Posts by cha ching

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Don't Let Your JW Past Keep You Down!

by minimus in

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friends

i know many who were witnesses hate their past, their decisions, their wasted time.. but you know what??

it's not so bad now.

at least we are out, either mentally, physically or both.. and now, we know better!.

Don't Let Your JW Past Keep You Down!

by minimus in

jw
friends

i know many who were witnesses hate their past, their decisions, their wasted time.. but you know what??

it's not so bad now.

at least we are out, either mentally, physically or both.. and now, we know better!.

cha ching

I agree, exwhyzee.... people need to vent, have support, have proof of reality.

I am grateful people have shared their stories here, it helps a lot!

You are not crazy, as the WT would have you believe, it really did happen.

What the WT does is very, very cold hearted and mean.

I read an article about a man who was locked on a ship, had to devise a plan to escape... from Scientology!!

Other people have missed childhoods & were bitter because of going to Catholic Schools, mean Nuns, pedophile priests.. Then their are the Muslim with many traditions, Chinese people being oppressed, Iran, Korea, Russia, Germany, India... what if we had grown up under these circumstances?

Yes, let's support each other, help each other out of this mess, and live life to the full!!!

cha ching!

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Profiling of an apostate

by joe134cd in

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friends

i must admit when i was in, the idea i had of an apostate, was an angry bitter person who would picket out side a convention.

i was looking on jwservey and found on the respondents to a servey that 54% were either active members or fading members.

this made me wonder is the organisation underestimating the extent of apostasy.

cha ching

You must accept error.. or else!

Quote from the "Douglas Walsh" trial:

Another example is the testimony by Hayden C. Covington, a former vice president and lead Watchtower attorney, who stated that Witnesses must accept a “false prophecy” as true.

Prosecutor:	… A false prophecy was promulgated?
Answer:	I agree [to] that.
Prosecutor:	It had to be accepted by Jehovah’s Witnesses?
Answer:	That is correct.
Prosecutor:	If [a] member of Jehovah’s Witnesses took the view himself that that prophecy was wrong and said so he would be disfellowshipped?
Answer:	Yes … Our purpose is to have unity.
Prosecutor:	Unity at all costs?
Answer:	Unity at all costs …
Prosecutor:	And unity based upon an enforced acceptance of false prophecy?
Answer:	That is conceded to be true.
Prosecutor:	And the person who expressed his view … that it was wrong, and was disfellowshipped, would be in breach of the covenant if he was baptized.
Answer:	That is correct.
Prosecutor:	And as you said yesterday expressly, would be worthy of death …
Answer:	I will answer that yes, unhesitatingly.
Prosecutor:	Do you call that religion?
Answer:	It certainly is.
Prosecutor:	Do you call it Christianity?
Answer:	I certainly do.

(Douglas Walsh v. The Right Honorable James Latham Clyde Scottish Court of Sessions, November, 1954, p.347-348, Cross Examination of Fred Franz; also see entire testimony for other examples).

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Is anyone else completely astonished that they're drawing attention to 1914/2014 - 100 years

by jambon1 in

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friends

i note that they're making reference to this in the upcoming convention programme.

someone has has dropped a bollock here, have they not?.

i mean, if i were a jw, i'd be sitting thinking of all the promises made and broken.

cha ching

Thx for your research, Blondie...

Perhaps someone will see the irony, the way they change like a chameleon ....

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Is anyone else completely astonished that they're drawing attention to 1914/2014 - 100 years

by jambon1 in

jw
friends

i note that they're making reference to this in the upcoming convention programme.

someone has has dropped a bollock here, have they not?.

i mean, if i were a jw, i'd be sitting thinking of all the promises made and broken.

cha ching

This is what con men commonly call the .... "razzle dazzle"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW3MIixEps4

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GB's Quick Fix for Overlapping Generations

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GB's Quick Fix for Overlapping Generations

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There's No Place Like Home

by cha ching in

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cha ching

haha... good joke!

Just in case the rest of you aren't 'computer geeks', enter 127.0.0.1 into the "address" of your toolbar, and see what you'll get :-)

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There's No Place Like Home

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cha ching

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Please...I need your help

by Strawberryfieldsforever in

jw
friends

my heart is heavy as i write this letter.

i have been trying to live my life as best that i can since leaving jehovah's witnesses.

my dad was not a witness and was my rock when i left the religion.

cha ching

Be brief, but reassuring, then moving on might be the best.

Don't dwell on it more than a sentence, then tell something funny to divert.

"Are you kidding mom? I am still reading the Bible & Science Fiction, but that's about it!"

Or, "I don't have time for that stuff, I enjoy my garden so much... Did you know my rose bushes have grown twice as large this year? In fact, I've noticed a new branch popping out that has a different colored flower, do you think that's a "sport"? Go from there, jokling, laughing, asking questions.

Only give her a brief reply @ 'apostate literature' after two or three lines in, and move on.....

:-) cha ching