Posts by WingCommander

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Cart witnessing at the Toyota Grand Prix

by Dagney in

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picture 185,000 people on the streets attending the biggest event in long beach.

there is a main downtown street which is the only way into the grand prix.

it’s chaos because it is not private property that can be contained; these are working boulevards with cars and people vying to get where they want to go.

Proposed Georgia(USA) Assembly Hall Collected Funds, 3.5 Million Dollars, donated to the World Wide Work

by James Jack in

from 2012 thru 2016, congregations in georgia and alabama collected funds to build a new assembly hall in south atlanta.

to date, 3.5 million dollars was collected and 75 acres was purchased.

the branch decided that this assembly hall was not needed.

Still alive and kicking

by Jourles in

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howdy everyone!

just wanted to pop in and say hi to all the old timers and the new.

i can't believe i've been a member of this site for 18 years now.

WingCommander

Welcome back! I joined here in 2002, so not far behind you!

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What Is The Most Ridiculous Thing You Have Heard From A Witness?

by minimus in

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i remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.

he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.

interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.

WingCommander

"The Generation that saw 1914 will not pass away until these things come to pass."

The entire decade of the 1980's this was used as PROOF of the time of the End that we were in.

My parents were nervous taking me to my first day of primary school. They (and I) were told The End was near (right from the platform!), and that surely I wouldn't make it to High School, graduation, have to get a job, married, a house, or grow old in this wicked System of Things. I was 4 years old in 1984. I'm 38. All of those things came to pass, and more! My parents and the older ones who LIED to them with false promises? All DEAD. This is the legacy of false prophecy that the WT peddles to "Generations" of ignorant, vulnerable, sheeple.

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Finally decided to read 'Combating Cult Mind Control' by Steven Hassan

by UnshackleTheChains in

well, i finally got round to reading this book.

having read many positive reviews, i thought i would give it a blast.

i am trying to deprogram myself from watchtower group think and avoid going back because of family and peer pressure.. hopefully this book will give me the tools i need to do this.

WingCommander

It will. Mine is highlighted throughout where I thought it applied or fit how WT cult operates to a "T".

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Ex JW Recovery Group 3

by awake!watcher in

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is this group on facebook gone?.

WingCommander

What the hell is going on? EXJW Recovery Group 3 was HUGE!!!! Did JW HQ manage to get it removed??

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Lloyd Evans' New Book - Is It Really Necessary?

by pale.emperor in

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so lloyd evans will shortly be releasing his new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

i do enjoy his rebuttals and the stuff he manages to get hold of and leak.

but i'm struggling to understand what he could possibly write to merit a whole book.. all info on how to leave is right here on this forum.

WingCommander

Lloyd writes books, critiques WT Broadcasts, etc......because he luvs the sound of his own voice!!! My god, haven't you all figured that out yet? His long-winded diatribes are good for putting insomniacs to sleep!

Give Lloyd a break; he's only following PT Barnum's observation: "There's a sucker born every minute."

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Ex JW Discussion Boards

by Boredposter in

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are there any left besides this one?

or is facebook the only other gathering place?

there use to be many other entertaining boards out there with x jw's..

WingCommander

Reddit exjw forum is EXPLODING with new members!!!!!

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Special Talk

by EmptyInside in

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anyone listen to the "special" talk today?

i guess it was given by one of the governing body members and shown at all the halls.

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WingCommander

Terry O'Brian gave the special talk in Australia + NZ????? You would have thought after his outright lying and performance at the ARC, that ol' Terry would have been banished to a remote Congregation in Bora-Bora, or possibly Siberia, not given the "Privilege" of giving a very public Special Talk?

WT leadership truly are idiots!!!!

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The strange case of Gerrit Losch

by Gorbatchov in

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one of the recent molest cases had a signed declaration of gerrit losch, stating he has no relation with watchtower and that he has no control over watchtower and he does not answer to watchtower.. this month he is hosting the watchtower broadcasting show, on a watchtower media chanel, with a watchtower president starring as co-host, with statements, media and music that have intellectual ownership and copyright by watchtower.. gerrit is asking on broadcasting for respect for “the slave”, just like jehova and jesus respect “the slave” and will even reward them.. are the writers of the statement too stupid to see the correlation between teaching and practicing?.

these man are proven liars.. how can hold this firewall stand?

it’s so thin.. a judge can see this mismach isn’t it??.

WingCommander

Ok, I know I'm gonna get burned on this one.......BUT.........

What authority does WatchTower have over Gerrit? ZERO!! He's a grown man. He could pack his stuff up, and move on out any time he wants! No one in WT HQ is forcing him to remain there. Now, I'm not saying HE doesn't have authority there (he obviously does), but I don't see the issue with the statement he signed. In his mind, he only answers to (2) higher powers: 1.) Jesus 2.) Jehovah God That's it! An earthly organization is just that, and he doesn't answer to them. Pretty hypocritical that the rest of JW's are to respect the WT Org as divine authority though, wouldn't you say?