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  Nails in The WT Coffin

  by hillbilly in

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  nails in the wt coffin-- what kind of nails?

  a while back i posted my opinion that the wt's demise would come at the hand of the "home grown" legal department.

  in my scenario i see the lawyers flitering cash out and creating legal manuvers to protect the players ( like any other corporate "legal theft").

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  Scully said:

  and JWs will be so intellectually lazy that they won't have the fortitude to do the research on their own in the magazines and bound volumes.

  This is exactly what happened with my 'hovah brother when I questioned him about the famous 1/1/89 WT article. He checked the bound volumn and not the original article. I did send him a scanned copy of the original, though.

  No Apologies said:

  And I have never heard of any recall or thinning of the Kingdom Hall libraries.

  This was indeed the case at the hall I attended in the early eighties. They s**t-canned(sent back to the society) all of the older books.

  TR

  Edited by - TR on 30 December 2002 12:18:32
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  Last Post - My Most Painful Public Confession

  by Amazing in

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  my most painful confession

  note to simon: i will use some expletives, but i hope that they will be retained as this is intended to be an otherwise civil and thoughtful post to all my fellow ex-jws.

  please read on, as this is most painful.

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  Jim,

  Well said, and best regards to you. Take of of yourself.

  TR
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  Do you get mad when you post on this site and...

  by gilwarrior in

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  very few people, if any, respond to it.

  i remember when i first wrote my life story on this website and only one person responded to it.

  i remember getting really pissed off.

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  My collection of posts are about the most mundane, trivial, bland pieces of crap to ever soil Simon's forum. Go ahead, click "members" at the top, then find "TR" and look at my posts. Or not. I don't get mad, though. I do think about offing myself for being such a dickweed.

  TR

  Edited by - TR on 28 December 2002 21:36:42
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  $64,000.00 question?

  by Blueblades in

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  its a two-parter.will minimus ever run out of questions and will jh ever catch up to him?.

  side note: i remember an elder given a talk once and he was discussing living forever.his highlight was that living forever means that you would never run out of questions to ask god.why, soon as you got the answer to a question, there would always be the next question.. minumus and jh,i don't mean this in a bad way.both of you ask some meaningful questions and i have enjoyed reading the many different responses to them.i even see you guys passing the watchtowers ,"questions from readers"which i think some are fabricated to keep the rank and file in line as they give their answers to their own questions to allay the real questions we might want to put to them.. keep it going guys.

  blueblades

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  Well, I guess I could finally ask god if there really is a bigfoot. After all, and elder said that bigfoot is a leftover race of nephilim.

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  Poverty and JW life style

  by JH in

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  tell me, can a person on welfare earning (6000$ a year canadian) or ($4000 american) follow the watchtower life style.

  can that person buy suits, ties, shirts, shoes, trench coats, books, suitcase, magazines, follow to assemblies out of town, put money in the contribution boxes, buy books, watchtowers, awakes, pay the rent, eat, etc... can this be a good reason not to go to the meetings, if the elders ask why you havn't been to the meetings?

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  Some 'hovahs are happy to be leaches and show no initiative to work as long as they put the kingdumb first. Pathetic.

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  When is it not worth helping JW's out of the org?

  by sleepy in

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  being an ex-jw who would love to see my friends and other out of the jehovahs witness organisation i face a dilemma, is it always in a persons best interests to know the truth about the truth?.

  when i first decided to leave the organisation, i was happy to speak to my family about why i disagreed with the organisation.then about 6 months ago my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the lungs (due to asbestos poisioning.if you think the governing body are corupt they are nothing compared to the people who produced this stuff).i have desided it best not to mention anything about the organisation untill my family recovers from my fathers death.. so since then i have not said a word about the "truth".that would be so counter productive to my fathers mental health, his and the rest of the families happiness can be only be found in the hope of a resurection , no matter how unfounded that hope is.. i have bumped into some elders from time to time who are in their late 70's and spent all their adult lives in the truth, how about them?there are many in the congregations suffering from depression and other mental problems, what would our knowledge do to them?should we be taking the intiative to help these out, or could we do more harm than good to them?of course i can't know how knowing what know about the truth will effect some people.will it make their lives better or worse.will it free some to fufill their ambitions and desires living a full and happy life or will others be full of regret , deprestion and sadness, maybe even some would comit suicide.. what part will i have played if its me that persuades them?should i wait to be asked about the organiasion, or should i take the initative, is it really up to me to judge who can "take" it and who can't?

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  Good questions, Sleepy. My strategy with my 'hovah brother is, let him know I believe it's crap, but wait for him to ask questions, or bring up minor things in a conversation about something else. Let them make up their own mind wether they want to stay in the cult or not.

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  I know I am addicted to jw.com because....

  by Yizuman in

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  ) i hit "refresh" to see what replies are to a topic or what new threads come up between every 5 to 15 mins......

  ) i hit this forum as soon as i wake up, read forum as i am eating breakfast, read forum again after i finished showering, hit forum while i am getting dressed, hit forum last minute before leaving for work and hit forum when i get home from work.. *passes on thread to the next poster*.

  from the "hitting the refresh button" class.... yizuman.

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  I've been posting here for over 2 years, if that tells you anything. I like this forum, but I don't like it when Simon edits my posts for naughty words.

  TR
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  HELP!!! I need a name

  by bluesapphire in

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  we can't agree on a name for our soon to be born baby boy.. i love the name tristen.

  he hates it.. he wants a basic name like bobby, tony, etc.. is there a name that sounds like tristen but isn't?.

  give me some ideas if you can.

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  I like Brock, Blake, Alex, James.

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  JW CALLS DR. LAURA

  by TR in

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  today while listening to the dr. laura show, a single woman with a young daughter called in concerned about wether or not she should join a religion that she disagrees with on some points.

  dr. laura explained that even she has some bones of contention with her jewish faith, but to join a religion that you have major problems with, especially if you are raising a child in that religion, would be a mistake.

  dr. laura explained how sometimes she has discussions with the rabbis to get more clarity, or to just say what she thinks about a certain practice.. the woman who called explained that when she has a question and goes to the elders, they just tell her to read some publications they have on the matter, and that she could be disfellowshipped if she believes differently.. dr. laura reiterated that it would be a mistake to join a religion that she is uncomfortable with.. the woman never said she was interested in 'hovahs, but it's rather obvious.

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  Dr. Laura's mother was just discovered dead, two months dead, just minutes from the studio in which she records her show.

  I read about that in the paper the other day. Weird.

  TR
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  Dwelling Together In Love & Unity

  by Farkel in

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  dear brothers and sisters,.

  in these difficult and trying times we are so grateful to have jehovah's organization feed us the spiritual food we need at the proper time.

  we are truly blessed that jehovah has used his organization to help us all continue to grow spiritually.

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  Calling paramedics.....can't breathe.....laughing too hard....

  TR