Posts by dbq407

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KH hall 4 sale just whose waters are supposed to be drying up again?!
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
avon lake ohio.

while new mega church being built right down the street!.
dbq407

I know of a few in eastern iowa/illinois also that are being sold off/closed. Dewitt ia, rumor has it Anamosa ia is closing too, savannah ill a few years ago, galena ill about 6 years ago, manchester ia, platteville wi. These are just the ones i can think of over the last ten years and all within a 60 mile radius.
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Please Switch Off Your Critical Thinking
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have an uneasy feeling inside that something is coming this year or the next.

perhaps a new big announcement that turns jwdom on it's head.. we've seen the statement in the watchtower november 15th, 2013 which said:.

watchtower november 15th, 2013 - page 20, paragraph 17.. .
dbq407

At this weeks meeting a elder said that when the governing body asks us to jump, we say how hi and don't question it. Then another person made a comment that we should not question the printed material and also not to research anything and to trust in what we are given at meetings.
I guess free will has been swept under the rug.
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Watch Tower's eBay account
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the last post about the violin for sale got me to looking at their ebay account which says it's based in wallkill.

they've got over 200 items for sale, most obsolete electronics that are grossly overpriced.

among them are used hard drives, like this one:.
dbq407

I can't believe they are using a demonized/worldly website to sell such spiritual artifacts. Selling these precious items on the same site that Mrs. Tony tightpants can buy a dildo!!
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BOE-Jan/18/2018-Donations!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
january-18-2018--boe.

donations for 2019 international convention travel.

https://we.tl/ikbkzz8xpwatlantis!
dbq407

Resolutions are the easiest way to get guaranteed donations for the WT
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What was your trigger to waking up ?
by CovertsadJW in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
good afternoon , .

i wanted to ask everyone here , what was your trigger to waking up ?

i have been waking up for a long time , but in looking back it’s hard for me to look at one event and say “ ah ha “ , i think mine is like a slow leak - like a crack in a damn - and then hold on , because after that it’s just a flood of information.
dbq407

Not one thing here either, but getting df'd really did open my eyes. I wish every JW could have that privilege. To see how shallow friendships really are and the lack of love is really sad. One day you can talk to me, then next day nothing. And all because a couple of control freak elders say so.
Also the hypocrisy. The same friends who would no longer talk to me, were also doing things before i was df'd that would have gotten them in trouble, but being in a close knit group of friends, their secrets were always safe with me and the others.
And the way they talk down so badly about non witnesses and other religions really is disgusting and arrogant. Not sure how anyone thinks that is ok. Research also helped to seal the deal that they are not the true religion and all they use is fear and guilt to control the flock. They say they are the happiest people on earth? Ha! no one was ever really happy at meetings or service. They were happiest when meeting was over and after putting in their obligatory saturday morning service hours.
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JWs and medical marijuana
by dogon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
where do jws stand on the new medical marijuana?

i know they would df for use of it for recreation but if a dr in california gave it as a perscript, and it was legal to buy and use for medical use, has anyone ran into this yet?.
dbq407

About 8 years ago I asked a c.o. about marijuana being used if it was medically prescribed. He said then that there wasn't any direction from the society on it, but that if it did come down to it, that it'd probably be ok, but just couldn't be smoked.
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O no!!! The HQ song
by Gorbatchov in
1. jw
2. friends
never througt there would be a jw.org hq song.. they have become mad.. https://tv.jw.org/#nl/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-osg_40_video.

g..
dbq407

apparently god hates color. What a bland looking bunch of fake smiling jdubs.
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NFL player quits career to become an idiot
by Captain Schmideo2 in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.jwleather.com/news/jason-worilds-quits-nfl-to-knock-on-doors-as-a-jehovahs-witness.

jason worilds quits nfl to knock on doors as a jehovahs witness.. 3/19/2015.

120 comments.
dbq407

He better shave his beard before he goes knocking on doors.
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Did Being a JW Make You a Better Person?
by Boredposter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i heard many times when i was a witness how much "learning the truth" helped people.

many have been said to have become much better people.

addictions were given up.
dbq407

In my own mind i suppose i thought i was a better person. But to everyone outside the religion i don't think they thought so. Family thinks you are rude for not attending functions normal people go to, or talking down about other religions. After being out, i can see that most Jw's are hypocrites but try to say they are not. It made me judgemental of others who weren't jw's and even some who were jw's that weren't doing as much as i thought they should. But that is how the religion works and what they teach at meetings.
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Could You See A Kingdom Hall Getting Shot Up?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i would never want to see that happen but i’m surprised it has not occurred at this point.

there are many disgruntled people who have had bad experiences with the witnesses..
dbq407

I know in our area they lock the doors as meeting begins. No doubt some are worried that this could happen at the KH.