The first picture might have been staged for the camera. The second one is funny. His hand under the water looks like he is moving back and forth and then the look on his face is priceless.
William Penwell
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Question about this pic of JWs from the 1940s ....
by Wild_Thing inwhy is no one else singing???
it's so strange!
was she doing a solo or what?.
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Whatever happened to the rumor of Circuit Overseers being dissolved?
by Black Man ini remember that was a rumor going around shortly before i left the jws.
whatever happened with it?
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It makes sense to cut out middle management. This way the GB can keep better control on the R&F members. -
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weird questions people ask you at the KH?
by Truthexplorer inso i meet sister ott zealot.
she says ah .... its lovely to see you; how are you doing.
i said yeah i'm fine thank you!
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I'm my favorite type of JW - Double Life
by thedepressedsoul inthe borg's tactics on most jw work.
they put fear into their mind, they guilt trip them and basically make them scared to do anything when they are away from the kingdom hall.
it allows them to control every aspect of their life.
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William Penwell
I once knew a dub who screwed a "worldly" man out of a large chunk of money and expected this "worldly" man to just forgive and forget as that is the "Christian" thing to do. There are a lot of dubs that are only in it to use the other dubs for what they can get. -
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Golden Rule: Pure Garbage?
by willmarite inon another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.
she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.
i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.
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I once hear it said that the "do onto others what you want them to do to you", should be "do onto other what they want you to do to them" as not everyone thinks the same way that you do. -
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Three elders show up "to encourage me" after 10 years!
by Wasanelder Once in"hey brother wasa, come on back to the meetings.
" (after 10 years) so i respond that the situation with pedophiles is out of hand.
they tell me "we" elders have received tons of training on the subject, its not like it was 10 years ago.
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William Penwell
Yeah three elders, I agree with the other posters they were trying to get something on you. I have never heard of three elders calling on someone unless it is judicial crap. -
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Merritt Island Shopping Mall in Florida allows the harmful cult to spread their propaganda to their unsuspecting customers
by Watchtower-Free in.
merritt island shopping mall in florida allows the harmful pedophile protecting cult to spread their propaganda to their unsuspecting customers...here's contact info for management http://www.merrittsquaremall.com/info/management.
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William Penwell
I didn't think I would see the day that the dubs would stoop this low and actually consort with this wicked system of things evil corporate Babylon The Great. -
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Is it common for old men to marry young JW?
by adjusted knowledge ini left in the 90's and marriage partners were similar in age at my former congregation.
i ran into a former jw friend from my childhood.
i haven't seen him in 15 years.
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William Penwell
I remember the last congregation I attended and their was some sister that would have been about my age late 30's early 40's and she wasn't bad looking. She was married to this elder guy that had to be in his 70's at the time. He walked with a cane, looked more like her father than her husband. Now if this works for them fine but you can't tell me there are not times she wonders what she got herself into. -
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Apostasy Trial - Part 2 - Satan is Using Google
by berrygerry inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=373zbncuuoq
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William Penwell
Yeah here we go they got him when he admitted that he didn't believe that Satan was behind everything that is bad. Typical kangaroo court. The elders are only there to get enough s*it so they can DF him. I do not recognize their authority, they can do what ever they like.
Oh yeah I want to add that when he said he read the bible from cover to cover, well this is a no no. I recall when I tried to just read to bible on my own, my ex told me that i wasn't supposed to read it on my own without help from WT study aids/publications.
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1975 failed prediction?
by Garrett inheyo,.
your favorite garrett here.
so, i'm about to have an elder tell me allll about the failed 1975 doctrine.
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William Penwell
Maybe not but the effect it had on my parents that although the belief had changed they still firmly believed that the end would come by the autumn of 1975. My father had a good job and was reasonably intelligent and had served as a servant and elder conducting the Watchtower study with pioneer children. In the year that this Watchtower change came about he made a decision to move and simplify his life somewhat which would enable him and us to do more in the 'truth' which we did. We didn't even have a television for some years. However if he had retained the house he sold then his estate would have been worth at least 4 times what it was when he died. His children lost out in a financial way but not just us as my children recently pointed out how it has and will effect them. This doesn't include the fact that I turned down a pension policy many years ago because I wouldn't be needing one due to the belief in the generation that will not pass away. I finished my education early due to the 1975 so as to pioneer. Not for my own personal gain. But I have also had to argue that it was due to the teachings of the Watchtower and not something I or my parents read into it that I made the decisions in my life. When I was leaving the JW and the elders came they clearly stated it was nothing to do with the Watchtower. Admittedly I could be wrong on some things.
How can the WT claim it was just a few zealous ones that miss read that they were saying when in fact you can read thousands of stories like this that are very similar. My family story is much the same. My father sold the family house in 1974 because he was told to simplify his life. I think he regretted that decision for the rest of his life as at the time he was still a middle aged working man with a family and at least another ten years of working. He sold the house before the big real estate boom and lost out on thousands of dollars that could have went toward his retirement. So when some dub comes on here trying to minimize the WT culpability in all of this, they are full of it. It just makes me mad when someone tries to justify that cults action.