Posts by truthlover

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How did you feel when they eliminated the Con. Book Study?

by Freeandclear in

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years ago when i was "in" i loved the book study.

it was my favorite meeting by far.

mainly because it was a small group.

truthlover

Loved it - not matter what excuse they gave, travel, gas, etc... just another night to relax

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THE SHADOW OF 75 still hangs over us all . . .

by Terry in

few of your are old enough to have been there, i suspect.

i had been in prison two years as a jw conscientious objector when the exciting news about 1975 spread like wildfire.. .

i was paroled from prison in 1969 and immediately began pioneering.

I remember it also -- heard it many times, some folks gave up lucrative businesses to pioneer, other sold homes and furniture, then had to start all over a again at later age.. yet the society denied they said or inferred anything.

We were called 75 ers -- bristled at that name -- it was in the KM, it was spoken of on stage by elders, it was talked about in congregations -- end of the 6,000 years -- everything is gone, get ready, so as I was newly baptized, I swallowed it, along with my born in mate -- well, it came and went, we got fulltime jobs, jobs that paid a pension, we added to that pension weekly -- and here we are today.... at least we have a paid for home, a new car in the yard, food and clothing and a nice yard..... I guess that's all you can ask for in this world of stress today

That was my first inkiling something was terribly wrong, but went along anyway.... friends, family, didn't

seem to bother them - just another new light adjustment.... and on it goes

51

may need some help soon

by Missanna in

ok so i send my father a letter telling him several reasons i do not believe the witnesses are jehovah's organization.i also told my father at the end of the letter that i was setting some boundaries once and for all.

that i would not be emotionally blackmailed or verbally abused anymore that if he wanted to talk to me as a father then i welcome that and if he can't do that then i do not wish to comunicate with him.

i sent it about a week ago and was waiting for all hell to break loose but nothing happend.

truthlover

Missannaa:

There is another elephant in the room and that is the child abuse cases that are rearing their ugly heads and they are NOT MEDIA reports, they are actual court reports that are being placed on the internet for all the world to see -- look at the Australian Royal Commission - just within the past few months -- where a GB member -Jackson-actually lied or evaded questioning.... now there are over 1000 perverts they found were not reported to authorities, and the UK is now setting up their own Royal Commission to investigate not only JW's but the RC Church and other religions who deal with children and have either hidden or destroyed intimidating paperwork. .... the rank and file of JW's have no clue their money is being spent as hush money -- initially there were 16 cases settled out of court several years ago with purported $750,000 paid to each.....look up Candace Conti court report and news... jury gave her $28 million but it is now down to less than that but the JW's were still found GUILTY. There are many -... sorry to break your bubble but prepare yourself for more lawsuits against the society

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Your feelings for the former travelling overseers

by Hecce in

during our wt life we met a good number of friends involved in the circuit and district work.

i am sure that we share the same experience and that we remember fondly some that we caring, loving and generally interested in the brothers.

at the same time we might remember others that were arrogant, selfish, abusive and oppressive.

truthlover

Gone were the days that CO/DO's had to eke out a living -- stayed in homes, worked hard in service, eating at a different home and sleeping in different beds, accepting little monies from the folks who had little, Wives who for the sake of the word, put up with all the changes - men accommodate these changes far better than a woman....

Today we see, arrogance, company boys, hardliners, youthful , toeing the party line, speaking with the same monotone voice as those at bethel, driving new cars, charging back congregations, insurance plans, apartments in KH or one just having at $250,000.00 apt addition to the hall - looks like something out of a Better Homes book

And with the green handshakes, many have more money in the bank that most poor publishers, along with some rental apartments for their pension years.... tell me about it!!!

23

Un-****ing-Believable

by OneFingerSalute in

just a few observations from this morning.

.. this morning as i was trying to choke back the bile that kept wanting to come up during the wt study one comment in particular screamed cult.. towards the very end as comments were being made about "counseling" others with "gracious" words one of the uber-dub minstral-serpents made this comment, "we see in the last image that the brother is holding a bible as he counsels the other brother.

we look closely at the picture and we can know exactly what he is counseling the brother about.

truthlover

Oh wait-- did you pick up the well meaning sister who counseled a mother of a son who was somewhat wayward?????

Laid it on the SINGLE mother that SHE FAILED at child training!!! I could just hear myself listening to that and tearing her face off..... how dare she..........a well meaning sister!!! Not on your life... that was a terrible callous remark meant to hurt a single mother who probably has to work her a... off to keep the kid in clothes, food , etc. and take crap from him at the same time

Disgusting example of how the sister treated the single mom .

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Trey Bundy: One Year of Reporting JW Child Abuse - Your comments please!

by AndersonsInfo in

http://watchtowerdocuments.org/trey-bundy-one-year-of-reporting-jw-child-abuse/.

trey bundy: one year of reporting jw child abuse.

it’s been one year since trey bundy first reported the watchtower’s child abuse problems.. twelve months ago the center for investigative reporting (cir) began publishing information about jehovah’s witnesses and their cover-up of child sexual abuse on their website, reveal.

truthlover

Is this the same Trey Bundy holding a political office in the US? Forget whether he is D or R

but he was on one of the talk shows last night, speaking about the SC convention today re Trump and the others running for R party.

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Jw org Automatic Downloads

by truthlover in

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as many are aware, the society automatically downloads a years worth of programs on a 32 gb tablet --or whatever you have -- using up space.... without permissions i may add... yet i cant get rid of the old copies on there, does anyone know how to delete them - i have downloaded them then clicked on the delete button, away it goes from the download page but when i go back to the original page that the download comes from, it is still there to download again... so i repeat the process and same thing happens....... .

help!!!

.

truthlover

Thanks Talesin.... I will use Chrome as I do have it on the tablet as well

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Jw org Automatic Downloads

by truthlover in

jw
friends

as many are aware, the society automatically downloads a years worth of programs on a 32 gb tablet --or whatever you have -- using up space.... without permissions i may add... yet i cant get rid of the old copies on there, does anyone know how to delete them - i have downloaded them then clicked on the delete button, away it goes from the download page but when i go back to the original page that the download comes from, it is still there to download again... so i repeat the process and same thing happens....... .

help!!!

.

truthlover

As many are aware, the society automatically downloads a years worth of programs on a 32 gb tablet --or whatever you have -- using up space.... without permissions I may add... yet I cant get rid of the old copies on there, does anyone know how to delete them - I have downloaded them then clicked on the delete button, away it goes from the download page but when I go back to the original page that the download comes from, it is still there to download again... so I repeat the process and same thing happens.......

HELP!!!

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Should this Body of elders be considered blood guilty?

by dbq407 in

over the weekend a very nice, caring individual was killed in a car accident after meeting.

she was 32 y/o and has a 3 year old daughter.

her husband was driving home from meeting when his car slid off the road, came back on the road, and was broad sided by a truck.

truthlover

Its true, they focus on meeting attendance, but where I live, and its snowing or road is icy, home is where I stay!! I don't need a call to tell me something may go wrong.. and my car is well equipped ....... common sense plays a big part..... Maybe the husband was controlling enough to say they were going to the meeting... who knows, an accident is an accident, .... especially with a 3 year old, where were their two heads??? She may have been so under the thumb that she didn't think for herself in this matter.....

Yet so many are brain washed, its a terrible thing when you give your common sense over to others... Gerrnany was a good example in WW2 - and that was a whole nation or 99 percent of it was

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New letter about new tasks for the shipping department at Bethel Selters

by Edison Trent in

many times in the past i benefited from information posted in this forum.

today i want to let you participate with a new letter that elders in germany received this week.

it's only available in german, french and italian.

truthlover

Blondie, look up Chelmsford on the board -- new bethel in U K