Posts by Emery

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Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)

by slimboyfat in

jw
friends

after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.

thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.

i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.

Emery

SBF, I've always enjoyed your thoughts, I hope whatever decision you make that it remains on YOUR terms.

I'm actually going through a similar situation myself, returning and all. My wife's mother is old in age and our exit could possibly devastate her if we continue -- we do not want it to negativity affect her health. A good number of jws have continued reaching out to us and have remained in our lives throughout this process which has made it even more difficult. We know their friendship is conditional, we know the Watchtower is fraud, but longtime childhood friends are post-poning our exit. So, we have decided to go only on Sunday's and that's it. As an agnostic atheist I would not be able to bare anything more than that. It's remains on our terms and we will not sacrifice anything other than 1.5hr on Sunday mornings.

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Time to take my mask off.

by braincleaned in

after more than two years here on jwn, i will unmask myself and finally close the closet door behind me, fully coming out.. let me be pithy.. my name is vincent deporter.

i'm a writer/artist published a little all over the place.

i started my career in france, about 35 years ago.

Emery

Absolutely amazing work, can't wait to see more!

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About my Coming Out...

by braincleaned in

since my coming out publicly, i have received a lot of kind words.. i wanted to thank all of you from the depth of my heart.. .

on the other hand, i need to make two things clear:.

i'm often encouraged to use my position to create cartoons or stories for nickelodeon, etc.... i do not have that kind of fire-power.

Emery

Going a little off topic here but as a fellow artist, awesome work!

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No more by us!

by Atlantis in

no more boes or kingdom ministries will be posted by us on this board.

there is a very important reason why!

beware of anyone encouraging you to post any boes on this board.

Emery

Im still confuzed, but Atlantis thank you so much for all the hard work you've done in getting us food at the proper time :P.

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Use Of Electronic Tablets At Meetings

by Brother Mike in

i do.. what does the soceity actually say about them?

(i know some the members of the gb use them) .

what do you think about using them at meetings?

Emery

Funny how a few years ago they had a big hubbub at the district convention about staying away from buying the latest gadget/iphone. They even used an exaggerated big ass manual to show how time consuming it all was. Now, that same techology can be used from the very platform they condemned it from. Nice work Watchtower.

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4 Letters from the Branch read tonight, no warning from this site

by James Jackson in

jw
friends

tonight at our meeting we had 4 letters from "the branch" read at our meeting.

i was caught off guard since we usually have an advance warning when these letters are going to be read.

is the watchtower getting better at hiding these letters?.

Emery

Thanks James, I missed those letters myself.

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Stand For Pure Worship, what convinces you that the governing body is being used by Jehovah? Thanks.

by The Quiet One in

i struggled with this question before i got baptised.

what helped you to overcome any doubts?.

Emery

The Watchtower are nothing but false prophets. They were the most guilty of that sin during their 1918-1919 inspection. There's no way in HELL, they were appointed by Jehovah. Everything from that time period is riddled in false predictions, pyrmidology, and Jesus' presence occuring in 1874 (until 1943 this was taught).

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"God's Word Is Beneficial..." 2013/14 Circuit Assembly "Highlights"

by 88JM in

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friends

just had the circuit assembly this weekend here:.

surprisingly not much fuss over the new bible considering that this was the first meeting for most here to use it (the annual meeting was "invite only" for a select few here, and there was no thursday meeting because of this assembly) and having a new bible was only referred to fairly briefly in a comment about how "wonderful" it is (and in the closing prayer).

i think i was the only one there with an old maroon nwt - i got a confused look from one of the elders - haha!

Emery

The special day they had yesterday in my area had only 2 people get baptised! Praise Jah.

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Email conversation with a colleague

by zakharijah in

i just wanted to share this conversation i had by email with a jw colleague last year at easter.

(on my professional email address).

or how can you say to your brother, allow me to extract the straw from your eye; when, look!

Emery

One of the nicer JW email exchanges i've seen.

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Can you really give the WT app a negative review?

by bytheirworks in

seriously guys, can you really give the wt app a negative review?.

i mean it does what it says it will do in a sleek way... right?.

so why the calls to give this app bad reviews?

Emery

I don't expect to argue Jdubs out of their beliefs through an app review. Thing is, no one really challenges their beliefs, so this could be a great way to get many jdubs exposed to TTATT for once. Here's the thought process. Witnesses will probably get pissed if they see some bad reviews for this app. They will search it out and they'll see what has been said. For those curious enough, reading anything about TTATT can set certain doubts in motion. It may not happen immediately but can linger and grow years down the road, hopefully freeing them from this cult. Even if it only helps 1 or 2 out of this organization, it is well worth it.