Posts by drewcoul

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Discussion involving my Dad & other long timers - Mood is definately different

by Doubting Bro in

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i've seen several posts relating to the mood among longtime jws here recently.

i thought i would add to that collection and recount a discussion i recently had with my dad and a small group of folks about his age.

quick background on the group:.

drewcoul

as I try to explain to people who don't understand JW's... it's not something you ever just "get over."

It's truly a difficult thing to explain. I don't even just mean the pain, I mean the pure craziness and complexity of it all.

Right on! That's why I enjoy this forum. You can't just talk to someone at work or a "worldly" friend about the things we were taught all of our lives. They don't understand. My wife doesn't even understand how even though when someone leaves, they still love the people they knew who they spent hours and hours with in Field service and at conventions, and the fact that these other witnesses were our entire social world. Only we know what it's like, and to me this site is therapeutic for that reason.

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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia ...

by compound complex in

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you can be helped, for a fee, to conquer your irrational fears.

there is a lifetime guarantee.

my question is whether the above phobia truly does put an unhealthy number of people into trauma; it is not my fear ... please check this out:.

drewcoul

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.

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I sued the local congregation

by chukky 594 in

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several years ago, before my wife and i left, my 5 yr old daughter got up during the watchtower to cross the aisle to sit with someone else.

she tripped on the roving microphone wire and smashed her head on the foot of a metal chair.

the bleeding was profuse and an ambulance was called.

drewcoul

Chukky,

Perhaps I should have first welcomed you to JWN.

There is no question as to liability. Obviously if someone trips on a cord that is strewn over the floor, the property owner is liable. As a recovering insurance agent, I am aware of the legal definitions of negligence and assumed risk. It is my own personal opinion that suing for anything above and beyond medical costs when there was clearly not malice involved is not the right thing to do.

My sister in law is a personal injury attorney, and I understand how they make their money. By litigating. They keep about a third of any settlement or judgements. IMHO these are the people who have inspired a culture of suing over anything and anytime there is a good chance of receiving a chunk of money that will make it worth their time.

Again, I'm not saying the KH isn't liable, just that they shouldn't have been sued especially years after the fact.

I sincerely hope your daughter is doing well, and her health problems have been able to be treated and hopefully cured.

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I sued the local congregation

by chukky 594 in

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several years ago, before my wife and i left, my 5 yr old daughter got up during the watchtower to cross the aisle to sit with someone else.

she tripped on the roving microphone wire and smashed her head on the foot of a metal chair.

the bleeding was profuse and an ambulance was called.

drewcoul

Does anyone really think the Witnesses saw that the cord might trip this young girl and didn't care? I'm sure there were many who came to her aid, although I'm not sure since I wasn't there. I would also guess the brother who was handling the microphone didn't intentionally put the cord in a place where she would trip. I would see nothing wrong with filing a claim on the property owners insurance, but to sue for damages over this, in my opinion is not right.

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Any Stock Holders out there? I need Financial Advice. No...not which stocks I should buy.

by Voices in

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ok first off let me ease your worry...i'm not asking you 'what stocks i should invest in.

' i have a stock in mind that i have seen progress steadily up and up.

before i could even think about investing, i knew this company was going to take off and it's slowly climbing.

drewcoul

Voices has already researched the company. They knows which stock they want to buy. There is nothing wrong with buying and selling stocks on your own. True, you shouldn't plan on funding your entire retirement through your own stock purchases, it should be in addition to your retirement especially if you're a novice. But this person is wanting advice on how to buy a particular stock that they want to purchase.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH SHOULD INCLUDE A WARNING ABOUT THE WATCHTOWER CORPORATION

by wasblind in

the comparisions of slavery in the early days of america, to the watchtower today are endless.

here are just a few that come to mind.

1) you have your overseerers.

drewcoul

There is a book written by an old JW friend of mine who is a TV journalist at a local level. It's called "The Groveland Four" It is an excellent true story about what happened in Groveland, FL during the 1940's or '50's.

It has nothing to do with the WTS, and I may be off topic for mentioning it, but I thought anyone interested in this topic might be interested in the book.

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Revelation Prophecy Fulfillments According to WTS.......How Long Has it Been?

by drewcoul in

i recently listened to an old fred franz talk that i found online that i remember attending when i was 11 in 1983 in indianapolis.

since i remembered that i didn't follow what he was saying back then, i wanted to listen to it and see if i could understand it now.

(the only difference is he still doesn't make much sense, but now i know it wasn't just because i was too young to understand at the time.).

drewcoul

They have an answer for pretty much everything. They suck.

lol

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Kingdom Interlinear = apostate literature?

by brotherunsure in

has anybody else come across jdubs that have never heard of the kingdom interlinear translation?

i noticed this artcle http://www.soundwitness.org/jw/kit_part1.htm and i've found when i asked witnesses about it some never heard of it and other's had heard of it but didn't have one and didn't know if they were still in print and one got all weird and suspicious saying "well what do you want it for?".

when i called the watchtower and asked if it was still in print the guy had to put me on hold and look it up somewhere, he didn't know off the top of his head.

drewcoul

I have both a KIT and Emphatic Diaglott. I have found it eye-opening.

I originally used them to understand where the "Great Crowd" are serving GOD. It is absolutely clear that they are in the "Divine habitation" and not on the earth.

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Revelation Prophecy Fulfillments According to WTS.......How Long Has it Been?

by drewcoul in

i recently listened to an old fred franz talk that i found online that i remember attending when i was 11 in 1983 in indianapolis.

since i remembered that i didn't follow what he was saying back then, i wanted to listen to it and see if i could understand it now.

(the only difference is he still doesn't make much sense, but now i know it wasn't just because i was too young to understand at the time.).

drewcoul

BTT for VM

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I sued the local congregation

by chukky 594 in

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several years ago, before my wife and i left, my 5 yr old daughter got up during the watchtower to cross the aisle to sit with someone else.

she tripped on the roving microphone wire and smashed her head on the foot of a metal chair.

the bleeding was profuse and an ambulance was called.

drewcoul

Ahhhhh....I see.

Your principles are subjective. Very nice. You didn't see fit to seek damages at the time, but waited several years, before the statute of limitations ran out to sue.

If you were a principled person, your view of the congregation would have zero to do with whether you felt they were liable for the damages. Obviously you didn't feel they were liable at the time, but as your animosity toward the congregation grew, and after you left, you felt you could go back and grind an axe.

I'm glad I don't know you.