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  Thank you, George Couch!

  by charonsdog in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just thought i'd share this story from my past.. back in the 80s i remember the big problem seemed to be about music.

  (today, it's tight pants, i guess) the organization, society, whatever they were calling themselves, were always going on about the music we listened to.

  disco, heavy metal, the whole "backwards masking" thing...couldn't escape hearing or reading about how satan was corrupting us unless we were listening to kingdom melodies or elevator music.. i was assigned to wtf in the late 80s and remember one of the articles stating that "young people know that the rhythm of rock music is the rhythm of sexual intercourse.

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  That was a great story ,by the way I got rid of my young sons KISS album I think he was only about 12 or 13
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  Tell me if I’m wrong - Jeffery Jackson is not a governing body member.

  by Truth and Justice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday, i had my sister come over to tell my mother and i that she will no longer have anything to do with us, because we need to come back to the meetings, it’s what jehovah wants, and hands her a letter to read and asks for a final hug.

  my mother has been dealing with a terrible lost of dad since july, and has been very ill with stress because of it.

  i no longer belong to the organization either, and i have been helping my mother out thru this ordeal, it is just as rough on me.

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  I`m not sure how anyone could have confused your mother with your sister in not believing G,Jackson being a G.B.member ?

  Sorry but it just shows what an ignorant idiot your sister is if she doesn`t even know that and I might add a bitch to boot for cutting off you and her mother.

  Good riddance I say
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  My childhood home, 60 years later. What about yours?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, former children:.

  i really miss my childhood home, which we left in 1960. dad sold it for some 12,000 dollars; it recently sold for somewhere under 1.5 million.

  it's only a tiny bungalow but in a prosperous bay area town, not too far from san francisco, california.. the art and literature that are so important to me -- and for many others of us -- got their start in my heart and mind here in the california mountains.

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  Sorry to say my first home that I grew up in till about 12 yrs. has long gone now, a 2 storey terrace house with a small iron fenced veranda .Similar types of houses that still exist in the inner suburbs of Melbourne (Carlton) fetch 1-2 million dollars nowadays

  My second house I lived in till I got married was in the outer suburbs of Melbourne Close to the Olympic Village where the athletes stayed for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne (Heilderberg West)

  My wife and I have counted over 40 times we have moved in our lifetime mostly renting and only twice have we owned a home thanks to my last employer of over 28 years.

  And yes CoCo I do have a fondness for Gum trees their was a grassed hilly roundabout situated between the Melbourne Cemetery and the Melbourne University which we called 2 tree hill where we would rest as kids after playing football or cricket in the streets.

  There was`nt anywhere neer as many cars in those days as their is today.

  Your painting was depicting the fall ? Autumn down here,LOL
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  Can you top this example of JW corruption?

  by Mace.Bean in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you are a former jw elder, can you share any examples of corruption which you personally witnessed that were kept secret from the congregation?

  following is an account from a longtime elder named tommy who recently disassociated.. the minor daughter of a presiding elder in a west texas congregation committed fornication with a 19-year old baptized witness in her father’s home.

  the daughter had to confess to a judicial committee which included the aforementioned tommy.

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  Billions of people worship and pray to their GOD everyday many people believe their prayers have been answered by their GOD however nobody has ever proved or produced facts that this is the case with any evidence to prove it.

  With prayers being answered all in the mind ,maybe that is where it should stay

  As far as the OP is concerned if all that is true then the relevant authorities should be contacted with the relevant information
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  References to YHWH in ancient documents

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  page 15 of awake!

  2017 provides an image that shows hebrew writing with the statement: “the personal name of god written in ancient hebrew characters appears abundantly in early manuscripts of the bible”.. alongside that image, the awake!

  provides a listing to show “the rendering of ‘god’s name’ in various languages”.. the facts do not support either assertion that the watchtower society makes:.

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  Jehovah`s Witnesses and the name Jehovah .

  The first edition of the book "Aid To Bible Understanding" clearly stated that the name Jehovah was adopted by the WTB&TS simply because it was the most acceptable ,most commonly used and most recognizable name among those in Christendoms circles.

  They also admitted in that first article that Yahweh was more likely a more accurate rendering of Gods name however they chose the name Jehovah because that was the name most people would be familiar with it being more common place in literature at that time.

  And how come Jesus never rebuked the Jews for not identifying them selves as JW`s Isa.43:10 -12 and for that matter Jesus Christ never ever uttered the name Jehovah not once.
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  For Smiddy: Cool and Damp

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  gosh, smiddy, it's nice to have a request for poetry!.

  "the black oaks" describes where i live in the california sierra foothills; we are, for the most part, above the fog and below the snow.

  nevertheless, we do get both occasionally.

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  CoCo my wife and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary a few years ago by going to the USA and I remember going past a park in LA on a sight seeing bus that had Eucalyptus trees their it was a WOW moment for us.

  A little bit of trivia :.Some years ago we were living in an outer northern suburb of Brisbane Aust. which bordered on a National park where koalas live and because of the encroachment of developers into their habitat koalas are now going into the suburbs. (sad)

  We were renting a house at the time with gum trees in our yard and frequently a koala would reside in our tree ,it was a 2 storey house we had and often we would eye-ball the koala.

  My son is married to a Japanese lady and we put her parents up in our house when they got married they couldn`t speak English but were over the moon to witness a Koala walking in our yard and scrambling up a gum tree.

  I`m sure a sight they will never forget.

  Wallabies are often sighted just a few K`s north of their also. Again residential development`s are encroaching on the wildlife.

  In some parts of Australia kangaroos/wallabies are so prolific they are considered a menace and they want them culled.

  I hope they find answers to these problems without causing extinctions to these species.
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  It’s My Anniversary!

  by jp1692 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today is the four year anniversary of the last time i set foot in a kingdom hall.

  it was the day of the kool-aid issue of the wt!

  “at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.

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  happy anniversary jp1692 Watchtower, November 15, 2013 It really boggles the mind to think so called intelligent people actually accept this statement and still support the organization that promotes it.

  They are actually told to obey an instruction from the GB that is not sound or practical ?

  And they accept that and go along with It ?

  This is an organization that is heading down the road of David Koresh /Wacol / The family and every other doomsday cult that has brought misery to those who have had any connection with them.
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  For Smiddy: Cool and Damp

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  gosh, smiddy, it's nice to have a request for poetry!.

  "the black oaks" describes where i live in the california sierra foothills; we are, for the most part, above the fog and below the snow.

  nevertheless, we do get both occasionally.

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  You have a gift CoCo ,correction you have two gifts one with words and obviously one with your paintings .

  I`m in my later years and have yet to find a "gift" that I have ,LOL

  I have a mild fascination with trees forests brooks streams waterfalls and nature in general how can anyone not be moved emotionally by viewing such beauty.?

  I am also especially fascinated with tall dead Gum trees with no leaves on them ,i just wish I could show you what I mean but it`s beyond my PC skills.

  Sometimes here in Lakes Entrance VIC.Aust we get sea mists that cover the town it`s always a delight to experience it.

  We are right on the ocean (90 mile beach) and lakes as well as the forests and snow fields just 2 hours away

  some might say paradise at our doorstep .

  What I love about this site is the diversity of subjects and threads that are posted and in some ways they all relate to our JW experience whether it`s a false expectation or just the realities of life.
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  Are you affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as i intimate in the words below, i like autumn and winter, but there's a downward spiral in my emotions.

  i'm in control, yet, .

  rain, at long last, has touched both our land and my soul.

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  Give a thought to us poor bastards in OZ who are suffering through 40+ deg.celsius and my air condititioning has packed up and we are just relying on fans blowing hot air around .

  C`mon CoCo give me some verse to cheer me up I know you can do it ?

  I am longing for the rain and coolness of the air

  for when the change does come

  I feel I will not despair .
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  Looking for a link to the truth be told movie

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i see this movie in parts but not the whole thing.

  any links?

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  Use the search option at the top right hand corner of your screen and type in Truth be Told doco.