Posts by DagothUr

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"Are you In the Truth?"

by Nickolas in

i can't remember the last time i was asked that question because it has been many years.

nor do i remember my response to the questioner but it no doubt contributed to not being asked the question since.

are you in the truth?

Confessions of a Wayward Pioneer

by Giordano in

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frank was concerned that they might be dumping them in the woods or something so he wanted me to check it out.. i had a hard time convincing h and h to let me join them in service, finally i dropped a few hints that i was a pretty laid back brother who didn't always follow wtbts policy......... which wasn't far from the truth.

this guy was hard core.

DagothUr

Great story. And I'm a writer, so I mean it.

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Do you worry about money?

by Newborn in

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when i was jw i never had money but that was how it was supposed to be (have a boring part time job and pioneer)...i didn't worry about my pension coz paradise would come long before i'd reach that age.

well, now i will grow old (hopefully) and i do worry a little bit about my pension.

however, i do have some money saved now and earn a good living.

DagothUr

I have land and forests in the countryside and I don't trust the "beast" will pay my pension when I'll be old. So I will rely on my property and on my personal savings. I will be happy just to earn enough to eat, pay the electricity and a little gas.

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Has a local needs talk been given about you?

by Jadeen in

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this was briefly mentioned in one of miseryloveselders threads, but i had the honor of a local needs talk pointed at me.

shortly before i got married to my "worldly" husband there was a talk about "marrying only in the lord", "do not become unevenly yoked", blah blah blah.. i wasn't shocked that it was given, i was actually waiting to hear about it.

i was more surprised that they waited until about a month before our wedding day to give it.

DagothUr

I know of 2 situations when a publick talk is definetly generated by one's actions:

1. The marking discourse. When one marries a worldling he/she will be "marked".

2. After one has commited a gross sin and has been reproved in a JC, a few weeks later a public talk is given. The theme of the talk is the specific sin for which the reproval was issued.

In both cases the name of the person involved is not mentioned during the talk, but the elders speak in private with those close to the individual in question and warn them about the perils of associating with the "reproved" or "marked" JW. They are free however to join them in field service. Reproval and marking are always accompanied by the loss of MS or elder status as far as I recall.

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Daniel Sydlik - (A Member of the Governing Body Who Has Received His Reward)

by whereami in

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get ready to barf.

email going round in never never land.. .

subject: jehovah's loving kindness - read it all the way to the end - its so encouraging!.

DagothUr

I bet the dubs are delirious with joy when they hear this...

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what,s your view on Women ministers.

by jam in

one must forget the misguided teaching of the watch tower before one can.

honestly address what is wrong with women teaching..i was one who believe.

women should not teach.

DagothUr

As long as men will come into the world from the loins of a woman and as long as male babies will suckle womankind's tits, women will be teachers of men. Our mothers are the persons from whom we learned the first words and many other things. No matter what the Bible says, it is happening and it was always a law of nature.

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what,s your view on Women ministers.

by jam in

one must forget the misguided teaching of the watch tower before one can.

honestly address what is wrong with women teaching..i was one who believe.

women should not teach.

DagothUr

I especially like one woman-general. Her name is Alexis Alexander and she kicks GLA'a a...s anytime!

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Did you see/know other people who left the Truth before YOU did?

by skeeter1 in

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i am wondering a few things.... when you were an active jw, did others in your congregation leave for true apostacy reasons and did you know?

when (year) did they and what year did you leave?.

how many people were in your congregation and how many left before you did (or you think left)?

DagothUr

I was the first to leave from my ex-congo congo after the Romanian revolution, during the legal era of the JW movement in Romania. There were some old brothers and sisters who left during the communist era, during the era of secret illegal meetings. Some of them returned recently.

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JWs love that " new generation" teaching- yes, they do.

by moshe in

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from a discussion i had with an active sister this past week.

they had no "issues" with accepting the new generation understanding at all, she said.

all the brothers agreed with the reasoning, apparently there were no protests, murmerings or complaints.

DagothUr

I was in the KH when this new teaching was brought before us. I think it was a sunday and it was in the WT study article. No one blinked. I think at that time only 25% of the audience understood the change and from them about only a very few really gave a damn. It was one of the moments when you can see the monstrous spider behind his glittering web.

I have no doubt that the Wanktower Society will fall. And I take immense pleasure in knowing this will happend during my lifetime and I will live to see the event and dance on it's grave.

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If God truly loved humans...why not reveal himself ? So that they could make an informed decision ?

by smiddy in

we learn from the bible that god spoke to adam ,then certain faithful ones,then after moses only the preisthood that was established,and individuals, raised as prophets,and this by the way is only a a small select group on the planet.never mind about other groups of humans.

fastforward to the era of christ ,again, god is only dealing with a small select group to advise and admonish.during the time from moses to christ he was only dealing with what became one small nation.the rest of humankind were left to their own devices.fastforward down to this 21st century we have no guidance/instruction/prophets to instruct or guide us.

( i know this is where jw`s would say but we have been preaching & teaching you god`s truths since 1879 ) all i can say their, is take your head out of the sand and look at all the changes ,corrections adjustments,re-adjustments,reversals,and failed expectations of prophecy you have published over this last century )so as to my question why hasn`t the god of the universe revealed himself to all humans of every race on all continents instead of just a small select group, if he truly was interested in the human race.

DagothUr

Wake up, people. There is no god.