Mrs. Fiorini

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  Hey, whats wrong with Smurfs???

  by Albert Einstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was baptized in early 90s and live in eastern europe.. from your comments i noticed, that some time in the past jws had a problem with smurfs... like being afraid of or avoiding ... i never heard anything about that in my dub life... .

  so is there some story behind that?

  did you play with smurfs as kids?

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Back in the eighties I knew a JW sister who had Smurf tennis shoes. After hearing the rumors, she decided to burn them. It was too bad, too. She was a poor, single mother who didn't have that many pairs of shoes and little money to buy new ones. She really shouldn't have burned them.

  About that same time there were rumors about Proctor and Gamble being a satanic corporation. Their corporate logo was said to be evidence. Many JWs I knew were refusing to buy any P & G products. Of course, that was later proven to be false information too.

  It seems to me that some groups of people are predisposed to accept these kinds of rumors when they come around. The JWs are one of them.
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  Just recently finished my one year anniversary here, plans for the year ahead

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my first year here was life-changing.

  (the first time i read this board, i thought, what's up with all the science fiction borg/jedi master references?

  ) i started out with a fair share of doubts about the organization, but hearing the loaded language at the meetings kept me still thinking it was possibly the truth.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Thanks for sharing that Jimmy. This site has meant a lot to me too. And you're right. It is addicting!
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  Can a JW (who is "IN" for family) be an ATHEIST?

  by african GB Member in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i mean how would an atheist jw go to fs to tell worldlies about jehovah while he does'nt really believe in god?.

  will the holy spirit "guide" such an individual?.

  will the angels "accompany" such.....?.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  "Will the HOLY SPIRIT "guide" such an individual?"

  IMO anyone who is starting to see the lies of the WT is being guided by the holy spirit, whether they believe in God or not.
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  Long time lurker, 1st time poster

  by Mattieu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well where do i start, perhaps will go into more detail later, though briefly - 40 years young, raised in the truth (kingdom baby, which meant i was never going to make it to primary/secondary school/work/get married/have kids....) former ms, regular pioneer, learnt 3 foreign languages, served in foreign language group, married (wife still goes to meetings), beautiful kids, baptised at 15 years of age, regular pioneer at 15, grew up in divided house.. .

  hmmm, will go into my issues with all things organisational later, though firstly want to apologise, for being a self righteous spiritual pratt who did things by the book and sat with other elders/mss and prejudged others for not doing enough and having a wrong attitude about all matters spiritual and organisational.

  i stepped down as an ms over a year ago (they were grooming me to be an elder), havent been to a meeting in 3 months, i knew it wasnt the truth for a number of years and have struggled badly the last few years.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Welcome. I'm looking forward to more of your posts.
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  No More MS Doodies!!!!

  by tresdecu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  posted this at the end of the last thread i started (entirely diff subject) but: i resigned from the world of the ministerial servant drone on sunday.

  no more ridiculous 5min announcement parts.

  no more idiotic q and a'a.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Congratulations! Enjoy your extra freedom.
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  Book study comment on DF'ing tonight SUCKED!!!

  by maryacclaim in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went to the meeting tonight with my mom, cuz she's visiting.

  i know i know, that's my first mistake.. so, they're going over this part on disfellowshipping, and they start going on and on about how it's jehovah's love for the congregation that "he disfellowships.".

  yeah so its not the organization that disfellowships, its jehovah.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Jeeprude wrote, "Once you learn that you can survive on your own the charade is over."

  So true!
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  Privacy Rights of Ex-JWs

  by Scott77 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  iam writting to ask how do the wts tracks ex-jw's members who have moved from place to place or moved to out of state locations?

  in tracking them, is not this a violation of individual right to privacy?

  i know of an individual who have been tracked after he moved out of state after he was severally 'persecuted' for deciding to cut of himself off from the congregation only to find wts groups tracking him once again to his new location.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Lady Lee said, "Let's face it the only rights they lay claim to are their own."

  Absolutely correct. And they will fight tooth and nail for them, all while stepping on those of their followers and former followers.
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  JW's least likely religion to accept evolution

  by easyreader1970 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://pewforum.org/docs/?docid=392.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Maybe that 8% are some of the ones that are stuck in for family reasons, etc. but no longer believe.
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  My Wife Is Coming Home!!

  by Yizuman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, it's been 11 months since the whole thing started and i am ecstatic that she will finally be coming home.. .

  it's somewhere between 2 weeks to a month before she comes home.. .

  so first thing we need some stuff..... .

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Best wishes for you and your wife.
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  Superhuman?

  by The Berean in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since there appears to be no eye=witness testimoney of sin or defect within the governing body of the wbts, could we be dealing with superhumans such as the bible's nephalim?

  would this not explain the powerful control this org seems to weild over common folks?.

  anyone care to comment?.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  I think the control the WT has over its members comes from their use of mind control techniques and other psychological manipulation.