Posts by ttdtt

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The Wheels On The Bus ...

by Solzhenitsyn in

the wt for this upcoming sunday 10/07 is especially precious in its standard double speak.

aren't we so grateful to the f&ds who directly mediates our relationship with jesus christ and give us the food we need at the proper time?

i dunno....maybe i have anger issues with the the wt?.

ttdtt

sparrowdown - It sucks being an EXJW too.

Damage is often irreversible if you were in it long enough.
Just cant scroll back the years and do the things you should have been.

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it was announced at our clam that there "was no shipment of the october study editions of the watchtower" and that they were asking if people could just use electronic or make their own copies.. is this just happening in ohio, or did you hear the same thing?.

ttdtt

It happened a few times that I can recall at our hall over the years.

DONT MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT THIS.

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JW's Would Stay With The Org Even If 1914 Was Dropped

by pale.emperor in

i asked the question on quora: .

if the governing body abandoned the 1914 teaching, would you leave jehovah's witnesses or you would remain a member regardless?.

https://www.quora.com/if-the-governing-body-abandoned-the-1914-teaching-would-you-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-or-you-would-remain-a-member-regardless.

ttdtt

One common line..

"It is still the best way of life"

Cult followers are conditioned to stay no matter what.
Think about what it took for some of or most of us to have out eyes opened.

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Thought Provoking Question to a JW?

by Solzhenitsyn in

did jesus ever utter the name jehovah?.

and if he didn't what are the implications?

nwt answers don't count but feel free to use the kingdom interlinear.

ttdtt

1. Show me in the bible evidence of and the workings of a 1st century Governing Body.

2. Show me how you see the year 1914 as an important year and identified in the bible.

3. Show me where in the bible it shows that there are overlapping generations.

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How many here think Trump's news conference this evening was absolutely brilliant

by ShirleyW in

jw
friends

i'm being serious, i would like to hear from folks here that support him describe to me how that news conference was absolute brilliance, he answered all the questions, he knows what he is talking about.

just want to compare note with those who aren't his supporters (and have common sense) as you know this forum is here to hear both sides, so, have at it .

.

ttdtt

Here are 28 of President Obama’s biggest accomplishments as President of the United States.

1 – Rescued the country from the Great Recession, cutting the unemployment rate from 10% to 4.7% over six years

2 – Signed the Affordable Care Act which provided health insurance to over 20 million uninsured Americans

3 – Ended the war in Iraq

4 – Ordered for the capture and killing of Osama Bin Laden

5 – Passed the $787 billion America Recovery and Reinvestment Act to spur economic growth during the Great Recession

6 – Supported the LGBT community’s fight for marriage equality

7 – Commuted the sentences of nearly 1200 drug offenders to reverse “unjust and outdated prison sentences”

8 – Saved the U.S. auto industry

9 – Helped put the U.S. ontrack for energy independence by 2020

10 – Began the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan

11 – Signed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals allowing as many as 5 million people living in the U.S. illegally to avoid deportation and receive work permits

12 –Signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to re-regulate the financial sector

13 – Dropped the veteran homeless rate by 50 percent

14 – Reversed Bush-era torture policies

15 – Began the process of normalizing relations with Cuba

16 – Increased Department of Veteran Affairs funding

17 – Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act

18 – Boosted fuel efficiency standards for cars

19 – Improved school nutrition with the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act

20 – Repealed the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy

21 – Signed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, making it a federal crime to assault anyone based on sexual or gender identification

22 – Helped negotiate the landmark Iran Nuclear Deal

23 – He signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to combat pay discrimination against women

24 – Nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, making her the first Hispanic ever to serve as a justice

25 – Supported veterans through a $78 billion tuition assistance GI bill

26 – Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”

27 – Launched My Brother’s Keeper, a White House initiative designed to help young minorities achieve their full potential

28 – Expanded embryonic stem cell research leading to groundbreaking work in areas including spinal injury treatment and cancer

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How many here think Trump's news conference this evening was absolutely brilliant

by ShirleyW in

jw
friends

i'm being serious, i would like to hear from folks here that support him describe to me how that news conference was absolute brilliance, he answered all the questions, he knows what he is talking about.

just want to compare note with those who aren't his supporters (and have common sense) as you know this forum is here to hear both sides, so, have at it .

.

ttdtt

FYI don't be so enamored about the economy (by the way look at the stats you can thank Obama for this economy).

By the way Wages (if your not a millionaire) are FLAT, and have been flat for a long time.

WARNING WILL ROBINSON!
Interests rates just went up again, that is not a good sign when you look at things overall.
Example: Subprime (remember that term?) auto loans are going through the roof, but auto loan default are at an all time high.

Interest rates are going to continue to go up to dissuade people from going into more debt, but that will also cause more defaults.

Mortages and HELOCS are next.

ALSO. The trillion $ welfare plan Trump gave to US Corporations were largely used for Corps to buy back their STOCK, which leads to a pumped up stock price, but adds major debt to these corporation.

We are 2 or 3 years away form a major crisis. (thanks GOP for all the bank deregulations to prevent this)

Read what Steve Eisman (one of the Big Short guys), or read Big Debt Crisis by Ray Dalio the head of one of the worlds largest hedge funds.

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How many here think Trump's news conference this evening was absolutely brilliant

by ShirleyW in

jw
friends

i'm being serious, i would like to hear from folks here that support him describe to me how that news conference was absolute brilliance, he answered all the questions, he knows what he is talking about.

just want to compare note with those who aren't his supporters (and have common sense) as you know this forum is here to hear both sides, so, have at it .

.

ttdtt

If any other sitting president had expressed himself in that manner, a medical professional would have been at his side the moment he left the podium. He would have been examined for a stroke, or other brain and mental issues.

Besides the fact that he demonstrably lied over and over again, he almost never answered anyone's question - NOR did he actually finish a sentence.

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I yelled at dubs today ( again )

by kairos in

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friends

so i roll up to the job site and looky there, two uber pioneer dubs dragging themselves down the sidewalk.

both ladies are in there early 60's and born in.. my heart started pumping, but i had to act.i was directly across the street from them.

i walked right to the sidewalk and said in a very loud, but not mean voice: "you can't teach overlapping generations from the bible!!

ttdtt

To be perfectly honest, I am very angry, bitter and heartbroken.
This evil cult ruined my 22 year long marriage, cost me 25 years of my life and the loss of a handful of very good people.

DITTO (but add some years)

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I'm considering putting off my leaving

by paradiseseeker in

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friends

i just wanted to share with you the thoughts that i've had lately.. my plan was to get a job, become independent and then leaving the org throughout this year 2018. i'm going to achieve the first step in a matter of weeks, the second one soon afterwards but maybe i will wait a little longer for the last one.. one year ago a friend of mine was reinstated.

we weren't very close friends back then, although we got along well.

but, since no many jws in my town want to hang out with him (because of his being a former disfellowshipped), we started to talk and go out more often and in a matter of half a year we've become very close friends, like brothers.

ttdtt

Just know that it gets Harder to leave the longer you stay.

And it gets Harder to build a normal life the longer you wait to get out.

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Further Proof of The Last Days

by neat blue dog in

just when you think you've heard it all:.

'look at all these stores and businesses offering price matching!

they're desperate for funds.

ttdtt

neat - those sound like MEMES about JWs?

Did you really hear JW saying those things?