Topics Started by johnathanseagull

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East Midlands Mini Apostafest - Potential Date??
by johnathanseagull in
1. jw
2. experiences
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hey east midlanders...i've a definate for the weekend 19th/20th june, short notice i know but i'm back from germany for the weekend, suggest an afternoon in nottingham?...yates winebar perhaps, matters not to me?....pleasuredome/chok let me know in pm and anyone else who is passing through, i can wrap up details and post on saturday...................on another note, looks like i'm going to my first apostafest in germany at the end of the month..... .

jgull
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Joke du Jour hehehe
by johnathanseagull in
1. social
2. humour
a man came home from work, sat down in his favorite chair, turned on the tv,.

and said to his wife, .

she looked a little puzzled, but brought him a beer.
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DC's in Germany ?
by johnathanseagull in
1. jw
2. friends
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anyone know when and where the d conventions are in germany this year??.......

jgull
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Blood and the Memorial??
by johnathanseagull in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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ummm has anybody else had this thought, the wine at the memorial symbolises the blood of jesus, and yet the so called annoited drink it, quite contradictory to their blood doctrine, even if though it s a symbolic gesture.. jgull.
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The GB - Mystical?
by johnathanseagull in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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twiddling thumbs at work here lol...........question................. is there still an "air" of mystique about the gb within the rank and file, you know the "they must be soooo spirtual" blah blah blah..................i can remember people being so in awe of them, to the extent of wanting to attend conventions that a member would be giving a talk, as though it meant something special, .............. or have the r & f realised that the decision making and day to day activities are generally done and conducted like any other board meeting i've attended in my work and in thousands of other companies.

jgull
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The Society Wrote Back To Me
by johnathanseagull in
1. jw
2. friends
ok the background to this story , i wrote to the german bethel, with a screen capture of their web site, where they still promote the pre 1995 definition of the "generation".

i wrote on the premise that i fell away due to this change in 1995 and what is their stance now as i would like to start studying again lmao ( i did tell a few personal white lies, theocratic warfare right?, in order that they felt they could write back to me ).....................never thought they would write back, it took them nearly four weeks to reply, interestingly enough, there is an email address on the letter, my letter is first, so you can get the gist, then their "exact" reply, (with the help of "germanjw" for translation purposes,many thanksgjw ).

the watchtower society.
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Coming Out ?
by johnathanseagull in
1. jw
2. friends
don't you sometimes feel like "coming out" on this board..... as in my name is blah blah and i was in this cong etc etc.

i know some who have done so here.............it's not that i'm embarrassed about giving my details or letting people know here........the only thing that stops me is ...............ahhh f**k it.

jgull.
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Hey My Birthday !!!
by johnathanseagull in
1. jw
2. experiences
a year to the day that i found and joined this site, after some years out of the org, it never crossed my mind that a place like this would even exist, and i'm not afraid to admit that it took three weeks to stop myself from crying every time i came here, for over 10 years i thought i was on my own with my borg past, the shunning etc etc.

this place has allowed me to deal with my past and will with my future too........i could write many words of course......but sometimes words are not needed.........accolades abound for you all here..........thank you.. jgull .

the record shows.
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Your Very Own "Kingdom Melodies Jukebox" - hahaha
by johnathanseagull in
1. jw
2. friends
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a must for those spiritual evenings at home , preparing for the sunday's watchtower study lol.

http://l-and-a.com.au/comm/addons/kmjb.htm
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He He, I met two dubs today
by johnathanseagull in
1. jw
2. experiences
did my usual jaunt this morning biking down to the train station in ddorf to get my sundaytimes (just need that shot of english !!!

)...taking my normal route home, low and behold, two dubs holding watchtowers in various languages, one was a young lad of say no more than 25, the other 50ish, looked like he could sell me a car lol..........i asked if they could speak english, the lad replied yes, they were greek by the way.........i was straight in with "i left due to the 1995 "generation" definition change" (hey i lied but whats a lil ole white lie in theocratic war eh?

)...........the young lad didnt know about it, although he admitted being in da truff at the time !!!!