YoursChelbie

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  Just want to say hi to everyone..

  by JustMeNC in

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  i'm new to this site, although i am umm wow, what am i?

  i'm not formally df'd anymore, but i'm inactive, i guess but for about 15yrs.

  i met online on a local site another former jw and she told me about this site.

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  Welcome!

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  Talked to JW cousin

  by Undecided in

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  i was in the grocery store and met a cousin i haven't seen in years.

  the first thing he asked me was, do you go to the meeting now?

  he mentioned how armageddon was so close.

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  YoursChelbie

  thought jesus was going to rule as king straght away

  Exactly PMJ:

  The apostles thought not taught something. Additionally, they never claimed their thinking was FROM God and can you prove that they shunned anyone who did NOT agree with their speculative thinking?

  YC
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  next week will be my last week on here................

  by Es in

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  for a couple of weeks heheheh sorry i couldnt resist.. we are moving into a house hooray i cant wait.

  we have outgrown this two bedroom apartment, now we are moving into a 3 bedroom, two bathroom ,large yard, big kitchen house.. and then two weeks after that we go to fiji.. i will miss you all heaps and will say goodbye next week.. .

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  Have fun, I know you will!

  I'll be looking forward to all your photos!

  Have a safe trip!
  
  YC
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  My apology to Victims of Molestation within the Watchtower

  by jst2laws in

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  newbies and the wt molestation problem

  stone hearted jw's who dismiss the child molestation problem within the watchtower, such as scholar, actually do us a favor.

  once our blood pressure returns to normal we can reflect rationally not only on how badly victims of molestation have been treated inside the org but also upon how disgustingly insensitive the watchtower has been to public outcry.

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  YoursChelbie

  Based of the court ruling then, on the local level, elders and MS can be sued when they follow the Watchtower procedures (two witness rule) for MIShandling cases of child abuse.

  That should make them consider carefully if they value more their responsibility to the victim or to the Watchtower. If it is to Watchtower then they have a lot to lose not to mention a day in court.

  YC
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  What Advice Would You Like To Give JWs And Potential Ones?

  by minimus in

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  anything you'd like to say???

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  YoursChelbie

  The Watchtower is all about getting unpaid volunteers to further their kingdom real estate purchases and increase the "donations" for their literature.

  *They registered as a cultural organization in Mexico and as such prevented prayers and singing during the meetings. Was that to advance their religious practice or to acquire property?

  *They are intent on making money. Think "food ticket" for assembly food. Did they pay taxes on the food you had to pay "food tickets" to buy? NO

  *When they used to charge for the magazines, did they pay taxes on that revenue? NO

  Leaving this corrupt organization is clearly not the same as leaving God--- as they would like you to think.

  YC
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  I just got promoted.... Again!

  by ColdRedRain in

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  hey, i thought i'd just share this with you guys.

  this is a picture of me at my green belt ceremony.. .

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  YoursChelbie

  Congratulations!

  YC
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  Hold on just ONE minute!!!!!!!!

  by Elsewhere in

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  i'm starting to think this place is full of.......

  apostates!!!

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  YoursChelbie

  The reglious leaders among God's chosen nation of Israel were said to be "offspring of vipers" (Mt. 23.33) by Jesus. He also called them hypocrites. Does that make Jesus an Apostate?

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  1963 UN resolution anyone else noticed this?

  by skyman in

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  i found this intresting the sun god noted above, now notice the 1963 resolution not to join the un.

  "that we will continue to look to him as the great sun from whom comes our enlightenment, guidance and healing.

  we will glorify him and not join idolatrous men in looking to bright-shining ones of mankind as the source of mental and spiritual enlightenment and of worldly prosperity".

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  YoursChelbie

  
  

  Kabbalistic, Masonic, Skull and Bones

  Can we get a clear definition of these terms for new ones who may not know their significance and their relevance to the Watchtower Society we know today?

  YC
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  Breakthrough with JW mother - Stunning Anti Witness !

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  i thought i would share this with you as i am still a little bit stunned to say the least.

  my mother who is a longstanding jw came to stay over the christmas period as my uncle had past away and she wanted to be more local to the family, that way she could attend the funeral and provide some support to her remaining brothers and sisters.

  she lives a considerable distance away from me at this moment in time.

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  The way you approached your mother was excellent and she was obviously receptive to your explanations and pointed questions.

  Great news, I'm happy for you!

  YC
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  The WBTS really is a dangerous organization

  by pratt1 in

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  it has been well documented that some extreme cults have be able to isolate their memebers and then have them kill themselves because of their beliefs.. the dubs has always looked at these cults as being mislead by the devil and the dubs would never do anything as drastic a mass suicide.. however as a child i remember thinking that at the begining of the great tribulation, the fds might tell us to run, or congragate somewhere isolated and we would actually leave with on the clothes on our back, and anyone not heeding this warning would be killed at the battle of "armefogotten".. if the fds could get the dubs to leave their home and familes, bascially their lives behind, isn't it just a small stretch to think that a desicion to end ones earthly life could be the next request?.

  also remember that particularily the jim jones event, some members had to be physically forced to drink the kool - aid while others freely drank.. does anyone else think that because of the power that the wbts has over it memebers, if they decided to do something drastic, many of the members would just blindly comply?

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  YoursChelbie

  
  I have personally heard in disbelief a Jehovah's Witness man (who claimed to be of the "anointed") yell to an eight-year old little girl whom he suspected was participating in holiday celebrations with her non-JW Grandmother:

  "YOU ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED AT ARMAGEDDON!"

  This immediately brought a look of fear and tears to this little girl's face. That is one event I will never forget. It led me to seriously begin considering the Watchtower religion as a sick cult to allow this type of emotional abuse.

  YC