Posts by Joliette

first off, at the beginning of his talk, he interrupted himself in the middle of his sentence to scold the microphone brother to lower my mike it's right in my face.. anyway, it was the talk on inspired truth, vs. inspired falsehoods.

he went through 6 expressions inspired by the demons.

Joliette

@ Mercedes_29: I couldnt agree more.

The same ol same ol watchtower crap.

Like the energizer bunny...It keeps going and going and going and going....

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DFing and shunning causes 22-yr old to murder friend

by Scully in

so i was randomly watching a show on investigation discovery today - the show was called killer next door, and the episode was called murder without motive.. the show is a french-canadian program that has been translated into english, and this particular episode had to do with a homicide that took place in ste-croix-de-lotbiniere, near quebec city, in november 1999 of a young man named victor lemay.. the confessed murderer was his friend, andre roy, then aged 22.. in the year or so that preceded the murder, andre roy had been disfellowshipped from the jws and had, as a result, been kicked out of his parents' home.

he had no social support outside of the jws and had to start making new friends.

the psychologists on the program felt very strongly that the shunning he experienced by the jws in general, and his family in particular, contributed to increasing rage, and that his friend, victor, became a convenient outlet for his rage.

Joliette

Wow that is really sad. Shunning and disfellowshipping are so harmful.

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How much money did you give the Watchtower?

by Emery in

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when you were a believer did you give large donations to the society?

if so how much did you give?

i know an elder who's a chiropractor and he generously gives $400-800 a month to the society.

Joliette

I donated all together probably about $300 to the watchtower.

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The Watchtower is Over....Jehovah is Ovah!!!!((Please Read))

by Joliette in

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no more assemblies or conventions.... no more service meetings, book studies, bible studies..... no more bethelites, gilead graduates, no more missionary work.. no more watchtower studies, field service, pioneers, elders, ministerial servants.. no more 'serving where the need is great.'.

its over, its over.. the watchtower has decided to end it all, suspend the organization work.

no more money.

Joliette

Do you guys still think they would go on calling eachother Jehovahs Witnesses in secret? Legally can they do that?

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The Watchtower is Over....Jehovah is Ovah!!!!((Please Read))

by Joliette in

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no more assemblies or conventions.... no more service meetings, book studies, bible studies..... no more bethelites, gilead graduates, no more missionary work.. no more watchtower studies, field service, pioneers, elders, ministerial servants.. no more 'serving where the need is great.'.

its over, its over.. the watchtower has decided to end it all, suspend the organization work.

no more money.

Joliette

Sadly I think there would be some people 'offing' themselves. I dont even want to think about that.

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The Watchtower is Over....Jehovah is Ovah!!!!((Please Read))

by Joliette in

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friends

no more assemblies or conventions.... no more service meetings, book studies, bible studies..... no more bethelites, gilead graduates, no more missionary work.. no more watchtower studies, field service, pioneers, elders, ministerial servants.. no more 'serving where the need is great.'.

its over, its over.. the watchtower has decided to end it all, suspend the organization work.

no more money.

Joliette

No more assemblies or conventions...

No more Service meetings, Book studies, Bible Studies....

No more Bethelites, Gilead graduates, no more missionary work.

No more watchtower studies, Field Service, Pioneers, Elders, ministerial servants.

No more 'serving where the need is great.'

Its over, its over.

The watchtower has decided to end it all, suspend the organization work. No more money. They are out of touch with the polictially correct world.

What would Jehovahs Witnesses do if there world suddenly...came to an end?

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Why is God speaking in riddles?

by sosoconfused in

it seems for most of the bible that god spoke directly to people and told them what to do.

he wrote things on rocks.

he gave them laws.

Joliette

I aint gonna lie: I'm an atheist/agnostic, and there are some parts of the bible that I do enjoy reading. HOWEVER, (and this is MY opinion, not to offend anyone on here) but it is a work of fiction, based on fear and silly dreams, written down by mortal man. That is it. When I was a witness I really thought the bible meant something and that it was written for true Christians....but when I started doing my research started to discover that all cults think they are theeeeee true christians. Its a scam and I feel sorry for people who are dragged into this because they can't handle their reality. Its not their fault. Cults like Jehovahs Witnesses promise unconditional love for those who didnt have family and unconditional love growing up, but all they bring is shame and eternal gulit (for those who can't overcome this). Now, with the bible, I am not saying that the people in the bible never existed. There may have been a jesus, and I am not saying there never was a jesus. But when it comes to the supernatural BS, example, walking on water, turning water into wine, etc, thats mythology, nothing more, nothing less.

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Just around the corner: 2014

by Gorbatchov in

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this week i had to apply my daughter for ballet lessons, for the new season.

on the registration document was printed with bold letters.

"season 2013 / 2014".. when my eye caught 2014 i was thinking: what?

Joliette

Sadly, I dont think 2014 is going to matter to the average rank and file J-dub. I was talking to a sister this weekend at the hotel where I work and she is just as brainwashed as ever. Hopefully some people will start to wake up and just simply leave. And not waste any more time for this so called religion.