Posts by Splash

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They Really Have Imprisoned You.

by Narcissistic Supply in

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i read these heartfelt letters where people pour out their guts and its just amazing.

(as a result....i joined the xjw support group on facebook;ex-jehovah's witness recovery group 3!).

i got pulled in at the age of 44 not because i became a jeho but because my estranged wife did her best to entrap my two young girls.

NEW BIBLE

by The Searcher in

the following is part of an email from a retired district overseer in the states.

(source private).

"the new bible will be released at the agm and i understand only two versions will be printed from now on.

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Annual General Meeting.

Every company has one.

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(Edit: lol, three times for emphasis!)

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there's a lot of rumble in the grapevine of jws that there difinitely is a new bible that 'mother' is releasing at the upcoming agm.. it would be awesome if we could get a sneak peek at some of the changes.

sure would be nice if some of the lurkers on this forum who work at bethel in the writing, shipping or printing department could help us out.

this would really irritate 'mom'!.

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I would like to see both the old and new versions put into a word processor to identify every change.

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Proverbs 4:18 as Last Scriptural Defense for New Light?

by ProfCNJ in

hi folks, good morning.

july 2013 wt study edition has been discussed and commented on at length here in jw.net and in cedar's blog (jwsurvey.org).

won't go to technicalities as significant amount of stellar arguments have cast doubt on the new light, let alone break wt's claims anew.. .

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Or to use the WT style of quote mining,

"Did the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses on these matters prove to be correct? They certainly did not."

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We cant control our urges

by moley in

when i was about 15 i was made to go on the service with a super dub pioneer sister (you know the type, ugly with no dress sense and a wimp of a husband) and as it was the school holidays it was an all dayer (suit and tie in blazing hot sunshine) and she wanted to go back to her place for lunch, she made me sit in the garden while she ate inside as we could'nt be alone together because we might commit immorality (i would have rather cut it off).

has anyone else come across such stupid thinking within the borg.. p.s.

on the plus i side i got sunstroke in the afternoon, passed out cold.

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I once had a sister get in the back of my car when I offered her a lift.

I told her I wasn't a taxi so either get in the front or walk.

We didn't have sex.

Splash.

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Letter From My Mother: Moire insane Watchtower Rhetoric

by confusedandalone in

again, i apologize to any who think i may be going overboard posting these letters, but i am hoping that i can help prepare others for the type of bombardment that they may face when dealing with mentally diseased witness parents who have no idea just how much control this cult has over them:.

august 19, 2013. dear <my name removed> & <my wifes name removed>, .

i had the privilege of attending the convention this weekend for a second time and i must say that i enjoyed it more than the first.

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Ask her how can she put her life on the line for her beliefs, when her beliefs are made to change every couple of years?

Ask her why were the old teachings wrong and had to be changed, how does she know the current ones are not wrong also, and what does she think the shelf life will be for the current teachings.

Ask her to explain who Deut 18:20-22 applies to.

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Please Share one of your Favourite Quotations

by cofty in

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friends

have you ever come across words that resonate with you?

it doesn't have to be a great gem of wisdom, just something that is meaningful to you.. please share, and if you want to, tell us why it's meaningful to you.. here is something that made me nod when i first read it.... .

"fortunate are those who have learned to see, in the wild things of nature, something to be loved, something to be wondered at, something to be reverenced, for they have found the key to a never-failing source of recreation and refreshment".

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The worst phrase I often hear roll off peoples tongues is
"Where there's smoke there's fire".

I despise this phrase. With this you can start a rumour then give it credence all at the same time.

It is the phrase of a small minded person.

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Beards....Do What Your Told! The WT Owns You, You Disobedient, Spiritually Immature, Publisher!

by allyouneedislove in

was talking to an elder about beards.

he said that at bethel, only black and hispanic brothers can have mustaches (any actual facts supporting this decision?).

he mentioned that we don't want to stumble anyone so that they won't hear our message.

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Just tell them it's holy - all the angels are depicted with them.

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Pioneer School - 2 weeks long???

by Lynnie in

i talked to my 83 year old pioneer mother over the weekend and she said she's going.

pioneer school for 2 weeks starting today in lynnwood, wa.

is that how long they usually are?.

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You get a pioneer book and study it over the two weeks.

The 2008 edition is still being handed out but needs updating to the 2010 edition.

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Be careful...

by Vidiot in

i don't think hes dropped a link to it here yet, but cedars has a new blog post up at jwsurvey:.

http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/close-ranks-against-satan-watchtower-prepares-witnesses-for-2014-disappointment.

its title and content are pretty self-explanatory, and as always, its a fine piece of writing, but one section in particular stuck out to me; the part titled reaching out to inactive ones, and it summarizes the apparent desire of the wts to bring wayward sheep back into the fold.. cedars finds it naive and deluded on the wtss part that it would risk having active jws come into more contact with faders, particularly since faders become faders primarily because theyve discovered the truth about the truth.... ...and hes right; if the wts a genuinely and sincerely reaching out to them, it would be naive and deluded.. .

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I can see them using the "They went out from us because they were not of our sort" scripture.

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