Posts by lettersfromthevoid

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My ex-bethelite buddy found TTATT through his prostitute friend.

by silentbuddha in

so yesterday evening i get an invite through facebook fro a name that was familiar, but i couldn’t place the face.

after clicking on the page i saw a close-up pic to realize it was a friend of mine from 15 years ago at bethel.. when this guy arrived at bethel he was big time.

he was in early 20’s and had given up a job as an engineer at what was one of the largest electronics companies in the world.

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Patti Smith was raised a JW. Heard it on npr a while back.

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Memorial of the Death of Jesus 2016

by wolfman85 in

in 2016, jw will have their memorial of jesus death on march 23, 2016. http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/meetings/#?insight[search_id]=99cee3cb-687e-4276-9c70-3af8d20c220b&insight[search_result_index]=0.

that day is not for nissan 14th of the jewish calendar, or am i wrong ?

?.

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there are no Jehovah's Witnesses left that will answer this kind of question. 99% of jws have no clue about this and the rest will refuse to answer until they qualify you as meek enough to deserve the answer. But at the point where you qualify, at your baptism, the answer to the question will be, "The governing body has through holy spirit determined that it be this way, so, what, are you having doubts that this is gods organization? Who else are you going to turn to?"

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Where are they now?

by Sabin in

geoffrey jackson.

terrence o'brien.

vincent toole.

lettersfromthevoid

No one in the US bethel knows any of this took place. I dont think more than a handfull of witnesses in Austrailia know either, not even in the congregation these guys go to. This is causing no stir whatsoever in the jw org. Maybe over the next 30 or 40 years a trickle might get through to some educated fringe jws, but this has made no splash whatsoever among the ignorant faithful.

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so a report came out and made jws look bad

by lettersfromthevoid in

what is the commission and the governments going to do?

will they be slapped with a fine?

will they be forced to do this or that lest they lose non profit status?

lettersfromthevoid

me hopes!

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so a report came out and made jws look bad

by lettersfromthevoid in

what is the commission and the governments going to do?

will they be slapped with a fine?

will they be forced to do this or that lest they lose non profit status?

lettersfromthevoid

so what happens now? What is the commission and the governments going to do? Will they be slapped with a fine? Will they be forced to do this or that lest they lose non profit status?

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Nice little summary by Barbara Anderson re dear old Geoffrey GB and "presumptuousness"...

by umbertoecho in

jw governing body claims to be the faithful slave.

did you know how (in sworn testimony during the recent australian royal commission hearing) governing body member geoffrey jackson responded to the question, do you see yourselves as jehovahs spokespeople on earth?.

jackson replied, that, i think, would seem to be quite presumptuous to say that we are the only spokesperson that god is using.. really?

lettersfromthevoid

He didn't say no to the question though. McClelland should have pressed him for definitive yes or no. Jackson slithered out of that one. So I guess he was calling himself presumptuous.

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latest on royal commission as of sept. 18?

by lettersfromthevoid in

i've been reading the report by the rc.

i don't see any mention of jws at all so far.

other churches were mentioned though.

lettersfromthevoid

I've been reading the report by the RC. I don't see any mention of JWs at all so far. Other churches were mentioned though. Any news on fines and charges? You know, good stuff?

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