Gefangene

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  I was helping a Mature Sister with her tablet for downloading the meeting and then noticed ...

  by Quarterback in

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  this sweet older sister needed help and while trying to download the clm on her tablet, the history showed some porn pictures.

  how does someone overlook that and carry on?.

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  Does she have a grandson or other male relatives? Maybe someone else used her device ;-)
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  Someone anonymously tipped the elders?

  by raven in

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  so here an update on my current situation, in a nutshell i've been trying to quietly fade for the past 5 months.. well, my mom somehow found out that i am currently fading and that i live with my boyfriend (for more info on this check my previous posts) i told her yes i live with him and yes i no longer want to be a jw.

  anyways, yesterday she met my boyfriend.. awkward.

  and after lunch she pulled me aside to tell me that the po came up to her (he was part of my jc when i was reproved) he said to her "someone came to me and said - i cannot say who so they will remain anonymous- but that your daughter is living with someone" my mom confirmed and apparently he told her that i have one week to confess this, and if i don't my parents are obligated to tell them everything.. what kind of nonsense is that?

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  About the lying that you are married. Tell them you got married abroad in your husbands original country and are still in the process of registering your marriage in the usa. Fake the foreign cert.
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  The Watchtower's method to show that it was appointed in 1919 CE

  by Doug Mason in

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  please note that when you tell me of the corrections i need to make that this is a simplfied, minimalist presentation dealing with the society's appointment in 1919.. it is available as a powerpoint show: http://www.jwstudies.com/appointed_in_1919.ppsx .

  and as a pdf: http://www.jwstudies.com/appointed_in_1919.pdf.

  doug.

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  Gefangene

  How presumptuous of them to claim they are appointed by Jehovah backed up by muddy bible prophecies.

  I never fully understood those "prophecies" and after reading your excellent presentation i can see just how outrageous their claims are

  (Edited the first sentence by adding "to claim")
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  Funny stories how u got caught while secretly smoking

  by Gefangene in

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  hey folks.

  to those of you who were secrely smoking while being a jw how did your cover get blown?

  do you have any funny stories to share even if at that time they may not have been funny at all due to impending consequences.

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  Hey folks

  To those of you who were secrely smoking while being a Jw how did your cover get blown?

  Do you have any funny stories to share even if at that time they may not have been funny at all due to impending consequences

  For a while i had my car insured under my elder dads name.. i had been smoking for a couple of months when while driving i was speeding.a little (+~ 12km/h too fast) when a hidden speed camera went off. BOOM

  It took a lovely picture of me pulling on my cigarette that was posted to my dad. Lol

  There was no denying as he had a clear proof of me smoking in his hands. Lol
  
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  Help needed: transgender people and other unclear topics

  by TeaBiscuit in

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  first of all, i am not quite sure whether this is the right place to ask my questions.

  if this is not really appropriate, please tell me in advance, but i really did not know who to turn to, so i thought why not ask the internet... now, i know many of you are apostates and i'm not really looking for "leave it all behind you" answers, but really for experiences, thoughts and ideas... as well as maybe some verses if you can think of any.. anyway, first things first.

  since this is very anonymous and i'd like to keep it that way, i will not give you my name, but still, i think some background info might be helpful.

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  Gefangene

  I highly recommend you reading a book called "crisis of conscience" written by ray franz. You can download it as pdf for free from the net. Just google it.

  If you still want to get baptized after input from this book feel free to. At least you will know a lot of background of the org after reading through the book.

  Pm me if you need help in finding ray franz's books online.

  Love from some middle european country ;-)
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  This generation, Jerusalem, spiritual Jerusalem but what about Judea?

  by Crazyguy in

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  in the book of luke chapter 21 it's writings are very similar to that of matthew where jesus is talking about the end and "this generation" .

  he mentions jerusalem being surrounded and to flee.

  in modern times bible believers believe this generation is about thier generation and jerusalem is refuring to spiritual jerusalem and they point to scriptures in the book of revelations to make the point.

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  Jerusalem is in judea.

  It's like a state capital
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  Today's Text - Be Humble & Don't Judge (The Exact OPPOSITE Of What JW's Do!)

  by Divergent in

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  another nauseating text which proves conclusively that jw's do not practise what they preach!.

  monday, may 9. who are you to be judging your neighbor?—jas.

  4:12.. humility restrains us from overstepping our authority.

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  Excellent post divergent

  The whole issue of judgmental individuals in the borg stinks.

  Who determines who will be shunned by families? The whole concept of forning judicial comittees goes against james 4:12 among numerous other things.

  The kingdom song should be named "listen obey and be judged"

  (Btw what does the abbreviation "COBE" stand for?)
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  To help our brothers displaced by the Fort McMurray wildfires you can donate to ...

  by hoser in

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  worldwide work fund.

  yep they read a letter today after the sunday morning meeting.

  they were also highly encouraging people to volunteer to go to the fort to clean up brothers houses.

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  How wonderful of a "charity" to collect funds to help their own members only. That's a true charity!
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  I'm still on my JWN holidays but had to pop back to share this experience.

  by nicolaou in

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  i'm a postman with the royal mail and was assigned to train a new starter yesterday.

  my line manager introduces me to 'dave', within seconds my jw radar was on maximum!

  in his mid to late 30's, politely spoken and with that haircut - i just knew it.. the post he'd applied for was saturdays only, he said he did a lot of volunteer work.

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  Gefangene

  Wouldn't it be hilarious if Dave is reading on this site recognizing himself in your posting?

  You never know.. lol

  Let's put the joke aside.. it's really beautiful how you care about Dave. You never know.. maybe it was meant to be that you were assigned to work with him
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  Were you beaten as a child?

  by purrpurr in

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  i've been confronting my mother with her dubious parenting skills (abuse) of me as a child.

  particularly the beatings i would get with the wooden spoon.

  not a light smack but hitting me as hard as she could for as long as she could.

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  My mom used to beat me. Slapping my face very hard that my ear felt deaf for a couple of hours. When she was angry at me she chased me through the flat and id throw myself on my bed curling myself up and she beat me with fists allover.. even on the head.

  When I was a teen I got a glass shelf and I remember asking my mother to be careful not to break it during a rage episode directed at me...