Posts by ttdtt

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Planning Your Exit

by minimus in

jw
friends

did you have a plan to leave the organization?

i did.

it took a couple of years but we did leave and never had a desire to go back!.

ttdtt

Yes!

And a total bullshit situation came up that made it much easier to get out and have elders not bother be because they felt they stumbled me and were cowards to try and fix it.

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Elders meet with Pioneers & Missionaries Dec 2017- Jan 2018

by wifibandit in

elders meet with regular pioneers, special pioneers, and field missionaries program for december 2017 through january 2018 s-211-18-e 9/17.

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Situation: A brother who has pioneered for a number of years faces financial difficulties and becomes discouraged. He begins to wonder what his life could have been if he had pursued higher education and obtained a well-paying job?

Ahhh - he would be happier and have some security and satisfaction in his life!

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we all know of the well used scripture that speaks of "a three-fold cord" in marriage.. sure, it is meant to indicate that any marriage that has "god" in it as the foundation of the couple's life will be successful.

but how often have we noticed that what it really means for witnesses is that the society, or the gb has the right to be an unwelcome and nosey intruder in the lives of couples.

every decision that family unit makes is influenced by the organisation.

ttdtt

I used it in a wedding talk in a good way I think.

I used it as the 3rd cord is your love of god, and that when things get very hard in a couples relationship that the 3rd cord, the responsibility you feel to god, would slow things down from getting really bad and give you time before you give up on it.

I think there is truth in that, some people do give up fast.

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Real reasons why rbc was disolved?

by poopie in

jw
friends

any ideas?.

ttdtt

YES!

Because there was such a GIANT need for many many many Kingdom Halls to be built ASAP!

Duh.

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Human Origins

by cofty in

fantastic graphic produced by the smithsonian institute illustrating human origins.

click on any of the group or species labels for more detailed information.. meet your ancestors here....

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For anyone who still thinks humans have been around for only 6,000 years, you should watch this documentary.

http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/cave-of-forgotten-dreams

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A new step in my exit from the WT

by Skepsis in

jw
friends

if you remember, i've been posting here my subsequent steps from a regular pioneer and ms at the beginning of this year to a rank-and-file publisher after stepping down as ms two months ago.. during these months, i've been through a difficult way.

but after every step, i could feel freer and better.

i've met a person outside the wt that has changed my life forever and i have experienced a freedom of thought and an inner peace like never before.. however, i knew that staying in my hometown would make my fading very difficult.

ttdtt

Are you nuts!!! NEVER GO IN A HALL AGAIN!!!

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What's Happening in Italy? Bethel Relocating Departments to Bologna?

by Room 215 in

according to some websites, it appears there's going to be a transferral of several departments out of rome and to imola (bologna) in november, along with the sale of some property in the capital.. are they downsizing?

anyone know what's going on?.

ttdtt

I visited one time. What a let down compared to Brooklyn.

First time I went to the Vatican, I pompously refused to go in.

Since then I have gone many times.

So many regrets:(

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2018 Special Talk Outline: “Who Really is Jesus Christ?”

by wifibandit in

revision date: 8/17.

the talk outline “jesus christ—earth’s new ruler” has been discontinued and should no longer be used.

it has been replaced by “who really is jesus christ?”note: this is the special public talk outline for 2018. the talk will be given in most congregations the week of monday, march 19, 2018.. .

ttdtt

So this is the talk that will be the VIDEO now right?

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So today this happened...

by Phoebe in

jw
friends

you all pretty much know my story so i won't repeat it but.... to say i'm being hounded by my local congregation is an understatement.

today the cobe finally found us in.

well, i refused to answer the door but my husband did.

ttdtt

Just keep ignoring them, putting them off, and not giving them any ammunition.

Eventually, the will give up.

Stay strong!

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Did you ever buy into 1975?

by tornapart in

for those of you that can remember.... did you really believe that armageddon was going to come in 1975?

i was a child of the 60s, in my teens in the 70s and can honestly say that i never bought into it.

i saw brothers and sisters selling their homes and moving into rented property.

ttdtt

My mom got baptized in 74 because of the fear instilled in her about 75 and that if she wasn't her kids would die too.