Posts by NotNew

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Millions of dollars ,6.7 I beleive are withdrawn from Govt. funding into the Child sexual Abuse Inquiry in Victoria Australia.

by smiddy in

what this means ?

,i dont know .is it a watering down of the inquiry ?

i dont know.. what i do know is this should not be aloud to escape our potential to have a voice , it doesnt matter where you live on this planet , let your voice be heard , if you have any concern for children , their rights , their innocence , then please voice your concerns to the australian gvernment and let them know the world is watching them .. bombard them with letters to the editor of newspapers in australia .

NotNew

Case http://www.news.com.au/national/attorney-general-senator-george-brandis-accused-of-covering-up-movement-of-royal-commission-funds/story-fncynjr2-1226934194337

This is the link to the story.

SW

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Why didn't Jehovah destroy the polygamists just as he did the Sodomites?

by I_love_Jeff in

according to jehovah's witnesses, both gays and polygamists are fornicators, why spear one and not the other?.

"in old age jacob admitted that his lifeincluding his domestic affairshad been distressing.

(genesis 47:9) doubtless, life had been distressing for leah and rachel as well.

NotNew

Should the Jehovah's Witnesses' God not have destroyed the "fornicators" that married multiple wives just as He did the sinners in Sodom and Gomorrah?

According to the law of the time God choose when and how to apply...Rules seemed to apply to the lower class...not leaders. Just like today! With few exceptions.

I was having this conversation about sin and K-David with someone and they said God applied backwards the ransom of Jesus to K-David

Although I have not seen that in print...it may very well be somewhere that this is alluded to.

Also in K-David case god needed him to fulfill prophesy so he had to find a way to excuse his sin...deserving of death. Others of that time were put to death for similar reasons.

I guess God can and does change his rules as he chooses...where's the justice in that, when rules are applied differently?

SW

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eBay Watchtower literature demand tanks - Congratulations Apostates!

by 4thgen in

recently i have begun selling again on ebay after a 10 year hiatus.

i'm embarrassed to say, but years ago, i was in a bidding war for a original photo drama of creation book of the slides.

i ended up winning the bid for $125.00 plus shipping.

NotNew

thanks...hope this is just the beginning Of the awakening On a grand scale.

It may be that those who would be interested in these are too old to be on the internet, left or have died...like my mom, she would not feel the need to refer to reading older books as they are old light. At 81 she is still hoping for the promises taught... to come true before her death. She doesn't have much energy for anything else. Although active she is one who at this time has blinders on.

If (when:)the org disappears, there would be millions ripe for the picking...by another dangerous group... and a few get away!

Stop the influx and let time take its toll may be the best course...along with trying to awaken others still in that are able make a change and have a more meaniful life.

My2cents

SW

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The CO visit this week he says" In August..."

by James Jackson in

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up until 5 years ago, the co used to work up their own parts for specfic congregations in their circuits.

everything is up to script, in other words, every co in the country are givings the same talks in the local congregations they visit.

what got me to cringe is when he said at the meeting, trying to encourage everyone to pioneer this august; he said :" you know this october it will be 100 years since gods kingdom began ruling, remember what happen when joshua told the israelites to march around jericho on the seventh day, and what happened when they let out a great war cry?

NotNew

Thanks for the info...so I am getting a colostomy this comming week. I believe this will get all th BS out of my system that has been clogging up my thinking abilities.

I will fill the void with something else.

SW

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Grieving in JW Land

by cultBgone in

while experiencing a seemingly annual time of grief over the deaths of my sister and mom, a few other posters mentioned they experienced similar episodes linked to family deaths.

i've known some in my jw family who have this shared experience as well.. i know that grief as an emotion must be dealt with, that is, allowed to happen and be experienced, or we end up stuffing the emotions inside ourselves.

and any emotions we've stuffed and hidden will always try to get out in the body's normal course of healing itself.

NotNew

It's hard to lose a loved one...so sorry

I recall being taught that we were not suppose to lose anyone in death... so god never put in us the ability to cope with death!?

Really? Why not...death is connected to life...I just witnessed the death of my MIL...UNPLEASANT and very emotional for my wife. She is reminded of it everyday as I am...getting over it I suspect will never happen...learning to cope is possible.

At 59 I am comming to grips that I will some day die...never believing that was possible except in accident or sickness...my mom is 82 and someday she will pass...still believing in god saving her through Armageddon.

Sorry I don't have any words of comfort.

SW

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My daughter's wedding dilemma

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my daughter will be getting married this coming august.

she and her future husband are not jehovah's witnesses.

they will have a non-religious wedding ceremony.

NotNew

Where do your loyalties lie? Family or "friends"?

Who's wedding it is? Yours? Then do as you want and let the invitees do as they want...come or don't or leave when you wish ( just leave the gift):)

What outcome are u looking for?..are you trying to please everyone...this will fail.

You are not to required to qualify any decision to those u invite.

So I would invite who you would like to see there and let them make their own decisions.

SW

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DESTROYED

by compound complex in

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what is this wall like brick and mortar that separates.

your proud heart from mine contrite and broken?.

at one time -- i recall so very well -- your soul.

NotNew

Ok great!

Im outside sipping my scotch after finishing a few puffs...listening to some " best chinese bamboo flute zen" music and read this...I said to myself wow...took another sip, and thought, I feel really great right now and will live in this moment...and see what comes next!

SW

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One thing about this site that bothers me

by keyser soze in

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the constant references to 'window washers' as something derogatory.. i understand the context of it-that most jws are uneducated, and unqualified to do much more.

but sometimes the references seem snobbish, almost mean-spirited.

one poster, on another thread, essentially referred to window washers as 'losers'.

NotNew

Keyser soze...thanks for bringing this up. Your point should be well-taken. So many that I know are doing the best they can with their abilities...why degrade them or their occupation.

SW

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