riz and i were laughing about john denver the other day, now i don't care about him hating jws, but i agree with riz's assement of his music. i think the thing i always hated the most about j. denver was his hair! i hope one of my friends will shoot me if i ever have that haircut-riz remember this, please.
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_______hates Jws!
by NikL ini was thinking about this the other day.
when i was a jw there were always stories circulating around concerning a certain entertainer hating jws.
i suppose it was some sort of jw urban legend but it goes like this.... a jw couple is at a concert by some artist while in another town for an assembly.
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Elders' Gems of Wisdom
by stephenw20 inmy dad asked the co about this one.
mat 27:52-53. and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, .
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
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i was gone this weekend, and i had the pleasure of comung back to all the hilarious stories on this thread. i thought i'd add a couple more even though they aren't about elders because these stories about kids reminded me of them. when i was a kid they used to let really young kids run the microphones at our hall, i had this "priviledge" even though i was only about 8 years old, and so did most of my buddies. it happened to be my first talk on the main stage and my family was feeling quite proud-i was about to ruin that. my buddy was taking the mic back to the rear of the hall, walking past me-i don't know what possessed me, but i was sitting at the end of the isle and i put my foot down on the mic. cord that was dragging behind my friend. so there my friend is, in the back of the hall, yanking on the cord, and there i am holding my foot on it, and we are having a tug o' war match in the middle of the meeting. finally, my father realizes what's going on and gives me a look that has the threat of death. after the meeting there was a good number of people that my dad took me to, to apologize, and, needless to say, we didn't celebrate my first talk in the front that night.
a few weeks later i was hanging on the contribution box in the back and accidentally ripped it right out of the drywall. i guess i knew it was b.s. at an early age:) the k.h. and i have never really gotten along that well:)-nate
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Did you burn the sacred documents?
by LovesDubs in...or did you shred the shit out of em so even the garbage man wouldnt become accidentally sucked into this cult like i did?
during the time i read crisis of conscience i went into a two week long rage.
i was angry all the time for being duped and i hated every witness on the planet, mostly for being as stupid as i was, and the upper echelon at the society...i just wanted to castrate them.
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i understand all your thoughts, but i'm with ozzie and a few others-i keep references and didn't stop my jw mother-in-law from getting rileygurl and i a sub. to the mag.s. this way i have their falsehood right at my finger tips just in case i need it. i used to not want any of it in my house, but then i realized i might need it for a proper defense if a family member ever got to the point where they would have an "apostate" discussion with me.-nate
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Pinpoint a Pedophile
by silentlambs inthe "pedophile survey" is a way to give information and it be used to give survey results to see the extent of the problem.
we have added victim stories and a few other modifications it is a gradual work in progress.
check in from time to time and sign the guestbook.
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thank you, silentlambs, for being there for all the victims. thank you for posting here.
fred-i am disgusted. it seems you have sunk to a new low. my sadness for you comes from the fact that you are probably not ashamed of yourself-you should be.-nate
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Elders' Gems of Wisdom
by stephenw20 inmy dad asked the co about this one.
mat 27:52-53. and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, .
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
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oops, double post-i'm such a tard:)
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Elders' Gems of Wisdom
by stephenw20 inmy dad asked the co about this one.
mat 27:52-53. and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, .
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
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riz-talking to you earlier, my all time fav. has to be when an elder told me that if, IF mind you, i made it into the new system of things, it was a FACT that my tatoos would be taken off my body by jehovah. i showed him the scriptural content of the law on tatoos(mosaic) and the other elders told him i had a point-didn't phase him, though.
p.s. riz is the funniest person i have ever met:)-nate
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Jehovah's Name!
by VeniceIT inone thing that really bothers me is how jw's think jehovah will protect them from any scandle because they have his name and he won't want reproach brought upon it.. well, if they read their bibles and looked in the old testament(yes i'm starting to lose the jwisms such as hebrew scriptures), how many times were the isrealites (who he had chosen, and who everyone knew where his people), punished.
he didn't hide what they were doing or pass over it to protect his 'name'.
why do the jw's have this dissolution.
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hey fred,
thanks for lending your intelligence-it always clears everything up.
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RE: Ozzie's post on "Restrictions"
by had_enough ini have a question about restrictions on df'd persons wanting to come back to the org.. i finally joined here on mar 26, after reading posts for about a month, with telling my story first.
what moved me to join in was reading ozzie's post on mar.23(i think), about "restrictions" regarding reproofs, probations, and df'ing.
i appreciated his comments and was so glad when he brought the subject up.
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humble-"Sometimes we don't understand at the moment why things are handled the
way they are, but let's keep in mind that jehovah is in control at all
times."since this appears to be the basis for your argument, is it your assumption that jehovah is in direct control of the WT? if it is, i can't agree w/ you there.
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Visiting Bethel/new Corp Arrangements
by LDH ina recent post from a wol newbie:.
please, at least once anyway....it is soooooooooooooo worth it!
any of you visited bethel lately????.
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did this sound like bragging to anyone else? ie; "invitation only", thought we were gilead students or C.O., got to stay in a suite, russel married great grandparents, autographed bible.
maybe i'm just looking at it from a bitter viewpoint. thanks for the post, LDH.
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RE: Ozzie's post on "Restrictions"
by had_enough ini have a question about restrictions on df'd persons wanting to come back to the org.. i finally joined here on mar 26, after reading posts for about a month, with telling my story first.
what moved me to join in was reading ozzie's post on mar.23(i think), about "restrictions" regarding reproofs, probations, and df'ing.
i appreciated his comments and was so glad when he brought the subject up.
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humble-thanks for responding. i don't agree that the "efforts" required are a good standard for judgement, but that is just my opinion, and i respect your right to your's. i also realize my question was off topic.
"Elders will not disfellowship me for my views. Now if I stubbornly start
spreading my ideas trying to turn the flock against Jehovah's appointed
servants, then there is a problem. If one is humble and is sincere then
there is no problem there."still not attacking, and i know this wasn't addressed to me, but i think IMO that the WT history shows that you don't have to spread your ideas around to be disfellowshipped. it only takes mentioning something in confidence to a close friend and having that come to the attention of the elders to be df'ed, in some cases. if this discussion is not something you want to get into with me, i understand, and i'm not being sarcastic.-nate, after all i am butting in:)