Posts by lostboy

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The Shower Test

by closer2fine in

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the shower test .

your best partner in life will be those who chose a) chest and e) privates.

your best partner in life will be those who chose b) face and d) hair.

lostboy

e:privates

"However, you make an above average sex partner."

hooyaaaa ;)

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How Big a Liar Are You?

by Mindchild in

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it seems nothing gets the good people in here so upset as lies.

we all seem to be extra sensitive to lies and damned lies because of being victimized by one of the biggest lairs around, the wts.. but have you ever really tested yourself to find out if you are really snow white yourself?

you got the guts to find out?

lostboy

simple fibber

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My Experience Growing up as a JW

by MissSC in

i have never really shared my experience growing up as a jw, but feel it is time to share.

i am 26 years old and was raised as a jw from birth.

i left the jw when i was 14 by actions and 21 by a written letter, because i was baptised at the age of 11. .

lostboy

:) hang in there

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has absolute power corrupted the elders?

by Jim Dee in

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the elders in most congregations have absolute power, even worse they act without a check to make sure their judgments are correct.even in their worse moments they are "untouchable" in their right wing views.. does anyone have examples of elder abuse and misuse of absolute power.

bearing in mind that they have this power, not by holy spirit, raher by the congregation letting them have it.. has absolute power corrupted the elders?.

jim

lostboy

:(

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Familes - the WTS Biggest Problem

by metatron in

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there are a lot of interesting obstacles facing the watchtower.. potential lawsuits, legal challenges to the door to door work,.

declining revenues, general loss of zeal, exposure on the internet,.

and loss of publishers in western nations come to mind.. yet, there is no obstacle greater, in my opinion, than the.

lostboy

true...true...

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Can You Defend Yourself before a J. Committee?

by D wiltshire in

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to those who have been before a judicial committee for apostacy.. the elders will ask you questions not for the purpose of finding out the truth, but to make sure they can df you.. at my appeal hearing serveral months ago i was questioned by the appeal committees to their satifaction, they even thanked me for my honesty, as it helped them get what they were looking for to make the original dfing stand.. after they were finished with their questions i ask if i could now defend myself and prove that i was telling the truth and not a biblical apostate.. the chairman informed me that i would not be allowed to defend myself.. i looked at all 8 brothers(2 committees 5 & 3) in total amazement at his refusal to allow me to defend myself.

to them(8) it seem perfectly alright not to allow me to defend myself.. wow.. the chairman said they really were not a judicial court and did not need to be that concerned about doing things in harmony with what is concidered to be fair and right by worldly courts or the bible.

in fact the chairman spent about 10 minutes trying to explain why they didn't have have to be fair in the legalistic way of courts.. .

lostboy

No you cant. Plain and simple, once the committe is formed it makes a decision. 99% is disfellowshipping or discipline. was told once a committee is formed they must take some action

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They shun you--Do you love them?

by ashitaka in

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for all who have, are, or will be shunned (which should pretty much be all of us), do you still have a deep love for those who now shun you...now, not familial love, but an active love that yearns for that person's companionship?.

i have several regrets; one of them is the friends that i've lost.

how about you guys?.