I knew his sister Jetha quite well...the mother was of the anointed...pre 1935...they were all excellent people. Kind, compassionate and true. The religion was far more believable back in those days.
Posts by tiki
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31Don Adams has passed away
by RubaDub ini received a call from a friend in new york city that don adams passed away late last evening (30 dec 2019).
many of you bethelites know him and he was the president of the society for a number of years after the gb got out of the corporate structure business.
from what i understand, he was generally liked by many there.. some in my family knew him.
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My BPD Sister Passed Away
by babygirl30 ini have started this, then restarted it, and it still sucks to even write this out - but my younger sister passed away unexpectedly last saturday (on my birthday).
i am going through all the grieving emotions, but there is more to the story that i could never and would never talk about to anyone that didn't understand the jw rhetoric.
so...here i am.. my sister has had borderline personality disorder (bpd) for as long as i can remember.
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tiki
Very sad story.....take care of yourself....your health and well-being. There's a lot of emotional abuse you've detailed....do whatever you need to get beyond it. Wishing you health and happiness....😊
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tiki
"No money collections".....just perpetual rants to donate...and quilting poor ones to shell out money they need for basic daily living.....
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Is it possible to nullify a baptism?
by idk123 inhope you are all well,.
i was wondering within the organisation if there are any guidelines or grounds for nullifying a baptism.
see i grew up a jehovah's witness and was baptised at age 13, i didn't get baptised for the right reasons, i felt pressured to because my friends were getting baptised at the same time.
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tiki
A minor cannot legally enter into a contract....so my personal opinion is that all baptisms prior to age of majority are all null and void.
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"Do You think that 8 million are being deceived?" Ways to answer this?
by BottleGate_ inmine is : jws preach that the entire population of the earth has been deceived ..
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tiki
Organized religion IS deception.
The question posed is ridiculous to start with and deserves no response other than a chuckle and a "you betcha"......
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The Faithful and Discreet Slave Just "have" The Truth
by Number 6 inin the late 80's when i was in my late teens i used to with my then wife to be attend a monday night pre-watchtower study at a local elders house.. this guy was revered as very knowledgable and he was scholarly and interesting to listen to; so at the time it was a genuinely enjoyable monday evening spent with oftentimes discussion would veer far of the subject at hand and lasting to well after 11pm some evenings.. this particular night, the subject up for discussion was "the faithful and discreet slave" and how we should be obeying them without question.
right in the middle of the study this elder said as a question not in the wt article; "how do we really know the current fds as lead by the governing body are the real deal.
i mean what actual proof do we have?".
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tiki
It is sad when older people sense the sham but are frozen, unable to extricate themselves from the religion....the thought of having invested a lifetime in it, then walking away is simply too devastating to the psyche.
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Just a moan - regarding the latest trend in ignorance of the English language!
by The Fall Guy inin recent months i have noticed more and more people on the net (including here) are using this latest perversion of the english language -.
"i would of done this..........or he would of tried to change things".
it's would've - short for would have!.
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tiki
It is awful.....just watch some celebrity interviews....some of them speak an unknown language....especially young rappers....then watch and listen to some court TV plaintiffs and defendants. The grasp of the spoken language is disappearing. If they cannot speak it, no way they are going to write it properly.
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Self Driving Vehicles
by TD ini was so stoked about the whole idea a few years ago, but am having serious misgivings at this point.. what are your experiences / impressions / opinions?.
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tiki
No thank you....
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If You Had The Choice To Live Anywhere In The World or Any State Where Would You Be?
by minimus ini do like the usa but winters suck!
florida has some charm but it gets brutal with heat and humidity.
california is too looney.
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tiki
Amalfi coast Italy.....but I'd need to learn the language and have the money for a villa. But I want a yacht....and go from the Caribbean to Maine seasonally...and have the villa in the tropical island and an old stately coastal mansion up in Maine.....
Or perhaps the Greek islands....they are exquisite.
Nowhere near a tectonic fault...and the downside of the Caribbean is hurricane potential. For earthquake issues California and Chile are out. Atlantic coast....midway is good .....short mild winters.... And the cost of living is the basic issue.....so until I come into my billions I'll be staying put.
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Pray before sex just like you do for food-W62 3/15
by krismalone inthe governing body has lovingly provided instructions and reminders to couples that they should pray before having sex.
please be obedient and follow the wise counsel from the gb leaders who never stick their noses into other peoples business and are not creepy cult leaders at all....not!.
"had he not created the first human pair so that they could cohabit, planted in them an attraction for each other and then commanded them to "be fruitful and become many"?
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tiki
Wow....how to kill spontaneity....