Posts by cha ching

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FORGIVENESS ... You owe it to your health

by ABibleStudent in

i'm cleaning up my home of unnecessary magazines/newsletters that i have accumulated over the years.

while i was working as an employee i did not feel like i had the time to read them.

now that i'm not working as an employee but work as a volunteer to network and maintain workplace skills, i seem to have more time to read.. after reading many threads by former jws, i thought that the following article might help some to heal.

cha ching

Exactly, BandontheRun!

I too feel that anger and action has a place in finding justice.

I hated the articles by the Society regarding forgiveness....as I view them as a machine that spews information to the masses to further their cause.

"We told you not to take blood fractions and your mom died?" Forgive us.

"We didn't change the policy on child abuse? We didn't tell you to report to the police? Another child got molested?" Forgive us.

"Some brother stole your money? He didn't say sorry? didn't return it? The elders say forgive him? Get PTSD?" Forgive us.

"Send your money for K Halls, even when they are paid for, spend your time building Assembly halls, pay for the CO visit, pay for this, then that, give us your money in a will... No retirement? No Social Security? Oh, we were wrong about our 'prophecies' " Forgive us.

"Don't go to college, before you graduate, or can use what you have learned, it will be paradise" OOooops, forgive us.

"You won't get old in this system of things, the new order will be here before the end of the 20th century" Oops, forgive us.

It is like letting an alcoholic parent/ spouse get drunk, beat you up, and do nothing but "forgive".... The story continues, never changes.

Get angry, call the police, put them in jail, move out, move on... now the story changes.

Cha Ching! Cha Ching! u aint getting none of my bling!

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Remember this picture?

by Zoos in

i went to a small non-denominational church yesterday - first time in a church since i left the borg 4 years ago - and this is how i observed several of the members singing.. .

boy... do those people love to sing.. .

i try not to judge the sincerity of others but i was a little put off by the experience because it looked fake, showy display-ish.

cha ching

I have noticed that people who really love to sing open their mough widely, and feel free to express themselves.... i.e. "opera singers"

Singing CAN evoke a lot of emotion..... and it is fun!

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I went to one of my previous halls remodel today and they did not recognize me...

by confusedandalone in

i definitely look like a worldly person by jw standards... however i went to my old hall because they are remodelling and they are in the final p[hase.

it was not on purpose.

i had bnusiness on the street and happened to drive past.

cha ching

Bravo!

It's great when you can be so cool, calm and collected!

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Essay by Barbara Anderson: "What's in a Name?"

by AndersonsInfo in

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whats in a name?

posted on april 15, 2014 by barbara anderson http://watchtowerdocuments.org/whats-in-a-name/ .entry-meta-icons .entry-meta .

.entry-header one morning at bethel in 1989, after the usual text discussion before breakfast, there was an announcement to the staff about the legalization of jehovahs witnesses in poland.

cha ching

Great name for your article, Barbara! So verrrrry well written, and entertaining!

This little piece is what stood out to me:

"Ciro Aulicino, a senior staff member in the Writing Department told me in 1991 that a press-pass to access the UN building and events would be provided to any publishing company that requested one and that’s how he obtained his. Ten years later, I learned what Ciro had wasn’t just a press-pass – it included NGO status along with many perks provided by the UN."

Quite a ‘sly guy’…. ( A guy that is very very sly. So sly to the point where your jaw drops when he does his cunningactions. Cunning: someone that’s tricky, devious, sly or shady)

Somehow, the more I read and hear about the Watch Tower/ Watchtower/ Zion's Watchtower/ Jehovah's witnesses/Jehovah's Witnesses/The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society/ the more and more I realize how cunning and sly they are.

Haha! and I looooooovvvve the "jw.borg!" Sooooo apropos!

(great pic Outlaw! I will definitely save & share this ;-)

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A farce elder here

by His Excellency in

just to share a little about me:.

i was recently appointed an elder, about 6 months ago now, and that is exactly two years after my awakenning, but funny that the appointment came also about 2 years after i had completely lost all faith in god and had been leading a full time anti-jw life .

makes you wonder the role of the holy spirit in the entire nomination or appointment process.. .

cha ching

Good idea DJS!! haha! If we only could get the virus to spread...

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The Apostasy Within

by Ultimate Axiom in

in the latest watchtower (july 15, 2014, page 14, paragraph 10) it says; today, jehovahs people are not often confronted with apostasy within the congregation.

still, when exposed to unscriptural teachings, regardless of the source, we must decisively reject them.. so, not often, but occasionally jws are exposed to apostasy within the congregation, and they are instructed to decisively reject it.

as we all know, the vast majority of the apostasy they are exposed to comes from the governing body.. i am meeting up soon with an old friend from the 1970s who i havent seen for decades, who is still an active jw, and who would really like to hear what i think about things.

cha ching

This type of 'reasoning' (done by the Watchtower!) is what is so brain numbing!

The examples given througout this thread show the WT's contradictory, misleading, wily, manipulative character.

The reason the WT has so many quotes about "Prophets," Prophets, inspired, holy spirit, God's Channel of Communication (and so many other nuances) IS so that they can 'quote mine' and deceive more easily.

Once you see 'behind the curtain,' the evil of the WT is apparent.

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What a wonderful age in which to live

by fulltimestudent in

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when i was young ( quite a while ago now) an old lady lived near us.

sadly for her, she had had surgery to remove her whole nose and what was fitted with a very obvious prosthetic nose, a nose that was instant fascination for small boys, who would often jeer at her.

i called her to mind and the difficulty she likely faced whenever she went out when i read this report.. scientists grow cartilage to reconstruct nose.

cha ching

amAAAAzing!

thx to the people who never give up!

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The Apostasy Within

by Ultimate Axiom in

in the latest watchtower (july 15, 2014, page 14, paragraph 10) it says; today, jehovahs people are not often confronted with apostasy within the congregation.

still, when exposed to unscriptural teachings, regardless of the source, we must decisively reject them.. so, not often, but occasionally jws are exposed to apostasy within the congregation, and they are instructed to decisively reject it.

as we all know, the vast majority of the apostasy they are exposed to comes from the governing body.. i am meeting up soon with an old friend from the 1970s who i havent seen for decades, who is still an active jw, and who would really like to hear what i think about things.

cha ching

Good research you two! (Make Lemonade, Was Blind)

Maybe we should just print out those quotes and carry them around...

Never mind..... The WT would just use one of their brain-fry mind tricks...

http://youtu.be/DIzAaY2Jm-s?t=3m13s

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OH NO!! The latest clip for kids on JW.ORG so very wrong!

by stuckinarut2 in

so the latest clip on jw.org for kids is so wrong!.

it is about the "victory song".

lets all sing songs about how vengeful and destructive "our loving god" can be...along with cartoonish pictures...... all rejoice at the death of the evil people who used their "god-given free will", then got punished for doing so!.

cha ching

Outlaw! Hilaaaaaaarious!!!

I posted here, just so I could get an avatar!

Cha Ching!

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My 45 Minute Conversation With JWs Today

by cofty in

as i was saying before the watchtower literature trolley has arrived in my little town.... my wife and i were in town this afternoon and i saw one of my former elder colleagues standing beside the trolley talking to a young man and reading to him from one of their books.

ray was one my least favourite people - he was everything that is bad about jw elders.

i went up to them and interrupted and told the man that this is a cult recruitment campaign.

cha ching

Very Good, Cofty!

I liked your link to the previous post, and Witness My Fury's idea:

"Make a sandwich board (freestanding type) with It's a cult! and www.jwfacts.com on it in big letters and stand it right next to the JW.org cart. Stand within rescuing distance of it as the JWs will try and remove it within 30 seconds.... Prepare for the ensuing confrontation of wills LOL."

And this says it all: "Ray was one my least favourite people - he was everything that is bad about JW elders" We know exactly what you mean...

One day, my hubby and I will be 'at the trolly' with our jw.fact stickers, or clapboards or..... something! haha! They can't escape!

Cha Ching!