Posts by ZAPPA-ESQUE

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Try Being Kind...It Actually Feels Good!

by EyesOpenHeartBroken in

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friends

let me start by saying that this forum has been helpful to me in many ways.

i haven't gotten involved in much commenting and i am not very assertive by nature so i've steered away from participating in debates.

but i have read threads often and had a sense of community.

ZAPPA-ESQUE

Timely post .......I think a "commenting decorum renaissance" is a good thing !

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900000 US$ donations from Brother Nelson (aka Prince)

by sp74bb in

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friends

2005 - $20,000 for chanhassen jevovah witnes y st louis jehovah witness2006 - $130,000 for jehovah witness kingdom hall2007 - $800,000 for peccole ranch lakes kingdom hall fund.

the amounts of his donations has been posted in other forums with copies of the public tax filings of his love 4 one another foundation..

ZAPPA-ESQUE

It was just too unusual that he received a press release statement post-Morte ! [subject to verification of this report]

23

Healing

by compound complex in

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friends

i feel an unfamiliar restlessness in my lower body.

too long have i been confined to my sickbed; my mind and heart coax me arise and gaze upon the world outside.

it is no longer a matter of fighting long-entrenched despair.

Another generation....

by joey jojo in

it has been 21 years since the 1995 article that pretty much buried the idea of the '1914 generation'.. remember those guys?

the ones born in 1914 that would still be alive when the end of the system arrived.. i'm glad i'm old enough to remember going from door to door, preaching this belief.

the reason i say that is because i have a lot of 'still in' jw friends and family.

joey jojo

"Eager to see the end of this evil system, Jehovah's people have at times speculated about

That should read : The GB have at times [often] speculated ............................ That is a deliberate attempt to push the focus back onto the R+F ..as usual

23

Thankful for my babies

by BeautifulMind in

i hope everyone is having a good day/night.

so i was just reflecting on how happy i am to have my babies, despite the orgs.

not so subtle requests that married couples not have babies in order to further serve the org.

ZAPPA-ESQUE

Ditto BeautifulMind

We were strongly encouraged to remain childless - and so our first baby who has just turned 26 came along after we had been married 11 years/

She then had Bilirubin issues and we had to face a major blood issue just hours after she was born.

When I reflect back on how easy it could have been to have listened to this "sage" advice to remain childless I actually start to tremble ! Damn that was a close call !

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Full Regional Convention 2016 Outlines Leak in Spanish

by wifibandit in

the full program has been leaked in spanish.. http://www.extj.com/showthread.php?27685-juego-de-bosquejos-de-discursos-de-la-asamblea-regional-2016.

here is my back up, including the files already extracted: link.

i have yet to read it.

ZAPPA-ESQUE

..............Thanks WiFi .......now I need to have a leak ...................!

14

Special Day for our family today!

by Captain Schmideo2 in

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friends

my son graduates with his bachelors degree, cum laude!.

he is the first in my family to graduate with a four year degree.

and he is already in talks for a teaching job.. so, gerrit lush....up your nose with a rubber hose!

ZAPPA-ESQUE

Not mit zer rubber hose ! .......mit zer leder hose !

Congrats to you and your son !

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RC 2016 Leaks & Releases

by wifibandit in

in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.

now, on with the leaks & releases!

first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.

ZAPPA-ESQUE

breakfast of champions - you mis-spelt CULT in the 135th repeat - please fix your typo ! ................lol

15

What would happen if...

by StarTrekAngel in

in an effort to excuse yourself from elder persecution, you present an argument.

whether at a jc or just in an average elder shepherding call.

most people who have confronted a jc, have tried to explain to the elders about what they know of the org but the incriminating questions always come up.. when confronted with the question, do you still believe the gb is the f&ds?

ZAPPA-ESQUE

Oh we had this in our recent pre-JC visit by 2 elders :

So I found the Video and the Transcript of Geoffrey J before the ARC - you know, where he is asked if he believes the JW are the True org etc . Played this to them and invited them to follow on the transcript and then told them that my current position and answer to their question is the same as GJ's ! .................until further notice and that I am applying a "waiting attitude" .................................That seemed to settle the matter ................[and they retired until a further time" ]

Also asked for a Biblical ex-splanation of Bro Splanes splanation of the Overlapping Generations - No answer offered !

No JC ...............yet !

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“Even if this wasn’t the Truth, I need the structure.”

by Londo111 in

i remember many years back a fellow ministerial servant saying this to me.

he felt that even if jehovah’s witnesses were not the only true religion, the regimented routine of meetings and field service and the strict rules and enforcement provided a beneficial structure for his life.

at the time i thought if this wasn’t “the truth”, i’d have no need for all that “structure”.

ZAPPA-ESQUE

He has not searched for or tried to truly discover what life ought to be about !

I ....."think" that after 50 years in the cult and now out I am starting to truly find the meaning of life myself ...Its a Nice journey now !

FayeDunaway = ditto ...In a post-cult chat with my children they told me in graphic detail about the father and elder I was and what life was like under me and my beloved at that time - It was horrifying to listen to that ! I wept openly.