Happy birthday bro!
I celebrated it by voting in the city council elections and listen to my baby girl sing Sinterklaas songs ;-)
Anders Andersen
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It's My Birthday Today
by pale.emperor intoday is my 34th birthday.
or, my 3rd birthday that i've actually acknowledged seeing as i was raised in the cult.. i woke up this morning to my 4yo running into my room and wishing me a "happy birthday daddy!".
i got a card from my ex-jw brother and i bought myself a birthday gift - a new 50mm lens for my nikon camera (photography is a hobby i took up since leaving the cult).. i dont know about you guys, but birthdays is still something i have to make a conscious effort to acknowledge and enjoy.
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For those who are athest, or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?
by Tameria2001 ini'm not asking this question to cause an argument or accuse, but i am honestly just wondering?
for those of you who are now atheist or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?
i hadn't given this much thought until about a year ago.
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Anders Andersen
Real simple: I started on a journey to find credible, testable, objective evidence that would support my religious beliefs.
I found none. I was forced to conclude my beliefs were not founded in any evidence. So what good is hanging on to them?
To be sure, I prayed a lot a put a simple test before God, much simpler than some of the tests faithful people mentioned in the Bible are said to have put before God.
God didn't respond in any way or form.
So, no evidence and no response. To me, that's clear enough.
Hadn't I been indoctrinated from birth I would never have come to believe in God based on the (lacking) evidence.
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Did the WTBTS really print this stuff?
by Giordano ini am not going to delve into the opinions and information provided by the good folks on this forum on matters of health and science in another post.
instead i want to make clear that the wtbts provided a fountain of information on this subject.
feel free to add any other misinformation you received.
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Anders Andersen
To be fair, much of the crazy Golden Age stuff was not written by Watchtower staff, but letters they received.
Of course one can wonder why they would print insane and ridiculous statements that people sent them by letter...
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Things you will never hear a good Jehovah’s Witness say (to another Jehovah’s Witness)
by hoser ini’ll start it off.
boy did we get drunk last night.
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Anders Andersen
Since the Law of Moses doesn't apply to us I shaved my beard and got a nice tattoo. Wanna see?
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Do you remember this?
by Gorbatchov inwhen g. was a litle kid, remembering the watchtower study at age 9, hearing all the stuff, the paragraph, the questions, the answers, about topics i could not understand, so it became so abstract that it was not entering my ears and brains.
it felt that i was no part of the group, someone alone on a distant planet.. do you remember this feeling?.
g..
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Anders Andersen
Mom, what is heavy petting?
That's when you keep some large pigs as pets kid!
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Do you remember this?
by Gorbatchov inwhen g. was a litle kid, remembering the watchtower study at age 9, hearing all the stuff, the paragraph, the questions, the answers, about topics i could not understand, so it became so abstract that it was not entering my ears and brains.
it felt that i was no part of the group, someone alone on a distant planet.. do you remember this feeling?.
g..
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Anders Andersen
Not really. I think I felt more like a boss as I knew all this important stuff that most people didn't know. Especially the first time studying Revelation book at the book study. I was around 8 I think.
I remember some other stuff too:
- When very young: sleeping on the floor between the seats during conventions. The constant buzz of the crowd and the building, the echoing monotony of the speaker's unintelligible voice that entered my sleepy brain from far, far away. There's no better place to enjoy sleep than when you're supposed to listen to life saving instructions from God lol.
- When a bit older: being bored out of my mind at meetings. We couldn't bring any toys, always say in first row, so there was not much I could do. I crossed my legs, and my knee became a mountain lair. My finger became a car that sped up the hill for some heroic task or another. I think I'd be able to entertain myself if I ever find myself locked away in solitary confinement.
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The effect Crisis of Conscience has...
by pleaseresearch inwould love to read this book one day and give it to my mum and brother who are both in the organisation.. so many people i see on videos claim that this book was the nail in the coffin.
but do you know anyone where it had no effect on them?.
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Anders Andersen
Would love to read this book one day
If reading a physical copy is too dangerous for you right now, buy the ebook version.
In the Kobo store you can buy it for under 10 dollars, and you can read it in the Kobo app on your phone, tablet or PC.
Just go buy and read it .
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Secret documents from WHQ: JWs do everything to avoid reporting CSA
by jochie inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clbnspvradui have seen the documents myself but i am not able to share them without jeopardizing the source.the rtl broadcasting company has spoken to the orginal source and we know that these documents are real..
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Anders Andersen
This is big.
One because of the letter and its contents. Dutch MPs will have a field day with that.
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King of The North: circular news top?
by Gorbatchov infriends,.
with the circular speading of my satire tread about the annual meeting on many different ways, even informal across the jw organization, i'm pretty sure that the news about russia (new king of the north) is not real.. there was a moment i thought that it was a coïncidence that incoming messages mentioned it also.. now i suppose it started all with my op, went trending through the organization (even through bethel belgium) and became a story on it's own.. this is not realy my style and i'm not proud of it.. g..
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Anders Andersen
Some say it was announced at the AGM though.
My PIMI NIECE AND HER husband attended the AGM and it was made OFFICIAL -Russia is now the king of the North because they have been taking the lead in persecuting "God's people"- those poor Russians everyone has it in for them lately!!!..
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King of The North: circular news top?
by Gorbatchov infriends,.
with the circular speading of my satire tread about the annual meeting on many different ways, even informal across the jw organization, i'm pretty sure that the news about russia (new king of the north) is not real.. there was a moment i thought that it was a coïncidence that incoming messages mentioned it also.. now i suppose it started all with my op, went trending through the organization (even through bethel belgium) and became a story on it's own.. this is not realy my style and i'm not proud of it.. g..
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Anders Andersen
@AverageJoe: please state page number or provide a quote.
The book does not mention 'Russia' even once. 'Soviet' in mentioned once but only in the context of WWII.
'King of the North' is mentioned 8 times but he is not identified.
The book suggest that the attack of the King of the North is the same as the attack of Gog of Magog and the attack of the Assyrians though.
So as far as I can see the book doesn't say Russia is King of the North at all...