Posts by NVR2L8

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Mouthy's Funeral (video)

jw
friends

for those interested, this is the video of mouthy's (grace) funeral from september 8, 2016. https://youtu.be/yvmiwo0ycds.

thanks again everybody for the kind words about her - she will be sorely missed by our family as i know she will be by many of you too!

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Sadly I was on a business trip and couldn't attend the memorial but the video was greatly appreciated. It was way different than any JW memorial talks I've attended and no one was trying to force their beliefs onto others. The testimonials from family members were very touching and revealed exactly the kind of person Grace was.

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Two Brothers Living Together - Never Dated Girls...

by pale.emperor in

in my old congregation there are two brothers (non related) who are in the early 30s.

they've never dated girls.

they're "best friends".

NVR2L8

My never married 60 year old sister has been living with another sister her age for at least the last 25 years. They share a 2 bedroom flat in the city and both had a full time job until the friend retired last year. When my sister comes for a visit she's usually on her own but occasionally she's taken her room mate along to visit or on trips with my wife and I. When younger my sister attracted the interest of a few boys but I don't think she wanted to have to answer or submit to a husband. That's what she said to a bossy elder who didn't like that her stylish dresses were too short in his opinion. Having been raised with boys she know her ways around cars and she even rides a motorcycle. Still she is very feminine in her ways like her friend who is a very attractive woman at 60. I could see how the neighbours would view them as a couple and although I wouldn't be offended if they were, I believe that they're best friends living in the same flat and that they adhere to the JW doctrine.

Several years back I believe there was a WT article that mentioned that if our living arrangements could be perceived by neighbors as an homosexual couple that it would be better to live separately...does anyone remember that?

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Farewell

by WITNESS-FOR-WATCHTOWER-REFORM in

due to unforeseen circumstances, i need to say goodbye.

proverbs 14:16 nlt.

i have every faith that the governing body of jehovah's witnesses will bring about needed change very soon given the continuous pressure they face.

NVR2L8

When you started posting I wrote that your letters would end up in file 13 (trash can) because the WT can't be wrong and it cannot be reformed. The very fact you wasted your time and energy to write theses letters indicated that you had no intention of leaving the cult from the start regardless of finding out the WT is a scam. I hope you haven't blown your cover because you could find yourself losing your precious spiritual family.

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Awake! Magazine April 22 1970

by pale.emperor in

was doing some research this evening and i think ive found possibly the most damaging awake magazine issue the jw's could have printed.

april 22nd 1970. you can download the entire 1970 volume here: http://da-ip.getmyip.com:8080/pdf/old%20publications/?sort=d.

in this issue, the watchtower calls other religions on their hypocrisy for changing doctrine, upbeat music in their services, the clergy meddling in worldly affairs (un anyone?

NVR2L8

This is the approach I will take if the elders ever visit me in an attempt to to reactivate me. What I truly believed 6 years ago is no longer valid today. I guess I never was in the truth...

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Why start preaching work in 1876? Something to ask JW's who are still in

by fedup in

we learn from the bible that the characters that preached doomsday messages, such as lot, noah, etc all got to see the result of the message they preached, we studied that the final judgement from god was seen by the preacher as well as the people that heard and ignored the message.

my point is this, it would have been ridiculous for noah to start preaching to people, put the fear of god in all the listeners that the flood is coming, build the ark and then as a result, nothing happens to them.

even if the flood would have happened later, let's say 50 years after noah and all the people that heard him have died from natural causes.

NVR2L8

....but Armageddon could arrive at any moment now...remember that the 1914 (overlapping) generation is still alive and well!

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Do not enjoy life now!

by life is to short in

ok so i was stupid and looked at the text for today, i do not know why i did it.

i lost a couple of brain cells and put myself into an even deeper depression over it.

it was just that my husband had it out and i thought what can it hurt, wondering what they are up to.

NVR2L8

LITS, I feel exactly the same way when I attempt to read or watch anything from the Watch Tower that my wife leaves in plain sight. I watched part of Cedars review on the 2016 Remain Loyal assembly and the video of the sessions just upsets me especially when I think the woman I love believes it all. I can't watch more than a few minutes before I feel like destroying my mobile device. How can JWs not see that their religion has transformed itself into what we use to condemned like begging for money and broadcasting sermons like televangelists.

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Midweek meeting video

by aboveusonlysky in

did anybody see the service meeting video this week?.

australian sister was sexually abused as a child and thought of ending her life at 14 years old, sometime later jw's call on her father who accepts a study and eventually the whole family becomes witnesses, life gets much better as the sister immerses herself in pioneering etc, she still has some dark days but prayer along with going for walks and swimming has helped her cope with bad memories of child abuse, the new system (just around the corner) will completely fix everything......... i'm dumbfounded, the hypocrisy has literally rendered me speechless......comments anybody?.

NVR2L8

This video is made to lull the indoctrinated JWs in believing that faith in Jehovah will make everything alright and that if you have been abused and are suffering you need to put more effort to improve your spirituality (not go after the bastard who abused you and the accomplices who are hiding his crime). So stop playing the victim because others have buried it deep...many more than the 1006 reported cases in Australia.

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Mouthy has Passed Away

by Simon in

jw
friends

update on mouthy (grace gough)this is graces granddaughter.

i wanted to send an update that today my beautiful grandmother passed away - surrounded by friends and family.

- may 22 1927 - sept 2nd 2016. mouthys_granddaughter.

NVR2L8

When I first started posting on this site I realized that Grace lived 30 minutes away from me. I made arrangements to meet her but when she found out my wife was still a JW she said it may be best not to meet not to upset my wife. I reassured Grace that my wife doesn't want to know about my non JW friends. We finally met and had coffee. She was warm and kind and I felt like I could just tell her anything. She was the first ex-JW I ever talked to. At one point we knew the same people back in Montreal. When it came time to say goodbye I asked her if I could hug her. For the first time since I had left the JWs I felt I was not alone. Grace I will never forget you. My deepest sympathies to the family and close friends.

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How the Present G.B. Deceives its Followers/Readers....................

by The Searcher in

............into believing that inferred "statements" are actual facts, while never stating anything!

w07 1/1 p. 28 pars.

11,12 "the first resurrection"—now under way!