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  1975 - Lest We Forget

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  i find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.

  do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?

  with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?

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  miseryloveselders

  I'm afraid to ask what she remembers...

  I'm somewhat hesitant to bring this up to people who would remember that time frame. I wasn't born until a couple years after 75". Right now I can only think of a couple instances where I conversed with people about this. One brother showed me in an old publication how "some fell away after reading too far into it". I can't remember the book, and I can't remember if it briefly mentioned something about the parousia, or it was an article on the parousia, or what? I'm leary of asking him about it do to it raising suspicious. Another time I purposely mentioned the Parousia to an older somewhat kooky sister and asked her if she recalled 75". She stated that she did, but she sorta changed the subject. We were discussing this in field service doing door to door. And conversations during door to door can change like the wind.
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  Top 10 reasons why JWs don't have the truth - please contribute

  by oldlightnewshite in

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  i thought it would be an interesting exercise to ask everybody on here what their 'top 10 reasons why jws don't have the truth' actually were.

  maybe we can see some correlating views/patterns/ideas that may help us de-programme the newbies that come on this site.

  if eventually most people have an outstanding gripe/concern it'll help everybody understand the ex-jw mindset a little better.

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  miseryloveselders

  Here is two,
  failure to use their 6 million votes to take full control of whats on the ballot!
  
  failure to buy fire arms and help police this country run the fricking wicked back to their closets!
  
  yup people theirs lots of things you can say bad about the jehovah wittnesses doing this or that.but if jehovah came right now and said all right wittnesses its clobering time take your stand in the fight, trust me when i say geting the door slamed in you face makes someone remember were you live and you better pray to the dark ugly lord real hard jehovah never says it clobering time! remember how isreal defeated hugh armys? but relax jehovah wittness arent really gods chosen people right? so your not in any trouble.
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  info on new schools!

  by seenitall in

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  information about four theocratic schools.

  starting september 1, 2011, each year at patterson there will be 2 classes of the school for branch committee members and 2 classes of the school for traveling overseers.

  branch committee members who have previously attended the branch committee school will be invited to attend a second time.

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  miseryloveselders

  Something ironic to me, after reading all of what Seenitall posted, I had a thought..............is any of that gibberish scriptural?
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  When did you stop supporting the WT with $$$ ??

  by wobble in

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  i stopped whilst still an active witness, just cancelled my direct debit and told myself i would put money in the box to cover things like literatrash and heat and light sometimes, and sometimes i did , but that dropped off.. the thing is, i cannot really pin down what my motive was at the time, i still thought then that it was god's org.. but i just stopped giving them money.

  why ?

  i dunno.. when and why did you stop giving them money ?.

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  miseryloveselders

  I stopped when I saw too many incidents of wasteful spending.

  For instance, at the same time as couselling the flock to "live simply" and "not take too many vacations", they purchased 2 new blinds for the K-Hall at a cost of $5000. The RBC was handcuffed into only using a prominent elder's decorating business for all K-Hall renos and building. He was making a pretty penny from it, too. His wife would wander around the renovations, doing nothing to help, in her matching Linda Lundstrom coat ($1500) and boots ($700)

  That's when I said, No More.

  I'm glad you mentioned this. I know many on here like to joke about JWs being window washers. However, more than a few JWs own businesses involved in cleaning, maintenance, or trades. Quite a few of them make a good buck off of Kingdom Halls, and Assembly Halls.
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  When I was a kid, I loved "Bruce Lee."

  by possible-san in

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  when i was a kid, i loved "bruce lee.".

  therefore, i was a shodan in "karate.".

  well, a japanese entertainer/idol "shoko nakagawa" (shoko-tan) did his mimicry.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smw5c6yk2sg.

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  miseryloveselders

  I loved Bruce Lee too. My favorite scene was when Kareem Abdul Jabar left a footprint in his chest and pissed Bruce off. Hilarious. Fighting the clawed villain with the mirrors has to be in the top 10 grestest movie scenes ever. I liked Bolo Yeung too. I've never seen an Asian cat with a chest and arms that big. He was intimidating.
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  Love is . . . . . .

  by nicolaou in

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  miseryloveselders

  What's a mutton?
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  When did you stop supporting the WT with $$$ ??

  by wobble in

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  i stopped whilst still an active witness, just cancelled my direct debit and told myself i would put money in the box to cover things like literatrash and heat and light sometimes, and sometimes i did , but that dropped off.. the thing is, i cannot really pin down what my motive was at the time, i still thought then that it was god's org.. but i just stopped giving them money.

  why ?

  i dunno.. when and why did you stop giving them money ?.

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  miseryloveselders

  My husband gives a nice check every month. I never gave them a dime of my money,I had to buy food for my children. Tired of giving for CO new cars when my kids were wearing second hand clothes and we were just getting by with food and house payments. I know the CO gets a nice green handshake from my husband and yet I don't get a dime from his for food, clothes and other expenses. Just this week the CO's wife had a special list of foods she likes and he got a copy. This broad will only eat special foods like brown eggs (4.19 per dozen) special chicken not fried or BBQ, baby bottles of water, turkey, steak (must be soft) only apple juice or cranapple, frozen spinach, it goes on forever. She also put what she doesn't like on the list. Sure enough my husband purchased food for her, yet nothing for our house. THIS IS REALLY SICK. They need to give up off their rumps and get jobs. Why put this expense on other people. And get this they wanted enough food so that they would have plenty of leftovers.

  Good post. Welcome to the board Tiffy. What you said is scriptural too when considering 2 Thessalonians 3. They don't care though, cuz they're getting the best of it.

  I can't recall when I stopped contributing, but its one of the few anonymous ways of thumbing your nose at those vultures in Bethel.
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  Evidently--Our Light of Truth (Heb. 11:1)

  by sd-7 in

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  (to the tune of that song 'do more--as the nazirites did').

  1. evidence--how lacking it can be.

  in explaining the truth sometimes!.

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  miseryloveselders

  The exclamation point makes it even more convincing.

  evidently.
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  Love is . . . . . .

  by nicolaou in

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  miseryloveselders

  Terry, you must have been a nightmare for the average householder LOL.

  someone needs a hug . . .

  You're probably right, I am cranky right now. Anymore I think love is the only emotion that can be used to take advantage of other people. Everything from sticking with this accursed religion due to the love of family, to women being pampered on Valentines Day. It really is a screwed up emotion, this love thing. Its a four lettered word, that should be in the same category of other four letter words.
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  Love is . . . . . .

  by nicolaou in

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  miseryloveselders

  If you say so. Personally I think its overrated. It doesn't get you anything. Fear and hatred seem to be more effective.