Posts by LizardSnot

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New name for WBTS?!? *and boobies

by LizardSnot in

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the watchtower bible and tract society has changed its name to....tada.... christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses.

did we just create a sect?.

is this new name not to be confused with the following?:.

New name for WBTS?!? *and boobies

by LizardSnot in

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the watchtower bible and tract society has changed its name to....tada.... christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses.

did we just create a sect?.

is this new name not to be confused with the following?:.

LizardSnot

The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has changed its name to....tada...

Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

Did we just create a sect?

Is this new name not to be confused with the following?:

Mormon Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

Eskimo Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

Methodist Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

Laodicean Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

etc...

Is there now a new organization within an organization...help me I cant keep up :(

Lizard

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WHICH MEETING WAS THE MOST BORING?

by minimus in

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the more meetings you go to the more drivel you hear.

elder's meetings were terrible because all you ever did was gossip about how everyone wasn't doing this or that.

meetings for field service sucked.....enough said on that.

LizardSnot

The most boring meeting to me was the one where the elder talked about some boring "steward class" or something to that effect. I remember it being so boring that I couldnt even comfortably sleep.

Lizard

Edited by - LizardSnot on 2 August 2002 9:27:58

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The Dragon Slayer

by silentlambs in

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this was posted in my guestbook and i thought i would share it.

loris was threatened by two elders who were sent by wt, with df for her letter to newsweek if she said anything more publicly about the child abuse issue.

i believe this mother of eight has more courage in her little finger than those elders do in their whole body.

LizardSnot

Thanks for the post Bill.

I'm sure victims will find alot of strength in that poem.

Lizard

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HAVE you CHANGED???

by minimus in

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after reading so many comments about our collective personalities, i wonder how we were percieved by the congregation in general.

some of us on the board seem to be shy, others appear to be stronger type personalities.some stories that i have read, suggest that when you left the organization, either nobody was surprised or everyone was shocked.

do you think that you are basically the same type of person , now, as you were when you were attending meetings?

LizardSnot

I have definetly changed...it took a long time but I was finally able to get "dubdom" out of my head.

When I left the organization...it was simply because I couldnt live the life of being a Jehovah's Witness anymore. I wasn't allowed to be good at anything...couldn't fit in...people always watching me. Finally, I figured that I can stay away and feel that way...why go to the meetings? And who are they to boss me around? *pure rebellion

The only problem is that I still firmly believed in their teachings...so basically...I felt doomed.

It wasnt until some years later...(when I dared to go to a bible study that a friend held)...that I realized JW teachings were all wrong. It took a while but gradually, with the help of my friends and a pastor (thanx Steve), I was able to unlearn all of what I had been taught in my 12 years as a "dub".

Change is good ;)

Lizard

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What would you do if religion collapsed?

by Prisila in

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at this point in my life i feel very confident that leaving the jws was the best thing for me.

however, 25 years of brainwashing goes a long way.

(for arguments sake) if religion collapsed today, would you feel you made a mistake in leaving the wbts?

LizardSnot

I would love it if religion collapsed. Then we could start secretly meeting in each others homes. This would make studying the bible more fun and we wouldnt have to deal with church politics anymore.

Lizard

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