Posts by Captain Blithering

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1970 Awake Chastises Catholic Church For Its "New Light"

by Justitia Themis in

even in the united states, where religion still enjoys perhaps the greatest popularity, nearly three out of four persons polled said that it is losing influence.

one of the reasons is that people are disturbed by what is happening in their churches.

yes, millions of persons have been shocked to learn that things they were taught as being vital for salvation are now considered by their church to be wrong.

Captain Blithering

Wow, thanks for posting justitia, im marking this for future ammo in case it's necessary...

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Celebrate my first post of many :)

by Mellow in

jw
friends

hi everyone, my name is mellow (some names have been changed) lol.

as no doubt many of you were, i was born in.

i am now in my mid 20s living in a jehovah's witness household.

Captain Blithering

Hey, welcome from a similarly fuzzy faced east yorkshireite. Hope you escape with minimal losses. Me too.

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i've been lurking here for a year or two now (since i stumbled across ttatt and was stumbled by it), i even started an account some while back and asked a couple of questions.. but i never actually stood up and said hi... so hi, my name's jon and i'm a dubaholic.. .

i was "born in" in the 80s - and grew up on a liquid diet of cheap suits and revelation book pictures (i mean really, group after group just staring at the pictures while not listening, i must have spent more time staring at those pictures than i have any work of art in my life, literally hours at each lurid picture).

i "left" in my teens, but apparently lacking any kind of actual sense, returned to studying with a childhood friend from the congregation in my twenties (although i was never baptised, my entire small family were dubs, so i saw more witnesses than "worldly people" on a regular basis.. they love bombed my arse for years!)..

Captain Blithering

Well done dude, and great intro! Looking forward to seeing your regular posts . . Welcome from Yorkshire

the cap'n

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BACK TO TWICKERS IN 2014

by St George of England in

we had a letter read at the end of the wt study today announcing twickenham for our convention, 22-24 august 2014. no amex next year then.. there was also a letter read saying not to book hotels except from the wts list as this would help make it cheaper for the majority as the wts will have greater bargaining power!.

they are also hoping to book buses and trains.. what a scam.. george.

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Captain Blithering

Bank holiday weekend ? Flippin Ludicrous .

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Stand For Pure Worship, what convinces you that the governing body is being used by Jehovah? Thanks.

by The Quiet One in

i struggled with this question before i got baptised.

what helped you to overcome any doubts?.

Captain Blithering

This is a great thread for lurkers, and myself included, cos the indoctrinated mind immediately goes to these platitudes to answer questions, but to see logical, even scriptural rebuttals against these platitudes is great! Thanks SFPW, you speak as a true indoctrinated Jw, these answers must hurt somewhat but it's an eye opener for sure..

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"God's Word Is Beneficial..." 2013/14 Circuit Assembly "Highlights"

by 88JM in

jw
friends

just had the circuit assembly this weekend here:.

surprisingly not much fuss over the new bible considering that this was the first meeting for most here to use it (the annual meeting was "invite only" for a select few here, and there was no thursday meeting because of this assembly) and having a new bible was only referred to fairly briefly in a comment about how "wonderful" it is (and in the closing prayer).

i think i was the only one there with an old maroon nwt - i got a confused look from one of the elders - haha!

Captain Blithering

Just had ours too, they were really pushing the numbers getting baptised ww ever day, 700 I think they said... So bearing in mind that ww the increase is only 1.9 percent (I think) there must be a heckuva lotta people leaving... Oh Yeh paintball was mentioned here too, in a demo. A few of us did it recently, I saw one of the chaps I went with after the sessions, we both thought we should definitely go again!

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ELDERS STEPPING DOWN

by ADJUSTMENTS in

between two congregations that i know of four elders have stepped down in the last two months!

there is something really going on in this mandmade organization!

it's busting at the seams!.

Captain Blithering

Oh Yeh I can second what tylinbrando said, I faced a not so subtle line of questioning as if to say "what are you doing that you need to confess" .. Nice to know you're trusted. I thought this was a voluntary organisation. Can't a feller just stop? Obviously not.

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ELDERS STEPPING DOWN

by ADJUSTMENTS in

between two congregations that i know of four elders have stepped down in the last two months!

there is something really going on in this mandmade organization!

it's busting at the seams!.

Captain Blithering

I stepped down/off/across a good few years ago, just wrote a letter saying I didn't qualify , not really bible reading , heart not in it etc. . They met with me a couple times to try talk me out of it but I stuck to my guns . . Best . Decision . EVER !

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Another Revised NWT Thread - subtly sowing seeds of doubt with chart

by mindnumbed in

pages 1744 thru 1746 feature a chart of the kings of the southern kingdom, ending with zedekiah in 607.. praise the new bible and all of the teaching aids .... draw attention to kings list and how convenient that is ... but, strangely, i decided to look up information in an encyclopedia about the different kings, and the dates are not the same ... so i checked a couple of sources and they are all different than the chart in the bible .... why would that be?.

Captain Blithering

Good stuff . . Marking.

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Hear Ye!!!Hear Ye!! WONDERFUL GOOD NEWS!!!!

by mouthy in

my jw daughter called me this afternoon!!!!!

!i am just over the moon.

her hubby not a jw has cancer & was operated on today!!!!.

Captain Blithering

Hey good on yer Mouthy!

Ain't it ridiculous that we have to congratulate a family for talking to each other. Ludicrous.

BTW I heard your voice the other day, you'd phoned in to a podcast I've been listening to, BTR healing/outreach or something.. Good to hear you!