Posts by straightshooter

The 30M will come from all the Worldwide Contributions sent to the branch. Maybe this will open some eyes in N.Y. headquarters to what reality actually is.

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were you ever truly happy as a jw?

by emanresu in

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I came from the "world" and became a jw. I was happy for 28 years. I enjoyed the teachings, associations, and field ministry. My eyes opened when I became an elder and saw all the backstage power manipulations. I was removed because my 23 year old daughter got disfellowshipped and I was financially supporting her. The BOE wanted me to remove my daughter from my home, which I refused. That was the final straw.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 06-10-2012 WT Study (BETRAYAL)

by blondie in

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how can we imitate the loyalty.

in our loyalty to our marriage.

your marriage mate.

straightshooter

Amazing how Jehovah forgave David and how Jesus forgave sinners, yet the WTS will discard the sinners in their org.

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The Curious Case Of My Servant. Job

by criticalwitness in

the bible account of job is interesting to me in a lot of ways.

one job is not apart of isreal so his family and lineage cant really be traced hes just like some folk hero and how did he find out about jehovah?

and have more faith than all his people?

straightshooter

Interesting questioning. I thought of Job's children being killed and not resurrected as sad. The Job account seems to me to picture physical, material blessings if one is faithful. Job's new children seem to be just another material object being replaced.

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How an original STAR TREK episode nearly cost me my first JW marriage in its first year...true story I find funny/sad

by oompa in

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so i'm 21, just married, and raised in my fathers image and thank god he liked sci-fi...a genre i was able to escape to new worlds in.

he even took me to a trekkie covention when i was albout 12 at the greensboro coliseum and it was packed.

we had watched every episode over and over...i thought.

straightshooter

Amazing how one sees things differently in and out of the borg. Once upon the time in a galaxy far, far away -- sorry wrong movie -- I would have totally agreed with your wife. Now I see how ridiculous such thinking is. Thanks for sharing your experience.

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I wish there were more JW's resisting the extreme elements within the religion

by Hermano in

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i wish there were more jw's resisting the extreme elements within the religion.

i beleive there are many who know some of the things they hear and read are whack, but stay because they think it's still the group god has chosen.

but there are ways to voice your opinion without being too vocal or disassociating:.

straightshooter

Yes, you are right. I know a jw who sent his children recently to college. He is not being "used" in the congregation, but he and his family are happy going to meetings, commenting, and some field service. He told me that once his family and a relative who was a speaker at the District Conv. reserved rooms at a hotel that was not on the WTS approved hotels list because it was closer and had rooms available.

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Mother drives off with baby on her car roof!

by moshe in

seems that she was upset her boyfriend had been arrested for a dui a few hours earlier, so she smokes a bowl of pot and then drives off with her baby on the car roof- the baby was unhurt- mom joins her boyfriend in jail.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idee4xexzhk.

fox10 newsphoenix (ksaz) -.

a shocking discovery was made just before 1 a.m. -- a baby, strapped in a car seat, was found lying in the middle of a street and the child's parents were no where to be seen.. the 1-month-old boy was found in a car seat near 45th avenue and cholla.

straightshooter

I agree, this couple should not be parents. This is a total lack of love for their child.

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I may be stepping down!

by Kool Jo in

so the co is in town...sorry i can't disclose much info....i haven't done anything wrong that warrants no longer serving as an ms....but the co is thinking of deleting me as an ms (my parents are aware)....i really hope he does as this will make my fade much more easier...... freedom is just around the corner i hope.... peace.

kool jo.

straightshooter

I found it never easy to be in front of the elders. Though I always told myself that they are mere men trying to intimidate me, they still always bothered me. You will definitely have more freedom, but many in the cong will view you as not doing what you should to be "reaching out" for more volunteer cong work. Since at the time I continued to stay in the cong, it took me several years to not let a removal bother me.