Topics Started by Luther bertrand

The New Word for the Day: Apostagasm
by Luther bertrand in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
apostagasm (noun): the excited reaction to any form of protest where awareness of watchtower abuses is increased in such a way that it creates an emotional response associated with increased heartbeat, increased mental acuity, and urges to do your own acts of apostasy and actions where watchtower abuses are given more visibility.. example1: reading ray franzs' book:"crisis of conscience" gave me an apostagasm.. post your own sentence using the word apostagasm.

tell us about a time when you had one!

share and share alike!.
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EXJWSOLIDARITY!!!!!
by Luther bertrand in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
given derek o'hares legal issues for his brave protests i have created an fb banner to show not only exjwsolidarity but also that we appreciate derek's protests.

if you have not viewed his protests go to the "derek ohare1" youtube channel.

here is the fb banner that was i created fix it to your own fb page and show support for derek and all strugglers!.
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What ever happened to Greg Stafford?
by Luther bertrand in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i met him a couple times at some debates and ran with a circle of friends?

however, i never heard what happened to him.what the heck is he up to after having written 3 dissertations.
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EXJW's in Mensa?
by Luther bertrand in
1. jw
2. friends
any exjw's or faders out there in mensa?

any online groups for this niche?
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Who am I? - How to find the well lived life after undue influence
by Luther bertrand in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i was added fairly recently to the aawa network (thank you richard e. kelly ) and have been a lurker/fader for many years.

the ex-jw community, from a far, has offered me so many ways to help go through my own thinking while awakening and working through my own crisis of conscience.

however, i do have a critique of our community.
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Witness Punk and Metal Band Names
by Luther bertrand in
1. social
2. humour
here is what i would name my band(s) let see if you can list some funny ones as well.

here is my list:.

local needs.
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Walking a thin line - Resigning Elder
by Sanchy in
1. jw
2. friends
warning of a long boring post ahead.

i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.

i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.
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Seeking Source material
by Doug Mason in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i am calling on the combined scholarship of this site to help me with my research..

under the subheading of “who selected the canon?”, pages 27-28 of the watchtower of april 1, 2010 quotes professor oskar skarsaune and professor kenneth berding..

the watchtower writes:.
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Raw Footage of Australian Royal Commision
by Luther bertrand in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i see alot of youtube channels that have footage of the hearing, however i can not find the original footage?

can anyone point me in the direction of where the original footage is?

i am working on a project and do not want to strip footage from someones channel or steal someones work in terms of editing it or downloading it and uploading it with changes.
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College and EX-JW Discontent....Questions and Stats
by teenyuck in
1. jw
2. friends
*many* ex-jws say that they were robbed of an education due to the wtbts and as a result, they feel that their families and the wt screwed up their life by depriving them of the opportunity to go to college and therefore, earn a high salary at a job they love.

here is a link to the us census which shows that approximately 26% of the us population graduates college.

page 5, towards the bottom, shows the college graduation stats.