Posts by TweetieBird

Just had the CO visit and a circuit assembly and the big push is on to do business territory and street witnessing and less door to door. We've been encouraged to "go where the people are!" Which brings me to a funny coincidence. The other day I was taking my yoga class (which I'm hiding so that I won't be df'd) ) and I'm working out by the window and I happen to look out the window and see a sister from my hall entering the building to do business territory. I quickly grabbed my towel and wiped my face. Whew...that was close.

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Revelations

by Tatiana in

has anyone seen this new series on nbc?

it started last week.

wednesday nights at 8pm.. http://www.nbc.com/revelations/ .

TweetieBird

I've watched both episodes so far, it's okay.

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POLL----

by minimus in

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how many here have been a jw since the 70's or before?......80's on?

?

TweetieBird

Parents became witnesses in 1950, I was born later that decade, baptized in 1972.

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how can you stay?

by zaphod in

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speaking as someone who believed it all right up until about a year after i was df'd i just cannot understand the reasoning of people who don't go out on field service, don't go to meetings, don't participate or believe and still stay in the organisation.. i know that it is hard to leave, it's made to be hard, but some of the postings on this site make me think that it must be harder still living a lie and keeping up the pretense.. if you don't believe, why would you want to conform to all the petty rules and subject yourself to men that you don't believe have any authority.. i really do hope that as soon as possible you can all take a deep breath and finally be true to yourself.. zaphod

TweetieBird

For me it's because of family, but trying to do the slow fade.

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Governing Body talk in Holland - GB decisions are Jehovah's decisions

by truthseeker in

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it seems that few are aware of it, but the whole talk here is posted.. http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/viewtopic.php?t=2337&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=45.

seems like holland is having problems with jw authority.. thought i'd paste a few comments from the board before pasting the talk, so you can get an idea of what is happening.... --------------------------.

thanks for the update from holland.

TweetieBird

"This have something to do with The SEVENTH OPEN LETTER by rijk janssen?" What is the seventh open letter?

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Were You a Little Prude JW?

by minimus in

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were you a prude as a jw?

are you still one?

prudes, (especially jws) are so judgmental.

TweetieBird

I was until I got married to a JW badboy.

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Why is the Watchtower Society modelled on the Old Testament?

by truthseeker in

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it is a fact, that the watchtower have relegated jesus christ to "just another servant of jehovah.

got a copy of "the greatest man who ever lived" book?

the only book they publish dedicated to jesus, doesn't even have his name on it.

TweetieBird

This was what really got me to start questioning the borg. Studying the Greatest Man book, I realized that the Governing Body was a modern day version of Caiphas and his croonies.

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JW False Teachings About Roman Catholics

by rebel8 in

apologies if this has been done before.... .

when i left the troof, i happened to learn many of the things i had been taught about rcs were lies.

i thought it would be interesting to see how many jw false teachings about rcs we can list.

TweetieBird

"Myth: RCs widely supported and helped the Nazi movement before and during WW2. (Fact: This is largely exaggerated.)" Didn't the witnesses support Hitler at one time? I thought I read that somewhere but not sure.