Posts by breakfast of champions

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"BRAZEN CONDUCT" The current way of enforcing disciplinary action.

by stuckinarut2 in

the penalty of this charge??

yes, disfellowshipping.. bad association?

excessive time at work?

breakfast of champions

I have been told that some inactive witnesses in "our congregation" territory are acting "brazenly" because they have refused the help of the elders who have offered to do shepherding calls on them! - STUCKINARUT

I don't doubt it, but really you are under absolutely no obligation to go to meetings, out in field service, or meet/talk with elders (or anyone, for that matter) Everything you have ever done as a witness is entirely VOLUNTARY, meaning you have done it of your own volition -- no one can force you to do anything.

If they start Dfing persons for "brazenly" choosing not to have a shepherding visit, then so be it.

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Air Canada Crash, oops, I mean "hard landing"

by Simon in

just watched the news about the air canada crash in halifax that they want to claim was just a "hard landing".. i can only imagine the distinction matters for insurance purposes otherwise they are just being idiots.

pretty poor behavior for the airline whatever the motivation imo.. now i'm no plane expert but i think when then plane is smashed up, the engines have come off and the nose is in pieces that should be obviously classed as a crash.

if you can't take off again then you have been in a crash, not a hard landing.. .

breakfast of champions

I'll take the Canadian version of a hard landing over the Lufthansa version any day.

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JW Podcast Interview with Steven Hassan

by God_Delusion in

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hi guys & gals,.

i'm really pleased with how the interview with the acclaimed author steven hassan just went.. you can listen to it here - http://www.jwpodcast.org/2015/03/29/s01e11-steven-hassan/.

if you've read the first edition of combatting cult mind control, let us all know what you thought of that book too.. cheers,jaymes.

breakfast of champions

Excellent!

My wife and I have enjoyed every podcast so far.

Keep up the outstanding work!

BOC

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Trying to live the rest of my life without being bitter.

by Bigdummy in

i'm new to this forum.. i was raised in " the truth" from age six and now i am in my mid 60's.

my wife was born in " the truth" and is very strong in the religion.

i have had many experiences during my lifetime with the other members of several congregations.

breakfast of champions

Welcome BIGDUMMY.

For starters, YOU ARE NOT A BIG DUMMY -- YOU ARE SMART AS HELL!

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The Secret is out....but nobody cares

by MrTheocratic in

i've been looking on this site for some time but never posted.

i'll give a little about myself, but not too much.

i'm a ex-bethelite ( brooklyn )and currently serving as an elder (10 years) (thinking about stepping down) on the service committee.

breakfast of champions

Welcome MR THEOCRATIC. I think your observations are spot on. My wife and I discuss the "friend's" attitudes and behaviors regularly and have come to a similar conclusion as you have.

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It's starting shunning will stop brochure first.step

by poopie in

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i'm in contact with service and writing and brochure first step there bleeding publishers they can't take it anymore publishers are depressed because they feel they must shun others and they know it's unloving.

breakfast of champions

BALTAR - Okay, let me amend that. It will be then end of JWs as we know it. They will have gone mainstream.

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It's starting shunning will stop brochure first.step

by poopie in

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i'm in contact with service and writing and brochure first step there bleeding publishers they can't take it anymore publishers are depressed because they feel they must shun others and they know it's unloving.

breakfast of champions

The end of shunning is the end of the Jehovahs Witnesses.

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Rainham residents upset about plans for Jah Jireh care home for Jehovah’s Witnesses

by Simon in

(posted for andersonsinfo).

people are protesting against plans to build a large care home for jehovahs witnesses behind their houses.. homeowners living in the bloors lane area of rainham have lodged objections to proposals by the jah jireh charity, which specialises in spiritual and physical care for followers of the religion.. people living in neighbouring homes say it is too big and its three storeys will dwarf their properties.. .

what the care home will look like.

breakfast of champions

Maybe I'm wrong, but it looks like the residents are standing in front of a fence topped with barbed wire in an area that (at least by what I've seen in the US) looks industrial.

If this photo is representative of their neighborhood, I don't think this will be the worst thing that ever happened there. . . .

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Return to Jehovah… No Return Address

by Marvin Shilmer in

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return to jehovah... no return address .

today i read a small piece of poetic irony.

im not going to advertise from what web forum i read this, but it was so astounding i had to share it somewhere.

breakfast of champions

Hmmmm.. . Interesting table of contents.

So here's how the conversation goes:

Elder: So which one of these three -- anxiety, hurt feelings or guilt -- is the reason you left?

Inactive Person: None of them.

Elder: Then you are an apostate. We'll read your name at the next meeting.

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Return to Jehovah… No Return Address

by Marvin Shilmer in

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return to jehovah... no return address .

today i read a small piece of poetic irony.

im not going to advertise from what web forum i read this, but it was so astounding i had to share it somewhere.

breakfast of champions

Also, was just thinking what's the real motive behind a "Return to Jehovah" brochure or campaign. . .

I wouldn't be surprised if after a one-time "outreach" to those who have left, they don't declare them all DFd or DAd saying, "We really tried to help them. We did the best we could."