Posts by blindnomore

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Nugget and I have been married 24 years today and our son is 10!

by cantleave in

jw
friends

so glad we are out the cult together it makes occassions like this so much more special..

blindnomore

Happy anniversary and Happy birthday!

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Shunning - Irony, Hypocrisy and Tragedy - Watchtower jw.org

by wannabefree in

***g7/09p.29 is it wrong to change your religion?***.

"no one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family.".

ironically, the religion and publisher of this statement is one of the biggest offenders with their shunning policy of its members who come to the conclusion that their form of worship is unacceptable.. for some, this severe shunning is too much to bear.. ...help me through this my old friends...i really did not want to be dfd!...i am fourth generation....i had already been shunned by my lifelong friends due to my outspoken words regarding my discovering we had changed the bible to make it say what jw's want it to...but now i have lost my family....oomps.

blindnomore

Contrary to their own public version of July. 09 Awake, notice what the latest Watctower Study articles say.

w5/15/2012, para 13 on page 26:

13 Jehovah hates sin, and so should

we. Indeed, we ought to move as far

away from wrongdoing as possible and

not see how close we can get to it without

being overcome by sin. For instance,

we need to guard against succumbing

to apostasy, a sin that would make us

unfit to glorify God. (Deut. 13:6-9) Let

us therefore have nothing to do with

apostates or anyone who claims to be

a brother but who is dishonoring God.

This should be the case even if he is a

family member. (1 Cor. 5:11) We are not

benefited by trying to refute the arguments

of apostates or those who are critical

of Jehovah’s organization. In fact,

it is spiritually dangerous and improper

to peruse their information, whether

it appears in written form or it is found

on the Internet.—Read Isaiah 5:20; Matthew

7:6.

w January 2013

19 On the other hand, if you choose the path of resentment
toward Jehovah, you will distance yourself from him.
Really, what your beloved family member needs to see is
your resolute stance to put Jehovah above everything else
—including the family bond . So to cope with the situation,
be sure to maintain your own spirituality. Do not isolate
yourself from your faithful Christian brothers and sisters.
(Prov. 18:1) Pour out your feelings to Jehovah in prayer. (Ps.
62:7, 8) Do not look for excuses to associate with a disfellowshipped
family member, for example, through e-mail.(1 Cor. 5:11) Stay absorbed in spiritual activities. (1 Cor.
15:58) The sister quoted above says, “I know that I must stay
busy in Jehovah’s service and keep myself in a spiritually
strong condition so that when my daughter does come back
to Jehovah, I will be in a position to help her.”

What a deceitful organization! No wonder the Watchtower has 2 different magazines. One for the recruit(public version) and the other to control dedicated members(study atricle).

RIP, Oompa.

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Telling family about "new light"

by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

okay, now it's my turn to start a thread about the gb/fds "new light" now that it's been well covered by many threads.

i've noticed that a few have brought this subject up with dub family who accepted wt "new light" without objection, saying that it "made sense" for the fds to only be the gb.

so i have an idea of how to bring this up with my family in such a way that will highlight that this doesn't make sense... at all.. and the timing of this whole thing is incredibly convenient for me since it wasn't that long ago that this came up with my parents and i said that the wt interpretation of the fds in matthew was out-of-context and flawed.

blindnomore

The Faithful and Discreet Slave was NOT appointed at Pentecost 33CE, meaning that there has not been a continuous line of members of the Slave Class on the earth down through the ages. The Slave Class was only appointed for the first time by Christ in 1919.

Billy, Please use Watchtower Study aritical 1/15/2012, page 4-8, "True Christians Respect God's Word" as reference. This study article claimed the complete opposite of the above claim. It was less than a year ago.

Notice what paragraph 14 says, "In a parable, Jesus indicated that from the first century onward, there would always be some genuine anointed Christians on the earth.....Let uis consider a few examples." (check para 15-17, they gives examples of indivisuals of genuine anointed. It started out with Archbishop Agobard of Lyons, France(779-840) and ended with George Storrs (1796-1879), who succed by Russel)

18

Watchtower Mind Control "BITE" Videos by a Non-JW

by OnTheWayOut in

i am watching this now and thought others would like it.

it has some tiny tiny misunderstandings of jw's, but this man really has a good grasp on the problem.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szhrleqspd4&feature=channel&list=ul.

blindnomore

Wow! This is a must watch! Thank you OTWO for posting these videos.

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Light a Candle for Oompa

by BabaYaga in

jw
friends

there is a lovely site where one may light a candle for a moment of silence.. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles.

i set up a group, where they may all flicker together, if you like.. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=oompa.

(we love and miss you, oompa.).

blindnomore

RIP, Eric

b.n.m.


http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Oompa

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Intro/fellow abuse survivor

by jwabusesurvivor in

im new to the site, as my username implies i am an abuse survivor, it was more then sexual, it was a very horrific type of abuse and no surprise the jw's that were involved were and still are being protected.

i have found posts here to be encouraging and glad to see i am not alone in my struggle and my fight.. i have a constant struggle/battle with emotional and mental health issues from the many many years of abuse but i am a fighter and try to keep on going, but am so glad to have found this site, it seems to be a source of encouragement :).

blindnomore

JWabusesurvivor, My heart goes out to you. Please feel free to PM me for any further assistance.

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I was happy as a JW! How did I end up here?( 4)

by MC RubberMallet in

continued from http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/239443/1/i-was-happy-as-a-jw-how-did-i-end-up-here-pt-3.

i start getting calls from elders in my hall.

i never answered them.

blindnomore

MC, I have a tremendous respect for your standing up for the right thing and did not give in to fear of men.

I was df'ed for speaking out and exposing Jehovah's Witnesses elders abusiveness toward young people. The saddest part of all was that not one JW did the right thing but fully knowingly they all either condonned or supported elders heinous behavior out of fear of men. JWs have thoroughly proved who they really are worshiping. The elders even before the GB!

Thanks again for sharing your story with us.

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I was just interviewed by CNN Money

by Confession in

it's for their annual feature, "surprising six figure jobs.

" had the interview been longer, i'd have loved to mention the need to carve out a career, despite my religion and parents' lack of support for an education.. cnn money - "surprising six figure jobs".

here's my website, if you'd like to listen to my voice demos and read my blog.

blindnomore

liked!

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I was HAPPY as a JW! How did I end up here? Pt 2

by MC RubberMallet in

continuation of... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/239292/5/i-was-happy-as-a-jw-how-did-i-get-here.

me: so why is it we can make false predictions, but no one else can?.

i see...... do you know my heart?.

blindnomore

MC, Thank you for posting your story. I am looking forward to read part 3.

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Watchtower Library NOT identical to printed publications

by cedars in

i realise the title of this thread will come as no surprise to many of you.

i've certainly heard before of subtle variations between extracts from the watchtower library and the actual printed literature.. what i didn't expect was to find this openly admitted to in the license agreement for the watchtower library, where it says in article 4:.

4. limited warranty.

blindnomore


any pdfs or anything of the original 1989 WT in the image above?

I have the original 1989 WT copy in Korean. I have verified the above image. It's 100% correct.