Maverick

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  More "classes" than you can point a stick at !

  by refiners fire in

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  3:29; (64) israel of god, gal.

  2:5; (69) holy nation, 1 pet.

  11:3; (76) two olive trees, rev.

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  Maverick

  I think this should be added to 'Slept Through The Whole Class' class. Maverick
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  It's Mindboggling

  by El Kabong in

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  so many here talk about their experiences with the jw's.

  we talk about how mean and hateful the people in the congregation were to us.

  so we find a board like this one thinking it's going to help us to heal.

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  Maverick

  I think you have valid points, but do consider, often we find what we seek. When I scan the posts some turn me right off and then I turn them right off. Some times I'm in a silly mood and write silly stuff, some tick me off and I vent a little. It is hard when you can't see who you are responding to. I treat the young and tender, the genteel, different than the hard-headed smart alecky types. And some times I misjudge or am outright wrong in my assessment. People here are at different stages and points in life. Maverick
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  Persecution Proves JWs are the Only True Religion--Right?

  by blondie in

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  2. beliefs

  so often when the wts reports about persecution of jws they conveniently forget to mention that other religions in the area are receiving the same treatment.

  if you are an active lurking jw on this board, i invite you to check the search news engines and see that jws are not being singled out.. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/006/15.26.html.

  christianity today, june 2003. .

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  You're right Blondie, with the J-dud Masters anything can be used to 'prove' theirs is the only true religion. More members=Gods blessing, less members=Gods cleaning house, freedom from the governments=Gods blessing, perecution=satan attacking the true religion. The sun shinning= Gods blessing, rain=Gods blessing. I could do this all day but you get the idea. What a bunch of fakes! Maverick
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  Repost: Comments You Will Not Hear at the 5-18-03 WT Study

  by blondie in

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  2. bible

  i hope this one works.

  any comments from the last post, please repost if you can.

  blondie.

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  Thanks Blondie. They paint shunning family members who are Duds in a negative light, the hypocrites! And put the burden on the Sisters. In 23 years I'm known of only two men who came in after years of mistreating their wives. And in both cases the sisters knew all about them and they were treated with contempt by the sisters. The brothers didn't seem to care. After-all they're just women, who cares what they think or feel. Maverick
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  How has the org changed you emotionally?

  by obiwan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm just wondering how everyone was changed by the wts emotionally.

  i find that after going through being df'd and the shunning, the general loss of everything that i'm much harder, i give people less sympathy than i used to, things that are seriuos such as deaths and the like just don't move me much.

  i feel desensitized, sorta detached i let so much just roll off my back than i used to.

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  Maverick

  I HATE all organized religion. And actively seek ways to be a big pain in the rear with the J-dud masters. Maverick
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  What Did You "Become" After Leaving The Watchtower?

  by SpannerintheWorks in

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  born again, liberal christian, agnostic, atheist, or "other"?.

  spanner

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  Maverick

  Like the scarecrow in OZ, wishing, "If I only had a brain!" Still unhooking all the mind-control crap they wired in! Maverick
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  Love for the needy in the borg

  by LeslieV in

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  2. friends

  since i am responsible for financial services at a very large salvation army in nys, i received a grant that helps the needy in rural areas in nys.

  i was looking through our large data base for names of people in certain zip codes.

  guess what i found!!!!

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  Maverick

  Thanks for the information. The governing body does not care about the needy. They only care that their needs be met. There is no profit in looking after widows and fatherless boys. You can't even count it as field service. Maverick
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  Interesting.

  by Mandybp in

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  2. friends

  jehovah's witnesses are jehovah witnesses going to receive new light on their most controversial doctrine?

  apparently there is a legal binding document posted with the european commission of human rights.

  go to their website:http://194-250.50.201/eng/e276info.148.html watchtowers application 28626/95.they made this statement,"the applicant undertook with regard to its stance on blood transfusions... that members should have free choice...without any control or sanction on the part of the association.

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  Not likely. The Society is not above lying to get whatever status they need. They will tell the authorities in very vague and misleading terms whatever they need to. Then have the R/F follow their previous directives through the meeting talks and the Mags. Maverick
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  Cutting the final ties

  by Wolfgirl in

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  2. friends

  i've been doing a lot of reading these past couple of days, including someone's life experience that he wrote about and that was linked to on this board.

  found here: http://members.aol.com/smcdownlds/downldfit.html.

  anyway, after reading that, the last vestiges of my "programming" have fallen away.

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  Maverick

  Have a howling good life Wolfgirl. Maverick
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  newbie

  by Freedomrules in

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  2. friends

  i'm just trying to figure this site out.

  i'm inactive jw for 8 years.

  my whole family is jw.

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  Maverick

  Welcome freedomrules. Maverick