Posts by 3Mozzies

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Broken Heart...

by brotherdan in

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some of you have read what i wrote on this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/200211/1/never-wake-up.

here's the final email my wife just sent me 1 minute ago:.

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3Mozzies

I've been following your story brodan and most times I just can't read the whole thread because it hurts so much.

Why? Because my best friend is going through the same crap and it makes me so angry. My friend's wife has threatened him with divorce over these very same issues that you're going through. What has help her is that she has seen me and others that have left and explain how this cult is just that, it is NOT Gods Organisation etc... she needed to see others (friends of hers) that have seen the light and that has helped her slowly wake up.

Otherwise, you just look like an apostate to her, single brodan against 7million 'happy' loyal followers of Jehovah, you wont win easily by yourself.

YKnot's idea (post 8657) is a great one I would go with that and play this slow and cool.

This F*****G CULT has a lot to answer for!!!

3Mozzies (I really am very sad over your situation)

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Dumbing down of the Witness Children

by wannabefree in

perhaps dumbing down is the wrong term, but here is my personal observation, i wonder if others have experienced this.. you know how in the ministry you might meet someone and have to educate them about their own religion before you can teach them that it is wrong?.

i have noticed this with my kids.

i like to think of myself as a reasonable person, moderate, i have tried over the years to acquire balance about "worldly" people, teaching my kids not to be so judgmental, leaving the ultimate judging regarding a person's faith in jesus and jehovah's hands.

3Mozzies

Is this the evolution of JW's? Will the Kingdom Halls one day be filled with just a bunch of church attendees picking and choosing what they want to believe?

I believe so, they are not understanding what is being said from the stage. They are so bored at the meetings, they simply switch off. (who can blame them)

There's a 20 year old (born in) I know that believes that JWs are THE only christian religion on earth. ALL other religions are non-christian.

Once it was explained to him that other religions are christian based, he was amazed, he then said: 'But JWs are the 1st christian religion as it was started in the 1800s'

Whaaaaaaat?!?!?

The question: 'What were the first century christians?' was put to him, in which he replied: 'O wow I didn't know that they were christians'

Sums up what type of members this religion is producing . . .

3Mozzies

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Still Stuck Inside: Coping by Seeing the Cult Personality as a Child

by WalkTall in

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as i've mentioned on the board before, i am still inside (for now) hopefully until i can get my children to start thinking more on their own.

one way i have been coping with all the ridiculous nonsense around me is to see and treat the cult personality as the child it is.

realizing that has helped me to understand how intelligent, articulate people remain as cult members.

3Mozzies

Well written Walktall I loved it!

I'm sending it to a friend, hopes it helps her :)

3Mozzies

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Gentile Times: When Do They End? (1876)

by Bangalore in

gentile times: when do they end?

from the bible examiner 1876.. gentile times: when do they end?.

by chas.

3Mozzies

Because it is BS!

3Mozzies

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Bejeweled 2 (PC) for Free today only

by KW13 in

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to celebrate it's 10th anniversary, popcap are giving bejeweled 2 away for today.. simply go to www.popcap.com and click where it says 'free game bejeweled 2' celebrate the 10th anniversary of bejeweled.. fill in all information required except for your credit card details.

these are not needed.. .

3Mozzies

Hey thanks KW13 Great game at a great price!

3Mozzies

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John Lennon and JW... (...a credible source)

by Confucious in

ok.... of course john lennon's would be 70th birthday was yesterday.. so just a discussion - and please - no hate'in... just some discussion.. but i personally know of a very high ranking jw member (think highest you can basically get...) who related this story to me how some jw's talked to john lennon shortly before he wrote "imagine.".

when he told me - he did preface it by saying it was "hearsay..." that he couldn't prove it.. but listening to the song tonight - i could see how it could be possible.. thoughts?.

confucious.

3Mozzies

I've heard the same BS story here in Australia that his song was written because he spoke to witnesses.

3Mozzies

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How may of you are following the common wealth games??

by on the rocks in

3Mozzies

No, I don't follow the games, I find them boring . . .

But if Jesus would be part of the swimming program, now that will be fun to watch

Jesus running on water

3Mozzies

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What would the elders do if a bro turned up to the meeting looking like this?

by highdose in

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... dressed up as jesus from their own illistrations, i mean beard, dress, sandles and staff.. what would they do?.

3Mozzies

I think they would freak out!

If Jesus went to Bethel to check out the naughty FDS it would look like this below. He looks out of place doesn't he?

3Mozzies

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Jehovah - The Hearer of Prayer?

by Had To Go in

hey!

i made my intro post this past weekend and briefly mentioned my dilemma.

here is a link in case you are interested or need to refresh your memory.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/199811/1/introduction-warning-its-complicated.

3Mozzies

V665 it's one of the first things that came to my mind when I left the cult.

The JWs just throw that name around as if they are talking about their cat/dog, no respect at all.

Now the question arises: "Is the God in the OT the same as the one mentioned in the NT?" They are chalk & cheese to me. Things just don't add up.

3Mozzies

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Jehovah - The Hearer of Prayer?

by Had To Go in

hey!

i made my intro post this past weekend and briefly mentioned my dilemma.

here is a link in case you are interested or need to refresh your memory.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/199811/1/introduction-warning-its-complicated.

3Mozzies

Had To Go it's great that you have the Kingdom Interlinear, show him from that Interlinear bible that Jesus never used the name 'Jehovah' when he prayed (it's never mentioned in the NT anywhere).

Ask your son: "Would you ever call your father by his first name? Wouldn't that be disrespectful?" How much more so in using Gods name.

........................

YAHWEH is a more accurate translation of the Tetragram

See below from page 23 of The Kingdom Interlinear-Greek Scriptures 1969 (Produced by the WT Corp)

3Mozzies