well, the switchover happened - there were a couple of things i had to fix which meant the posting was disabled for longer than i planned but it's now enabled and some people have already posted.. if you have any questions about the new format or suggestions on how to improve it, please post them here.. if you are having trouble signing in or posting then you'll need to email me instead.. many thanks to everyone for their patience during the changeover !.
Hi, Simon - So your sync worked and my "minus one" message count reset properly to zero. But tonight, it shows 18 new messages and while it would be fun to be that popular...I really have no new messages, so it seems the sync is unsynced again.
Thanks!
i was totally p***d off about watchtower teaching u should keep your life simple and not investing in treasures in the earth etc while they are buying luxury apartments and forcing its residents out on the street including children.
so i got on with an email and sent it as follows.
if any from uk want to launch a complaint go to http://www.frsb.org.uk/donors/.
The wts is nothing more than a real estate company using unwitting members to fund their purchases.
Wake up, people....please wake up.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20141226/news/141229531?p=1&tc=pg.
jehovahs witnesses holding classes at palm coast training center.
by tony [email protected].
http://buy.hereliesthetruth.com/#buy.
if you decide to buy a copy, please post and share your thoughts.. (i can't afford it really).
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Still watching, but had to share these well-made points:
1. Religion should not be hereditary. (If it's your personal relationship with the god of your choosing, it should have nothing to do with anyone else.)
2. Anytime you've taken away a child's freedom of choice, you've taken away that child's spirit.
http://buy.hereliesthetruth.com/#buy.
if you decide to buy a copy, please post and share your thoughts.. (i can't afford it really).
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wow!
i haven't been here for a while and everything's changed!.
anyway i've been really noticing how at every meeting it seems there's yet another new thing that needs funding or another reminder to donate.
PurrPurr, good to see you again. Great topic, thanks for the post.
Kaik, thanks for sharing your mom's feelings, it helps us all to know that many of the dubs are questioning the money trail.
BerryGerry, thanks for sharing this great film clip. Definitely sheds light on the fact that religion is a sales racket.
she's not even american and doesn't live in the usa so it's not even her area of political awareness really.
she seems convinced that obama is the prophesied wolf in sheep's clothing mentioned in revelation.. it's unusual for non-us dubs to hold the weirder beliefs, so this is a new one for me.
she also said that the end is very close now and that things are a foot with north korea; it's clearly the king of the north.. she said exactly the same thing 5 years ago about china, and exactly the same thing 10 years ago about iraq.. derp derp..
Welcome to the forum, jah LOL!
Interesting observation and thanks for sharing. In the US, I'm not sure the dubs even know what "king of the north" means. I guarantee my family members could not explain it.
on another thread rufus t. firefly made this interesting comment:.
my wife is a "zealous" regular pioneer who never talks about the bible or "the truth" and who has no interest in conducting a bible study with anyone.
this is how one remains a jw.. i decided to start a new thread to discuss this, since i didn't want to veer completely off the topic of the original thread.. i can relate to what rufus said - not concerning my wife, but other close jw family members.
Magnum, I see the same thing and saw it well before I faded. Years ago, you were considered spiritual if you enjoyed bible discussions, but I don't see that happening anymore.
On the plus side, whenever I wish to make a point without sounding "apostate", I just use the bible as my reference point...along with the ever-popular "would Jesus do that?"
if you have not looked in for a time then have a look now.
i feel sick that i ever supported the wt org and its teachings.
Thanks for the reminder, Zeb. Silent Lambs was the first place I felt emboldened to write of my daughter's molestation in the bOrg. Even though I didn't have the courage to permit them to publish it, it was a step toward healing. This is not my story but is a powerful illustration of what happens when we all begin to speak out against the abuse:
http://www.silentlambs.org/personal_experiences/day_lambs_roared.cfm
