Posts by carla
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Just sent a letter...at 1am, after drinking a lot of Scotch
by tresdecu insent to the production company that made 'going clear' (documentary about scientology).
edit: i sent an email...not an actual letter.
dear mr gibney,.
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carla
Great idea! I was thinking of writing them a letter as well. I wonder if enough of us did perhaps they would think of actually producing a similar documentary? -
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Conn. Firefighter Who Is Jehovah's Witness Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit
by Bangalore inconn. firefighter who is jehovah's witness files federal discrimination lawsuit.
http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202722980377/conn-firefighter-who-is-jehovahs-witness-files-federal-discrimination-lawsuit#ixzz3xhkbpznt.
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carla
the ad won't let me read the article, can you post it? or tell us what his problem is? -
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Wife wants a Family Study after the special talk...but initially refuses Bible only study.
by garyneal inmy wife asked me to attend the special talk with her because she wants to attend something like this as a family and feels that she "enjoys worshipping together" as a family.
i have not been to church for at least a year and have pretty much abandoned the practicing of my faith but i can remember how i used to want to have a church going family so i obliged.
i feel kind of apprehensive about doing these things because she wants the kids and i to be on our best behavior and has even fussed at me for playing tablet games during other talks.
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carla
I think it is a mistake to agree to use the NWT at all. If you must use the NWT then do it only if you can get your hands on an old KIT as well and see where they have made all the changes, use footnotes, Greek, etc...... it is a 'study' after all. She certainly could not object to using their own literature.
I was under the impression that a jw can use other Bibles if absolutely necessary, so do so if possible. Would it be possible to start at the New Testament and read from the beginning to the end without ANY commentary from anybody? not one word, read only. Well, I can tell you it is not possible but be would a way to go. I know, I tried this with my jw and he just could not resist having to say something. That ended that.
jw's have no concept of what a real Bible study is and I agree with you that it is a ridiculous notion that one cannot understand the Bible without the wt. Not only that but one cannot understand the wt's and other rags just by reading them either! one must go to the meetings to truly understand all things jw!
As for her using the 'your not head of the spiritual household' routine! that just pisses me off! anyway, my jw used to try to say he was the head but I simply said that what he was saying was in reference to Christians and he was not one so it didn't apply to him. He didn't claim to be one of the anointed so ......... Jesus was not his personal Savior he only could hang onto the coattails of the 144,000 and Jesus was their Savior hence he was not a Christian but watchowerite. He put his salvation in the hands of the wt therefore he was not a Christian so anything he said held no sway in this house. Yeah, kind of made for ww3 but my kids were safe and are now Christians who will never ever become jw's.
If you are going to err, then err on the side of protecting your kids from this cult that at times physically, emotionally and spiritually abuses it's members.
wishing you all the best,
carla
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"Life is SO HARD!!" The martyrdom and moaning of the April broadcast!
by stuckinarut2 inoh man!.
the april broadcast is so manipulative when it speaks about enduring.
the very premise makes witnesses feel burdened with a martyrdom and heavy hearted complex!
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carla
I don't go to their site but someone should tell them that joy is not a sin. -
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Kendrick " Letter of Introduction " from Elders regarding Candace Conti Case
by flipper inas many of us saw in the pbs news hour program and the abc news nightline program the elders from one congregation failed to communicate properly to the elders in another congregation concerning the child molester jonathan kendrick when he moved to a new congregation.
i have parts of this " introduction letter " from the fremont congregation to the oakley congregation elders so you can read it for yourself and decide how irresponsible these wt appointed elders were.
dated 1/16/98 it opens : .
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carla
A current jw would not believe the letter or would just say it was human error and mistakes are made blah, blah, blah........But the non jw public should see the letter!
Thanks for the video Finkelstein! I had not seen this and will watch it later.
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Apostasy Trial on YouTube - Undercover spycam part 1
by RayPublisher infor only the second time in internet history, a video recording of a secret jehovah's witness apostasy trial has been published online on the jwstruggle youtube channel.
follow isaac's story here:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9rh6qux0o&feature=youtu.be.
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carla
Interesting, looking forward to part 2.
jwstruggle.com is down by the way, fatal error out of memory or something like that.
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These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included
by Crazyguy inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7mars2mtaui.
to funny nice job....
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carla
I have a really silly question- what is with the flowers on the stage? I know in Christian churches it is common place for large arrangements on holidays, why don't jw's consider this being part of the 'world' to do the same? or do they always have flowers?
In some churches the flowers are donated by members in honor of deceased loved ones on a regular basis or the church has a small budget for flowers.
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she passed faithful to the end to them!
by jookbeard injust found out (second hand of course) and by someone on here that my faithful jw mum passed away within the last couple of days, dont know the exact day, and what cause, she spent the last few years living with my fanatical sister, she was 65 and survived my father by 10 years, bitter, angry and hateful till the end and never as so much enquired or asked how her 2 grandchildren ever were , they are 5 and 7!
feeling a mixture of emotions right now, they were lousy parents in all honesty, she suffered health wise so maybe its for the best, dont even know when the funeral is!
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carla
My condolences on the death of your mum and how you heard about it. -
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Memorial talk
by Gorbatchov init was a year ago we visited the kh at last.
yesterday evening when went to the memorial for family reasons.. the memorial talk was very slick.. there was no mention about the early christian times, no mention about the apostles and disciples.. it was a present day talk only.. the ties to the foundation of christianity were totally absent.
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carla
Was it mostly about the org? being faithful to the gb/org? how long did it last? my jw was gone quite awhile. Did anyone at your kh partake? -
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JWs as described by Cracked
by Vidiot inhttp://www.cracked.com/blog/4-religions-youve-got-all-wrong-because-hollywood/.
the article describes four different religions (rastafari, jws, amish, and scientology); jws are #3.. the jw entry is pretty accurate (and as usual, funny), but surprisingly doesn't mention the two-witness-rule-related legal troubles the wt has been having lately.
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carla
I understand Magnum's and others feelings about the mistake with the 144,000 but as a non jw and talking to many non jw's about the cult you must understand that non jw's cannot wrap their head around jw theology at all. When I tell a non jw about the 144,000 and the paradise earth scenario they will say, "you mean they don't want to go to heaven?!? no, you must mean that 144,000 get to go and the others get stuck on earth?" or something to that effect. They cannot understand that a jw may truly have no desire to go to heaven.
Boggles my mind too.
Then they start doing the math of only 144,000 and they start asking how that works out? ha, yeah well it doesn't does it? at least in the non jw mind.
The non jw's I refer to either are Christian or have a knowledge of Christianity growing up going to a traditional church of some sort. The jw and Christian view of heaven is miles apart as is their view of God, Christ, etc....