Welcome Joe, I understand where you are coming from and it is an interesting journey. I too wondered "How could I (or my family) have been so stupid"? Welcome again.
JakeM2012
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New here.
by joe134cd inhi everyone.i have been reading the blogs here for some time and have just decided to have an in put.
i am still a current member of the wts and am sort of planning to fade.
i realise 2 things (1)i have to build bridges in order to replace the ones that will crumble behind.
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WHY DO SOME ELDERS LOOSE THEIR POSITION OVER BANKRUPTCY AND OTHERS DON'T?
by ÁrbolesdeArabia inanother story of the love in the christian congregation of jehovah witnesses!.
elder squidbilly was gunning for a brother who screwed up with his real estate portfolio in a bad way.
squid-billy made the case this brother had managed his holding in a unchristian and greedy way, so he appealed to the body to remove him for theft!
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JakeM2012
Wow, ArbolesA,
After reading your post I thought you were an unknown brother to me. I have a similar situation in my family and 12 years ago had to deal with my brother loose cannon in the congregation. Currently, another brother/wife is living with Mom with fixed income. Other brother will soon loose property because he is behind on payments. Hasn't really worked in 20 years, but lives the life of Quickbuild heavy while wife works for peanuts. He drinks coffee and has breakfast with other quickbuild workers everyday. I have one word for them, "Loosers".
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Did reading Jwfacts help you? Please take a moment to say thanks..
by The Quiet One init seems as though so many of the stories of people who are now mentally free that i read on here involved reading jwfacts.com at some point along the way.. he basically saved my sanity (questionable, i know!
), and was never as sensational and garish as other sites which immediately scared me away.
why not take a minute out of your day to say thanks for any difference that jwfacts made to your life, and tell us what it was that helped you?...
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JakeM2012
Yes, JWFacts is a professional presention. Thank you very much. The facts are so overwhelming; the website is like a pneumatic nailer rapid firing into the "WT coffin".
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JakeM2012
Yep, going to Austin in a week and a half. Yeaaaaa!!!!
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 03-31-2013 WT Study (ELDERS FELLOW WORKERS)
by blondie infellow workers.
we are fellow workers.
(a) what did paul mean when he wrote: by your faith .
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JakeM2012
Thanks Blondie! I appreciated this point that you made, " David knew Uriah’s name and his wife’s---that did not end well." LOL Haven't we known elders like this; in that we didn't want them to know our name??
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Why Is Stealing From Local Municipalities Not A Sin To JWs? Construction For Example?
by ÁrbolesdeArabia inwhen i begin to think about jehovah's witnesses and stealing from cesar my mind begin's to spin.
last year while walking through a very popular elder's house he showed me how he had doubled the house from the original blue print plans.. .
the inspectors of the county are incompetent or received a bribe, how can you add 1500 sq ft without the building inspector catching the error?
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JakeM2012
Arboles, I agree with you. I have had this discussion with my immediate family, honesty is honesty. I am personally really disappointed in my extended family in that they are on the CA, DC, dramas, serve as Cobe's etc, and yet I personally know how they will screw you and then when you are trying to walk away peacefully turning the other cheek, they will stab you in the back with slander and hatefull comments. They are hardened in their ability to look you square in the eye and lie to you without remorse. I've said for years that especially dangerous were the one that went to Bethel, they seem at least in my family to have lost all moral compass.
If the organization wasn't blowing their self-righteous horn about how honest, clean, and loving Witnesses were it would be a different conversation. But they are using lies trying to substantiate that God has chosen them. I'm not saying that all Jw's are dishonest, there are some that believe if you take a personal call at work and make a note on company paper with a company pen, then you have stolen time and property. LOL, But it does seem that there is a large percentage that have no problem with slighting the governments.
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World's Elite Are Getting Pounded
by metatron inhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/icij-map/.
a huge stash of data has been released in regard to secret accounts in tax havens worldwide and it's already having effects.. in russia, putin is demanding a law that foreign accounts be forbidden or transparently explained, as to how the money was gained.. there is a report that "anonymous" has hacked and released the names of 30, 000 mossad agents around the world.. in north korea, hackers have taken control of state social media and posted pictures of kim jong un as a pig with mickey mouse tattoos.. in britain, the chancellor is being blasted for using a disabled parking space while cutting benefits for same.. in france, the government is being shaken by exposure of swiss bank accounts.. in spain, much of the government has been exposed as corrupt/bribe-taking.. in ny state, a bunch of legislators are resigning because they were exposed in bribery.. in cyprus, there is a list of 132 people who were told about the bank 'haircut' and got their money out before it hit.. there's much more....... .
something is happening behind the scenes in the world.
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JakeM2012
Well, JonathanH, it is true, by September the scene will be changing and things will be dropping. It will start out slow and then increase. But then the world's scene will go gray and will then suddenly cool off. Even in North Korea.
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World's Elite Are Getting Pounded
by metatron inhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/icij-map/.
a huge stash of data has been released in regard to secret accounts in tax havens worldwide and it's already having effects.. in russia, putin is demanding a law that foreign accounts be forbidden or transparently explained, as to how the money was gained.. there is a report that "anonymous" has hacked and released the names of 30, 000 mossad agents around the world.. in north korea, hackers have taken control of state social media and posted pictures of kim jong un as a pig with mickey mouse tattoos.. in britain, the chancellor is being blasted for using a disabled parking space while cutting benefits for same.. in france, the government is being shaken by exposure of swiss bank accounts.. in spain, much of the government has been exposed as corrupt/bribe-taking.. in ny state, a bunch of legislators are resigning because they were exposed in bribery.. in cyprus, there is a list of 132 people who were told about the bank 'haircut' and got their money out before it hit.. there's much more....... .
something is happening behind the scenes in the world.
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JakeM2012
Metatron, May won't be anything compared to August. The situation will be hot by August.
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Why Is Stealing From Local Municipalities Not A Sin To JWs? Construction For Example?
by ÁrbolesdeArabia inwhen i begin to think about jehovah's witnesses and stealing from cesar my mind begin's to spin.
last year while walking through a very popular elder's house he showed me how he had doubled the house from the original blue print plans.. .
the inspectors of the county are incompetent or received a bribe, how can you add 1500 sq ft without the building inspector catching the error?
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JakeM2012
The government has been using Google maps to check the outside dimensions of your place. They also are known to check people claiming agricultural exemptions for fields and livestock. One rancher told me that if they don't see cow trails and you are claiming an agriculture livestock exemption you can loose it.
My daughter is still upset with her Granmother for making dvd's of movies for her on her recorder. She says the penalty is 20 years in prison and $500000 fine. LOL.
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Has Your Personality Changed Since Leaving The Witnesses?
by minimus ini have an aquaintance that likes to say, "once an a hole always an a hole".
i guess you could reason that whatever your religious views were, your core is you are who you are.. did your personality change for better or worse when you left the organization?.
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JakeM2012
My core values have not changed, but I'm have difficulty saying any words with the letter "R" in them.