Posts by bigmac

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Part of the family dumped for road trip of a lifetime

by betterdaze in

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praise jah!

from the same true christianstm who brought you throwaway families, we now have disposable pets.

heart-warming story as lewis finds new home.

bigmac

bad news im afraid cantleave, my last siamese cat lived to 20!

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Would you invite Jehovah to a party?

by JimmyPage in

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i think he would be a real buzzkill.

for example, if someone were fornicating upstairs, he'd probably want to annihilate them with fire.

or if someone were tapping the keg too much he'd want to take them to the back room and give them some strong counsel.

bigmac

what's the point?

no-one would see him.

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Was it ever in your heart?

by mamalove in

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i don't think it ever was in my heart, that is why i have found it relatively easy to leave and not be scared of the fear belief system.

i feel kind of bad for people here who were so immersed that they still get these weird twinges of armageddon fears, etc.

that has to be difficult to still have that looming feeling.

i was baptised aged 14, totally ignorant of any implications, to please parents ( 48 years ago ); it was never in my "heart" or mind. I simply did not believe in god, so the time i spent pioneering, being a min serv, doing public talks home & away was just an act.

i walked away from it all with a 2-finger gesture pre 1975 & never looked back.

to me the watchtower, armageddon, new world , resurrection etc has no relevance: might as well be a foreign language.

aren't i the lucky one?

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Is there a new 'rule' about disfellowshipping which can make it null and void?

by whitman in

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firstly, if anyone involved in this situation is reading this i hope i haven't overstepped the boundaries by raising this question here.

i'll try to keep it as anonymous as possible.. so folks this is the situation.

it has just been brought to my attention that during some type of shepherding call to a a disfellowshipped person who is experiencing serious mental illness as a result of the situation and the shunning from his family (his father is an elder), an interesting twist of events occurred.. one of the 'shepherding' elders asked the d.f-d person whether they had prayed and dedicated his/her life fully to jehovah before the baptism.

bigmac

never mind what the WATBITS may say about the matter, i know my baptism was invalid: in 1962, i was 14, & i got dipped because my dad did & also other youngsters in the cong. as well.

OK, in my late teens i pioneered & was an MS for a few years , then the truth set me free. never to return.

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Anyone Know JW's who Donated Inheritances, Estates,$$$ to WT Society ?

by flipper in

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if so - without divulging any names , approximately how much was donated to the wt society ?

if you are aware of approximate amounts.

as many know the wt society yearly puts out calls in their publications for witnesses to donate trust funds, wills, inheritances, estates, jewelry, cars and whatever else they have to promote the aleged " kingdom interests " in furthering the " good news " around the world.. personally i feel it's all been a scam to continue exercising control over witnesses by influencing them to financially deprive themselves so the wt society can continue it's operations.