Posts by pontoon

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Audrey Hyde (Nathan Knorr's widow) died yesterday

by Absalom in

audrey hyde died yesterday.

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pontoon

It's not an obsession, just simply interest. I knew Audrey and Glen well, they were friends and very nice people. Hudson Valley NY

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The Watchtower and its absurd accusations against the Church Fathers

by opusdei1972 in

i love to read the watchtower's article "the church fathersadvocates of bible truth?

" (w01 4/15 pp.

there we may read the most contadictory statements of the watchtower society, which shows how deceptive and ignorant is the jehovah's witnesses religion.. .

Went with wife our on campaign, what a joke! Keep thinking, would Jesus had done this?

by goingthruthemotions in

what a joke the campaign is.....the sheeple are so blind.

what does this have to do with what jesus taught us to do.

i feel like i was campaigning for a politician.. next thing your going to see on the website is a donation button visible to all vistors without having to log in just bypass the middle man.

pontoon

Anyone happen to see any of the GB out there with carts setting the example? Just womdering.

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It's my Birthday today!!

by quellycatface in

jw
friends

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i'm really looking forward to what the day may bring...... wish you were here to share it with me..

pontoon

A happy birthday to YOU!, happy Thanksgiving, merry Christmas, enjoy your Easter.

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Are You A Patriotic Person Since Leaving The Witnesses?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i'm into politics but i still don't consider myself patriotic..

Used to have a lot of our elder's meetings at Watchtower Farm because half our body were Bethelites. Now I'm driving home from work every day right past the Wat Farm in a rag top, top down weather permitting, wearing a hat with an American flag pattern on the brim. What a change. But I am not particularlly patriotic to the government but I am to the country if that makes any sense to you.

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Your final WTF? Moment!

by restrangled in

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friends

it was a long time coming for me.....when i read about the extened generations, after being raised on1914 being the be all end all, and millions would never die....that was the end.

i was part of the 1975 fiasco, the 6 month only truth book studies, suffered through a disifellowshipping and their version of a rewind.

i finally am free and hope others can eventually look in instead of inside looking out!

pontoon

My last meeting was in 2010, but sometime before that during a Sun morn Wat study about when we see a rock badger, gecko, or an ant we should be reminded of the same qualities these critters share with Jeh. It was about the most stupid tower study I ever heard. I was sitting there thinking that this is what I gave up a day off for, got dressed up, came to the meeting to hear this crap. If I looked at it before hand I would have skipped. Anyway I was not mentally in anymore, but that tower study really steepened the slippery slope I was sliding down. In 2010 one Sunday morning I woke up, decided I just wasn't going to do it anymore and went motorcycle riding. Never been back. That's the short story.

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Were you 100% in?

by pontoon in

i was baptized in 1968. last meeting 2010. i have to say i was never 100% in.

there were times i absolutely believed, but i never really gave it my all.

never liked service, assemblies, meetings.

pontoon

I was baptized in 1968. Last meeting 2010. I have to say I was never 100% in. There were times I absolutely believed, but I never really gave it my all. Never liked service, assemblies, meetings. Growing up near Brooklyn Bethel never liked the layers of management and didn't think one full time bethelite should have such status over another, and they said Bethel was as close to paradise as you could get. For years I always figured it was my problem I just couldn't give it my all.

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An Indictment against GOD , A blood sacrifice or a non blood sacrifice.Cain & Abel.

by smiddy in

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friends

i would appreciate your thoughts on this question : why would the almighty god sacrifice one of his creations in blood letting to appease him ?.

does this make any sence at all ?

god is supposed to have created everything living , human and animals , and then he wants / expects a human to execute one of his creations as a sacrifice to him ?.

pontoon

Smiddy, how are you? I've said in other posts if you believe the whole creation Adam Eve Cain Able.......Flood.......Jesus.......you would have to conclude that Jeh is bloodthirsty and in the beginning after A & E sinned Jeh must have somehow conveyed to them that he wanted blood. He must have taught Adam how to kill, Adam taught his sons and so it went. So maybe Cain thought he was really pleasing Jeh with the blood of his brother, a sacrifice greater than an animal. But you are right, livestock is what was valuable to Able (at that time in history what did he need herds for?) and produce from the fields was what was valuable to Cain. Jeh should have been pleased. But he wanted blood.

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Motorcycle riders: Who are you and what do you ride?

by UnConfused in

suzuki boulevard c50 for me.. .

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pontoon

VF 750 Magna, Royal Star, Ultra Classic Electra Glide, anyone want to buy one? I'll send details.

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Unlimited Money

by pontoon in

we know the place on the lake was not their first choice.

another property in tuxedo park was but they were not able to get permits, lawsuits followed with the former owner, don't know how it turned out but it was a mess.

wat kept the property in tuxedo to use as a staging zone for the big construction at sterling forest lake.

pontoon

Factfinder, good stats. They still have the property in Ramapo. That's the piece they are using for staging for the Place on the Lake. I called it Tuxedo, but it is the same place. Was a law suit with the owner there about Wat getting money back because they couldn't get permits or tax exemption but their time limit had expired, something like that. Don't know how it ended.

Magnum, the Warwick site on Goggle Maps is already named the World Headquarters.....JW's