Posts by Question_Mans_interpretation

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Document Blood Transfusion Deaths - please help

by Lee Elder in

the vast majority of deaths from the blood policy are undocumented because they are simply not newsworthy.

if you know of a death or serious injury/disability related to the blood policy, please help us document it.

send as many details as you can recall.

Question_Mans_interpretation

I know of 2 witness deaths from refusing blood transfusions.

The first was Josh Tripptree. He was diagnosed with an aggressive type of leukemia at age 16 in 2004 i think. His parents refused blood treatments for a while but the hospital(valley childrens hospital of madera, ca)was able to get a court order to overide the parents authority and administer blood transfusions since he was under age, but the treatments didn't start early enough and from diagnosis till his death was only about a month in length.

The second death was my friend Melissa postal from Temecula, CA(smith I think was her married name) She was about 25 back in 2005 when she bled out after a massive blood clot was dislodged a couple hours after she gave birth. She refused blood and went in for an emergency hysterectomy but passed away on the operating table. Her death really freaked me out at the time as I was also pregnant at the time with my first kid and due a couple months after her. I've never been so scared in my life. I didn't want to give birth. Lucky for me things went smooth but very tragic for melissa. Her son never got to know her.

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Pranks to play in the hall...

by purrpurr in

jw
friends

what pranks could you/would you/ have you played in the kingdom hall?.

i have never but here's two i've thought of, 1) replace the liquid soap with glue 2) smear nutella everywhere in the bathroom!.

what's yours?.

Question_Mans_interpretation

The prank I always wanted to do was make paper airplanes during the meeting and then just soar them over everyone's heads.

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Where are you from?

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.

Question_Mans_interpretation

A little north of Fresno California. Lots of central valley people here, I like it!

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What is the most strange action of a witness while out in field service?

by adjusted knowledge in

jw
friends

i was paired with this older "brother" when i was a teenager.

he was very very strange.

he was a nice guy but goofy.

Question_Mans_interpretation

The craziest thing to happen to me was in our rural part of the territory there were some very isolated houses. This one particular house didn't come into view until the last minute when you were practically in the front yard. When we pulled up there was a full on naked guy working in his garden patch trying to hide behind his tomato plants which thankfully were tall enough to hide him while we talked to him a ways off. The funny thing was he was wearing some tall rubber garden boots which the sisters and I later joked about that at least we could count on him practicing safe sex, he wears his rubbers.

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Why did you choose Jehovahs Witnesses?

by vinman in

i'm wondering why ones on this forum initially became jw's.

if you were born in, why did you make it "your own"?

if you became one later, what was your draw and driving force?

Question_Mans_interpretation

I was born into it, 4th generation. My whole family is jw with the exception of 2 of my moms sisters. I was Baptized at 16 not because I "made it my own" but because that's what my family expected and what I thought was pleasing god. I went along with the religion until a little while ago because I thought they were "gods people", and it didn't feel right to question god or go against his "organization ". Finally was able to separate god from men who self proclaim gods backing.

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Generation changes chart - 3rd edition

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

i started working on this chart 5 years ago.

i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .

linky in case image doesn't show below.

Question_Mans_interpretation

Oh wow. Amazing job on this flow chart. I want to print it up and sneak it into my mom's purse or car, or, better yet just litter my old kingdom hall parking lot with flyers of the chart. If this doesn't help stir minds then they are a lost cause

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Participate In The EX-JW Personality Test!

by C0ntr013r in

first of all; i must admit that i'm not a huge fan of putting people in boxes like this, it is not an exact science.

but i still think the data can be quite interesting and i intend to collect it and share it in a structured way with you guys.

so without future ado here are the details.. link to test: .

Question_Mans_interpretation

I just took the human metrics test and I got a slightly different result, ESFJ.

I think my first results with the 16 personalities test was more accurate and the questions I feel were worded better for me to comprehend and decide what to choose.

Also The thinking and feeling percentages were really close to neutral so I guess I'm borderline ESTJ or ESFJ.

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Participate In The EX-JW Personality Test!

by C0ntr013r in

first of all; i must admit that i'm not a huge fan of putting people in boxes like this, it is not an exact science.

but i still think the data can be quite interesting and i intend to collect it and share it in a structured way with you guys.

so without future ado here are the details.. link to test: .

Question_Mans_interpretation

I got ESTJ-A (The Executive)

Extraverted- 41%

Observant-54%

Thinking-7%

Judging -34%

Assertive -14%

Role- Sentinel

Strategy- people mastery

I was a born in jdub and I think this is fairly accurate currently. Had I taken this test when still under the watchtowers thumb I know my results would have been way different, definitely an introvert result. I didn't start to be outgoing until I realized "worldly" people were just people and not under satans influence and that they don't bite so its ok to say hi. As I leave more and more of my old mindset behind I do see more positive changes to my personality. I will have to retake this test in the years to come to see if it stays or changes.

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How many of you left the Org since 2015?

by Paul Bonanno in

jw
friends

i have noticed that many lately have left the org or are in the process of leaving.

how many of you have left since 2015?.

this month will be my 21 years out of the org into the road of freedom.

Question_Mans_interpretation

Had my one year out anniversary in February 2015. Been an amazing year!

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What Convinced you to Leave?

by LaurenM in

i've been posting here a lot, but these last few weeks have been very difficult for me.

anyways, lately, i've been thinking about confessing everything i've done to the elders and going back, but deep down, i don't really think it's the truth...so my question is, what convinced you it wasn't the truth and that leaving wasn't a horrible decision that everyone in the truth makes it out to be?

Question_Mans_interpretation

It was hard learning about some of the inconsistencies about doctrines like the destruction of Jerusalem, was it 607 or 587 and then that correlated into 1914 dating and doctrine. I kept seeing that these things couldn't possibly be biblical, because remember there are no year dates in the bible it was all recorded as the 3rd year of so and so's reign or in the 40th year of this persons reign. I got a big question sign on my head thinking how could they apply a year date like 1914 when

1. Our calendar year wasn't adopted till way after those prophecies

2. The witnesses like to count the time of prophecy using the Jewish calendar which was only 360 days and then try and apply it to the modern 365 day calendar year.

It all just didn't add up or make sense so I started see it all as man's interpretation and not gods and according to the witnesses own publications we are not to follow man's interpretations.

But after researching and studying all this I still couldn't severe my thinking that even though they don't have it right as of now, they do have the ability to change and make it right, you know, "new light". Well it was the book crisis of conscience that helped me see there could be no way that these governing body men were guided by holy spirit. It helped me see The Truth About The Truth, that I was really following men and their organization and not god or the bible.

Final note to you laurenM, the witnesses do not have "the truth", it's a truth according to men. Don't play by man's rules, you are not beholding to man in any way. If you feel the need to Confess, say a prayer to god and confess it to him alone.