Posts by Gorbatchov

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Feeling numb and alone

by DeWandelaar in

since some time i post here on this forum... i am always willing to help people or to express my opinion if it helps someone.... i have already posted something about myself but i haven't told much about my history.. i am married with a nice wife and i have three kids (two of my own and a stephdaughter).

since a year i do not go to meetings and i unofficially stopped with the "truth".

i had a meeting with some elders expressing my concerns with the teachings and with the slave.

Gorbatchov

Hoi DeWandelaar,

ik herken wat je zegt. Ik heb niet dezelfde omstandigheden als jou, en ben afgehaakt door de geschiedenis van ons geloof te onderzoeken. Geschiedenis heeft altijd mijn interesse gehad, gecombineerd met kennis maken met getuigen die dezelfde interesse hebben.

Dit alles is begonnen door de nieuwe zienswijze over de generatie in 1995. En alle veranderingen daarna. Ik ben tot de conclusie gekomen dat ons geloof door amateurs is gestart (Conley en Russell) en dat het nog steeds door amateurs wordt bestuurd. Een ding is mij zeker, het is de waarheid niet. De nadruk ligt tegenwoordig op absolute gehoorzaamheid en organisatorische continuïteit door focus op vastgoed, aandelen en politieke invloed via aan het genootschap verbonden organisaties.

Ik ben het met je eens, losraken van onze geloofsstructuur voelt soms op momenten eenzaam, en aansluiting bij anderen, wat wij wereldse mensen noemden, is erg moeilijk. Wat schijnt te helpen is een resolute breuk en helemaal over nieuw beginnen. In mijn geval is dat onmogelijk door familiebanden die ik niet wil verbreken. En dan kom je in een cirkel terecht. Eenmaal wetend dat de waarheid de waarheid niet is, maakt het voor mij onmogelijk om onbevangen een lezing aan te horen.

we zullen er mee moeten leren leven, denk ik.

gorbatchov

EXCUSE FOR THIS DUTCH TEXT! I HOPE IT HELPS DEWANDELAAR.

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Gorby's wife hospitalized, received surgery

by Gorbatchov in

this week my wife was hospitalized and received surgery.

we are happy she is allright now.

thank god!.

Gorbatchov

THANKS ALL! Encouraging! Ms Gorby is going well, has to stay a few days in hospital.

@Bluesbrother: of course she would not say anything about a transfusion, not to the family and not to the congregation.

Gorby

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Gorby's wife hospitalized, received surgery

by Gorbatchov in

this week my wife was hospitalized and received surgery.

we are happy she is allright now.

thank god!.

Gorbatchov

This week my wife was hospitalized and received surgery. We are happy she is allright now. Thank God!

Of course, we had to talk with the doctor about the use of "blood".

We made the agreement with the surgeon that we don't prefer the use of blood, but if it's a question of live or death, a transfusion will be allright.

The surgeon praised us for being part of a new generation witnesses, making the right discission, that life is more important then rules.

An experiences I would like to share here at JWN.

Cheers! Gorby

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Brilliant video catches Governing Body red-handed ignoring their own "name-calling" warnings

by cedars in

here it is.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4sednn9nli.

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cedars.

Gorbatchov

Thanks Cedar!

Gorby

11

Just around the corner: 2014

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

this week i had to apply my daughter for ballet lessons, for the new season.

on the registration document was printed with bold letters.

"season 2013 / 2014".. when my eye caught 2014 i was thinking: what?

Gorbatchov

This week I had to apply my daughter for ballet lessons, for the new season. On the registration document was printed with bold letters

"Season 2013 / 2014".

When my eye caught 2014 I was thinking: what? 2014?!?!?!?

So, will this effect occur when witnesses realize 2014 is just around the corner? (ehhh thats a WTS phrase)

Gorby

47

Overlapping Generations: A wacky kool-aid thread

by RayPublisher in

another wacky kool aid thread for your reading pleasure from the hardcore dubbs on jw talk dot net is here if you want to read it:.

they wax philosophical, they curse this horrible old world, they gently try to project how soon the big a will come, and then swoon when someone quotes a tidbit from a gb member that they overheard.

warning: those with weak stomachs do not read!.

Gorbatchov

About Loesch: that says more about their plans: they will keep the international HQ at 25 Columbia Heights. And sell the "low hanging fruit" buildings.

They will not gamble only at Warwick. It's a to small base for an international corporation like the WTS.

Warwick and Patterson is planned for a smaller staff and for a nice home for the GB members. 25 Columbia Heights will stay HQ for PR reasons, close to the UN, Bankers and best Legal support.

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Fading ... and Feeling Lost

by What Now? in

prior to that we had been in a new congregation for about 9 months, and we were just irregular.

my husband rarely went, and i would go occasionally with our toddler son just enough to show our faces and keep the elders off our backs, and for the sake of some friendships in our old hall.

all of the reasons i had for going were just no longer important.

Gorbatchov

Hi Whatnow? !

Your story, is our story. 3 years ago we moved to another town. And my wife and I don't want to go to the KH anymore.

Since the memorial we have not been there. No one is calling us. Moving to another town is the best way to fade!

We don't feel lost, anyway.

Gorby

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No witness revolution expected? It's going on already!

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

this night i was a few hours awake and thinking again about our witness believe.

and i saw the light!!.

me and many others here at jwd/jwn do not expect any witness revolution and real change.. but i think we completely miss some points!.

Gorbatchov

This night I was a few hours awake and thinking again about our witness believe. And I saw the light!!

Me and many others here at JWD/JWN do not expect any witness revolution and real change.

But I think we completely miss some points!

10 years ago we had to find Ray Franz in "The Better Bookstore".

Today we have all the real Truths About The Thruth direct available at our tablet and computer / telefone devices.

And we all know, JW's are reading this information. And post here also at the board with their story about their struggle and fading.

THIS IS A REVOLUTION! THIS IS A REAL CHANGE. AND WILL HAVE REAL EFFECTS.

Gorby

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Who left or got stumbled over the 1995 generation thing?

by Julia Orwell in

or the 2000's generation thing?.

how did you feel?

how did it help you wake up?

Gorbatchov

I did! Friends walked arround here with the article (they got it early by fax instead of the actual magazine) and even the CO, I knew very good, told us "Oh oh, they are changing 1914)... So a good friend of my told me everything in detail, I got Coc and ISoCF to read and TTATT was between my ears. And then the struglle begun.

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Over 184 million served ...

by Simon in

topic pages that is (not counting home page, active or subject pages).

holy crap, you lot like to talk and read a lot !.

we're currently getting about 1.8 million page views (across all pages) and ~ 150k unique visitors (275k visits in total) per month.. glad i have a plan to move things to the cloud soon!.

Gorbatchov

When I was in Eritrea (Yes!) one of the first things I did was to search for an internet cafe. When there was power, I got a very old PC in downtown Asmara, and very fast I typed www.jehovahs-witness.net and 5 minutes later the site was on my screen ((:

So, Eritrea is one of the country's JWD / JWN is read and topics are written from it

For foreigners and students, there is internet in Eritrea. It is watched by secret service, but they don't have anything against JWN.