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  I have an ex friend still in the cult who snorts coke before he gives talks..

  by foolsparadise in

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  we used to be friends.

  hes to much of a hypocrite for me to be around anymore.

  he hates that i left but its ok for him to use illegal drugs before he gives talks.

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  Self inflicted mind-bending can only help when spouting WTS inspired fantasies . . . if he keeps it up he may just come out of it sane
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  I Haven't Much Time.

  by compound complex in

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  i haven't much time.

  conflict is on the horizon, moving ever closer toward us.

  our being a peace-loving people does not mean that we are weak and ineffectual.

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  I share your ambivalence CoCo . . . strangely for me it has become a place of rest.

  Endless ponderings are the fare of the thinking man where logic and sound reasoning finds it's true home . . . absolutes are food for fools
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  Debate This

  by Farkel in

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  i wrote this in december last year.

  i won't be writing much more, but i do think this topic needs some debate.. it never received any when posted.

  where are the watchtower or other apologists who can argue this?

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  The fact that you have no takers Farkel . . . answers the question I think
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  Did you beleive you were A intellectual when you were a JW

  by jam in

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  i am embarrass to say when i was a jw and a elder i. thought i could sit down and speak on any subject with.

  anyone intelligently.

  i felt the schooling of the wt had.

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  Loz . . .

  I was already well educated when I went into it ...which makes me feel more stupid...

  Yeah me too . . . I did part of a science degree majoring in Earth Sciences prior to indoctrination . . . I got no excuse.

  I think the "intellectual" part of my brain shut down while the "spiritual" neurons had their way. I always suspected it was still there but happily boarded the crazy train anyway.

  Fortunately it was still there on my exit . . . albeit covered in dust . . . all it said to me was . . . . idiot!
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  I Haven't Much Time.

  by compound complex in

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  i haven't much time.

  conflict is on the horizon, moving ever closer toward us.

  our being a peace-loving people does not mean that we are weak and ineffectual.

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  Amirable PC . . . but no match I fear . . . for the lethal death ray

  Nice piece of music CoC . . . I enjoyed it with my cup of tea.

  Re-reading the soliloquy as the music played . . . I could hear Richard Burtons voice.

  So . . . definitely no "brave new world" then? . . . I am XJW after all
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  Bible joke in the 7/15/11 WT (for nonChristians)

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

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  the watchtower ?

  july 15, 2011 (p17).

  10 pauls warning about false stories is part of his first letter to timothy, a christian overseer who was charged with preserving the purity of the congregation and helping fellow believers to remain faithful.

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  Great post SBC . . . I think it's joke for Christians / Non-Christians alike.

  I am yet to meet a "Christian" (outside of JW Land) who honestly believes that Adam and Eve really are the 6000 year old progenitors of the human race. Or, that the world was once entirely covered in water with a little wooden boat floating on it . . . from which all current life alighted.

  Most acknowledge it is allegorical . . . but has some moral purpose. JW's on the other hand, are adamant it is "historical fact" (!)

  But of course . . . I haven't met every "Christian" . . . no doubt there are plenty of other crazies out there
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  Introducing Myself

  by StandFirm in

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  hello to jwn!

  this is standfirm.

  i mainly post on the topix jehovah's witness forum, but i decided to give it a try over here also.

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  @JW Gonebad . . .

  Hey Standfirm: OH No, are you related to djeggnopg? Just kidding.

  The posting style is giving me a strong sense of Deja Vous . . .

  Maybe DJ is running a school from which we have our first graduate . . . ? Maybe a "field trip" is underway
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  the love of animals

  by Aussie Oz in

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  no, not that sort of 'love'.

  how do you feel about animals?.

  never been one for pets although when a jw we had our fair share.. these days i just love looking out the window in the morning and seeing the wild rabbits eating our long grass (even though out here we are supposed do do out bit to eradicate the 'pest').

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  Facinating! . . . never even heard of that before . . . great post
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  It is time to thank some important people

  by Terry in

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  thank you randy for creating out of thin air the freeminds ministy reaching out to people damned and damaged by the watchtower.. you've been at it indefatigably and with little money for---what?

  thirty+ years?

  bravo!.

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  The list of contributors to my healing is long, but most notably include those mentioned in the OP . . . none more than Ray Franz and Randy . . . but there are others who have also been mentioned who have been just as important . . . fellow posters who have only been here a short while, like me, have been just as important too . . . so open and encouraging.

  Having the privilege of welcoming new ones and offering whatever I have to offer has been very healing. Their stories have inspired me also. We can even include in that respect those that will join us in the days to come . . . who knows what great things they will go on to achieve with their new found freedom.

  To all of you . . . Thanks
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  Today's WT Study Stupidity About Df'ing

  by metatron in

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  in today's watchtower study, towards the end, you had one of those typical comments by a former df'ed witness expressing appreciation for being shunned.

  these comments always remind me of a stalinist show trial in which the accused enthusiastically accepts being executed for the greater good (probably to save his family).. after this kind of nonsense is expressed, you will get a flurry of self righteous comments emphasizing how important it is to shun your disfellowshipped relatives, so that they can come back in the "truth".. oh, really?

  do any of these people raising their hand realize that, if the "success" of disfellowshipping depends on your shunning, then the "repentant" person is "coming back in the truth" for the sake of their relatives -and not because of fearing jehovah !!!???.

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  Picking up on your point CoC . . . .

  I find it interesting that DFing is a punishment for a crime committed by an unrepentant person. People in the real world are also punished for crimes.

  But isn't it weird, that even as imperfect as "worldly" people are, they are still willing to offer their help to a convict?

  In one particular congregation I 'served' in there was a Corrections Facility . . .

  I was the brother assigned to care for any requests for a Bible Study from the prison. At one time for many months I was conducting 8 seperate studies. They included three men doing life for murder, two child molesters and a young man who had burned his JW parents shop to the ground. Two were disfellowshipped.

  At about this time I attended a Circuit Assy where I met an old friend and his wife. After a few minutes of conversation I noticed he was looking nervously in one particular direction. He then confessed he was DF'd and that we shouldn't be talking. I replied . . . "Well I'm not worried about it if your not"

  We soon broke off the conversation as I realised it was more detrimental for him than for me. But considering I spent well over 30 hrs a month teaching real "criminals" the troof, it just made no sense to me. Nothing was ever said to me either, in spite of the fact we were in plain view.

  A good proportion of my studies were simply currying favour with JW relatives to get visits . . . others simply wanting to establish a good record of activity for parole purposes.

  Like I said . . . it just makes no sense!