Posts by Mattieu

Most in the congo's will be either away on holidays or day dreaming of their holiday break and the above mind controlling info will most likely slip "under the radar" sadly.....

Hopefully it may wake a few up (like my wifey!)

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Just started looking for answers

by jwdecendant in

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i was raised as a jw and have several family members who are witnesses, including my mother.

while i love and respect her very much i was very resentful of being raised in "the truth".

there are several reasons but the main one is the way i was "counseled" and ultimately publically pointed out as a bad associate.

Mattieu

G’day and welcome! Look forward to hearing more from you.

Cheers, Mattieu.

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Disfelowshipping Statistics

by foolsparadise in

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remember when the society used to say that the majority of ones df'ed each year was because of immorality.

i bet you anything the majority each year is for apostacy because they figure out this whole truth fiasco is nothing but a big lie.

the society would rather have people think it is for immorality.

Mattieu

The society would rather have people think it is for immorality.

Heck, it was always more fun when a disfellowshiping announcement was made to imagine some exciting immoral act than plain old boring apostasy!

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John Hughes

by Mattieu in

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all of our local radio stations are having tributes to john hughes, playing all the soundtracks from his movies.

http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne.

enjoy, .

Mattieu

All of our local radio stations are having tributes to John Hughes, playing all the soundtracks from his movies. http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne

Enjoy,

Mattieu.

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Australia rocks!

by JimmyPage in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x80qjh9yivs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkl7v3tbrze.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp7kpyxbmyw.

Mattieu

Yes Australia rocks! And Melbourne has the best live music scene in the world! Add to the list of great Aussie bands – The Presets!

Mattieu.

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The story of SD-7

by sd-7 in

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who i am is inconsequential.

it's safe to say, however, that i am between a rock and a hard place.

or perhaps...a watchtower and a hard place, more accurately.. i was raised a jw--mom got baptized same day i turned 4 (in 1986), alleged that 'satan got to' me because i wanted to do fun stuff on my birthday rather than go to the convention to see her get baptized.

Mattieu

PS - Ever since Dr Evil used the word "inconsequential", I can never read that word without saying it in his voice. So your opening line was quite humorous...

Mattieu.

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The story of SD-7

by sd-7 in

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who i am is inconsequential.

it's safe to say, however, that i am between a rock and a hard place.

or perhaps...a watchtower and a hard place, more accurately.. i was raised a jw--mom got baptized same day i turned 4 (in 1986), alleged that 'satan got to' me because i wanted to do fun stuff on my birthday rather than go to the convention to see her get baptized.

Mattieu

G'day SD-7, nice to have you on board. All the best with your journey ahead... Mattieu.

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Only JW "adults" getting baptized in France?

by Gayle in

tens of thousands of jehovah's witnesses meet in france(afp) 43 minutes ago.

paris tens of thousands of jehovah's witnesses gathered on saturday in cities across france for an annual international gathering, the religious movement said.. about 150,000 flocked to meetings with the main gathering in villepinte, in the paris region, attracting 50,000 followers.. several hundred jehovah's witnesses were baptised by being immersed in water during the event, which lasts the whole weekend.. those baptised were adults, following the example of christ.. jehovah's witnesses consider themselves the heirs of a primitive form of christianity.. their beliefs are strongly based on the text of the bible and they consider modern christian churches to have deviated from the book's true teachings.. followers reject the ideas of modern evolutionary theory and refuse blood transfusions.. they are perhaps best known for preaching on doorsteps, where they offer religious literature and attempt to convert people.. the movement emerged towards the end of the 19th century in the united states and arrived in france in 1906.. there are more than seven million jehovah's witnesses worldwide and around 150,000 in france.. the group's status varies from country to country.

they are given the same recognition as mainstream religions in austria and germany but are classed as a "recognised cult" in denmark.. in france, some of their branches have the status of "religious association" but the movement was also mentioned in a 1995 parliamentary report on sects.. google_ad_section_end(name=article) copyright 2009 afp.

Mattieu

I was baptised at the grand old age of 15....... Man, all those years wasted between 12-15 when I could have been reaching out more in the org.....

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Max Hatton's 1960s study into the WTS chronology

by Doug Mason in

in the early 1960s, a jehovah's witness named max hatton was living and working in albany, a town on the southern coast of western australia.

when he was challenged by sda geoff rogerson, who lived in the nearby township of denmark, about the watchtower society's neo-babylonian chronology, max investigated geoff's claims.. after four years of intensive research, max resigned his position as a "servant in the organisation".. max documented the result of his research, and his 77-page study is remarkable and deserves to be widely known.

it is quite likely that the copies max and i have are two of very few copies that now exist.

Mattieu

Hi Doug, you have a pm

Mattieu