Posts by cappytan

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Newbies , Are We Seeing An Accelerated Increase? This Past Year ? Newbies Feel free To Respond Please .

by smiddy in

jw
friends

is it just me or does anyone else see more newbies joining this site this past year and especially in the last few months .. we would love to welcome you with genuine friendship ,support ,encouragement ,a place to vent ,and not judge you.. you have the freedom to express whatever view you like and you won`t be kicked off the board.. and to learn more about the "truth" about the truth , you will not hear at a kingdom hall .. smiddy.

cappytan

I joined as a new year's resolution in January, although I had been lurking since around October.

When I joined, I was already awake, but I was still struggling with the fear and grief that come from realizing that it was all a lie.

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2 More March 2015 BOEs!

by Atlantis in

more march 2015 boes!..

click the link below and then click the green download button.. .. 2015 march 20, boe.

(re: the final week of jesus life on earth).

cappytan

We used to order from Grainger back when I was in Building Services Dept at Bethel. But that was 14 years ago.

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LDC video uncut

by neat blue dog in

i'm sure many of us have seen the local design construction video for elders that was leaked on youtube.

i saw a few seconds of it and was going to the library to download it, but at that point it was taken offline.

now, a heavily edited version is on jw broadcasting.

cappytan

fastJehu:

Here is a direct download link: http://download.jw.org/files/media_broadcasting/cb/jwbrd_E_201503_05_r720P.mp4

Thanks to the Society using HTML5 Video tags, it's easy to get the direct link to the mp4 file.

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I have a serious problem

by My Name is of No Consequence in

i have a serious problem that i cannot solve on my own.

i was born-in but am only in by a thread at this point.

i quit the tms a few weeks ago and wrote a post on it.

cappytan

I think, now that we know it's a step-son, the best bet is like some above have said.

Play the long con. All of a sudden become agreeable. Let him study. Encourage it. Tell the brother, "Thank you so much!"

Perhaps your wife's watchful eye will eventually grow drowsy and you'll be able to unWitness to your step-son when opportune moments present themselves.

That, coupled with him going to college, will in all likelihood wake him up.

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Just another experience

by bradford in

i just wanted to add another piece to the puzzle that is the exile from the organization.

a little background about myself first.

i was not born into the religion, technically.

cappytan

Welcome! and thank you for sharing your story.

Nice to hear how supportive your wife is being!

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Disfellowshipping is an loving arrangment. NOT!!!!

by gma-tired2 in

alert this is a rant.

recently i lost someone very special to me to death.

she was so many things to me, my cousin, best friend, and next door neighbor thru our teens.

cappytan

A DF'd buddy of mine's Aunt was murdered and his family didn't even tell him.

Disfellowshipping is a human rights violation.

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Most of LDC Program now available on JW Broadcasting

by cappytan in

here's the link: http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbrd_e_201503_5_video.

first thing after the introduction is a video about growth is an interesting propaganda quote while a map of the us is on screen:.

"thanks to jehovah's blessing, we've seen outstanding growth in our branch territory.

cappytan

Here's the link: http://tv.jw.org/#video/VODProgramsEvents/pub-jwbrd_E_201503_5_VIDEO

First thing after the introduction is a video about growth is an interesting propaganda quote while a map of the US is on screen:

"Thanks to Jehovah's blessing, we've seen outstanding growth in our branch territory. This has led to numerous Kingdom Halls being used to their capacity and beyond."

Yeah, that 1.6% average annual growth over the last 15 years is "outstanding."

They also claim that meeting attendance is being affected because of the need for Kingdom Halls. I'm sure faulty doctrine and heavy handed practices have nothing to do with it.

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Introducing my self

by WasOnceBlind in

i stumbled upon this site about a week ago while googling a question.

the question was "why can't jw's have beards?

" i read the responses and realized the truth in them.

cappytan

WasOnceBlind: Welcome! Great story. Glad you are happy!

FayeDunaway: The red book he was referring to may have also been the "Your Youth - Getting the Best Out Of It"

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I have a serious problem

by My Name is of No Consequence in

i have a serious problem that i cannot solve on my own.

i was born-in but am only in by a thread at this point.

i quit the tms a few weeks ago and wrote a post on it.

cappytan

I would also think that since your son is old enough to think for himself, you should lay some TTATT on him. Wife won't let you talk to him alone? E-mail him. No e-mail? Print something out and leave it in his room for him to find.

Start with something small and that appeals to a young person like the thing about Job's family celebrating Birthdays and how the Society deliberately covered it up in the 2013 revision of the NWT.

PM me if you want the specifics of this.

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I have a serious problem

by My Name is of No Consequence in

i have a serious problem that i cannot solve on my own.

i was born-in but am only in by a thread at this point.

i quit the tms a few weeks ago and wrote a post on it.

cappytan

@My Name is of No Consequence: How old is your son?