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Good Friday, bloody good times had by all

by designs in

penitants from all over the world will reenact the crucifixion scene with some literally being nailed to a cross.

others will walk on their knees bleeding, holding candles, saying prayers.

in thousands of churches around the world the mel gibsonish scene of a pulverized jesus will pull at the emotions of christians.. as jws we always saw this rather bloodless sanitary nordic looking jesus to deal with but within the catholic and protestant churches this is their week to go full on corporal.. what do you suppose the fascination is with the crucifixion..

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One thing I have noticed here in Australia, is that the Catholic, Anglican etc. church leaders who are preaching the Good Friday message on TV are actually more inline with the Bible's message then the JW's have ever been. The death and resurrection of Jesus, forgiveness of sins, love and charitable giving. No rules and regulations and a looong list of divine requirements.

This time last year I was handing out memorial invites like they were going out of style, believing that I had the true message that people needed to hear. I now listen to mainstream church leaders and I can see that they are doing a much better job of preaching the Good News than the JW's. No magazines on 'The Mighty Carrot' or the 'The Humble Potato', just the Good News.

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Flipping out at the meeting

by BU2B in

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unfortunatley, i still go to many meetings as i am working on getting my wife to wake up.

for the most part i maintain my composure but there have been two or three times when i actually have gotten so upset and the frustration built so high that i have come very come close to actually slamming something down or pounding the table in the literature room, or shouting out how i felt!

has anyone else felt this way?

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I know the feeling, it usually starts during the opening prayer and lingers untill the final amen. I only occasionly attend meetings now as they are not good for my sanity. Kinda sad because I have family and friends there who I love, but going to meetings is like eating rotten food. During the final talk at the last CA I had to leave, I had well and truly had enough.

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What is your religious belief now?

by jwfacts in

i have a new poll at jwfacts.mobi/pollsarchive/ as i am very interested to see what people have moved on to believe.

as this is considered sensitive by some, you can answer anonymously at the jwfacts.mobi/pollsarchive/, or answer on this thread.

this is what i have created in the list, but feel free to add comments, corrections, or options i have missed.. .

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A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is kicked out for what he knows. — Samuel Clemens

Nice.

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My life of Debauchery since leaving WTBT$-They were right!!!

by Gojira_101 in

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since april 1st will be officially 6 months and i will be considered inactive, i thought this would be a good time for me to review my life since leaving....and i guess wtbt$ is right in that my life would return to a debauched state if i left them...so here is my review and i'm being totally serious here.. .

sex: yes i have sex with my husband.....i guess we have returned to the world because we take advantage of our marital dues.. related to sex: no longer just missionary.

drugs: yes i have been taking drugs......my allergies have been so bad the last few days i just couldn't handle it anymore and i gave in to the temptation to take over the counter allergies medicine.. rock and roll: yes......i am no longer listening to the kingdom melodies (i never really did anyways), and have gone to listening to the devils music.

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Congratulations on the deplorable state of affairs your pathetic life has become without the WTBS. You really are pure scum. Not to worry, all appstates have terrible mental diseases.

April will be six months of inactivity for me also. I have already sacrificed my children to Satan on the altar I built in my living room.

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Shiver Me Timbers I Gots a Bible Study Matey!

by RayPublisher in

the new wt 2013 june tells kids that they might get to study with a pirate someday!

perhaps johnny depp will be resurrected for just that purpose?.

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Does a pirate get to walk the plank into the baptismal pool? If he had peg leg and a hook hand, does he get to keep them in the new system? Will his parrot that he kept on his shoulder get a chance at everlasting life?

I think these are valid questions that Jehovah's organization needs to answer.

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Shiver Me Timbers I Gots a Bible Study Matey!

by RayPublisher in

the new wt 2013 june tells kids that they might get to study with a pirate someday!

perhaps johnny depp will be resurrected for just that purpose?.

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Playing with vegetarian lions and preaching to pirates in a paradise on earth?

Sounds reasonable.

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Suspected Jehovah's Witnesses attacked by pitbull in the preaching work

by cedars in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrdafq0xac.

i guess this sort of thing is bound to happen, even though the society implies that angels are out there protecting jehovah's witnesses from harm.. interestingly, it wasn't an angel who came to the rescue, but a "worldly" bystander with his gun.. .

cedars.

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I never went near any house that had a dog sign, mainly because I was looking for any excuse to avoid making contact with people. Just a gate was enough for me to skip to the next house.... the guy in the next house looks busy lets move on to the next house....... that cat looks creepy better skip that one and ...... I think it's your turn on this door Brother X, I did the last one two weekends ago.

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NLP, Subliminal Messages and the WT Writing Department

by 00DAD in

a few years ago i became interested in the subject of neuro-linguistic programming (nlp).

while the core concepts of nlp have been largely discredited as new-age pseudo-science, there is no doubt that there is at least some validity to the idea.

words and images remain the key way we communicate.

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I think what they are saying is...... It is not wrong to want to associate with your dissfellowshipped family. It is wrong though if you do associate with your disfellowshipped family, you will make Jehovah very sad.

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Still in with kids

by thinking_ability in

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I feel for you, this is a difficult situation.

Reminds me of this. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/249339/1/An-offer-from-the-Governing-Body

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Memorial Invites from Door to Door?

by NeonMadman in

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is this the first year that the jws have been out aggressively handing out memorial invitations from door to door?

i've been out for about 12 years now, but as i recall, congregations used to receive a relatively limited number of memorial invitations, and they were pretty much reserved for bible studies, good rvs, inactive persons, and others who had some sort of connection to the organization.

they were not just randomly handed out from house to house - that was what the "special talk" invitations were for.. it occurs to me that this might be an attempt by the wts to pump up the memorial attendance so as to maintain the illusion of continued growth.

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Someone came with an invitation for me Saturday, and it had an invite to the special talk as we.. A two-for?

This has been the same in the past, with an invite also for the special talk. At the end of the Memorial, there is an announcement about the special talk and all are invited to attend.

The problem is, all the visitors are so confused about the other sheep, the bride of Christ, the little flock, the great crowd, the anointed, the 24 elders and the rejecting of the sacred emblems that they don't feel like going back.