Hello, my name is og, and to my shame I'm a recovering troll feeder.
Posts by og
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19Can you ever help these people?
by sleepy incan you ever help these people?.
you show them why the society is wrong on prohecy, theres no authority for the gb, mistakes and changes and how they have damaged lives, and everything else you can think of .. and what do they say.. "does it really matter?
it is the truth and there no where else to go".
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BOB SALNAVE has been found
by QUEENIE ini am a apostate and he is a jw so we know what that entails -- i would like to see him finally married off as he is 56 and aint getting any younger -- last i know he is living in santa maria, calif. with his dad dewey salnave (they were listed) tell them linda k. sent ya
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og
But then what about poor Bob Salnave?
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Can you ever help these people?
by sleepy incan you ever help these people?.
you show them why the society is wrong on prohecy, theres no authority for the gb, mistakes and changes and how they have damaged lives, and everything else you can think of .. and what do they say.. "does it really matter?
it is the truth and there no where else to go".
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og
People can be helped. I was a zealous, brainwashed "True Believer", and I got over it, partly due to the Internet and the fine people on this Board.
LB: I agree with your comment - much deception about voluntary disassociation.
Xenu: fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
Flower: I won't feed him again.
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Professing to the "A" Word... Sacrili...
by AGuest inmay you all have peace!.
there is a phenomenon that exists here that smacks of wtbts false propaganda and rhetoric... that i am compelled, by the spirit of my father, jah of armies, by means of his son and christ, my lord, jaheshua mischajah, to speak on it, if you will permit me.
absolutely, it is.
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og
The problem with anyone claiming to be of the anointed, at least on this board, is that the term is far too loaded. The WS essentially requires worship of the anointed, as represented by the KGB (Kingdom Governing Body). I think a lot of these nutbars are really trying to discuss the born-again experience. Also, AGuest confounds the issue by referring to others as "Dear Ones" which basically makes my blood boil.
Anoint this, dear one. Oops, I'm getting angry again.
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Hyghlandyrs Four Pillars, his Hygh Geas.
by Hyghlandyr insome of you know that i have stated i am amoral.
that means that i have no moral system.
no ethical system either.
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og
No, no, teejay, finish your thought.
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preventing baptism of minors
by og inhere is the situation: my wife is a very faithful true believer (and a wonderful person, i will add, who really wants to do what's right) i have been da'd about a year, and we have 2 children.
our oldest is 13, and really buys into the witness line ( as, of course, i professed to until last summer) and i am fairly sure she is considering baptism.
here is my question: as one half of her parents, is there any legal doctrine that would allow me to prevent her baptism until she is 18?
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Oh golly, Noi, I do have her best interests at heart. What I'm trying to say there is that I might be willing to deal with some anger toward me, at least in the short term, if it meant that later on she would have a better chance to live her life and not spend it doing what the WS says to do. But you do get at the crux of the problem: prevent her from doing something whe wants, or stay out of her way?
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Speaking in tongues
by Marilyn inanyone got any idea how they do it?
do they understand what they are saying?
are they talking real languages or just jibberish?.
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Speaking in tongues, aka glossolalia, occurs in contexts other than fundy Christian meetings. It appears to be just one more of the funny things that people do occasionally, and that get co-opted as 'proof' that some religion or other is the truth. Some studies have been done, tape recordings have been made, and general consensus is that the sounds are nonsense, not a foreign language. It's a fairly stable phenomena - There's probably a Pentecostal church of some kind near you that does it a couple of times a week.
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Anointed Experience #2 - Contacting the FDS
by Amazing inmarge was the mother of the jw man who brought me into the jws.
she had been a jw since the early 1950s, and attended the famous 1958 international convention at yankee stadium/polo grounds in new york.
marge was a very lovely person, hospitable, kind, generous, non-judgmental, and always a faithful jw.
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I don't think anything goes "up the line"; I think there is a special file for letters from rank and file anointed; a round one.
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If you were God...
by sunstarr ini'm sure there has already been a thread started to pose this question.
however, i'm curious as to a specific aspect of this thought.
there have been various threads started inquiring about specific miracles performed by god.
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og
"The one place gods indubitably exist is in human minds." - Alan Moore.
I dunno, this quote seems relevant.
"Belief is the death of intelligence." R.A. Wilson
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preventing baptism of minors
by og inhere is the situation: my wife is a very faithful true believer (and a wonderful person, i will add, who really wants to do what's right) i have been da'd about a year, and we have 2 children.
our oldest is 13, and really buys into the witness line ( as, of course, i professed to until last summer) and i am fairly sure she is considering baptism.
here is my question: as one half of her parents, is there any legal doctrine that would allow me to prevent her baptism until she is 18?
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og
This board can be so helpful at times... thanks all of you for your thoughtful responses. NN & 6of9, I had actually not considered the 'Jesus waited til he was 30' line - I'll keep it in mind.
NN said:
You and I know that baptism is a meaningless gesture. Why do you feel it is important to prevent this?
My response: Drifting away as one gets older, without the prospect of all your oldest friends immediately cutting you off, is a much easier decision to make than facing disfellowshipping or defying peer pressure. iow, I believe that many Witnesses go thru a sequence like this: get baptized young to please one's parents and friends, make dramatic decisions like foregoing college while under the influence of peer pressure, then later realize a mistake is made but push the realization away and/or suppress it because your life is such that it is now incredibly difficult to face up to such a huge challenge (leaving friends and starting to think for oneself). I would make it easier for her if i could.Noi says:
You have to realize she may never come to the understanding that you have. Is it worth a possible damaged relationship in trying to control the situation?
my response: Maybe?"Belief is the death of intelligence." R.A. Wilson