Posts by Ranchette

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REASON WHY wt joned the un

by one in

speculation here:.

1.- un finally became tired of the wt seven head beast crap etc.

2.- wt could be of help to the un.

One,
I didn't mean to sound likesuch a smarty pants to you.
I was just thinking how this sounded like a witness trying to come up with any excuse possible to explain away the connection instead of accepting responsibility for it.
I reread your post and understand where your coming from alittle better.

But after reviewing the evidence so far I don't believe this could have been what happened.The evidence shows that WT solicited this membership and have used the privledges of that membership to its fullest.
Just last night my husband showed me photos of WT using UN planes and busses in a mission in africa.
If this was a forced membership they would have been members in name only and not used all these perks.

Also the UN seemed genuinly disturbed when we showed them what WT had been writing about them all these years.
After becoming members the WT continued to write bad stuff about the UN.If what you suggest is true this would have stopped when they became members.

Ranchette

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REASON WHY wt joned the un

by one in

speculation here:.

1.- un finally became tired of the wt seven head beast crap etc.

2.- wt could be of help to the un.

Ranchette

Wrong!

This sounds like something a JW would come up with.

Ranchette

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I Was Attacked by Demons!!!

by COMF in

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...but lived to tell the tale.

see link below.. comf.

--> http://www.scarletmoon.com/fred/images/weenies/index.htm

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Comf,

I'm so glad you survived this terrible attack!

This is such a coincidence, I was attacked by demons on my front porch too!It was on the evening of Oct 31st.
I don't have photos like you to document my experience.

Ranchette

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Best Excuses for Getting out of Meetings

by Xena in

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being pregnant worked really well for me!

lol i milked that puppy for all it was worth!

got to sit in the back room and nap with my feet up!

Ranchette

I always had to be the example!
This was pointed out to me at home with my parents and then when married to a husband with privledges.
I never had an excuse until I had children.

They get sick and momma had to stay home and take care of them while daddy had to go take care pf his responsibilities at the KH.

It's pretty sad for a mother to secretly hope her child gets a little cold or something so she can get a break from all those meetings!
It's embarrasing now to realize how weird my thinking was.

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If we were a congregation?

by joelbear in

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if the group here was a congregation, what role would each person here play?.

joel

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I want to work behind the literature counter as a bartender.Or is that bartendress?
Serving up drinks and making yall happy!

Ranchette

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Emergency !!!! Can Any One Help?

by Ranchette in

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this plea for help goes out to anyone in the st louis mo area.. okay this is the situation, my father and sister are both disfellowshipped and have been sharing an apt.

since my mom and dad have been separated.. my dad was being kind to my sister who was in need after her divorce.. she was the typical jw just, high school education then depending on a man.

dad agreed to let her live rent free till jan when she graduates from dental school.

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UPDATE!!!!!

Well the Nightmare continues!!!!

Last Friday my sister was left a note that said she had one week to get out of this couples home.
Come to find out the husband didn’t like the idea from the beginning but gave in to make his wife happy.
This little family was already under a lot of stress and things got worse for them after my sister moved in.
My sister was hardly ever there between work and school but the husband and wife were fighting a lot and the children were sick and money tight. He decided this was one stress he could get rid of.
My sister is in a terrible situation with very unusual circumstances.
I don’t have time to do any thing but state the current facts because the reasons she is stuck in this ridiculous situation would take too much time to explain right now.

She is not in a regular campus college. This is an accelerated course. If you quit you loose all your money and get no credit for what you’ve done so far. She cannot transfer either.
She ‘s not making much money; in fact it takes three checks to pay her truck payment. Even if she dumps the truck there’s no money for other wheels and still not enough to cover living expenses.
After the truck payment there’s one check left for insurance, rent, utilities, food, and all living expenses. As you can see she is not any near being able to support her till she gets her education.
We have been looking all week trying to find help for her.
The shelters are strict and you have to qualify first which takes time. They also lock down at 5pm.That won’t work because class starts at 5pm.
We are paying for her schooling now. We are renting a storage building today to put her things in and driving to St Louis tomorrow (Pevely area) to get her out. This is more than we can afford ourselves.
Some guy she doesn’t know says she can stay at his apt for two weeks. I am afraid for welfare living with strangers and she attempted suicide about 2 yrs ago.
All this stress of not being settled and looking for the next place to place her head is affecting her grades.
This is one giant disaster that she wouldn’t be in if her husband and father hadn’t let her down so badly. She has made mistakes but she is the product of a typical JW upbringing,
Depending on men for survival. Now she’s trying to change this and everything is going wrong.
My mother says it’s what she gets for not coming back to the organization, that she’s lost Jehovah’s spirit.
What loving parents to dish out horseshit instead of helping like any responsible parent would?
For any one who reads this update, Thank you for listening.
Any ideas or help welcome.

Ranchette

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Do JWs still believe the WT version of the 144000?

by nicolaou in

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the society have taught for many years that only 144,000 individuals will have embraced true worship from the time when jesus (and presumably john the baptist six months before him) began his ministry in about 30 c.e.

when the great crowd began to be drawn in.. however, even a casual reading of the book of acts shows the phenomenal growth of christianity during the time of the apostles.

in colossians ch1 paul even makes the comment that the good news had at that point been preached to all creation that was under heaven.. in 64 c.e, there were so many christians in rome already that nero felt he could easily blame them for the destructive fire which had swept through the city.

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Eric,
The official teaching of the witnesses I believe goes this way.

The number 144,000 was filled by 1935 thus opening up the earthly hope.
Any one after 1935 who claims to be anointed is just a replacement for an anointed one who proved themselves unfaithful, or one falsly making that claim, or a nut.

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How Reliable is the WT Observer?

by Pureheart in

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sorry for duplicating this post.

i made a mistake and posted on the wrong forum.. my question is, can we rely on the observer to give us accurate information on the jws.

i ask this question because i have read many disturbing things about the society in its early beginnings.

Ranchette

I reposted on this thread because the other one will probably fall off the page.

Much much more reliable than what you get from WT
Seriously though,
The info on the WT observer gives the sources for most of the info contained there.
You can check it out.
That site contains lots of real news stories from around the world concerning JWs.

Ranchette

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sept 11 brings out JW blood-lust

by rcranor in

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i met a bunch of witnesses from my old congregation on a ferry to seattle a month ago.

i tried avoiding them but they spotted me and their was no escape.

they all seemed to be very jovial and asked me if i was going to the meetings.

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richard,

I understand what your saying.
We got email from a witness that seemed to be so excited about what was happening.They just knew the end was almost here!
No feeling for those lost.
It turned my stomach especially when I realized I used to reason that way.
Our natural human feeling and love of man was truly hardened as witnesses.

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Do JWs still believe the WT version of the 144000?

by nicolaou in

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the society have taught for many years that only 144,000 individuals will have embraced true worship from the time when jesus (and presumably john the baptist six months before him) began his ministry in about 30 c.e.

when the great crowd began to be drawn in.. however, even a casual reading of the book of acts shows the phenomenal growth of christianity during the time of the apostles.

in colossians ch1 paul even makes the comment that the good news had at that point been preached to all creation that was under heaven.. in 64 c.e, there were so many christians in rome already that nero felt he could easily blame them for the destructive fire which had swept through the city.

Ranchette

Most are not thinking beyond what they are told.
I had been in the org all my life and never questioned this teaching till I took their advice and started reading the Bible myself.
I had always been so overwelmed by what was expected of me and was paralyzed mentally so to speak till I got so fed up with some of the stunts they were pulling.

I decided to put WT literature on the back burner and read what I believed to be Gods word.
I quickly saw that the 144,000 would have been filled way before 1935!
I was so discusted that I trusted them so much.

Ranchette