Posts by freddo

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Signs of Toxic Personalities

by Simon in

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came across this and found it rather interesting:.

http://facthacker.com/18-signs-of-toxic-people/.

it's always good to be able to identify when we may be exhibiting some of these behaviors or, hopefully more likely, to spot the behaviors in others and help avoid the impact they can have.

freddo

@RubaDub

American English dictionaries don't have the words "gullible" or "humour" (as in sense of humour) in them.

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The Last Supper

by Teddy in

i have been studying with the jw since june of 2016 and they say only the ones who make up the 144.

000 and can partake of the bread and cup.

is this true?.

Virtually the whole of Revelation is - according to the JW's - "symbolic". And yet the 144,000 of Revelation CH 7 and Ch 14 is supposedly "literal" even though it is made up of 12 x 12,000 from symbolic tribes of Israel.

Without wishing to be disrespectful the opinion of this poster (who was baptised as a JW 40 years ago and who was dumb enough to be an elder for over 20 of those years until I realised it was a croc) is that it is "all bollocks."

I would further encourage you to "run Forrest run" as far away as you can from this self serving little cult.

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JW over-rode our Choice of Funeral music

by snugglebunny in

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a few years on and the funeral of my jw momma still galls me.

she left instructions for which kingdom songs to be sung and we gladly abided by her wishes.

the funeral was held in a public crematorium, not a kingdom hall.

freddo

I know they brought in a rule some years back that Kingdom Mal-adies only are allowed at the KH but in the UK at the crematorium there is no reason at all why other dignified music couldn't be played.

Having said that, most dubbies have K/M's but on occasion I have heard other stuff.

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Finally found a friend I can talk to

by StarTrekAngel in

he is an old friend that used to attend my congo.

he moved away closer to his parents at some point and we lost touch.

for a couple of years i did not hear anything from him.

freddo

So why did he shave his beard? There must be some desire on his part to be compliant to jw social mores?

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The Humbling of Anthony

by Duncan in

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i didn’t really care for anthony very much.

at the time of this story he was 13 or 14 years old, a clever and precocious kid down the hall.

he was extremely zealous about the truth and took it, and himself, very seriously.

freddo

Resurrected for all to enjoy Duncan's sublime story-telling.

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Just a little anecdote illustrating how out of touch the typical JW is

by sir82 in

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this weeks book study lesson was on martha, the sister of lazarus.

the chapter in the "imitate their faith" book praised her for being "industrious".. the conductor at our congregation meeting was just positively gushing about how "industrious" modern-day jw women are.. he was so exciting, he could barely get the words out.

following is not an exact quote, but conveys the gist:.

freddo

And of course Lazarus being dead an' all means there was no chaperone. Disgraceful.

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Syllabus

by Duncan in

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haven't posted in years, but thought i would today, since something reminded me of this story..

it's 1970 in our london-suburb congregation and it's the circuit overseer visit.

as part of his talk on the saturday night this co - john anderson, anyone remember him?

freddo

Remember "step-by-step progress"? That was a little buzz word/phrase for a while.

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Just a little anecdote illustrating how out of touch the typical JW is

by sir82 in

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friends

this weeks book study lesson was on martha, the sister of lazarus.

the chapter in the "imitate their faith" book praised her for being "industrious".. the conductor at our congregation meeting was just positively gushing about how "industrious" modern-day jw women are.. he was so exciting, he could barely get the words out.

following is not an exact quote, but conveys the gist:.

freddo

Back here in the UK of course we have recently had our second female Prime Minister take office.

Meanwhile back in the Kingdom Hall women cannot run a microphone, wear trousers or read for the congregation.

Jeez!

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How do i keep seeing my daughter when she turns 18

by agnosticnow in

hi.i have a 13 year old daughter that i still have for a limited time as she comes to stay about one night a month at present.the law here in australia is on my side in that the australian governments stand is that the child needs regular access to both parents .

i am currently arranging for mediation to have her more often .

her mother can not stand that i am living with another woman and doesn't want her here .

freddo

Sorry to hear your difficulties agnostic now - welcome to the forum. You will get lots of good advice here.

My twopenneth is for you and your partner to not criticise her mother in front of her however twisted she behaves; do all you can to guide and build her relationship with you (not being lax and soft but give her alternative goal ideas that match her true self away from jw land).

Is your daughter baptised? If not then I would try to persuade her to think long and hard before doing so and make it known that you feel she shouldn't be baptised as a minor.

Get well clued up on jw doctrine and how to cast doubt on it by using genuine thoughtful questions with your daughter using only the Bible and jw publications in a calm and reasoning manner.

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What The Org Teaches: #2 THE GREAT TRIBULATION

by The Searcher in

every single bible student/jehovah's witness who has ever lived, has been indoctrinated to believe that a catastrophic great tribulation would very soon engulf the entire earth, causing untold death & destruction.

this spurious teaching is drummed into every j.w.

's head and used by them as a major recruitment tool.

freddo

Very good thread. Although I feel mentally free it is good to reinforce how some of the main pillars of borg teaching are on foundations of sand.