Posts by Landy

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JW TV

by WasOnceBlind in

so yesterday my mom had be update her tablet and the jw library app (she is technologically challenged).

after i did, she told me if i knew how to get the jw chanel on tv.

(i assume she meant those weird videos the gb has been releasing).

Landy

Oh, it is so easy to keep pushing and give them that one final flippant remark.

However, no one ever woke up by being pushed too far. There's a fine line to try to stay at for maximum benefit.

But, I feel you!

That is so true but sometimes it's difficult to help yourself.

Watching the aftermath of the Paris attacks on TV and my mother was hand wringing and saying how terrible it was.
Before I knew it I said Mother, you go to bed every night and pray for God to kill 7 billion people. 150 is barely getting started.
My wife's mouthful of tea went everywhere :(

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A question .....

by Landy in

hi guys - new poster here.

i was brought up a jw in the uk and stopped going not long after i was married.

that was 20 years ago so i'm not really up to date with the current doctrinal flip flops or the new youtube obsessed gb.. came across this site while googling the name of a local elder who's just been convicted of possesion of a pc full of unpleasant pics of kids.. so, my question.

Landy

Pat on the back? Lol, I've not gone for the last twenty years, haven't given it a thought for the last nineteen. Just came across this place by chance.

I am surprised at the difficulty people seem to have in stopping going, maybe it's different now. I'm certainly not up to date anymore and these sites didn't exist when we stopped going.

Anyway, I don't think this place is for me. It's a part of my life that has long since past and nothing good is going to come from dredging it up again.

it appears I've struck a nerve with a couple of you and for that I apologise. I hope you find the strength to be where you want to be.

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A question .....

by Landy in

hi guys - new poster here.

i was brought up a jw in the uk and stopped going not long after i was married.

that was 20 years ago so i'm not really up to date with the current doctrinal flip flops or the new youtube obsessed gb.. came across this site while googling the name of a local elder who's just been convicted of possesion of a pc full of unpleasant pics of kids.. so, my question.

Landy

I haven't avoided any question. Your inability to read or extrapolate an answer from the things I've written is your problem, not mine.

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Sales of Watchtower headquarters could total $1.2 billion, real estate pros predict

by MaybeSo in

we let the qualified buyers participate in a competitive bidding process and see where the market goes with it, devine told the eagle.. doesn't this logic reflect the same expectation of gambling or buying a lottery ticket?

you don't know if you are going to win big or if you're just going to come out even or lose your $1 investment.. how do they know there's not going to be another market or housing crash the next day and get pennies for their properties?.

how can they honestly say: "...see where the market goes with it" and at the same time condone other for playing lottery tickets or gambling or leaving things to chance like not getting higher education.

Landy

Think about the energy costs to keep all of those buildings with electricity, the cost of maintenance an so on and it becomes easier to understand why the WTS wanted to move out of that area, simply too expensive to operate.

I think that about sums it up - along with the reduced need for printing.

And remember that they aren't actually making money from the sale as such - unsold the buildings are still on the balance sheet.

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A question .....

by Landy in

hi guys - new poster here.

i was brought up a jw in the uk and stopped going not long after i was married.

that was 20 years ago so i'm not really up to date with the current doctrinal flip flops or the new youtube obsessed gb.. came across this site while googling the name of a local elder who's just been convicted of possesion of a pc full of unpleasant pics of kids.. so, my question.

Landy

Sorry, didn't realise answering your question was compulsory, but seeing as you asked twice ;)

If someone is doing something they don't want to do and being somewhere they don't want to be then that pretty much fulfils my definition of not being true to yourself as you're trying to keep on the right side of other people by modifying your own behaviour. Your definition may be different.

However, I do understand people's reason for doing it.

People have to find their own way through their issues and I'm certainly in no position to judge the way in which they do it.

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A question .....

by Landy in

hi guys - new poster here.

i was brought up a jw in the uk and stopped going not long after i was married.

that was 20 years ago so i'm not really up to date with the current doctrinal flip flops or the new youtube obsessed gb.. came across this site while googling the name of a local elder who's just been convicted of possesion of a pc full of unpleasant pics of kids.. so, my question.

Landy

No judgement given or intended, it was simply a question and an observation.

Good luck to those trying to fade quietly away - hope it's as painless as possible.

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ex-jw-uk

by bigmac in

jw
friends

i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

i've already found several by reading older posts..

Landy

Not that far away - I know a lot of people from Ch-Le-St, Washington areas - well, late 80s early 90s anyway.

Hi Landy! Darlington born and bred...

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How Deep was your search in Bible or Religions ?

by Kick50r in

how far / deep was your research on the origins of the bible or religions or most importantly the concepts (heaven -gods - immortality-etc)today many millions of people believe as the truth?.

why did these concepts existed ?.

why so many people today still believe in these concepts ?.

Landy

Richard Dawkins is pretty good for a read - if a bit full of his own self importance.

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ex-jw-uk

by bigmac in

jw
friends

i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

i've already found several by reading older posts..

Landy

North East UK here :)

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A question .....

by Landy in

hi guys - new poster here.

i was brought up a jw in the uk and stopped going not long after i was married.

that was 20 years ago so i'm not really up to date with the current doctrinal flip flops or the new youtube obsessed gb.. came across this site while googling the name of a local elder who's just been convicted of possesion of a pc full of unpleasant pics of kids.. so, my question.

Landy

Oh, yeah super easy to fade away. LOL Not when your entire family is in the org and they all live in the same city. Not when your wife has doubts but tries to beat them back by being more "spiritual." Not when you're a MS and the brothers don't want you to step down because that would mean more mundane work for them.

One of the few things I've learned in this life is that first and foremost you have to be true to yourself. If you can't be true to yourself then you can't be true to anyone else.