Posts by nuthouse escapee

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Yesterday was my Son's 21st Birthday

by 00DAD in

yesterday was my oldest son's 21st birthday.

as many of you know, i've been disfellowshipped for over 3 years now.

in the spring of this year i did write to the local boe and request my disfellowshipping be rescinded.

nuthouse escapee

You have my sincere sympathy & understanding. I'm in the same boat as Flipper. My daughter & SIL are pioneering in China. It took me 2 years to track them down. Sent her an email giving her my contact info and told her my heart & door would always be open. I got the expected canned reply, not referred to as 'mom' and told her loyalty was to Jehovah and that HIS heart and door are always open.

It hurts, but I realize it took me until age 45 to wake up & 48 to actually chuck the whole thing. So I have hope that she will eventually wake up. It may take a few years but by reaching out I have assured her that no matter what, I have not, nor ever will turn my back on her.

By trying to reach out to your son, you are in essence saying, son my door will always be open to you. When the time comes that he wakes up to TTATT he will know that you will be there for him.

Just hang in there, you are not alone in this situation. Leslie

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Would you go running back?

by Nambo in

if the tribulations started tomorrow, and all you knew of the bible was what the jws had told you, would you suddenly think, "they said this would happen, and it is, therefore they must be right", and go running back?.

or would you think, "just because eventually biblical prophiesies came to pass that "they" had read you from the bible, doesnt mean they are the chosen religion, because they get all these other doctrines wrong", and know these doctrines well enough to be able to convince yourselves.. .

replies such as "it wont happen cause its a fairy story" wont really help..

nuthouse escapee

There would be no point going back. We got our bubble of protection burst when the WT. said that 'as a group' we'd survive the tribulation, not as individuals and that some could die in the tribulation. It's just so much BS.

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In Your Estimation What Percentage Of Witnesses Actually Believe They Have The "Truth"?

by minimus in

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i think 60% think or hope it's all what it's cracked up to be and the others are just there for different reasons.. what do you think?.

nuthouse escapee

Theocratic Sedition makes a good point regarding the preaching work. When I bought into it all, service was important. When I started 'waking up' service was the first thing I dropped, followed by less meetings until one day I told my ex that I would never set foot in a KH again.

If hours in ministry are an indication then it looks as though many really don't believe. Agreed that many stay in for family and friends. I think the longer you are in the harder it is to get out. I have pity for those trapped between a rock and a hard place because of family. What a sad waste of life.

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Blood, The Jewish Diet and Bone Marrow

by BluesBrother in

bone marrow is the flexible tissue found in the interior of bones.

in humans, bone marrow in large bones produces new blood cells.. it is the engine room of our vascular system producing and releasing red cells, white cells, plasma and platelets into our blood stream.. funnily enough, marrow was not excluded from the hebrew diet even though it contained the blood cells :.

insight p 345. .

nuthouse escapee

Have subsequently found my Bible and looked at the scripture in Micah, definitely about literal flesh and bones. God is supposed to believe life is sacred so if a transfusion is necessary it would show appreciation for life to try and preserve the gift of life that we have. I like many others have been touched by the stupidity of their false reasoning. Lost my mother on the altar of the Wt's blood policy 40 years ago.

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Blood, The Jewish Diet and Bone Marrow

by BluesBrother in

bone marrow is the flexible tissue found in the interior of bones.

in humans, bone marrow in large bones produces new blood cells.. it is the engine room of our vascular system producing and releasing red cells, white cells, plasma and platelets into our blood stream.. funnily enough, marrow was not excluded from the hebrew diet even though it contained the blood cells :.

insight p 345. .

nuthouse escapee

Interesting, Blues Brother. The dictionary also gives the definition of marrow as a long, thick, striped green vegetable with whitish flesh. I can vaguely remember someone using the explanation that the Bible was actually referring to this veggie and not actual bone marrow. I really don't know.

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What is the purpose of excommunication? Consolation magazine (1946) gives its answer

by slimboyfat in

a series of articles in the january 30th consolation magazine from 1946 considers the history and purpose of excommunication in the catholic church.

it notes the failure of the catholic church to excommunicate hitler and contrasts this with the excommunication of bishops who spoke out against the church.

it concludes:.

nuthouse escapee

<<<<<<<<<<to zip the mouths of those who use their heads to actually think for themselves.

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Moshe received proof of a spiritual afterlife in 1999

by moshe in

i have posted this experience of mine before- it's time to resurrect it again.. in 1999 i was in bed asleep and i had a dream- my father and i were shoping at a clothing store called fazios, that i hadn't been inside since i was a boy (closed for many years).

we were looking at some denim overhalls and in walks my mother and brother ( she died in 1991 and my brother had died five months previously).

they told my dad, it's time to go.

nuthouse escapee

You have a PM Moshe

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26% drop in auxiliary pioneers in "special month" between 2011 and 2012

by sir82 in

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friends

i don't recall seeing this posted on this board before, my apologies if the topic is duplicated..... in april 2011 and march 2012, the gb made a "loving provision" to allow jws to sign up for the auxiliary pioneer work with only a 30 hour requirement instead of the usual 50 hours.. in 2011, in the usa, about 500,000 signed up to be auxiliary pioneers.. in 2012, per the august 2012 km, only about 370,000 signed up.. that's a 26% drop in just 1 year!.

granted, in many parts of the us, the march weather is far worse than april's.

but on the other hand, there were 5 saturdays in march 2012 - you could get your "time in" with 5 long saturdays and nothing else.. .

nuthouse escapee

Yes sheep 2 slaughter, I noticed the same thing re: Theocratic Sedition. May the Flying Spaghetti Monster be praised for freeing another one

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OMG, the GB will force the big A (Brazil: Doctrinal Changes)

by bats in the belfry in

isn't that the picture the gb painted some years ago?.

whoever the "king of the north" may be or not, the gb will just declare one to be in existence.

and they will serve him "disturbing reports".

nuthouse escapee

Problem is they will have to come up with new light to explain why they are being 'taken out' before Babylon the Great. Nations are to turn on JW's last and then the trib. not other way around. Look at the trouble Rutherford caused for them with Hitler. Somehow I can see them trying this and putting some kind of spin on it.

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wardrobe 'malfunction' while in service

by nuthouse escapee in

busy street, lots of houses.

felt something clinging to back of my leg.

elastic waistband of my slip died and my slip was hanging 6 inches below my dress.. anyone else have an embarrassing service tale to share?.

nuthouse escapee

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Oops, double post. oh well feel like I truly belong now.

EXWHYZEE: LMAO, trust me, we all looked like dorks & dorkettes standing on the corner. Thank God it was only with mags and not those huge 'sandwich' boards like earlier times.

re: your mom. priceless. She must have nearly had a bird when she realized the only thing between her and a hall full of eyes was her coat.

Similar experience I had at hall. Had a rather full dress, was pregnant at the time. Came out of washroom at the hall with the back of my dress tucked into my pantyhose. I never noticed and returned to my seat about half-way down the middle aisle. Dear god, they should have just let us wear the damn pants.