and has done the same throughout history what makes anyone think he wont do it again? the releasing of the devil from the Abyss is bound to end in disaster if anyone with a brain cell believes it, fortunately the entire account from Revelation is the writings of a lunatic and not to be taken seriously, thank goodness I dont have to worry myself about it.