Garrett's friend: those are small details, the core of our beliefs hasn't changed
Not to diss your friend overmuch, but that is completely NOT true.
Oubliette
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Small details...
by Garrett ina witness friend wanted to meet up recently and talk.
since this person was a close friend and who i thought had a level head, i'd go ahead and speak with him.
our conversation actually helped me figure a few things out not only for myself but also about the witnesses.. so we're talking and i'm telling him my experience and the doctrines that i disagreed with as well as the scandals that made me disgusted with the organization.
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Interesting RC Experience
by Blackfalcon98 ini recently attended the rc for my area.
while there, i encountered a old family "friend" who recently lost her jw husband.
as the interaction proceeds she relates that her grand daughter, who's around my age (early twenties) has "left jehovah".
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eyeuse2badub: RC in Long Beach, CA this past weekend only 29 baptized of the 7,000+ in attendance. Everyone is waking up it seems.
That's less than 1/2 of 1 percent!
When I became a JW in the '80s it was usual to have 1.5 - 2% of the attendance baptized.
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Change to dress and grooming rules for JWs in USA soon?
by RayPublisher inmy guy with the lurk account on jwtalk (where all the kool-aid drinking jws go to talk about how wonderful 'the twoof' is) sent me some more interesting threads, here's one:.
spoiler: starting new the new service year september.
"there will be new directives from the branch through the circuit overseer on dress and grooming that will disqualify one to be a congregation publisher.
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Controllers gotta control.
It's not surprising that the OP used the word "heterosexual" incorrectly. This religion is run by ignorant fools.
Anthony Morris apparently confused yoga pants with Spanx. What a maroon.
Seriously, what is their fixation with how people dress? And why is ToMo checking out the young brothers in tight pants? Maybe he shouldn't let his eyes linger ...
I'm just sayin' is all!
Let's review: It's a cult!
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The Boldest Hoax
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhffb-vhm4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqf0cdjueja.
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BW: Fodder for the clueless?
Eschew obfuscation and espouse elucidation.
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The Boldest Hoax
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhffb-vhm4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqf0cdjueja.
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Oubliette
BrokebackWT, why post a video--let alone three-without a single word of commentary or explanation?
What's the point?
I suggest you read this thread:
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Observations About Today's WT Indoctrination
by OneFingerSalute inthis mornings wt was pretty amazing in it's totally asinine application of the term "relationship".. it started right off the bat asserting that jehovah is only interested in a relationship with "you" after "you" put forth the effort to get close to him.
par 14 said to be specific in prayer so you could see "subtle" answers.
par 15 then directly contradicted par.
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Oubliette
If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. - Thomas Szasz
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My Love
by Frenchy inthis is my one and only attempt at free style (no rhyme) tell me what you think.... my love seeketh her in the wind and trees and the valleys and mountains... through waist deep streams of crystal waters dashing upon smooth pebble i search for thee.
oh but to hold thee and to feel thy warm embrace... .
for the fires of the sun would be naught to compare with thy love... thy embrace.... the flames of love thrash about like a thousand tempests in an ocean of fire.... into the cool blue skies they thrust upwards, reaching, searching to consume.
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Frenchy, that's beautiful, even 15 years later! -
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I disfellowshipped my parents this week..
by fulano ini just wrote them a mail, telling them to not contact me any more under any circumstances, illness or death (79 and 83 years old).
unless they leave the cult and would apologize for our f*'.ed-up upbringing which ruined our whole life.
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Fulano, if you want us to understand WHAT you did, you might consider explaining WHY you wrote what you wrote to your parents. -
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It came in today's mail
by Virgochik init came today, the dreaded envelope containing my personal copy of "return to jehovah" from my elderly, desperate mother.
it included a small note asking me to read it over and to let her know what i think.
she got it at her assembly.. firstly, i'm angry that she continues to push her religion on me, given that i stopped attending meetings over thirty years ago, and very offended that she assumes that i still want to be a witness, which is her choice of religion, not mine.
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Oubliette
HMTM: Oubliette, You are getting stuck in the religion.
Um, no. That's what the OP is about.
HMTM: A good father or mother puts their children before themselves.
Don't tell me, tell Virgochik's mother!
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Org is going to appeal!
by The Searcher inthe english woman who has been awarded 275,000 compensation for being abused by the ministerial servant paedophile, will now have to wait while the org fights to keep hold of its precious money, by appealing the court's decision.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33201010.
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Oubliette
Well that was predictable!