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  Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

  by DwainBowman in

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  back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

  dose anyone else remember this?

  i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

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  He should have been listed as a man with an unparalleled overactive imagination!
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  Heavy metal

  by Godsendconspirator in

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  i have always loved heavy metal music (thrash metal to be more specific).

  since heavy metal is usually associated with satan and occult themes many christians and jws in particular stray away from it.

  in my teenagehood i was listened to it obsessively until i started studying and got baptized at age 18 and i started listening to other genres.

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  Before the "truth" I loved it all, the louder/the faster, the better (speed/thrash/black/death metal). Saw metallica and Slayer for the first time on their second tour (Ride the Lightning/hell Awaits). Threw away a lot of rare vinyl after my bible study (Hellhammer, Mercyful Fate, Bathory) Now back on track, planning to see Exodus in March on their European tour!
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  Now for Something a Little Different.....

  by Bruisedandbleeding12 in

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  ...and then the studying horses had a few questions regarding Joshua 11:6 and Joshua 11:9

  At this Jehovah said to Joshua: “Do not be afraid because of them, for about this time tomorrow, I am giving over all of them slain to Israel. Their horses you must hamstring, and their chariots you must burn in the fire.”
  Joshua then did to them just as Jehovah had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots in the fire.
  ...after some time, the horses made little progress, so the study was discontinued.
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  QUICK! Questions to ask MARK SANDERSON!!!!!!!

  by TeenageInsider in

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  2. beliefs

  quickly!!.

  mark sanderson at a regional assembly.. i will find him and ask him questings.. please quickly leave questions you want me to ask.. i will record and post updates!!!!.

  hurry..

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  1) Will the GB listen to the ARC?

  2) Are you sure you are one of the annointed? You were baptized in '75 and the numbers are supposed to drop!

  3) Why build new headquarters while the end is so near?

  4) How long is a generation according to Matthew 1:17? Do the math!
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  DA: Today I used my typewriter and fountain pen

  by Mandrake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  last week my mother (i live with her) gave me some clues that she finally awoke, and well, that came to be true and we now speak openly against many many things i considered taboo to talk to her.

  so with that achieved, it was time for a delayed duty, i took my typewriter one wrote my da letter, and signed it with my favorite fountain pen, with my "trade mark" royal blue ink (everyone in the hall knew me for using that color and type of pen).

  i will hand it to the elders tomorrow, in february 14th, the "day of love".

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  Very brave Mandrake, free at last! Looking forward to your next experiences.
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  How would you feel if this happened to you?

  by Island Man in

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  imagine you're a mentally out, physically in, awake jw who still attend meetings and occasionally do a little door-to-door perfunctory service just to please the still-in spouse and keep the elders off your back while you slowly and subtly try to free your spouse of the cult.

  you're also a vociferous online critic of the jw organization and its harmful policies and false teachings.

  one day while out doing your occasional perfunctory door-to-door service with a still-in jw, you knock on a door and the householder comes out and says:.

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  So cool, I envy you! Real succes stories, but not of the WT kind. We need more of that!
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  Karma kind of makes me smile.......am I bad?

  by KateWild in

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  today at work one of the clients that came in for advice was an elder and his wife.

  they must be having issues they need help with.

  this elder was the elder that told us not to go to a domestic violence shelter or not to go to the police when my daughter got a black eye.. am i bad because i smiled inside that they are having problems?.

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  Yes, now and then there IS some justice in life.

  Karma is a bitch!
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  Brothers - Reach Out for a Fine Work!

  by cappytan in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c1ixarr31y.

  they must really be having issues finding brothers to slave for the org..

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  Yeah, this was filmed in The Netherlands! In my congregation, I never saw another elder clean the toilets.
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  Does anyone think Jehovah is protecting the org. despite all the talk about THE ARC ?

  by tor1500 in

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  i've been thinking this for a while.

  even before the arc scandal.

  it seems no matter what, the org.

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  There is a passage in the NT (one of the gospels I believe) where Jesus said that his followers would be brought to courts to face charges and that they should not prepare their defense in advance because holy spirit will enable them, in that hour, to speak with irrefutable wisdom that their prosecutors could not counter.
  

  This is it Island Man.

  (Luke 12:11, 12) 11 When they bring you in before public assemblies, government officials, and authorities, do not become anxious about how or what you will speak in defense or what you will say, 12 for the holy spirit will teach you in that very hour the things you should say.”

  And to the question Do you think Jehovah is protecting the org I'd say, NO! Not according to this verse:

  (Amos 3:7) For the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will not do a thing Unless he has revealed his confidential matter to his servants the prophets.

  We know JW.(b)ORG is not his prophet.

  
  
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  Did you get " Counseled " about the Music you Listened to While you were a JW ?

  by flipper in

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  from the time i was a small boy - i loved rock n' roll music.

  beatles, rolling stones, led zeppelin, hendrix.

  i started getting slighted for the music i listened to as i lay in my bedroom listening on headphones to led zeppelin's song " black dog " at age 14 with my elder dad looking suspiciously at me as i'm rocking out .

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  Love your story, glad you enjoy life and music so much! Music is our god-given right to enjoy/express ourselves. No one should take that away from anyone. I threw away lots of good stuff in the 90's, like Iron Maiden, Nirvana and Metallica. It brought me the approval of the elders and eventually I became one myself, always doing the "right" thing. That is...until my fading! Good they don't know what I'm listening to during these days of anger. But I never got counseled myself nor did I hear of others around me. I did hear of one occasion when they checked the private music collection on bethel. There was quite a revenue of "worldly" music and a "soft" pressure to get rid of it.