Posts by Joliette

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Stupid Rule: "Necessary Business" Is Acceptable With Disfellowshipped Family Members....

by minimus in

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and if you live with them, you can carry on in a somewhat "normal" relationship but if they move out, you must treat them like shit..

Joliette

This was always weird to me, even as a kid. Just a weird cult.

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Florida Pastor Doesnt Get Why Atheists Arent Registered Like Sex Offenders

by fallen_princess in

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i thought this was so insanely stupid that it made it funny, so i had to share.

living in "the bible belt", i meet people with this sort of mentality all the time but this guy takes the cake!

let's all applaud this guy for reaching new lows in his preachy narrow-mindedness that it was barely interesting enough that a reporter was desperate enough for a story wrote about it.. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/08/florida_pastor_asks_why_atheis.html.

Joliette

SMH.

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It doesn't seem like 5 years....

by Open mind in

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...but 5 years ago today, i made my first post here on jwn.. .

i was an elder, had a true-believing jw wife and our unbaptized publisher children were beginning to feel pressure from other jws to take the plunge.. .

amazing how much can happen in 5 trips around the sun.. .

Joliette

Happy Anniversary. Been over one year since I've on here, and two years since I started doing my research.

Time flys!

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Is the Watchtower all about GIVE and TAKE?

by Fernando in

does the watchtower give or create community, and take or steal faith and salvation?.

Joliette

Takes.

But appear as givers of course.

Its all about appearances with the watchtower society. Looking good on the outside but being rotten once you get into the inside, kinda like a bad fruit.

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Is the term, "Elder", "Pioneer", Publisher", scriptural?

by Quarterback in

elder?.

pioneer?.

publisher?.

Joliette

I think Elder may be, but the others I dont think so.

13

Snubbed for the first time!

by TimothyT in

hahahaha!!!.

since being disfellowshipped on thursday, i have already come into contact with some jw's.

some experiences have been heartwarming!!!

Joliette

Your first dub-snub! Congrats!

Hey, I've been dubsnubbed without even been baptized or fading.

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WT Society Alters their History as " The Party " did in George Orwell's 1984

by flipper in

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finally my wife and i got around to reading george orwell's " 1984 " .

as many of you know who have read the book that " the party " or " big brother " as the ruling power in the book is called ; constantly changes records of it's past dealings so as to deceive the public about any false forecasts they may have mistakenly made ; in an effort to put forth a positive image of itself it destroys past embarrassing records or paperwork which would expose the " party " as a failure.

much the way the wt society has altered their history to deceive the public and their own members.. notice this quote from george orwell's " 1984 " on pg.

Joliette

Yeah, I want to read that. I need to stop spending so much time online and get back into reading and working out. I loooove the heck out of science fiction.

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WT Society Alters their History as " The Party " did in George Orwell's 1984

by flipper in

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friends

finally my wife and i got around to reading george orwell's " 1984 " .

as many of you know who have read the book that " the party " or " big brother " as the ruling power in the book is called ; constantly changes records of it's past dealings so as to deceive the public about any false forecasts they may have mistakenly made ; in an effort to put forth a positive image of itself it destroys past embarrassing records or paperwork which would expose the " party " as a failure.

much the way the wt society has altered their history to deceive the public and their own members.. notice this quote from george orwell's " 1984 " on pg.