Posts by LostGeneration

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My Mom Is Dying

by minimus in

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friends

i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

she is on morphine and hanging on.

she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

Bible popularity??

by Diogenesister in

more ikea catalogues were printed last year than bibles.. ikea is a swedish flatpack furniture store..

Meh. Bibles are probably online and on tablets for free everywhere. Unfortunately its influence is strong as we witnessed here with Pope-a-palooza here over the last week. It was making me ill to see this guy worshiped like he was on par with the Beatles or the Stones, at least they could put on a good show.

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If your Bethelite Brother Doesn't Know About It, It Musn't Be True

by HomebytheSea in

a few weeks ago my deeply indoctrinated father who is a long time elder was wondering why we hadn't been attending meetings, and why my 8 yr old son wasn't on the theocratic school ( sounds like i almost off the hook with that one...lol).

we live in a different state, but i came to find out that one of the elders in our hall called my father, who he never met, to see why our meeting attendance had been so sporadic (i am in my mid-40's, so that knowledge made my blood boil, to put it mildly!

i tried not to answer, but he kept pressuring me, so i brought up the arc and child abuse cases i had heard of in our area.

LostGeneration

I feel for you.

Those long time elders, who have spent their whole life in the cult have absolutely no perspective on the rest of the world and how it operates. My dad is in the same boat, lives and breathes Watchtower and pioneers along with his wife now that he is retired. They are in bubble wrap concerning the real things happening to the Watchtower, its frustrating as hell.

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Right everyone watch this video its insane!

by username in

i'm just watching this video.

now bare in mind this guy has never been a jehovah's witness so he has no investment in this cult.. https://youtu.be/_ry-onhbkya.

LostGeneration

They have shares in massive international corporations? Whoa, now that's a story.

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Right everyone watch this video its insane!

by username in

i'm just watching this video.

now bare in mind this guy has never been a jehovah's witness so he has no investment in this cult.. https://youtu.be/_ry-onhbkya.

LostGeneration

An hour and a half long?

You're gonna have to give me the cliff notes, the NFL is on today

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Question: What would it take to get the BORG'S tax exempt status REVOKED?

by Black Man in

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friends

i've always wondered about this.

i've always felt the main reason the borg made publishers do time slips/field service reports was to show that they are doing a community service to justify their tax exempt status.

we all know about their money grabs with the kh build scams, their selling off millions of dollars in real estate, etc.

LostGeneration

FYI if you do want to complain to the IRS about WT activities, follow this guide:

http://tonyortega.org/2015/04/13/if-you-want-the-irs-to-reexamine-scientologys-tax-exempt-status-its-time-to-get-real/

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Question: What would it take to get the BORG'S tax exempt status REVOKED?

by Black Man in

jw
friends

i've always wondered about this.

i've always felt the main reason the borg made publishers do time slips/field service reports was to show that they are doing a community service to justify their tax exempt status.

we all know about their money grabs with the kh build scams, their selling off millions of dollars in real estate, etc.

LostGeneration

In the USA, my answer is "When Hell freezes over"

Remember, in this country the Scientologists backed down the IRS.

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Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

by LaurenM in

do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

LostGeneration

My usual smartass answer when people ask me that---- 'Which God?'

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Calm Down Everybody, We Will Know Soon Enough

by OnTheWayOut in

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friends

seriously, they will change the midweek meeting ever so slightly.

it is just repackaging of the same old stuff.seriously, we don't know if construction is halted for days, weeks, months, forever, or what.. we don't know if new kingdom halls will still go up, old kingdom halls will be closed and sold.

they have laid off bethelites before and they will lay them off some more.

LostGeneration

Good points OTWO.

I fear in reality the troops will just call it "wonderful progress" from da b0rg and it will reinforce the idea that they are in the one true cult.

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Remember that Letter to Elders that asked them to privately inquire if any of the brothers were LAWYERS.....

by Muddy Waters in

i remember a thread here somewhere where a letter to the body of elders was posted and elders were to read part of the letter asking who might have experience or training in video media, graphic design, etc.

then on a separate page not to be read to the congregation was for elders to make discreet inquiries as to any who might have legal knowledge, experience or expertise.. well, in view of all this new kafluffle about branch closures, building work suspended, bethel layoffs, etc., it really makes me wonder now just what the heck is going on.

has the gb been shafted by their own legal counsel or financial advisors?

LostGeneration

I think the reason they want to know if there are lawyers among them is so they can send work to them at a hopefully much reduced rate.

The guy who represented WT in the Conti case lives and is licensed in Cali, who knows if he gives the WT a break on the hourly as his "gift" to that poor bastard Jehobo.