Posts by tepidpoultry

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Birthday Party

by OnTheWayOut in

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i have posted less and less personal threads because less and less jw-related activity has happened in my life.

my jw mother called me on friday and asked me if i could do something on saturday.

i was sure my wife would ask me if anyone asked about her, and what i said.

tepidpoultry

Re: My Name is of No Consequence

BECAUSE I SAID SO!!! :(

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what is the craziest book the dubbers ever published?

by dogon in

so i was wondering what book is the nuttiest they ever printed?

i know there are several in contention for first place but which is your vote for no 1?

also if you don't mind post a bit of what is in the book you pick to show why you picked it.

tepidpoultry

My first book: Paradise (orange) I was 5 years old!! Just for the pictures, my crazy mother would read this to me at bedtime! Lol

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Today's Watchtower; if GB say celebrity adulation is wrong, why do they pose for pics and sign autographs?

by Isambard Crater in

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says it all really.

total hypocrisy once again..

tepidpoultry

Re photo:

Why was Fred Franz not required to wear a jacket?

Special status?

:)

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Today's Watchtower; if GB say celebrity adulation is wrong, why do they pose for pics and sign autographs?

by Isambard Crater in

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friends

says it all really.

total hypocrisy once again..

tepidpoultry

They love the crowds!

I saw FW Franz raise his arms fists clenched and wave to the small crowd

after his talk,

I didn't know what to make of this,

I never saw this before, anywhere,

It didn't make sense,

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Maybe you can help with this?

by vienne in

as some of you know, i'm not a witness, but i am the co-author of a series of history book that discuss the watch tower's earliest years.

russell mentions a 'brother' van der ahe as an early days wt evangelist.

we can't identify him.

Want to read a surprising comment/complaint posted on my website about JW's encouraged not to have kids. Who would have thought!

by AndersonsInfo in

http://watchtowerdocuments.org/did-you-know-having-children/#comment-474.

here's the short article found in the "did you know?

" series found on watchtower documents, and, underneath it, is the unusual comment:.

tepidpoultry

In 1987 Canada I heard the speaker say that "to bear children now was

IRRESPONSIBLE"

As I looked down on the stadium rink floor simply filled with

baby carriages and strollers,

I wondered about the childless men who came up with this,

How dare they call these young parents, obediently gatherered there

"irresponsible"

Takes gaul

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Which Watchtower publications did you keep?

by Schnufti in

i'm currently cleaning up our bookcase and need to decide what goes into the trash.

i'll keep the watchtower books that are not available online anymore (e.g.

the brown "reasoning" book).

tepidpoultry

I figure they messed with my mind enough all my life

I'm still working on exorcising them

So no, none

:)

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Outraged After Watching The May 2017 Broadcast

by pale.emperor in

ok, so i've just put myself through another months broadcast so i can see what bull they're feeding my still in relatives.

all was going fine... well, i say fine, i mean the usual cheesy videos, rehearsed reactions from jeffrey jackson (you remember him, the one who told half truths and lies at the royal commission) and propaganda from jw land.. the last feature brings up 9/11 and the paris 2015 attack at the bataclan.

just as im thinking "how are they gonna spin this in their direction" i hear these words:.

tepidpoultry

The phrase "religious bigotry" comes to mind

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Met JWs today - they lied about who they were

by Xanthippe in

so a couple came into the library where i work today and the woman said she was from the british sign language association and asked if i would display a leaflet for her.

when she handed me the leaflet the jw website logo jumped out at me as did the words 'would you like to study the bible with jehovah's witnesses?

' there was a small picture that had someone conversing in sign language but the other pictures were typical jw leaflet pictures.

tepidpoultry

I have a number of memories concerning identification and suppression

over the years,

Nobody would EVER tell anybody in ministry who they were,

It would have to be "beaten" out of them,

One thing I really thought about was a letter from the Society stating

that we were not to identify ourselves as "from the Watchtower"

(Odd as this is what our publications said)

Was Headquarters ashamed of its little foot soldiers??

That's certainly the message I received,

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How did we get from singular ha-Elohim (God) to plural ha-Elohim (judges)?

by I_love_Jeff in

read exodus 22:6-8

jps tanakh : 6 when a man gives money or goods to another for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the man’s house if the thief is caught, he shall pay double; 7 if the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall come near (נקרב) to god (האלהים) that he has not laid hands on the other’s property.

8 in all charges of misappropriation pertaining to an ox, an ***, a sheep, a garment, or any other loss, whereof one party alleges, “this is it” the case of both parties shall come before god (האלהים): he whom god (אלהים ) declares guilty (ַיְר ִשי ֻףן) shall pay double to the other.

tepidpoultry

His screen name is David_Jay

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