Posts by Virran

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Anybody have any "REAL" experiences of spirit/demon activity? I'll explain.

by runForever in

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friends

i know there is a lot of people on here that will say it is pure make believe but i am interested if anybody has had any real concrete things happen such as something moving or something appearing in the mirror etc.. anything just post it up here even if it wasn't much.

please give a little context as to the situation..

Virran

When I was a kid we started to play with something we called "the spirit in the glass", very much like Ouija board here in the states. This was around the time my mom was new to the "truth" (lie) and when unexplainable things started to happen in our home she forced me to stop playing with this when she found out I did.

One morning I woke up and my bedcover was gone. It was weird because the sheet under was still there, tucked into the bed (was tucked into bed together with cover) and the top cover was also still there, nothing torn up or out of bed. I was confused and went up to go look for the cover and I found it on top of the freezer in the kitchen. I have never been sleep walking and if I did that night I must had tucked in the sheet back in the bed when asleep and placed the top cover over me. It just didn't make sense. My mom screamed at me that this is the works of demons and no, I never played this game again. That was creepy.

Anyhow, during one of these "games" we got contact with a girl who said her name was Anna something, she said that she got murdered in a shed with an axe and she wanted us to catch her murderer who she said the name of. It's just that it happened in the 1900 century so there wasn't much we could do, lol. Another time we were sitting in one of my friends room and the spirit said he didn't like Bob Marley and then suddenly her Bob Marley poster fell off her wall.

Back then I believed in all of this and was certain we did get contact with the other side. Today I have a harder time thinking outside the box and I just can't believe it was real.

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Are the Governing Body broadcasts promoted at Kingdom Hall meetings?

by nicolaou in

a question for those still attending i guess but are all these new jw.telemuppet.org broadcasts advertised to the the rank and file or is it more of a background thing?.

i'm wondering because i just can't believe my 70 year old die-hard jw mum would ever see them if she wasn't sat down in front of a screen and someone clicked 'play' for her.

i really want her to see the wizards behind the curtain.

Virran

My JW mom (in Europe) just saw her very first broadcasting (David Splanes generation word play trickery) in a special Kingdom Hall meeting. So they translated it into her language, I guess they just started doing that. Before that she had just heard about the "wonderful" JW broadcasting. And she thought it was good and from God, of course.

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Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

by John Aquila in

last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

then out of the blue he tells me; .

Virran

My mom (in Europe) think it's fantastic, even though I explain to her how it's just nonsense. I remember in the 80's how she told us kids how there's less than 10 years left before Harma is happening. She's so out of it and it's so clear this is just a lifestyle to her, not a matter of "truth". She's a follower of men, not God, and this is the ultimate proof. I'm giving up.

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Do US JWs Still Knock on Doors?

by cultBgone in

this may sound like a silly question, but do jws even door-knock any more?

the few i know only speak of "manning the cart" at some public location, and because they get defensive if i even ask an innocent question like this i thought i'd ask it on the forum.

thanks!.

Virran

I've lived here at my place now since summer of 2011 and they've only been here once, but they didn't knock on my door. I heard someone sticking something to my door knob and then went down the stairs. When I opened up it was an invitation to the memorial. I thought that was odd, since my door was the only one getting it. I've also once got a handwritten invitation in my mailbox.

When I ask my JW mom (she lives I Europe, I live in the states since many years) she says they're still going D2D. But it sounds like she's traveling far from her home to do so, like taking 2 hour trips to go out to remote archipelago islands to knock on a few doors and make it into more of a scenic picnic trip for fun. Not like it was before when I was young and still lived at home and she was knocking on my classmates doors and embarrassed the living s*it out of me. Or was handing out magazines in the subway rush traffic.

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My thoughts on Geoffrey Jackson

by thedepressedsoul in

first off, i don't think that dude is going to show face.

he's most likely on a plane already.

if he shows it's bad pr and if he doesn't show it's bad pr.

Virran

At least he knows how to dance with young girls; http://youtu.be/qIGSoigPW6g

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News item in Sweden on Child abuse Royal commission Australia

by InquiryMan in

already on its first day of hearing, this case makes headlines on the other side of the globe.

swedish regional newspaper carries this coverage:.

http://www.vk.se/1496701/jehovas-vittnen-dolde-sexovergrepp.

Virran

I just wrote to one of the largest newspapers in Sweden, "Aftonbladet", to its tip line and asked them to write about this. The other newspaper doesn't reach most of Sweden since its local, most swedes lives in Stockholm, like my JW mom. The "Extrabladet" is Danish. If Aftonbladet writes about this it would be a major blow to the Swedish Watchtower and my mom would read it for sure. I've been telling her about Candice Conti etc, but she doesn't believe me. I can't link anything to her since she can't navigate her tablet anywhere else but to the JW dot org and she can't read English either. I think as this progresses the "Aftonbladet" newspaper will write about it. Especially if elders gets sentenced to jail.

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Bill Cosby - too much smoke for no fire?

by Simon in

it seems like the list of people who are accusing him of rape and sexual assault is growing every day.

i'm skeptical of single accusations but the number of people and the similar stories seem overwhelming now.. it's not a conviction but to the court of public opinion ... guilty?.

.

Virran

DJS, I wanted to click on the Cosby text but I accidentally clicked "dislike" and I can't seem to remove it? I don't dislike your post at all. All I wanted to do was read about Bill confessing. Sorry. :(

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I Don't Get It!

by John Aquila in

there are literally about thirty young single very good looking sisters in this one kingdom hall under the age of 30. that is just one kingdom hall.

in the circuit there are literally hundreds of young beautiful jw girls under 30 who are single and anxious to get married.

about two years ago, this one single good looking brother who is about 30 years old and who is an elder married this plain looking sister who is 59 years old.

Virran

They're looking for a mother figure? And rumor has it that older women are wilder "where it counts", who knows.

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Crisis of Consience market price (we are in a bull market)

by NewYork44M in

jw
friends

i was considering getting another copy of one of ray's books and was shocked about the market value.

is ray's book worth $1,000?

perhaps, but it is a bit shocking.

Virran

I bought it on Amazon last year November for only $11.05, the 3rd edition, 2nd printing 2000. I do consider it a goldmine, but of insider info. And I'm using it to witness to my severely brainwashed mom.

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If you found out TTATT at 80 and spent your entire life at Bethel, what would you do?

by John Aquila in

would you do a ray franz deal and write a book or keep quiet and live out the rest of your life in bethel?.

would you keep reading the watchtower magazine?.

Virran

I would probably ask Jesus for forgiveness, get to know Him and then rejoice I finally found the real truth before I died.

At that age most family and friends are gone anyways, so I wouldn't be scared of shunning.