Posts by NeverKnew

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So if you tell a JW they were raised in a cult...

by NeverKnew in

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friends

yeah...it was wrong.

i got upset and blurted this truth.

seems kinda screwy that telling someone a truth could be wrong.

So if you tell a JW they were raised in a cult...

by NeverKnew in

jw
friends

yeah...it was wrong.

i got upset and blurted this truth.

seems kinda screwy that telling someone a truth could be wrong.

NeverKnew

If I don't chase him away, he may be a keeper.

....darn droid

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So if you tell a JW they were raised in a cult...

by NeverKnew in

jw
friends

yeah...it was wrong.

i got upset and blurted this truth.

seems kinda screwy that telling someone a truth could be wrong.

NeverKnew

You guys gotta make up my mind!

Is the goal to wake people up?

Or leave them in ignorance?

and don't worry, I've turned down marriage offers from others. I'm not desperate nor am I afraid to walk if necessary.

Life keeps putting this man in my path. I'm tired of tripping over him.

If I dont chase him away, he

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Old WT E-Books for Free!

by NeverKnew in

jackpot!

and it's a reliable resource!.

googlebooks has a plethora of russell books online for free as ebooks!

NeverKnew

JACKPOT! AND IT'S A RELIABLE RESOURCE!

GoogleBooks has a plethora of Russell books online for free as ebooks!

I just downloaded The Finished Mystery and Millions Now Living! Seeing many more!

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2012 Memorial Partakers--12,604!

by Atlantis in

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2012 memorial partakers total 12,604.....atlantis

NOW THAT'S HILARIOUS! Seems like my not going to one of these services to get to know the elders may be serving to my disadvantage. Boy would I have questions for them... I'd eventually become one of the first non-jw apostates who was never in the organization.

BANNED!

I wonder if they'd put my picture on the wall of the other KHs?

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So if you tell a JW they were raised in a cult...

by NeverKnew in

jw
friends

yeah...it was wrong.

i got upset and blurted this truth.

seems kinda screwy that telling someone a truth could be wrong.

NeverKnew

UPDATE: I'm absolved of my sin! He approached me with open arms. After the embrace, I looked him dead in the eye and apologized for...

...my delivery.

*ahem*

HEY! GIVE ME CREDIT FOR MY HONESTY!

The two hour conversation that followed needs to be on another thread. I have a few questions.

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Long time listener first time caller

by Defianttruth in

i would like to thank everyone who is a part of this community.

i have been abused by this billion dollar evil religion since i was born.

i am now in my late thirties and have been battling depression issues over my former abuses by this nongoverment organization.

NeverKnew

"I don't blame my parents. I think of them as ill-equipped adults who were lied to. I think they were people living in abject poverty who were the lowest of the caste. The religion offered them away to no longer be at the bottom and to have an excuse for their failures. .... I see them as victims worse than myself. I was able to escape and they are trapped in their ignorance."

VERY well said. I had a heart to heart and learned the story of my JW friend's grandmother whose mother was the reason for the entire family's involvment. In listening to the story, your words aptly describe what appeared to be a contributing factor for the involvement.

A very warm welcome to you. :)

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Is Watchtower $60 million away from liquidation?

by cedars in

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watch this video, posted on jw.org.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjvxobvi5a.

here is my article in response.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-60-million-away-from-liquidation.

looking forward to hearing your thoughts!.

NeverKnew

...hmmm, wondering if the intended goal was to use that phrase to enhance the victory claim.

Operating on a surplus of only $60 million?

I did a research paper in college on the results with respect to leadership appointments in the public vs. private sectors. Wish I still had it. Anyways, we all know that many successful private sector CEO and Board appointments are based on previous performance in leadership roles elsewhere.

So, if leadership appointments have been uh... spiritual - what can be expected? To my knowledge, these "leaders" have no real-life experiences, let alone experience in understanding what it takes to run a financially successful company. Lots of CEOs and business owners have prayed for success, but many have left with more "experience" than financial success.

I think I'm quickly buying in to the notion that the Society's earnings are in stay afloat mode.

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2012 Memorial Partakers--12,604!

by Atlantis in

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2012 memorial partakers total 12,604.....atlantis

NeverKnew

I've read how the Society may have successfully fended off additional partakers by rejoicing in the near extinction of the generation of 1914. That theory had to be thrown into the casket of the cold dead body of the last JW of that generation.

I'm curious, is there ANY chance that some JWs are reading the New Testament and coming to a belief that they should be looking forward to a heavenly hope?

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So if you tell a JW they were raised in a cult...

by NeverKnew in

jw
friends

yeah...it was wrong.

i got upset and blurted this truth.

seems kinda screwy that telling someone a truth could be wrong.

NeverKnew

Okay, all... I've read all of these.

Let's see if I'm absolved of any sin. I may not be so to go in to this conversation maybe dangerous.

Right now, I'm struggling with how to apologize for my delivery. I can peddle backwards and say that the religion is, at the very least, an HCG but I have to be careful.

Depending on how things go, I may post when I get home.

Gotta go.