"Hopefully one day you can lose your Dub-bie-0 status and enjoy your freedom."
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Posts by freddo
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26A spy's life is a lonely one
by LevelThePlayingField inso i have been awake since about this time in 2013, so about 5 years.
and the craziest thing about it is that now, no one, and i mean no one know's i am an apostate.
meaning, that i don't believe the jw minds set/beliefs at all, and no one knows it.
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Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett
by freddo inso this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.
oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.
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"When you say, 'midweek meeting video', does this mean that each and every congregation (in the US at least) sits and watches this tripe?"
Oh yes - Worldwide even! We had it here in the UK on Tuesday night.
I went (fading) and wanted to gauge reaction to this and report back.
The brother (pretty certainly PIMI) sat in the same row as me leaned over and whispered "this guy (Lett) always makes me laugh" - I was pleasantly surprised at his comment - and unlike most in attendance he didn't clap like a seal at the end.
Out of a cong of 65/70 publishers there were 35/40 in attendance. What a crock of shit.
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Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett
by freddo inso this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.
oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.
single.
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freddo
So this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has Lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.
If you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.
Oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.
Every. Single. Time.
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Is he interested?
by Sunnybear ini met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.
on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.
it was not planned, it just happened.
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freddo
Actually Stuckinarut2, I don't think the bible does talk about a threefold cord in direct relation to marriage.
It's JW's that take the threefold cord scripture (Eccl 4 v 12) and choose to apply it to marriage by sticking "JEHOVAH" (AKA the GB) in there.
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Is he interested?
by Sunnybear ini met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.
on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.
it was not planned, it just happened.
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freddo
Any advice?
Don't put out too soon.
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This /\
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freddo
More candles than cake eh? Never mind ...
You're as young as the woman you feel!
Congrats ...
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Friends: Jehovah's Witnesses shunning drove Keego Harbor mom to murder-suicide
by adjusted knowledge inhttps://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/02/19/keego-harbor-jehovahs-witness-mom-triple-murder-suicide/351559002/.
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freddo
I'm sure there were several factors. What do we "know" (as reported)?
1. There is a suicide note we are not privy to. Those that are privy to it do not deny that shunning may be a factor - but they may just have kept silent as per protocol. Will more be allowed out later?
2. Joyce Taylor - Lauren Stuart's "close friend" certainly believes shunning was a factor - to the extent she planned and had an accomplice record her at a Kingdom Hall just two days later (now - 23/2/2018 - on over 40K views BTW) - but maybe a personal axe to grind over this issue?
3. The latest New York Post says she (LS) was brought up in the JW's - so I wonder if her parents or siblings shun her? This would have more effect than the local bozos at Fumbuk Central Kingdom Hall.
4. Also mentioned was a personal problem? Did this tip her over the edge?
Other surmisations -
She might have been POMI to an extent.
There may be a record of mental health issues. (Obviously she was "nuts" to do what she did)
Image and appearance seems important. Not many 45 year-olds go for a "modelling career". What was she trying to do to make herself feel good? What insecurities rushed to the surface? Was it all about to come crashing down?
Tragic and sad.
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2018 Regional Convention program available on JW.borg
by sir82 inhttps://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2018/.
friday.
be courageous and very strong”—joshua 1:7
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Saturday Morning Symposium BE COURAGEOUS ...
Congregation Elder (Acts 20:28-30)
Chasing down those that speak out against them folks ... even though the scripture seems to actually describe the GB and its sycophants.
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Cart observations from Cardiff South Wales
by freddo ini was in a suburb of cardiff, capital of wales where it was difficult to get near to my customer's offices to deliver and install what i do.
i had my car parked about a hundred yards away and had to make several trips with goods and tools past a local jw trolley cart.
as i was working i didn't stop but observed much of the time from an upper floor office window.. in the hour or so i was there, on a warm sunny (for late february) lunchtime/early afternoon - right by a bus stop and several local shops, cafes and banks with plenty of people about - not one person stopped at the cart.. the two women at the cart i guess were about 50 and 75 respectively - pleasant looking motherly/grandmotherly types.
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freddo
I was in a suburb of Cardiff, capital of Wales where it was difficult to get near to my customer's offices to deliver and install what I do. I had my car parked about a hundred yards away and had to make several trips with goods and tools past a local JW trolley cart. As I was working I didn't stop but observed much of the time from an upper floor office window.
In the hour or so I was there, on a warm sunny (for late February) lunchtime/early afternoon - right by a bus stop and several local shops, cafes and banks with plenty of people about - not one person stopped at the cart.
The two women at the cart I guess were about 50 and 75 respectively - pleasant looking motherly/grandmotherly types.
On my last trip to my car I briefly asked them what they were doing and they told me they were JW's and offered people a hope for the future and looked forward to a time when the earth would be a paradise. I didn't engage them much as time was short but I asked them if they "ever had any success at recruitment?".
They looked at each other and the older one said "Well ... not on this shift ... but we aim to be visible and direct people to our website so they can get answers to their questions."
I had to get going but just gave them a big grin and parting shot of: "Well by just standing here counting your time, I suppose you've earned yourselves an extra day of everlasting life haven't you ...?"
Our eyes met - the older lady's and mine - and she knew that I knew what much of JW'ism is all about and she looked at the floor. The younger woman avoided my gaze immediately.
I let them off the hook, went to my car, drove off and gave a cheery wave and toot on the horn. The younger lady half raised her hand but looked away ...
Sorry it's not more interesting but I thought I'd let you know.
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Mea culpa..
by zeb injust a few hours ago i took my wife (uber) to the hall with eats she had prepared as the cong are doing some work there.
i had not set foot onto the kh property in years and my stomach went into a knot as i did.
well what happened?
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freddo
Zeb - I know it wasn't your intent - but your work; your passion; rings across the whole world as testimony to your decency, honesty and tenacity. It's already helped hundreds and will continue to help thousands leave this wicked cult.
The ARC made me - finally - become truly PIMO, resign as an elder and face up to all the deceit and corruption in "the one true religion".
Take your break; heal but hold your head up high. You have made a difference my friend. When you feel able - please come back - your shining example means so much to many who struggle to break from the oppression of JW cult leaders.