Posts by Phil

What the hell does the Republican party have to do with Jehovah's witness. You seem to be predisposed with politics. There is no fundamental difference between a far right Republican and a far left Democrat. Both being far out as fundamentalists, they serve no useful purpose in a society.

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Do You Feel That You Were Brainwashed Into Becoming A JW?

by minimus in

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friends

many comments are made that jw's are actually brainwashed.

do you think this is true?

Phil

My daughter was lured into JW by her then boyfriend.There was, without a doubt some sort of "mind control" used on her with the help of her boyfriend, now husband. He himself was controlling long before they were married.

The JWs, in the indoctrination, must stress the importance of not believing what other people outside the org. say. My daughter learned this very well as she lost complete confidence in what the rest of the family said, especially, me , her father. I suppose I was designated the biggest threat to her by the instructors in the organization.

She now, is in Patterson and has been there for several years. Being there gives her the maximum exposure to all the mind control offered. She does not want any children, which I assume is a product and indication of the amount of control they have on her life. Judging from past experiences of the people that experienced the 1914 thing, they too, in many cases did not have children in preparation for Armagedden.

Jws don't like to be referenced as "Cults" and being "Brainwashed". These are bad words to them.

I believe there are mental bombs that must go off in their brains to awake them to the reality of the situation there are in. That, of course must come from within themselves.

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Bible History

by Phil in

in january 2003 i posted a message requesting some history on the jw bible.

unfortuneately, i tried to copy the information and for some reason it would not print.

i then posted another message explaining this delema.

Phil

Does anyone know the why and wherefore of the change to the Bible where the NWT has "Jehovah" substituting all other descriptions of God, such as savior, lord etc.

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Critique volunteers for letter to the Society?

by Jourles in

i have finally completed my letter to the society and am looking for a few volunteers to help critique it.

by suggestion from the elders, they said to keep it simple and to the point(one said to just bullet my questions and leave it at that).

well, i veered slightly off from those two parameters a bit but i had to do so to make my points clear.

Phil

I have as yet to get the letter. Is this for real?

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Critique volunteers for letter to the Society?

by Jourles in

i have finally completed my letter to the society and am looking for a few volunteers to help critique it.

by suggestion from the elders, they said to keep it simple and to the point(one said to just bullet my questions and leave it at that).

well, i veered slightly off from those two parameters a bit but i had to do so to make my points clear.

Phil

Happy to. Send to [email protected]

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Do Any Of You Think That A JW That You KNOW Reads This Board?

by minimus in

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friends

i think that there are one or two in the congregation that read this board.

or some inactive ones.

i even have a suspiscion that an elder or two might browse this board every once in a while, too.

Phil

Hi Jill! How's your tennis

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Anyone interested in Brooklyn/Patterson phone-directory?

by fulano in

yes...taken away from bethel-room.all the names, 65 pages and phone-numbers.

mail at [email protected]

Phil

How can I get this info without joining hotmail?

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Bible History

by Phil in

in january 2003 i posted a message requesting some history on the jw bible.

unfortuneately, i tried to copy the information and for some reason it would not print.

i then posted another message explaining this delema.

Phil

I understand that the JW Bible was based on the King James Version. Is there a thread where I can obtain all the changes that were made to the KJV.

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Daughter still in Patterson

by Phil in

my daughter was cohersed to marry her present husband and they moved to patterson to do what ever they do there.

it realy affected the family, particularly me.

i was wondering if there is anyone who reads these messages knows my daughter.

Phil

As is the ritual in our family, we all get together at Christmastime, minus my youngest daughter. We have family coming from all parts of the continent and a good time is had by all.

She has some sort of a JW meeting here in California and she comes to see her friends at that time. If she has the time she will come to our house. Unfortunately, it is not all that pleasant. She comes here with her husband, whom I have no use for.(obviously) This event is in the fall sometime.

So far there are no discussions in the area of WT. She does not bring it up and neither do we. Sometimes I would just like to grab her by the shoulders and give her a good shaking. How an intelligent person can go along in life this way is totally baffling to me. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!